The Whiskey Trail, Taste the Spirit of Ireland
For more than 150 years, Rebel Bourbon has remained true to its rebellious roots. That’s probably why it feels right at home at Lux Row Distillers in Bardstown, Kentucky. Since 2018, the distillery has been making a name for itself in Bourbon Country by honoring tradition but doing whiskey differently.
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A Kentucky Straight Bourbon, Ezra Brooks is one of the most well known American bourbon’s distilling genuine Kentucky spirit since 1957. This bourbon is the high end of the Ezra Brooks line, an old name in bourbon. The spirit is distilled at Heaven Hill and aged in Luxco’s warehouses in Louisville. In 2018, it found a new home in Bardstown the Bourbon Capital of the World. Known as Lux Row Distillers, so named because of the distinct row of trees on the historic property, the distillery boasts more than 18,000 square feet, six barrel warehouses, and a 43-foot custom copper still for Ezra Brooks and its bourbons-in-crime Rebel Bourbon, David Nicholson, and Blood Oath.
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I’m a big fan of wine cask finishes and anytime I get to try something different I jump at the chance. Irish Whiskey brands have deep roots and connections with the French wine industry. But when I heard that Knappogue had plans to collaborate with Chateau Pichon I knew someting special was about to hit the shelves. This is a very limited edition and only 1100 bottles were released. The casks used here are the best of the best, offering flavours of red grapes with a medium body, sweet tannin’s, good acidity and balanced. Nice black cherry fruits, cassis, cedar wood and leathery spices are to be discovered. These strong flavors are complemented to perfection by this premium Single Malt.
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The Knappogue Castle Cask Finish Series is a range of single malts finished in the finest wine casks. The Marco De Bartoli limited release is matured in bourbon barrels for a minimum of 12 years, then further aged in casks from the renowned Marsala Winery. Made exclusively from malted barley, distilled in copper pot stills, this expression is non-chill filtered and bottled at 92 proof.
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Teeling were honoured to be the first distillery to receive a selection of the award-winning, unique, Plantation Rum Stiggins’ Fancy Pineapple Rum Casks and use them to marry our own Small Batch Whiskey. This limited edition whiskey brings the two worlds of Irish whiskey and Caribbean rum together and reaffirms our dedication to crafting the most unique expressions of Irish whiskey. Bottled at 49.2% ABV.
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Roe & Co are delighted to release their latest offering, a premium Single Malt Irish Whiskey. Roe & Co Cask Strength 2020 Edition, a thirteen-year-old Single Malt, has spent the entirety of its life in Port Casks (yes, you heard that right!). Port Casks have long been known for the intense flavour it can impress upon spirit and this release is no exception, with an intricate array of dark berry, chocolate and spice notes it is a whiskey of supreme quality.
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The story of the legendary Spot Irish whiskey range began in the early 1900s when celebrated wine and spirits merchants, Mitchell & Son, began maturing whiskey from the local Jameson Distillery in Bow Street in their underground cellars in Dublin City Centre. Blue Spot takes its name from the blue daubs or ‘spots’ of paint that the Mitchells used to mark the barrels to signify that the whiskey in those casks were to be matured for a minimum of seven years.
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James J. Fox, who have traded at the iconic 119 Grafton Street location since 1881, spanning five generations of family ownership, have launched an exclusive single cask Midleton Very Rare Pot Still Irish Whiskey, available at their store and through their site.
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