Irish 28 yo 1989 / 2017 Antique Lions Of Spirits 49.3%
I will never stop carrying the flag for these Irish malts 1987 – 1991, And this one gives no reason to reconsider. Again a wondrously fruity malt, with overtones of … Continue reading
Irish Single Malt 27 yo 1990 / 2017 Whisky Agency for Whisky Exchange 51.3%
Gorgeous fruity start. Ripe lychee, cantaloupe and pineapple pie filling. Lush and richly textured from nose to finish. Its a while tinned fruit mix, slightly floral like elderflower and chamomile … Continue reading
Irish Single Malt 27 yo 1988 / 2015 Auld Alliance 51.2%
Irish Single Malt 27 yo 1988 / 2015 Auld Alliance 51.2% Famously fruity years in Ireland, perhaps 1988 is the fruitiest of them all. This and its peated 1991 sister … Continue reading
Irish 24 yo 1993 / 2018 Whisky Agency for the Whisky Exchange 48.2%
Irish 24 yo 1993 / 2018 Whisky Agency for the Whisky Exchange 48.2% 93s were rather uncommon. Alright, not exuberantly fruity in the style of the best Irish but fruity, … Continue reading
An Irish Distillery 17 yo 2002 / 2020 Whisky Mercenary 51.6%
An Irish Distillery 17 yo 2002 / 2020 Whisky Mercenary 51.6% Fruity! But also sort of hot, and young, but unmistakably fruity and zingy fresh, redolent of ripe greens, bright … Continue reading
Cooley 12 yo 1989 / 2002 SMWS 117.1 49.5%
Cooley 12 yo 1989 / 2002 SMWS 117.1 49.5% Right, pardon the picture. A fruity Irish, the best sort of Irish, but carrying a fair amount of weight around its … Continue reading
Irish 27 yo 1989 / 2016 Maltbarn 45.5%
Irish 27 yo 1989 / 2016 Maltbarn 45.5% Plenty of expectation when one of these is drunk. Yes, apricot jam tarts and a musk melon, quince and green grape compote. … Continue reading
Irish 33 yo 1988 / 2022 for Hong Kong #10506 54.8%
Irish 33 yo 1988 / 2022 for Hong Kong #10506 54.8% This comes from @whisky.wiki. Many thanks! Lovely, lovely nose, led by blackcurrents and red stone fruit, but really its … Continue reading
Ireland 27 yo 1988 / 2015 Nectar of the Daily Drams for La Maison 49.5% vs Secret Highlands 24 yo 1996 / 2020 Batch no.7 Finest Whisky Berlin 54.8%
Ireland 27 yo 1988 / 2015 Nectar of the Daily Drams for La Maison 49.5% Part of a rather famous set of Irish done for La Maison du Whisky before … Continue reading
Single Malt Irish Whiskey 30 yo 1989 / 2019 The Whisky Cask Company #16044/16258 48.1% vs Single Malt Irish Whiskey 24 yo 1991 / 2016 The Whisky Cask Company #6847 55.8%
Single Malt Irish Whiskey 30 yo 1989 / 2019 The Whisky Cask Company #16044/16258 48.1%Certainly fruity, with a warm and musky peach juice and guava, yet again not explosively fruity … Continue reading
Glenugie 31 yo 1966 / 1998 Signatory #5082 53.9% vs Emerald Isle 26 yo 1989 Specialty Drinks #16244 59.2%
Glenugie 31 yo 1966 / 1998 Signatory #5082 53.9% A viscous salve vivid with glints of machine oil, industrial putty, factory floor, turpenic resins, dry bark, cough syrup and jujubes. … Continue reading
Knappogue Castle 25 yo 1996 / 2021 LMdW #5629 ‘The Remarkable Rocket’ 53.1% vs Knappogue Castle 27 yo 1994 / 2021 LMdW #888139 ‘The Happy Prince’ 50.3% vs Knappogue Castle 25 yo 1995 / 2021 LMdW #888892 ‘The Devoted Friend’ 50.9%
Knappogue Castle 25 yo 1996 / 2021 LMdW #5629 ‘The Remarkable Rocket’ 53.1% vs Knappogue Castle 27 yo 1994 / 2021 LMdW #888139 ‘The Happy Prince’ 50.3% vs Knappogue Castle … Continue reading
Springbank 21 yo 1993 / 2015 Lockett Brothers #470 49.4% vs Cooley 22 yo 1991 / 2014 SMWS 117.5 55.5%
Springbank 21 yo 1993 / 2015 Lockett Brothers #470 49.4% Oh a sharp-edged, muscular Springbank. Grass juice, lemon rind, all ascetic and raw. Lots of hot engine oil and puffing … Continue reading
Irish Single Malt 24 yo 1991 / 2016 Formosa Whisky Society #12019 48.2% vs Irish Single Malt 28 yo 1989 / 2018 The Perfect Dram 49.9%
Irish Single Malt 24 yo 1991 / 2016 Formosa Whisky Society #12019 48.2% Not explosively fruity though enough fruit, in the shape of blackcurrants, kyoho grape and mango on oily … Continue reading
Irish Single Malt Whiskey 24 yo Batch 1 That Boutique-y Whisky Company 46.8% vs Limerick Slaney Malt Irish 23 yo 1991 / 2005 Adelphi #8585 59%
Irish Single Malt Whiskey 24 yo Batch 1 That Boutique-y Whisky Company 46.8% Brilliantly fruity with a real warmth; And shades of tropical-ness that hearken back to an older era … Continue reading
Gilbey’s Redbreast 12 yo , John Jameson & Son Liqueur Whiskey vs Jameson 15 yo Limited Millenium Edition 1984 / 2000 vs Daly’s Tullamore Distillery 38 yo 1952 -1991 Cadenhead 68.9%
Some old Irish to ring in the new year. While not as popular as vintage Scotch, Irish eyes are always smiling. I’ve had a hectic but immensely rewarding 2018, I … Continue reading
Irish Single Malt 27 yo 1990 / 2017 The Whisky Agency vs Irish Single Malt Cooley 25 yo 1992 / 2017 Cadenhead 175th Anniversary
What’s become of the wave of Irish Single Malt of the last few years? Give thanks and be glad, these were beautifully fruity whiskies like nothing Scotland has produced of … Continue reading
Lim Eiling 27yo Single Malt Irish Whiskey 1989/2016 vs Lim Eiling 22yo Single Malt Irish Whiskey 1991/2014
Thanks to Lim Eiling, beloved wife of Luc Timmermans, and also first independent bottler in Malaysia, we in Asia now have a great range of well presented whiskies that’s somewhat … Continue reading
Irish Nectar of the Daily Drams ex rum casks: Ireland 24yo 1989/2014 #16262 42.2% vs Ireland 22 yo 1991/2014 #10657 46.6%
Why couldn’t I just do this last week when it would have gone perfectly for St Patricks I wonder. Anyway, up this week – 2 Irish Single Malts of certain … Continue reading
Irish Whiskey: Knappogue Castle 1995 vs Midleton Dair Ghaelach Grinsell’s Wood Batch 1, Tree 9
Knappogue Castle 1995 40% This is a label that has been used to bottle various unnamed Irish distilleries of various vintages, but this 1995 is known to be a Bushmills. … Continue reading
Irish Single Malt 26 yo 1987/2014 The Nectar of the Daily Drams, for LMdW 51.6%
That the Irish whiskey industry nearly collapsed and left the entire country with just 2 distilleries by 1975 is a tragedy, where the lead actors are variously billed as war, … Continue reading
Brothers-in-arms, 14yo Irish Single Malt, 43%
Just for a change of pace (because everyone needs to get different once in a while), a blended Irish by Vom Fass. Von Fass is a German retailer of fine … Continue reading
Redbreast 15yo 46%
The Redbreast range of Irish Whiskey are ‘pure pot still’ whiskies, meaning a mixture of malted and unmalted barley is mashed, and the resulting wash is then distilled in pot … Continue reading
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