The Irish' National Holiday is only a few days away. People will be gathering in pubs drinking Guinness or knocking back (cheap) Irish whiskeys on Saint Patrick' s Day 2017.
It’s a celebration of the heritage and culture of the Irish people who spread across the globe. 17 March is the death date of the Christian missionary Saint Patrick who converted the Irish pagans to Christianity. One of the symbols he used to explain the Holy Trinity to them was the shamrock. The shamrock (and nearly everything green) became the symbol of Saint Paddy’s Day.
I selected 7 (a lucky number, that's no coincidence) Irish whiskeys ranging from single malts to the typical pot stills and blends for Saint Patrick's Day 2017. So it's time to pour a whiskey. With an e!
Buy it at The Whisky Exchange
Buy it at Master of Malt
Buy The Distillers Safe / Buy The Cooper's Croze / Buy The Blender's Dog at The Whisky Exchange
The second installment in Teeling's Revival trilogy is a 13 year old single malt matured in ex-bourbon casks and finished for a year in ex-Calvados casks. Calvados casks are a bit of a rarity in the whisky industry. Expect lots of apple pie and toffee aromas.
Buy it at the Whisky Exchange
Walsh Whiskey presented the Red Head expression at the end of 2016. The Irish single malt has been triple distilled and matured in oloroso sherry casks and is bottled at 46%. Its moniker Red Head is derived from the reddish hue of the whiskey.
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The name of the bottle says it all: an unknown Irish single malt bottled by the German Malts of Scotland. It's a 15 year old single malt and matured in a sherry hogshead. FYI: Jane Doe has a younger brother called John too.
Buy it at The Whisky Exchange
You think that I missed out an important Irish whiskey for Saint Patrick's Day 2017? Please let me know in the comments!
Picture credits: Wikipedia, The Whisky Exchange, Master of Malt, Walsh Whiskey, Jameson
It’s a celebration of the heritage and culture of the Irish people who spread across the globe. 17 March is the death date of the Christian missionary Saint Patrick who converted the Irish pagans to Christianity. One of the symbols he used to explain the Holy Trinity to them was the shamrock. The shamrock (and nearly everything green) became the symbol of Saint Paddy’s Day.
I selected 7 (a lucky number, that's no coincidence) Irish whiskeys ranging from single malts to the typical pot stills and blends for Saint Patrick's Day 2017. So it's time to pour a whiskey. With an e!
Redbreast Lustau Edition
- New Midleton Distillery
- NAS single pot still
- First-fill Oloroso cask finish
- Alcohol: 46% ABV
The Midleton brand Redbreast gathered quite a reputation in recent years. For a long time the core range was limited to a 12 and a 15 year old expression. Then the expansion started with a stellar (and pricy) 21 year old and a few unpronounceable expressions that eventually led to this Lustau edition. A whisky that solely matured in sherry casks from Bodega Lustau.
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Cooley 17 Year Old 1999 MoM single cask
- Cooley Distillery
- bottled by Master of Malt
- First-fill hogshead single cask
- Alcohol: 52.9% ABV
Buy it at Master of Malt
Jameson The Whisky Makers Series
- Jameson Distillery
- Blended Irish whiskey
- Alcohol: 43% ABV
Buy The Distillers Safe / Buy The Cooper's Croze / Buy The Blender's Dog at The Whisky Exchange
Jameson Saint Patrick's Day 2017 edition
- Jameson Distillery
- Blended Irish whiskey
- Alcohol: 40% ABV
Teeling The Revival II
- Sourced whiskey from Cooley
- 13 year old single malt
- Calvados cask finish
- Alcohol: 46% ABV
The second installment in Teeling's Revival trilogy is a 13 year old single malt matured in ex-bourbon casks and finished for a year in ex-Calvados casks. Calvados casks are a bit of a rarity in the whisky industry. Expect lots of apple pie and toffee aromas.
Buy it at the Whisky Exchange
Writer's Tears Red Head
- Walsh Whiskey Distillery
- Triple distilled single malt
- First-fill oloroso casks
- Alcohol: 46% ABV
Walsh Whiskey presented the Red Head expression at the end of 2016. The Irish single malt has been triple distilled and matured in oloroso sherry casks and is bottled at 46%. Its moniker Red Head is derived from the reddish hue of the whiskey.
Website
Malts of Scotland Jane Doe
- Undisclosed Irish single malt
- Bottled by Malts of Scotland
- Sherry hogshead single cask
- Alcohol: 52.8% ABV
The name of the bottle says it all: an unknown Irish single malt bottled by the German Malts of Scotland. It's a 15 year old single malt and matured in a sherry hogshead. FYI: Jane Doe has a younger brother called John too.
Buy it at The Whisky Exchange
You think that I missed out an important Irish whiskey for Saint Patrick's Day 2017? Please let me know in the comments!
Picture credits: Wikipedia, The Whisky Exchange, Master of Malt, Walsh Whiskey, Jameson
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