A fine blended malt that contains whisky from some of Diageo's top distilleries such as Talisker, Caol Ila, Glen Elgin, Cragganmore, Linkwood and Dalwhinnie.

Nikka Days

Launched in early 2019 this is a slightly peated, blended grain.

A famous old brand of Japanese whisky. Nikka Super is made with a high proportion of malt whiskies from Yoichi and Miyagikyo distilleries. The flavour profile is classically Japanese in style with herbal, spicy notes along with sweet citrus fruits and a subtle maltiness.

A very hard to find special edition of Jack Daniels. This was made to exactly the same recipe as the standard edition but the barrel selection and slightly higher bottling strength (43%) has yielded more flavour and intensity.

A great addition to the Jameson range of whiskeys. This is created using three distillates and is aged in both sherry and bourbon barrels before being sent to Bow St in Dublin for a final finishing of at least 6 months in fresh Bourbon barrels. This comes in a very impressive laser etched oak box.

Originally available as an exclusive to the licensed Vintner's Association. The Powers LVA Edition is a 10 Year Old Single Pot Still and is limited to 5,000 bottles.

The latest addition to the Spot Series, the Red Spot 15 Year Old Single Pot Still. A whiskey that has been matured in a combination of American Bourbon casks, Sherry butts and Sicilian Marsala wine casks.

Its name orginates from the Mitchell family's whiskey bonding business, whereby different casks would be marked with a spot of paint, such as; Blue Spot, Green Spot, Yellow Spot & Red Spot. Until now, this whiskey had yet to be revived, however, it gives us great pleasure to welcome its return.

The second release of the Wine Green Spot series, following on from the Green Spot Chateau Leoville Barton released in 2015.

Initially matured in traditional Sherry and Bourbon casks, the Green Spot Chateau Montelena was then finished for an additional 12 months in French oak Zinfandel Wine casks, from the prestigious Chateau Montelena in Napa Valley. There is an abundance of marzipan and toasted oak which has undoubetly added to the complexity.

Celebrating an Irish heritage, the collaboration between Green Spot and Chateau Montelena is not just the coming together of two unique stories, it's also the fusion of two unique histories that as one deliver an exceptional whiskey - Green Spot Chateau Montelena Single Pot Still Irish Whiskey.

Their origins in history, two stories of Irish endeavour and enterprise intertwine and together are the inspiration for a special edition whiskey - Green Spot Chateau Léoville Barton. Initially matured in traditional sherry and bourbon casks, Green Spot Chateau Loville Barton was then finished in Bordeaux wine casks, adding an exciting new dimension to this Single Pot Still Irish Whiskey already renowned for its excellent quality.

This was released as a celebration bottle to commemorate 200 years of trading at Mitchell & Son's wine merchants, originally on Kildare Street in Dublin. The Green Spot brand is still owned by Mitchell's and has always been one of Ireland's most loved whiskeys. In the old days, Mitchell's would send their empty barrels to Jameson for filling and once they were aged they would sell them under their Green Spot, Yellow Spot and Blue Spot brands. This single pot still whiskey was limited to just 1,000 bottles from a number of carefully selected casks.

The first Irish whiskey to have been finished in Hungarian oak. The wood for these unique barrels was sourced in the Carpathian mountains where the volcanic soils is highly suitable for oak trees. The forest is felled in the winter and the wood is air dried for two years in the same region used to make Hungary's famous Tokaji wine. Once coopered the barrels are used in their virgin state to impart unique flavours on the whiskey during a finishing period of 11 months. This release from Midleton's innovative Method and Madness range is a welcome addition and is sure to become one of the highlights amongst the different releases. Previous single pot stills in this range have sold very quickly so order ASAP to avoid dissapointment!

The limited edition Single Grain Irish Whiskey 31 Year Old has been matured in an ex-Bourbon cask for 31 years. The rare single cask release has developed a “full deep grain character” and on the palate notes of “honey, juicy mango and ripe melon with an endless dark wood and spicy finish”. The expression, which includes three single cask offerings, is bottled without chill filtration and ranges from 51.3%, 51.8% and 52.5% abv. The current bottling we have in stock is cask 21617 and was limited to 75 bottles.

A gold medal winner at the Irish Whiskey Awards in the Single Cask category and a brand new release in 2017! This limited edition has been aged in American oak Bourbon barrels then additionally finished for 12 months in a Marsala hogshead from the Florio winery in Sicily. Hints of zesty spice, malty aromas and summer fruits are abundant in this blend.

An exclusive, limited release from Walsh Whiskey Distillery, home to the Irishman and the Writers' Tears range. The Irishman Founders Reserve Caribbean Cask Finish is a blend of both Single Pot Still and Single Malt whiskeys which were initially aged in ex-Bourbon American oak barrels before being finished in Chairman's Reserve Rum for six months. Summer in a glass with an abundance of tropical fruit flavours!

Hand selected casks of Carribean Demerara Rum have been used to finish the Tullamore D.E.W Original and thus create the Tullamore D.E.W Carribean Rum Cask Finish. Flavours of tropical fruit and warm spices dominate the palate.

Tullamore Dew is a smooth, mellow whiskey that is a blend of Pot Still and Grain Whiskeys which are presently distilled in Midleton Distillery in County Cork. On the nose, a mild blend of spicy, lemony and malty notes, with charred wood and vanilla undertones. Light bodied, sweetish spices, buttery and rounded with light citrus fruitiness.

A brand new series from West Cork, the Glengarriff series! This is one of two whiskeys in the range so far. The Bog Oak Cask has been matured in an ex-Sherry Butt and then finished in heavily charred virgin white oak casks. The charring was fuelled by bog oak from Glengarriff.

An experimental whiskey that has definitely caught our attention!

A fruity, delicate and light single malt that has been finished in the finest rum casks from the West Indies.

A smooth and soft single malt that is bottled by the West Cork Distillery.

The Whistler range of single malts are a great new series of whiskeys produced by the Boann Distillery. These bottlings have all been finished in quality oloroso sherry casks and we have been very impressed with the three different bottlings. This 7 year old 'The Blue Note' is the core expression and is also joined by a 10 year old and a 7 year old cask strength.

The first release of whiskey from the Connacht Whiskey Company. This is a limited release of just 5000 with each half bottle individually numbered. Bottled at cask strength of 57.5% to ensure that it delivers the most flavour possible.

The Connacht Whiskey Company is an Irish-American enterprise and their distillery is located in Ballina, Co Mayo.

The highly anticipated whiskey from the 'Notorious' UFC Champion and MMA star Conor McGregor. A triple-distilled blend of malt and grain, aged in bourbon barrels for a minimun of three years. The name does not reference the age of this Irish Whiskey but pays homage to Crumlin, Dublin 12 where the fighter was born and raised. This whiskey offers hints of toasted-oak, vanilla and sweet honey with a distinctly fruity and floral aroma.

This bottling has replaced the old 8 year-old Kilbeggan Single Grain which had also replaced another product called Greenore 8 Year-Old. Kilbeggan Single Grain is now bottled without an age statement and as you would expect it is a light an delicate whiskey, true to the single grain style. It is perhaps one of the easiest drinking Irish whiskeys out there and is perfect served over a single cube of ice.

Winner of the Best Irish Single Grain at the 2017 Irish Whiskey Awards, this is an exceptional whiskey which raises the bar on what's possible with a single grain. To make it, our Double Barrel is finally finished in canteiro-aged, Madeira barrels from off the coast of Africa. Highly sought-after and hard to come by, they do something special to the Irish whiskey. Madeira fortified wine is about heat and tropical sea air. As such the barrels soak up and impart intense aromas and flavours bringing this whiskey right off the deep end.

A new Irish whiskey that has recreated the famous old brand once made at the old Jones' Road Distillery. DWD was one of the 'Six Great' Dublin distilleries of the early 20th century and was highly regarded for making superior quality whiskey. Sadly like the other five it closed down when times got hard and never reopened. Over 70 years have passed since then and Irish Whiskey is now very much back in vogue. This blended whiskey is comprised of five to ten year old whiskeys from three prominent Irish distilleries. Most ageing is done in first-fill bourbon casks

Incredible first release from the Dingle Distillery. Exhibiting unique character and a great sign of things to come from this producer. We have never tasted a whiskey of this quality from such an early age of maturation.

Extremely limited stocks.

Renowned for their carefully crafted cocktails and Irish coffees, the Dead Rabbit bar in New York have now launched an Irish whiskey. Co-founders Sean Muldoon and Jack McGarry have collaborated with Master Distiller Darryl McNally from Dublin Liberties Distillery to launch a five year old blend to mark the bar's fifth anniversary. Comprised of both malt and grain, this whiskey was initially matured in ex-Bourbon barrels casks and then finished in virgin oak American casks.

The 12-year-old edition of Connemara single malt has a full, rounded and complex flavour that is both smooth and smoky at the same time. The peat smoke is well integrated and is perhaps a little less pronounced than with the standard bottling and the cask strength. Only limited amounts of Connemara 12 Year Old are made each year, partly due to the popularity of the NAS version, which sucked up the stocks of the peated Cooley malt before it could reach 12 years of age. It's well worth trying for anyone who's a fan of Scotch whiskey and wants to dip their toe into Irish.

The Wicklow Rare blend is an excellent mix of 80% grain whiskey with 20% 10 year old malt whiskey. Six months of 'finishing' in Oloroso sherry barrels has added some welcome depth and richness.

The founder of  “Barr an Uisce” Irish Whiskey, Ian Jones, comes from a small village called Redcross which lies just below the town land of Barraniskey in County Wicklow.

Redcross, has an interesting history. It was a major stopping point for horse and carts travelling from southern Ireland to Dublin. People who travelled along the East Coast of Ireland found themselves in Redcross. It became a meeting point for gossip, news ,culture and music. The village of Redcross and the town land of Barraniskey were both affected by the penal laws many years ago and in 1803 the Barraniskey church was built. The copper coloured Cross still stands in the graveyard in Redcross to this day. This copper cross was the inspiration for our Logo.

Ian’s family have a long history in the Pub business. Ian’s great grandfather, Tim Dineen, owned a rural family pub in a place called Peak in County Cork, which is on the south west coast of Ireland. Following in the family tradition, Ian’s family-run pub in Redcross, set in the rolling hills of County Wicklow, is a hub of Community activity and life – over one hundred years on from his great-grandfathers story. It is in this pub in Redcross where friends and families come together and enjoy music and laughter in a typical Rural Irish pub. The Spirit of Barr an Uisce “Pour it”

Bottled from a hand selected cask by Master Distiller Alex Chasko, the Teeling Single Cask Calvados is incredibly well balanced with flavours of apple tarte tatin.

Brabazon is a single malt that comes from a range of barrels of different ages. The youngest being from 2008 and the oldest 2002. 95% of the malts have been matured entirely in ex-Sherry barrels with the remaining 5% being finished in either PX or Oloroso sherry casks. Brabazon is named after Lord Brabazon the 3rd Earl of Meath who was responsible for the development of the Newmarket Square area where the Teeling brothers built their new distillery. The historic Liberties area would become the centre of distilling and brewing in Dublin from the 17th to early 20th century. That tradition has returned with the possibility of at least four distilleries operating in the Liberties in the near future.

The fifth and final release in Teeling's Revival Series. Volume V is a 12 year old single malt that has been finished in both Cognac and brandy casks. The initial maturation was in ex-Bourbon barrels and the whiskey has been bottled at 46% without chill filtration. Just 15,000 decanter style bottles have been released.

A superb release in the hugely popular Revival series from Teeling, and winner of the top accolade at the 2017 Irish Whiskey Awards. This has been finished in muscat wine barrels for a final period of 12 months and has been aged for a total of 15 years. It has a gloriously fruity flavour with great balance, smoothness and a luscious mouthfeel. Limited to just 10,000 bottles.

Irish Whiskey of the Year - 2017 Irish Whiskey Awards

The third release of the Teeling Revival range, this time in the form of a 14 year old whiskey. This has gone through a quite unique pineau des charentes cask finish and has been bottled at 46%.

Nose: A gentle sweetness, with plenty of vanilla and toffee, as well as red apple peel and a whiff of orange juice. Finally a touch of marzipan as well. Candy-esque almost. Too sweet?
Taste: Fairly creamy, with hints of toasted oak, caramel and sweet sugary barley water. It has a spicy layer as well, like cinnamon and black pepper. A hint of menthol too.
Finish: Lingering spices, then apples. Pretty short.

Nose: Hints of grass and lemon zest, and whiffs of candied oranges. There’s a touch of galia melon too. Simple, yet fairly pleasant.
Taste: Surprisingly earthy and with a burst of dry oak, it also displays soft notes of pineapple and lemon yoghurt. Slightly herbal with hints of basil. Again, not overly complex, but enjoyable.
Finish: Short to medium in length with a hint of vanilla.

Nose: Overripe red apple parts, with hints of fudge, and a touch of heather and straw. A whiff of milk chocolate and mint maybe. Slightly flat, with a dirty edge.
Taste: Plenty of caramel, vanilla and a whiff of brown sugar, with a hint of char and bitter oak, as well as cloves. Quite watery.
Finish: Lingering spices. Medium in length.

Vital stats: 45.8%, no age statement.

Appearance: Mid gold

Nose: Mexican chocolate, sweet lacquered barbecue ribs, salt water, and banana.

Palate: At first it’s salty and smoky, like taking in the sea spray from the deck of an old diesel-powered ferry. Then things take a more savory turn—charred meat, grilled nectarines, chili powder—that takes things in a culinary direction. Bold yet approachable.

The Night’s Watch – Oban Bay Reserve     

Vital Stats: 43%, no age statement.

Appearance: Mid gold

Nose: Orange zest, milk chocolate, gentle peat smoke, apple, pear, lemon, tangerine. Very appealing.

Palate: Again, that classic Oban chocolate-orange thing is front and center, The finish is strong, with yeasty bread, shortbread, and a drying sensation that invites another sip. Lean and muscular, nicely enjoyable.

House Stark – Dalwhinnie Winter’s Frost      

Vital Stats: 43%, no age statement. Diageo says it’s “best served chilled or over ice.”

Appearance: Mid gold.

Nose: A very fruity, almost-brandy and a touch of sherry. Vanilla, brown sugar, malt, and oak are present, but take a back seat to the esters. Over time, toasty malt, fruitcake, and caramel emerge.

Palate: Mellow and malty at first, followed by a wave of high-toned pear, cinnamon, Constant Comment tea. A spiced, warming, slightly bitter finish. Thick mouth feel, sharp on the palate. Again, a nice intro to Dalwhinnie

Nose: Pretty mineral with a touch of candle wax. Whispers of nougat too, as well as banana candy and a faint note of crisp green apple and mango.
Taste: Waxy, with quite an aggressive arrival (white pepper). Hints of honey, sultanas and white grapes too. A whisper of chalk and vanilla.
Finish: Lingering beeswax, and a peppery hit. Medium in length.

Vital Stats: 46%, nine years old

Appearance: Mid gold

Nose: Classic Lagavulin here. Banana and dried mango, puffs of wet smoke, sandalwood, incense, rich malt syrup, and that damp wool sweater you wore to a barbecue

Palate: Very sweet and a little earthy up front, strong smoke, clove, burnt caramel, salty dark caramel, and lots of saline maritime goodness, The long finish is oddly cooling and refreshing, a hint of salt. Very fun.

A very rare old whisky from Suntory, which isn't really quite as rare as the name suggests, but it is indeed good! Distilled at the Yamazaki distillery. A blend of rare and selected malt whiskies, bottled in the early 1970s

Method and Madness Single Malt Irish Whiskey Enhanced with French Limousin Oak

Here's another unusual wood for Irish whiskey, this time French oak from Limousin, typically used for cognac maturation.

The bigger shock, though, is that the guardians of the pot still whiskey style have released a single malt (the first for many years). Now Midleton does make malt but this particular spirit was distilled at Bushmills in 2001 or early 2002, when both were owned by Irish Distillers. It was distilled by Dave Quinn, in fact, now Master of Science at Midleton. When Bushmills was sold off, this parcel of malt came to Cork.

From the press release:
"The first Single Malt Irish Whiskey released from Midleton in recent memory, the whiskey has been initially matured in ex-Bourbon barrels, imparting flavours of malt and biscuit, and in a first for the category, has been part-finished in French Limousin oak for one year to add a lighter, floral and herbal note."

Description:

46%, non-chill filtered,

Nose
Freshly shelled peanut and cereal malt aroma

Taste
Cracked cinnamon stick and ice cream cone wafer

Finish
Fragrant bon bons and a hint of tasted barley

€9:50 per shot  launch Video

Method and Madness Single Pot Still Irish Whiskey Finished in French Chestnut

There is a little extra wiggle room in the definition of Irish whiskey compared to Scotch. Whereas Scotch must have been aged in oak casks, Irish whiskey regulations specify simply that the casks must be wooden.

It has only been of theoretical interest up to now, because in practice oak is exclusively used in Ireland. But they are curious folks at Midleton and because they could, they did. Seven chestnut casks were commissioned from a cooperage in Bordeaux. The wood is sometimes used for wine in Europe.

I learned, by the way, from Master of Maturation Kevin O'Gorman, that the sweet chestnut tree involved here bears no relation to the horse chestnut tree we are more familiar with in Ireland. It is, rather, a first cousin of beech and oak, and grows reasonably straight and knot-free, making it suitable for coopering.

The seven toasted virgin chestnut casks were used to finish a medium style pot still whiskey for 12 months. There are 900 cases in this batch but there are more casks being filled so if it's well received, we'll see it again.

When Midleton Dair Ghaelach was released, the distillery boffins noted the higher contribution of furfural and vanillin from Irish oak, compared with American or Spanish oaks. These are credited with imparting enhanced vanilla, caramel and chocolate flavours. According to Kevin, the levels of these compounds in sweet chestnut are higher still.

The entirely natural mahogany hue in this whiskey is another effect of the unusual wood.

From the press release:

"This Single Pot Still Irish Whiskey has been matured in a combination of ex-Oloroso sherry and ex-Bourbon barrels, before being transferred to chestnut casks sourced from the Isère region in France. In a world-first, the French chestnut casks impart a distinctive sweetness that lightens the mouth-feel, increases depth and adds a mahogany glow."

Description:

46%, non-chill filtered,

Nose
Red liquorice laces, fresh rosemary mint and grated root ginger

Taste
Sweet fruit and spice, cinnamon toast and ripe banana

Finish
Aromatic green tea, dissipating fruit and spice and rich

€9:50 per shot   Launch Video 

Style: Single Malt Scotch
Process: Bowmore's Small Batch is matured in first and second fill ex bourbon casks, resulting in a sweet, spicy and smoky whisky. This is a lighter example of Bowmore and an excellent starting point for Islay whiskies.
Nose: floral violets and candlewax, a hint of pot pourri/air freshener (but not enough to put me off), window putty, sour tropical fruit, light muddy peat and a hint of pine needles.
Palate: the pine needles come back, along with sweet peat, soft vanilla cream and a touch of parma violet.
Finish: quite long, with floral smoke, and sour wood and fruit fading to a soft end.

PRODUCER'S NOTE
On the eye: warm gold.
Breathe in: vanilla fudge, sea air and peat smoke, balanced beautifully by honeycomb and cinnamon spice.
Sip: mouth-watering citrus, gentle saltiness and vanilla with flakes of coconut.
Savour: the wispy smoke, bourbon vanilla and lime finish.

Distillery Bottling: Isley, Scotland ABV: 70cl / 40% / Price: €8.00 per measure

Kilbeggan is a light and soft single grain whiskey that is made from white corn at the Cooley Distillery in County Louth. Formerly known Greenore, this unique drink is 100% single grain, and is very popular with drinkers looking for something easy going, delicate and smooth, and a gold medal-winner at the International Wine & Spirits Competition

Produced in a modern column still rather than a traditional pot still producing a smoother taste profile. It is matured for 8 years in ex-bourbon casks in the 250 year old warehouses at the Kilbeggan distillery.

Nose: Soft sweet cereal with a hint of toasted oak and tropical fruit.
Taste: Sweet, smooth vanilla and almond and maple with the return of these tropical fruits.
Finish: Long sweet warming finish with a little spiced oak character.

Distillers: Cooley Distillery | Region: Ireland | €7.00 | ABV: 40%

Paddy is named after the famous 1920s salesman Paddy Flaherty, who was very generous with tasting samples but also sold a lot of whiskey! This was originally the main brand of the Cork Distillers Company before they became part of Irish Distillers Limited. The blend is a mix of pot still, grain and a little single malt whiskey. Most of these have been matured in refill sherry and bourbon casks although some of the grain content has gone into fist fill wood. Paddy is best described as unpretentious and friendly, it mixes very well and has some very loyal fans, particularly in the south of the country.

Distiller ; Midleton, IDL | ABV: 40% | Price: €5

Paddy Fighting Irish Video

Limited to a small production of just 6000 bottles every year. This is a fine single malt that was triple distilled and aged for 12 years in first fill bourbon casks. Each year the people at the Irishman carefully select their casks from a Northern Irish distillery to go into the Irishman 12 Year Old. We only get a small allocation of this each year, so innevitably we will run out between batches. Our own tasting notes: An explosion of fruits on the nose, with hints of candyfloss, mixed citrus peel, pineapple and tangerine. The palate is fresh and vibrant with flavours of boiled sweets, ripe citrus fruit, honey and red apples. Very smooth all the way to the finish. Incredibly complex, fruity and long lasting given it's 12 year old age statement. Bottled at 43% ABV.

Distiller ; Walsh, Carlow | ABV: 43% | Price: €6

Walsh Whiskey Distillery

Hyde 10 Year Old single malt is a limited edition single malt that has been finished in Oloroso Sherry casks. This is a double distilled single malt that was initially matured in ex-Bourbon barrels. It is non-chilfiltered and bottled at 46%. This is named after Douglas Hyde, the first president of Ireland.

Distiller ; Hyde | ABV: 46% | Price: €

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Crested Ten is a hard to find expression of Jameson that doesn't absorb much of IDL's marketing budget. Around since 1963, it gets its name from the Jameson family crest and has a bit of a cult following. We think this is a far better example than the standard Jameson, it has just a bit more flavour and complexity, meaning it is a little easier to drink straight up without a mixer or ice! The blend composition is very similar to the regular Jameson but has a little more ageing (although confusingly not quite as old as ten years). Some extra use of sherry casks also adds some nice weight and spicy fruitiness.

Distiller ; IDL | ABV: 40% | Price: €6

Tasting Video

Connemara is rare amongst Irish whiskey, its hook being the smokiness associated with the malts produced by our neighbours Scotland. It's a style of whiskey that had died away in Ireland after the 19th century, when small distillers would probably have dried their malt with whatever fuel was available at the time. It's said that when the Cooley Distillery started up in the late 1980s, it had no plans to make a smoky whiskey, but at some stage peaty malt was bought and run through the stills with fantastic results. It's a lovely malty whiskey with Cooley's signature honey and pear notes as well as a beautiful waft of smoke.  Since it was released in the late 1990s, it has won over many fans of peated Scotch whiskies such as Laphroaig and Ardbeg. Yet Connemara still has a definite Irish character.

Distillery ; Cooley | ABV: 40% | Price: €6

In 1966, Mark Edwin Andrews purchased Knappogue Castle, a 15th century castle in Ireland, which was then in ruins. He and his wife, a prominent architect, then embarked on an ambitious program of restoration, in an effort to return the structure to its original state of glory and grandeur. It was around this time that Andrews began buying casks of fine pot still whiskey from top distilleries in the country. The casks were further aged and bottled under what is now the Knappogue Castle label. His last bottling, a 1951 vintage aged 36 years, is revered by connoisseurs as the oldest and rarest commercially available Irish whiskey on the market. Many years later, his son, Mark Andrews III, would bring Knappogue 1951 and his father’s legacy to the United States and other international markets.

Knappogue Castle, our signature expression, is an exceptional single malt made exclusively from malted barley. Triple distilled one batch at a time in traditional, onion-shaped copper pot stills, the whiskey is then aged in bourbon oak casks for twelve years. The delicate distillation process, along with the moist and temperate climate, yields the distinctive flavor of this remarkable Irish single malt.

Rich and biscuity with notes of peppery spice.

Mellow and well-balanced with a bright, elegant fruitiness and mild spice flavors.

| ABV: 40% | Price: €6

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The Celtic Cask Series is a real favourite with our customers. The range was born from our strong relationship with the Irish distillers and the European bodegas and wine houses. We've been able to hand-pick some of more interesting distillates from the length of the country, both single malt and single pot still, and mature or finish them in great casks from Spain, Portugal and Italy.  Sherry, port, madeira and other wine casks have added richness and complexity to the spirit, from the spicy exotic fruits of Celtic Whiskey Cask Se to the rich Christmas cake aromas of the Celtic Whiskey Cask Tri Deag. The range is growing all the time, but with each edition being a once-off, they out very quickly. Be on your toes...

Distiller; Midleton for Celtic Whiskey  | ABV: 40%| Price: €12

Kilbeggan® is a unique Irish Whiskey. Like most Irish people, Kilbeggan® is easy going and approachable, but with its own distinctive style. The finest grain and malt whiskeys are blended together for a smooth, sweet taste and lovely malt finish, a characteristic of our pot still that is over 180 year old and still at the heart of Kilbeggan® Irish whiskey.

| ABV: 40% | Price: €5.50

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Bottling No.9 in the Celtic Cask series which is becoming highly collectable range of whiskey's due to their limited availability

Distiller ; Midleton for Celtic Whiskey | ABV: 40% | Price: €15

The Celtic Cask Series is a real favourite with our customers. The range was born from our strong relationship with the Irish distillers and the European bodegas and wine houses. We've been able to hand-pick some of more interesting distillates from the length of the country, both single malt and single pot still, and mature or finish them in great casks from Spain, Portugal and Italy.  Sherry, port, madeira and other wine casks have added richness and complexity to the spirit, from the spicy exotic fruits of Celtic Whiskey Cask Se to the rich Christmas cake aromas of the Celtic Whiskey Cask Tri Deag. The range is growing all the time, but with each edition being a once-off, they out very quickly. Be on your toes...

 ABV: 40% | Price: €25

Irish Mist is a brown Whiskey Liqueur produced in Dublin, Ireland, by the Irish Mist Liqueur Company Ltd. In September 2010 it was announced that the brand was being bought by Gruppo Campari from William Grant, only a few months after Grants had bought it from the C&C Group. It is made from aged Irish whiskey, heather and clover honey, aromatic herbs, and other spirits, blended to an ancient recipe claimed to be 1,000 years old. Though it was once 80 proof (40% alcohol per volume), Irish Mist is now 35% or 70 proof. The bottle shape has also been changed from a "decanter" style to a more traditional whiskey bottle shape

| ABV: 32% | Price: €5.50

Plenty of companies have tapped Cooley Distillery for whiskey they can label as their own. Inish Turk Beg could have done just that and left it there but, with admirable integrity, they put their own twist on the whiskey in various creative ways.

They ensured a good base to begin with: roughly 10-year old Cooley malt (very fine stuff indeed, in my opinion). They took thirteen expired ex-bourbon barrels, filled them with "poitín" for a year (Cooley new make spirit, I presume), emptied them and then left them to weather on the island (for how long, I don't know). The Cooley malt was then finished in these seasoned barrels (again, I don't know how long for).

Another touch was to use rainwater, fresh off the Atlantic, to water down the cask-strength spirit to bottling strength of 44%. The final presentation was also unusual: a spherical, tilted, hand-blown bottle. 2,888 of these one-litre bottles were produced.

I've been calling this "Inish Turk Beg" whiskey ever since it was released in late 2010 but I've just realised it's actually called Maiden Voyage. The intention was to release a follow-up called Eternal Voyage but we haven't seen that yet.

With the attractive presentation and the various unique touches it should fly off the shelves

 ABV: 40% | Price: €20

Nadim Sadek introduces music from Inish Turk Beg

Produced by the Teeling Whiskey Company, this is a delicious small-batch blend with a very high malt content. Interestingly enough, it's also been matured in rum casks for added spice.

Nose: Cut grass and orange blossom. Allspice, hints of vanilla, apple pie and blackberries.

Palate: Spiced, rich palate with rose petal jelly and lemon curd. Creamy vanilla, hints of dried herbs and cinnamon.

Finish: Floral, herbal finish. Caramel on the tail.

Overall: A deliciously creamy, spicy and rich Irish blend.

Distiller ;Teelings | ABV: 40% | Price: €6

Tasting Video

Hyde 10 Year Old single malt is a limited edition single malt that has been finished in Oloroso Sherry casks. This is a double distilled single malt that was initially matured in ex-Bourbon barrels. It is non-chilfiltered and bottled at 46%. This is named after Douglas Hyde, the first president of Ireland.

Distiller ; Hyde | ABV: 46% | Price: €8

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Irish single grain whiskey from Teeling! There are only an elite few Irish single grain whiskies out there at the moment, but Teeling went ahead and made theirs unique by maturing it in Californian Cabernet Sauvignon casks. Deliciously sweet with a good deal of spice and fruit hide within the Teeling Single Grain.

Nose: Honeyed apple flesh and red grape, sweet and slightly floral with fragrant vanilla and spice, evaporated milk and brown sugar.

Palate: There's treacle on the palate, but it's light and buttery with dried cranberry developing.

Finish: Into golden syrup tart and sweet egg custard now with spicy cereal.

Overall: This is a thoroughly enjoyable grain whiskey, sweet and fairly light but full of flavour.

Distiller ; Teelings, Dublin | ABV: 40% | Price: €6

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The eagerly anticipated Teeling Single Malt Irish Whiskey, made with 100% malt whiskeys. A selection of five wine-cask-finished-whiskeys were used for this release (some of which were distilled back in 1991), including Sherry, Port, Madeira, White Burgundy and Cabernet Sauvignon. Exciting, delicious stuff from the Teeling chaps in Dublin.

Nose: Intense white grape juiciness on the nose, joined by fresh malt and Rolos, developing into white chocolate the longer it's in the glass.

Palate: An elegant expression, this. Well placed fruit, backed up with cinnamon and white pepper. A touch of dried flower petals along the way. Strawberries?

Finish: Definitely strawberries, with fresh double cream too! Ace.

Distiller ; Teelings | ABV: 46% | Price: €6

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In 1852 Patrick Egan Sr established P&H Egan Ltd in Tullamore, County Offaly, the beating heart of 19th century Ireland. This spirited enterprise quickly became one of Ireland’s foremost merchant houses, spanning a range of commercial endeavours that included malting, brewing and bottling. Today the Egan legacy and time honoured traditions are carried forward by a family with Irish Whiskey in their blood. Six generations in the making, this charismatic Ten Year Old Single Malt was carefully selected by members of the Egan family and proudly represents over 160 years of family heritage.

 | ABV: 40% | Price: €8

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Silver Reserve was the first in Teeling's Vintage Reserve range of small-batch single malt Irish whiskeys. Initially matured in Bourbon barrels, the Silver Reserve was finished in Sauternes wine casks, the first time this has ever been done with a Irish whiskey.

I saw this won World's Best Irish Single Malt and had to try it. IT BLEW MY SOCKS OFF. Unbelievable flavours and complexity. Can't wait to try their new 26 year old single malt

Ditiller ; Teelings, Dublin | ABV: 46% | Price: €18

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John then explained that what you need for nice, smooth spirit, is plenty of reflux. You need a still with a built-in bulge in the neck - a boil bowl - so that the vapour doesn't all rise right up and condense beyond the drop. You need it to condense and fall back into the still a few times before it eventually condenses and drips into the receiver. And so it was that we modified our still design.

Our very special stills are a key part of the Dingle Story. We take the best Irish malted barley and make pure pot still malt whiskey. Then we put it in casks and let the mild, moist, unique Dingle air do the rest. No whiskey in Scotland or Ireland experiences a maturation process like that. Dingle is definitely Dingle.

Of course, making whiskey is all about patience. The first Dingle Whiskey will be released in 2016 which happens to be the centenary of Irish independence. Given our independent nature, we feel that this is a happy coincidence.

Distiller ; Dingel | ABV: 40% | Price: €5.50

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In 1994, the Midleton Distillery Master Distiller, Barry Crockett, made a rare discovery when making his rounds of casks at the Old Midleton Distillery where his father, Max Crockett, had been Master Distiller before him. It was a cask not identified on his stock charts. The cask had been laid down 30 years earlier, in 1964, and had escaped enumeration on the commissioning of the new distillery.

This Single Pot Still whiskey was bottled in 1994 and is named after the river that has supplied the Midleton distillery with water since 1825. It is an extremely rare bottling from Midleton and the prized possession of only very few connoisseurs.

It was discovered in warehouse #11 and based on limited edition numbers seen there were at least 1,238 bottles which suggests at least 4 or 5 casks were required to reach these numbers.

This was a pure pot still bourbon cask 40% bottling and one if the last bottlings of whiskey distilled during the period of the Cork Distilleries Company before the merger in 1966. Quite subtle for it's age and reminds some of an aged Powers.

Nose: Complex, robust, slightly dry.
Taste: Sweet with honey and molasses to begin and then a malt biscuit with Demerara coating. A full-bodied whiskey.
Finish: The pot still shows itself especially at the end with hints of vanilla, spice and a touch of dryness.

Distiller Midleton | ABV: 40% | Price: €99

Released in 2011, Midleton's Barry Crockett edition was named after the distillery's master distiller, and it is aged in both bourbon and new American oak barrels! Very interesting indeed and a limited release of around 2,500 bottles per year

Distiller ; Midleton, Ireland | ABV: 46% | Price: €29

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An amazing single cask single pot still Midleton that has been entirely aged in a first fill Sherry butt. This is packaged to the brim with rich fruit cake, spice and dried fruit flavours. We feel incredibly fortunate to have sourced such a special whiskey, it will surely sell out very quickly!

Distillery - Midleton, Ireland | ABV: 46% | Price: €99

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This is an incredible Midleton whiskey that was released to celebrate 30 years - the pearl anniversary - of the Very Rare range of blends. A collaboration between retired master distiller Barry Crockett and new master distiller Brian Nation, each bottle carries a signature of both men. Two casks were selected, one a single pot still cask from 1984 and the other a single grain from 1981. These were then married for six months in a fourth-fill Bourbon barrel which eventually yielded just 117 bottles of sublime Irish whiskey!

Apparently the Midleton distillery had a massive clearout of old casks during the 1980s when they moved onto a stricter wood selection and cask management scheme. Therefore barrels from this era are incredibly rare and unlikely to crop up again.

Great care went into the high-end packaging and presentation. Each bottle is hand-blown at Jerpoint Glass in Kilkenny and a miniature is also supplied for tasting purposes. The oak box which hugs the bottle very neatly was crafted in County Wexford.

Nose -The initial fresh herbal notes of crushed garden mint and rosemary, are a testament to the quality of the ex-bourbon barrels in which this whiskey has rested for many years. Soft honey sweetness along with beeswax shows its antique character, while hints of gingerbread combine with toasted oak to compliment some pot still spices.

Palate - The soft silky mouth coating is initially honey sweet, then the fresh herbal flavours follow through with a touch of menthol. The spicy notes concentrate, staying sweet with cinnamon and liquorice before the toasted oak adds to the complexity.

Finish - The succulence of the herbs and spices is very slow to fade

Distillery - Midleton,Ireland | ABV: 53.1% | Price: €1,000

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Reputed to be one of the best Irish whiskeys ever bottled. This is a pure (single) pot still whiskey that was distilled at the old Midleton plant in 1973 and bottled in the late 1990. Around 1000 bottles were released and they are becoming increasingly rare.

Distillery - Midleton, Cork, Ireland | ABV: 40% | Price: €950

This whiskey, first laid down in 1969 had just two surviving barrels. This is due largely to the evaporation spirit over the course of time. A yield of only 400 bottles followed 30 years of maturation in cask. This whiskey has very traditional, strongly flavoured attributes indigenous of the old Midleton distillery.  On tasting the spirit, one is immediately aware that this whiskey is different – 30 years in wood has ensured that. There is a full bodied assault on the palate by clean, crisp, spicy, leathery, even fruity pot still notes – robust yes, but not overly so. One of the hall mark characteristics of great age in a whiskey is clearly evident – a pleasing dryish, gentle woodiness. No one flavour dominates; after 30 years in cask they have ironed out their differences and work together to achieve the other characteristic of a great old whiskey – complexity of taste, which, in this whiskey, is truly unique – there is no short cut to acquiring the particular complexity and the delicate mellow nuances of a 30 year old spirit. Only 400 hundred bottles remain of what was always recognised as a great whiskey at 15 years old. Now, after 30 years, this Midleton is an unsurpassed example of the wonderful taste of very old pure pot still Irish whiskey – truly one of the great and rarest whiskeys of the world.'

Midleton Distillery  | ABV: 40% | Price: €700

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Brewer: Beer Brewing Company | ABV: 4.8% | Price: €4.95

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This 30-year-old Irish pot still whiskey was distilled at Midleton in 1973 and bottled in 2003 after maturing in a combination of ex-Bourbon, Sherry, and Port casks.

The nose is light and crisp with red apples and grapes, hints of toffee, cocoa, vanilla, and a touch of oak. The taste is spicy and thick with cinnamon, red apples, honey, a hint of clove, lemon zest, and touches of red grapes and oak. The finish is long and lingering with spices that softly fade away to reveal honey, vanilla, and a touch of toffee. Outstanding!

Pours medium copper. Nose is full of cooked fruits (pears, peaches). Machine shop /diesel engine. Mouth is strong, feel is thick. Pear syrup, chutneys with cooked fruits and touches of cloves, cardamom. Heavier notes of charcoal and condensed honey. Something approaching fermented grains, fermented sugars. An impression of mint on the finish, with all the fermented and cooked fruits. Wow.

Distillery - Midleton Ireland | ABV: 56% | Price: €390

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This is the second addition to the 'Spot' range of Irish whiskies, which contains the famous Green Spot Pot Still Whiskey. The Yellow Spot is a single pot still Irish whiskey which has been matured in three types of cask: American Bourbon cask, Spanish Sherry butts and Spanish Malaga casks for a sweeter flavour.

Nose: There are masses of fleshy stone fruit on the nose, especially peach and apricot with hints of sherried dried fruit and Bourbon cask vanilla.

Palate: The palate is equally fruity with a substantial body and a velvety texture.

Finish: The finish is long and sweet with notes of marzipan and dried apricots.

Overall: This is very different to the Green Spot we all know and love with a delicious sweetness to it and a firmer body.

Distiller ; Midleton, Irleland | ABV: 46% | Price: €9

Yellow Spot - The Rebirth of a Revered Irish Brand

A wonderful single pot still whiskey, Green Spot is fabulous stuff, and much loved by the critics.

Nose: Hints of peppermint, malt, sweet barley, sugary porridge, creamy vanilla, papaya and citrus.

Palate: Spicy and soft, gentle bourbon oak, green woods, menthol, potpourri.

Finish: Creamy, long finish, vanilla.

Distiller ; Midleton, Cork, Ireland | ABV: 40% | Price: €7.50

Green Spot - The Living Relic of the Days of the Whiskey Bonders

An exquisite Irish whiskey, matured in a mixture of Oloroso Sherry and Bourbon casks, before a two year marrying period spent in Madeira casks. Produced in limited numbers, each bottle is numbered.

Nose: Rich toffee, honey, spiced fruit notes and dark mocha.

Palate: Chewy, dates, pecans, grapes and mango.

Finish: Sweet, syrupy pipe tobacco and mint.

Distiller - Bushmills | ABV: 40% | Price: €15

A very special edition of the Bushmills 1608 blend, this commemorates the distillery’s 400 year anniversary. Jim Murray awarded the blend 94 points.

Nose: Rich, warm. Plenty of floral, sherried notes. Slightly earthy, berry fruits, vanilla and a hint of smoke.

Palate: Full, round palate with marzipan, peels, sherry, thickness.

Finish: Long and fruity, becomes slightly dry.

Overall: A superb Irish blend, lovely balance.

Distiller - Bushmills | ABV: 46% | Price: €15

A 16 year old Irish single malt from Bushmills aged in three different cask types: bourbon, port and sherry. The result is a beautiful whiskey which was awarded Gold at the 2010 San Francisco World Spirits Competition…

Nose: A classic Irish nose of honey, yoghurt and tinned stone fruit, this also has a lovely cassia bark character which develops in the glass.

Palate: Spiced and rich with juicy summer fruits, Christmas spices, pine oil, manuka honey and peaches in syrup.

Finish: Thick and syrupy with notes of red berries and Golden Syrup.

Distiller - Bushmills | ABV: 40% | Price: €12

A superb 10 year old Irish single malt and winner of Best Irish Single Malt Whiskey at the 2007 World Whiskies Awards. Bushmills are always scored highly in Jim Murray's Whisky Bible, with the 10 year old being awarded 92.5 points in 2013!

Nose: Banana skins.

Palate: Medium, very fruity, chocolate pudding.

Finish: Floral, tannic.

Overall: Add a drop of water and it tastes just like nectarine chunks in low fat yoghurt!

Distiller - Bushmills | ABV: 40% | Price: €8

This "Special Old Irish Whiskey" is certainly now a special, old and indeed collectible bottle of blended whiskey. It's made with single malt from Bushmills distillery in County Antrim and thought to have been bottled in the 1980s.

Distiller - Bushmills | ABV: 40% | Price: €5.50

Powers Aviation Release, a Limited Edition Pot Still Whiskey, Exclusive to the Irish Whiskey Collection (Aer Rianta's Award Winning Travel Retail Store). Bonded on the 20th of November 2000, this Exclusive Pot Still bottling was released in celebration of Dublin Airports 75th Anniversary this year and is limited to only 176 bottles, The Powers Aviation Release embodies the brand’s long association with the airline industry. Since the 1940’s, the Powers family worked in partnership with Aer Rianta to allow transatlantic passengers to purchase bottles at duty free prices. They had previously done this for liner passengers and extended the facility to enable all air travellers to bring a bottle of Powers to their home country. In Aviation Release, Powers have produced a heavy Pot Still style distillate, in the 1940’s whiskey making style. It is a single cask whiskey, matured entirely in bourbon barrels to create a robust and powerful spiciness with a touch of sweet honeycomb and earthy leather.

 Dublin Airport opened on Friday January 19, 1940 and at 9am, the very first commercial flight, an Aer Lingus Lockheed 14 aircraft, departed for Liverpool. The airport was originally known as Collinstown Airport, as the site was located in the townland of Collinstown, north of Dublin city centre. Work on the airport began in 1937 as more land was acquired and site clearance commenced for the grass runways. Construction of the new terminal building started in the summer of 1938. The architect of the terminal was Desmond FitzGerald, an elder brother of former Taoiseach, Dr Garret FitzGerald. The curved building, which was designed to cater for just 100,000 passengers a year and its tiered structure echoed the lines of a great ocean liner and won many architectural awards for its design.

 This exclusive single cask is limited to 176 bottles. Bottled at 46% ABV | Non chill filtered

NOSE: Aromatic oils and spices combine effortlessly with hints of dried apricot,ripe melon, a touch of sweet honeycomb and underlying earthy leather.

 TASTE: A silky smooth layer of sweetness remains as the spices of the Powers distillate come to the fore. Delicate hints of tea leaves balance with morerobust influences of bergamot and crushed peppercorns.

 FINISH: The spicy sweetness gives way to American white oak character which carries through to the end.

Distiller ; Powers | ABV: 46% | Price: €44

One of the best value single pot still whiskeys on the market. This is made from a robust style of single pot still spirit and predominantly matured in refill ex-bourbon barrels. A small proportion of 1st bourbon and sherry casks are also used to balance out the whiskey. This does not carry an age statement but is usually drawn from whiskeys aged around 7,8 and 9 years old.

Nose -Fresh and vibrant with aromas of green and red fruits plus some hints of green herbs, boiled sweets and toast.

Palate - Sweet and vibrantly fruity. Lots of spicy, toasty oak and some tannic bitterness. Bittersweet chocolate, green herbs and coffee. Not the smoothest whiskey in the world but this has a very pleasant bite and spiciness.

Distiller - Powers  | ABV: 45% | Price: €9

A single pot still release of Powers whisky. It's matured in a combination of bourbon and oloroso sherry casks, and named after the distillery where it was first made, now sadly closed.

Nose: Barley, copper, fresh oak, leather, and juicy fruit.

Palate: Very smooth with vanilla, dry spice, chocolate and coffee. There is dark fruit here too, raisins and blackcurrants.

Finish: More vanilla and drying copper notes.

Overall: A very well balanced whiskey with not a note out of place. Lovely.

Distiller - Powers | ABV: 46% | Price: €9

Powers 12 Year old, like the standard Powers, is a blend with a good dollop of pot still content (making up the majority of the blend). Most ageing is done in ex-bourbon casks with a small amount also aged in sherry wood. In practice there are actually some very old whiskeys in this blend, some as old 20/21 years old.

Nose - Soft, fruity and honeyed. Very harmonious and elegant.

Palate -Sweet and soft with honey, vanilla and tropical fruit flavours. Quite restrained and gentle but very smooth. This has a slight prickle and bite on the finish.

Distiller - Midleton | ABV: 40% | Price: €7

A revival of the old style of Powers once made at the old distillery off Thomas St in Dublin. This is a no-age statement release which has been aged in ex-Bourbon barrels with a small amount of Oloroso Sherry casks.

nose -Barley sugar sweets, honey, sweet spices, orange peel and toasty oak.

Palate - Bananas, toasty oak, juicy tropical fruits, barley sugar sweets, spices and raisins.

Finish Not very long but smooth and fruity.

Distillery - Misleton Ireland | ABV: 40% | Price: €6

This blend was introduced in 1791 by John Power & Sons, originally a pure pot still whiskey, now a popular blend of pot still and grain whiskeys.

The nose is gentle and light with notes of caramel and cereal sweetness, a little honey and a touch of malt. The palate is soft and sublimely silken. There are notes of honey, cedar, malt and cereal grains. The finish is of medium-length with honey and juicy cereals.

Distiller - Midleton, Cork | ABV: 40% | Price: €5

Redbreast is a rich, spicy single pot still Irish whiskey matured exclusively in first-fill Sherry and bourbon casks, and this fantastic 21 year old is no exception. A masterpiece of cask selection and blending, we absolutely love this older expression with its notes of tropical fruit, menthol and a touch of leather alongside all that mouth-filling goodness you find right across the range. Hats off to Billy Leighton and all those at Midleton!

Nose: Tropical pineapple (!) and crushed peanuts specifically, a bit like the combo you get on the outside of those soft cheese rings. Rich, rounded, spicy – prunes, quinces, a little deeply caramelised apple.

Palate: Mouth-filling and reassuring. A little menthol alongside the expected spiciness and some leather. On the tail there’s a touch of nectarine.

Finish: A little tangy fruit gives way to sweet and savoury barley notes.

Overall: Tremendous! Intricate and still full of life even though there’s a good proportion of whiskey older than 21 years old in there. Thoroughly enjoyable and one of the very best Irish whiskeys we've ever had the pleasure of tasting.

Distiller ; Midleton, Cork  | ABV: 46% | Price: €25

Mano a Lámh, meaning ‘hand in hand’ in Spanish and Irish respectively, represents the relationship and passion between the Midleton Distillery and the collective of artisans in Spain, which has crafted the Midleton Distillery’s sherry butts for more than 20 years.

Specially commissioned for the Midleton Distillery, oak is felled in the forests of Galicia, north-west Spain, and then crafted and seasoned by some of the country’s most prestigious family businesses. The Antonio Páez Lobato Bodega in the South, who have a long family connection with Midleton Distillery, crafts the oak into sherry casks, which are then seasoned with Oloroso sherry for two years at the prestigious Páez Morilla Bodega in the nearby sherry capital of the world, Jerez.

The freshly seasoned sherry butts are then shipped promptly, during the cooler winter months, to the Midleton Distillery where they are then filled with new make pot still whiskeys.

What many new whiskey drinkers may not be aware of is that when whiskey first emerges from the big copper pot stills in the distillery, it is transparent in colour, high in alcohol content and has very robust flavours and aromas derived from the ingredients and the distillation process. Think of it as a young, unbroken thoroughbred racehorse. And if the Master Distiller equates to the Race Horse Breeder, then the Master Blender and Master of Maturation are the Race Horse Trainer and Racing Yard Manager respectively who break in and train up the young whiskey to Thoroughbred standard.

• Nose: Very deep dried fruits, raisins and sultanas with the more earthy tones of fig, dates and prunes. The sweetness is from the fruit and balances perfectly with pot still spices such as dill and black pepper, and the contribution of the toasted Spanish oak.
• Taste: Silky smooth and deceptively sweet, full of rich, ripe, dark fruit with the leisurely emergence of the signature spices.
• Finish: The rich fruit slowly gives way to the perfection of the Spanish oak.

Distiller ;Midleton, Cork  | ABV: 46% | Price: €15

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Have you ever been enjoying a glass of the multi-award winning Redbreast 12 Year Old single pot still Irish whiskey and thought to yourself "This is great (because it is), but I'd quite like to taste it at cask strength..."? Well now you can! Get stuck in to the cask strength goodness of 12 year old Redbreast from the Midleton distillery.

Distiller - Midleton,Cork  | ABV: 458.6% | Price: €13

A beautiful pure pot still whiskey (or "single pot still" as it's now officially known). Redbreast 15 is a rich, thick, sweet, pungent whiskey with loads of flavour and complexity - really good stuff!

Nose: Fruity and tangy. Notes of zesty citrus, cut hay, guava, beeswax, manuka honey and tropical fruits.

Palate: Creamy and smooth, notes of cooked fruits, fried banana, orange groves, nutmeg, butterscotch and caramel lattes.

Finish: Custard, peppermint and grapefruit.

Distiller - Midleton, Cork | ABV: 46% | Price: €14

A delightful Pure Pot Still Irish whiskey, Redbreast 12 is highly praised by Jim Murray and a host of other notable whisky critics. Named 'Overall Irish Whiskey of the Year' at the 2013 Irish Whiskey Awards, we can't get enough of it.

The nose is nutty and rich. There are notes of dried peels and spice, an oily note and cut fruits. The palate is spice and of good body. There are notes of nuts and citrus and the peel and juice thereof. There are hints of marzipan and dried peels and a hint of sherry. The finish is long and creamy with custard and spice.

Distiller - Midleton Cork | ABV: 40% | Price: €9

The Jameson Vintage Reserve is a very special blend that draws its components from some of the oldest whiskeys available in the warehouses at Midleton. At its core is a generous amount of old pot still with some very old grain, but what sets it apart is probably the portion matured in a sweet, raisiny port pipe. This is a highly complex, fruity, spicy and sweet tasting blend and must rank as one of the best Irish whiskeys currently available. A rare treat.

Nose - A really full bodied aroma. Initially sweet with ripe fruit notes of melon, bananas and dark fleshy plums. The unmistakable pot still spicy character combines to give hints of treacle, cinnamon and liquorice.

Palate - Thick and oily, immediately surprising with the weight and depth it delivers. Lots of pot still character. Complex and oaky with some deliciously gingery fruit, spicy pepper, toasty oak and thick honey. All the way there is a sweet and fruity character reminiscent of boiled sweets and rock candy. Great length and complexity.

Disitiller - Midleton  | ABV: 46%| Price: €39

Crested Ten was first released by Jameson in 1963, when the whiskey bonding trade was dying out. With a high proportion of pot still and Sherry-matured whiskeys, this is a top Irish blend, a real gem.

Distillery - Midleton  | ABV: 40% | Price: €6

This is one of the newest additions to the Jameson range and is also known as Jameson Black Barrel. We were impressed when we first tried this and it seems a bit different to the rest of the Jameson range having some nice flavours of chocolate and spice added to the usual mix. The term 'Black Barrel' was used because some of the spirit is matured in heavily charred 1st fill bourbon casks. This charring gives more cask influence with some butterscotch, dark chocolate and vanilla flavours coming through. The remainder of the casks used are 1st and 2nd fill bourbon barrels which add some balancing sweetness to the blend.Soon to be rebranded and relabelled this whiskey will become one of the main brands in the new Jameson line-up of no-age-statement whiskeys.

Nose - Intensely fruity with characters of apricot, kumquat, and fruit cake. A hint of bitter, dark chocolate and truffles.

Palate - Spice and dried fruits, mixed peel, apricots, marshmallow and burnt caramel. The palate ends with a spicy, bitter chocolate finish

Distiller -Midleton, Cork | ABV: 40% | Price: €7

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Jameson Gold started out as a limited edition expression that was originally created for the Asian market. It proved to be very popular and it was added as a permanent member of the Jameson range. The blend has been tweaked a little since it first appeared and now seems to be more rounded and harmonious than initial releases. The Jameson Gold features three well-aged pot still whiskeys, one of which was aged in new American oak barrels. New oak can be quite aggressive and tends to add a lots of flavour but also some tannin and woodiness, so it has to be used sparingly here. The composition of Jameson Gold is quite complex with lots of different pot still and grain components all coming together in an elegant and smooth package.Unfortunately this much loved bottling will soon be discontinued and will be replaced by a new range of no-age-statement Jameson whiskeys.

Nose - Fragrant wood, rich pot still with a touch of sherry sweetness

Palate - All the creaminess and honey sweetness come together to create a taste sensation of spicy character, a smooth complex whiskey experience. A very long finish with a pleasantly peppery finale.

Distiller - Midleton | ABV: 40% | Price: €14

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he Jameson Caskmates release is a unique whiskey that has been made with the help of Cork's Franciscan Well brewery. Barrels that had been previously used for Jameson whiskey were taken to the Franciscan Well Brewery to use in the ageing of their full-bodied craft stout. Once used for beer maturation they were sent back to the distillery where Jameson whiskey that had already been aged was filled into them for a finishing period.

Nose- The initial aroma of freshly mown Hay is complimented by a crisp Orchard Fruit character, Green Apples and Pears along with a twist of Lime Zest. Mild Pot Still Spices appear, deepening from Green Tea to Hazel Nut and Milk Chocolate. The lingering Hop influence combines effortlessly with Toasted Oak and Barley Grains to form a solid base.

Palate -As expected, there is the initial sweet mouth coating typical of the Irish Pot Still Whiskey inclusion. Then the effect of the Beer Cask finish becomes apparent with the subtle touch of Hops and Cocoa Beans. Some Marzipan and Charred Oak add to the complexity. Long and sweet on the finish with Milk Chocolate and Butterscotch

Distillery - Midleton  | ABV: 40% | Price: €7.50

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This has to be one of our favourite Jameson whiskeys. We love it because it reminds us of some of the great heavy pot still whiskeys once produced at the Old Bow Street Distillery in Dublin, albeit a lot easier to drink. Varying styles of pot still whiskeys dominate this luxury blend, which has only a small amount of grain whiskey added to bring some extra smoothness. The casks are predominantly first fill sherry and refill bourbon which are carefully selected before being married for around six months in first fill bourbon casks. It's made in batches, so it differs a little from year to year. If you ask us this is a little more complex and spicy than Midleton Very Rare, so perhaps is a better buy if you like Irish whiskeys that have a good bit of sherry cask richness.

Nose - Great pot still character with a wonderful spicy, oily, floral aroma. Dried fruits and cocoa.

Palate - Thick and oily with a pronounced pot still character. Hard to believe this is a blend. Flavours of Christmas cake, juicy tropical fruits, honey, and chocolate/mocha.

Distiller - Midleton | ABV: 40% | Price: €19

Jameson 12 year old has a wonderful pot still character combined with the smoothness you would expect from Jameson. The pot still content on the standard Jameson ranges from 5-7 years old. With the 12 year old, the extra ageing adds considerable depth and complexity. A heavier style of pot still whiskey is used and a good proportion is aged in sherry casks (again a higher amount than the standard bottling). The result is a whiskey that bridges the gap between standard blends and the heavier single pot still whiskeys from Jameson. This much loved version of Jameson will soon be discontinued and will be replaced by a new range of Jameson products without age statements.

Nose -Warm, spicy, assertively complex. Hints of dried fruits, Christmas cake and cocoa.

Palate -Sherry richness with dried fruits, nutty flavour, mild woody undertones and some cocoa. The finish is warm and long lasting.

Distiller - Midleton, Cork | ABV: 40% | Price: €9.50

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Brewer: Beer Brewing Company | ABV: 4.8% | Price: €4.95

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Jameson is by far the best selling Irish whiskey in the world and currently sells at a rate of around 4 million cases per year. It has been tweaked over the years to make it mix well with other drinks which explains its popularity in bars and nightclubs. The blend is dominated by some light and crisp grain whiskey but also has a good dollop of heavier pot still whiskey adding some depth. Most of the ageing is done in first fill bourbon casks with only a small proportion in sherry wood. This is a good starting point for anyone wanting to try a typical Irish blend

Distiller - Midleton, Cork  | ABV: 40% | Price: €5

An unusual and very rare single cask, one of the first to made for us here at the Celtic Whiskey Shop. This was blended from pot still and grain whiskeys before being married in a single cask (number 95991).

Distiller - Midleton, Cork, Ireland | ABV: 48% | Price: €55

The Irishman Single Malt is a triple distilled malt sourced from the Bushmills distillery in County Antrim. A combination of bourbon and sherry casks are used for the maturation and these are carefully selected by Bernard Walsh with each bottling amounting to 1000 cases. This has a light a smooth character with flavours of vanilla, fudge and dried citrus fruits.

nose - Toffee and vanilla give way to toasted almonds, honey and floral aromas

Palate - A long, decadent finish enhanced with oak and dark chocolate. Only the finest distillates from select casks are chosen by the founder, Bernard Walsh, for this small batch production

Distiller - Walshs Carlow | ABV: 40% | Price: €8

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The Irishman Single Malt is a triple distilled malt sourced from the Bushmills distillery in County Antrim. A combination of bourbon and sherry casks are used for the maturation and these are carefully selected by Bernard Walsh with each bottling amounting to 1000 cases. This has a light a smooth character with flavours of vanilla, fudge and dried citrus fruits.

Nose -Toffee and vanilla give way to toasted almonds, honey and floral aromas

Palate -A long, decadent finish enhanced with oak and dark chocolate. Only the finest distillates from select casks are chosen by the founder, Bernard Walsh, for this small batch production

Distiller - Walsh Distillery, Carlow | ABV: 40% | Price: €8

A superb limited edition small batch from The Irishman. This is bottled at natural cask strength and comes in at 54% ABV. With only 2160 bottles released this will not last long!

Nose - Elegant aromas of fruit and ginger

Palate -Creamy oak and spice with a complexity that balances its considerable strength
Distillery - Walshs Distillery, Carlow  | ABV: 54% | Price: €9

A fabulous Irish blend of 70% single malt whiskey and 30% single pot still whiskey. After being triple distilled, the Irishman Founder's Reserve is aged in bourbon casks. Bernard Walsh, you should be proud!

Palate: Plenty rich with a glorious mouth-feel. More ripe fruits, paired with vanilla and cinnamon.

Finish: Very long.

Overall: Well rounded, finely balance.

Distiller, Walshs Distillery, Carlow  | ABV: 40% | Price: €6

Writers Tears is a light, sweet Irish whiskey made using a mix of single pot still and single malt whiskies, resulting in oodles of honey'd, fruity notes. Wonderfully easy to drink, it would make for a great introduction to Irish whiskey for folks new to the spirit. No writers were harmed in the making of this whiskey.

Nose: Soft and sweet with thick honey spread on granary toast. Hints of citrus peels.

Palate: Honey develops on the palate. Mellow notes of vanilla and golden malt. Green apple skin, caramel and a hint of oak.

Finish: Warming, sweet and long.

Overall: Very yummy Irish whiskey indeed.

Distiller - Walshs Distillery, Carlow  | ABV: 40% | Price: €5.50

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This special once-off release was introduced to celebrate 100 years of the famous brand, with the packaging, recipe and even spelling harking back to the time when Paddy Flaherty was selling Cork Distillers' whisky around the country. Back then, and up to the 1980s, it was a single pot still whisky rather then a blend and the distillery spelled its produce without the 'e'.  It has been matured predominantly in first fill bourbon and sherry casks. Having tasting this, we all agree that it is a cut above the regular Paddy and is one of the most intensely fruity Irish whiskey available. This is a small volume release and unless they decide to keep it going it will dissapear very soon. The palate is lively with a classic pot still prickle. Flavours of dried oranges, cloves, dried raisins with some oily pot still character. Very good!

Distillery - Midleton, Cork  | ABV: 43% | Price: €12

FROM WATERFORD One of our favourite Irish whiskey liqueurs. This is sweet and warming with flavours of butterscotch, caramel and citrus peel.This was a worthy winner of a Gold Medal at the 2014 Irish Whiskey Awards.

 | ABV: 30% | Price: €5

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A superb blended malt whisky from William Grant, made with single malts from the company's three neighbouring distilleries in Dufftown. The result is a smooth, creamy, supple and very malty Scotch which works superbly well neat, over ice

Tasting Note by The Chaps at Master of Malt

Distiller ; Glenfiddich, Balvenie and Kininvie | ABV: 40% | Price: €9

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A no age statement single malt whisky from the Miyagikyo distillery in the Miyagi Prefecture. Characteristic of their expressions, this Miyagikyo single malt features plenty of interplay between spice and sweet fruit notes - should serve as a good introduction to Japanese whisky.

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Distiller: Miyagikyo | ABV: 43% | Price: €10

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This is the new no-age-statement Single Malt Scotch Whisky from the famous Speyside distillery of Macallan. Macallan's new range has done away with age-statements and instead focuses on the colour of the whisky. The concept being that the older the whisky is the darker it will be... Regardless of how true this really is, it's certainly a great whisky packed with assertive vanilla and citrus flavours.
Tasting Note by The Chaps at Master of Malt
Nose: This burnished gold spirit presents a lemon citrus nose, the orange peel and an interlacing sweetness that softens but doesn't eliminate the zest. A quiet note of vanilla is followed by dark chocolate - more assertive, yet not overly so - with a lingering floral and light oak notes.

Palate: Citrus and boiled sweets rule the palate, along with hints of ginger and cinnamon, while soft oak tones reveal toasted apples.

Finish: The finish is medium sweet, malty and slightly dry.

Distiller: Macallan | ABV: 40% | Price: €8

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Knob Creek is a brand of Kentucky straight bourbon whiskey produced by Beam Suntory at the Jim Beam distillery in Clermont, Kentucky. It is one of the four Jim Beam small batch bourbon brands targeted for the high-end liquor market. Its siblings in the line are Booker's, Baker's, and Basil Hayden's.The primary expression of the brand is bottled at 100 proof (higher than the typical 80 that is the minimum required by U.S. Federal labeling requirements) and aged for nine years (which is longer than many Bourbon brands and is longer than most other Jim Beam Small Batch brands).

Knob Creek comes in a rectangular bottle with a corked or twist-on cap and wax-sealed top. The bourbon has a dark, golden-brown color. According to the company, this is due to the relatively long aging process, which allows it to absorb more sugar from the wood than is the case for the other Jim Beam Small Batch brands. The company describes the flavor as "rich, sweet, woody, full-bodied, almost fruity", and the aroma as "toasted nuts, grain, oak".^[3]

In 2009, Beam ran a campaign to publicize their shortage of Knob Creek bourbon. Demand exceeded the 2000 forecast, when the stock began the aging process

Distiller: Knob Creek | ABV: 45% | Price: €6.50

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An 81 proof (40.5%ABV) bourbon crafted by Wild Turkey associate distiller Eddie Russell, son of master distiller Jimmy. It's a high rye mash matured in heavily charred casks for big flavour at a more approachable ABV than the 101.

Distiller: Wild Turkey | ABV: 40.5% | Price: €6

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ottled from a single barrel from the Jack Daniel distillery. Each barrel is selected by the Master Distiller by its suitability as a stand alone product before being bottled.

Tasting Note by The Chaps at Master of Malt

Distiller: Jack Daniels | ABV: 45% | Price: €8.50

Master Distiller - Jeff Arnett discusses Jack Daniel's Single Barrel. This is one segment of a three part series shot at the JD Distillery

Has there ever been a moment when you've been sipping Bulleit Bourbon and wanted it to have even more rye? Well you're in luck, they now have their own Rye whiskey! Bulleit Rye is made with a mashbill of 95% rye and 5% malted barley and is produced in small batches. An absolutely stunning rye that won a Double Gold medal at the San Francisco World Spirits Competition in 2013.

Tasting Note by The Chaps at Master of Malt

Distiller: Bulleit  | ABV: 45% | Price: €6.50

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A truly fabulous whiskey liqueur from Jack Daniel's. This stuff is made with a mix of rich spices and smooth, supple honey and the result is delicious over ice or in coffee.

Tasting Note by The Chaps at Master of Malt

Distiller: Jack Daniels  | ABV: 35% | Price: €5.50

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Synonymous with premium blended whisky, Johnnie Walker Blue Label is the rarest whisky from this world famous brand. Rich and slightly smoky, it's made up of some very old malt and grain Scotch whiskies. It's said that only on in ten thousand casks makes the grade. Johnnie Walker suggest enjoying neat alongside a glass of chilled water.

Nose: Fragrant with good body. Notes of oak, crisp spice, dried fruit, pastries. Berry fruits, aniseed, hints of cedar, a touch of spice and citrus.

Palate: Supple and balanced. Good toffee and hints of very wistful smoke. Chocolate, hints of grass and a good hit of malt.

Finish: Floral, oaky, good length, urged on by a plume of very well-kept, highland style smoke. Dried fruit, spice, honey.

Overall: One of the ultimate premium blends, Blue Label is a legend in its own right and will continue to be.

Distiller : Johnnie Walker| ABV: 40% | Price: €25

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The replacement premium blend for Johnnie Walker's popular Gold Label 18. It's structured around single malt whisky from Clynelish.

Nose: Honey and heather with thick caramel notes and a subtle nutmeg spice. Dried meadow flowers and a hint of fresh banana.

Palate: Smooth and succulent with a honeyed sweetness that's typical of Johnnie Walker. There's more to this though, the floral elements are quite prominent and there's a spiced sweet vanilla note too.

Finish: Long, sweet and toffee-like.

Overall: A typically easy drinking blend from Johnnie Walker, this will not disappoint fans of the style.

Distiller :Johnnie Walker | ABV: 40% | Price: €9.50

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A very special 2011 edition of Johnnie Walker's classic blend, Black Label. Double Black was originally released to the travel retail market, and it combines the rich, malty flavour of Black Label with slightly peatier whisky and casks that were more heavily charred. The result is a toasty, smoky whisky with Johnnie Walker's usual rich, malty core - very good indeed

Nose: Slightly smoky and almost medicinal on the nose, it offers up hints of vanilla, a little tar, a touch of barbecue sauce, citrus and malt.

Palate: Good body and very creamy with a sublimely malty core. It offers up a surprising level of peat smoke which works really well. Creamy sweetness, hints of soft wood smoke, salty butter, custard and cereal grains.

Finish: Good length with notes of malt, boiled sweets, black pepper and cool smoke.

Distiller : Johnnie Walker | ABV: 40% | Price: €7

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A very famous blended whisky, a rather good blend too. Jim Murray awarded Teacher's Highland Cream 90 points in his Whisky Bible.

The nose is fruity and well malted with gentle sweetness. Some smoke and a touch of honey. The mouth feel is quite big with a supple maltiness and the vaguest whisper of muted peat. The finish is well fruited with toffee, malt and a faint hint of smoke.

Distiller  ; Teachers | ABV: 40% | Price: €5.50

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A classic Island dram from the Isle of Skye. Always highly rated, this was an Editor's Choice at Whisky Magazine. Lots of spice and fresh, tangy peat.

Nose: Thick, pungent smoke. Notes of kippers, seaweed, apple peels. Fresh and fragrant.

Palate: Full bodied with huge plumes of smoke and volcanic, peppery peat. Intense.

Finish: Long finish, barley, malt.

Distiller ; Taliskar | ABV: 45.8% | Price: €7

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A peaty offering and a vatted malt created by the renowned John Glaser, of Compass Box. The Peat Monster contains whisky from secret distilleries (all very cloak and dagger). They can tell us that some was from the village of Port Askaig in Islay, with some south coast Islay whisky too, vatted with Ardmore. This was matured in a mix of first fill and refill American oak casks.

Nose: Peat, marked salinity, leans to Caol Ila in style, something medicinal. Sweet and fruity, grainy.

Palate: Peat, oak. Botanicals, floral, coppery, sweet, smoky bacon, hint of papaya.

Finish: A lingering sweetness, more peat, floral: roses and violets, sweet spice, oak.

Distiller; Compass Box | ABV: 46% | Price: €8

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Really smoky and iodine rich. This has to be one of Scotland's most characterful drams. Laphroaig are known for their medicinal malts, and the classic 10 year old is no exception.

Nose: This opens on big, smoky muscular peat notes. There are spices, and liquorice, as well as a big dose of salt. This whisky has become slightly sweeter in recent years, and it beautifully on the nose, amidst the classic iodine/sticking plasters and cool wood smoke we love.

Palate: Seaweed-led, with a hint of vanilla ice cream and more than a whiff of notes from the First Aid box (TCP, plasters etc). The oak is big, and muscles its way into the fore as you hold this whisky over your tongue. An upsurge of spices develop – cardamom/black pepper/chilli.

Finish: Big and drying, as the savoury, tarry notes build up with an iodine complexity.

Overall: The only malt from Laphroaig’s range that John Campbell recommends with water; try it, it opens up the palate massively, providing a dazzling array of additional flavours…

Distiller ;Laphroig  | ABV: 40% | Price: €7

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Original is the core bottling in the Glenmorangie range, released to replace the old 10 year old. This really is a classic malt, so creamy and fruity.

Nose: Very fruity and thick. Rich notes of lemon, nectarine and apple. Spices.

Palate: Fresh and balanced, vanilla. Boiled sweets, very creamy, tiramisu, toffee.

Finish: Quite long, gentle, malty and very fruity.

Distiller ; Glenmorangie | ABV: 40% | Price: €6

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First revealed towards the end of 2014, the Founder's Reserve is now available in the UK and will be replacing the 12 year old in many of the mature markets despite initial indications that it would sit beside it, broadening the entry-level options. Named in tribute to distillery founder George Smith, it's packaged in Georgian blue.

Nose: Some dates then what at first appears to be a touch of salinity, but is better described as a slightly sharp plum and apricot wine note. There's orange zest, toffee, hints of struck match and chocolate raisins, but before this starts to sound 'Sherried' there's also pear drops, a dusting of sweet cinnamon, honeysuckle and sweet pea.

Palate: Fruity, then sweet, more toffee, a touch of anise, then into milk chocolate Flakes, banoffee pie and apple turnovers.

Finish: Creamy toffee to the fore now, a little oak and sweet barley sugar warmth too. Milk chocolate raisins linger.

Overall: Perhaps a little sweet, but it would work well with ice where the sweetness would be slightly suppressed - and before you shudder with disgust, Alan Winchester said that he liked his with a little ice sometimes too. And if it's good enough for the Master Distiller...

Distiller ; Glenlivit | ABV: 40% | Price: €7

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The Glendronach 12 Year Old Sauternes Cask Finish single malt is initially matured in European oak before being moved over to casks which previous held the sweet wine. The result is elegant and fruit-filled, with a good whack of vanilla at its core and pleasing oak spice on the mid-palate.

Distiller ; GlenDronach | ABV: 46% | Price: €8

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Chivas Regal is a world-famous Scotch blend which was first made in the early 20th century by Chivas Brothers. The company can trace its roots back to 1801, with the opening of a grocers at Number 13 King Street, Aberdeen. Selling luxury food, coffee and spices, it wasn't until half a century later that the company started to make whisky, and then not until post-US Prohibition that Chivas Regal 12 Year Old was first officially released. F. Paul Pacult described Chivas Regal 12 as "the blend for grown-ups", awarding it an impressive 9 out of 10. It's a very apt statement - this is a very refined blended whisky, with herbs, honey and fruit leaping forth on the palate. Regularly lauded by the critics, this is a superb blend in its price category, representing great value for money.

Nose: A creamy, aromatic melange of vanilla custard, hints of aniseed, lemon curd and butter toffee. Wood shavings and dried banana chips develop with just a hint of cassis.

Palate: More of those banana chips showing through on the palate, this time there's a creamy hit of barley malt too, pepped up with a little allspice. Notes of ground walnut and caramel.

Finish: Light spice and black pepper on the tail. Lingering notes of cereal sweetness.

Overall: A spicy, beautifully balanced blend. Lots going on here.

Distiller - Chivas | ABV: 40% | Price: €7

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The heart of the Bowmore range, the 12 year old exhibits some beautiful coastal notes with a gentle peat, it is the balance that the floral element presents that makes this a great entry bottling for Bowmore.

Nose: Coastal smoke and ash soon make way for bergamot, orange zest, lemon slices and some hay before becoming rather floral, heather smoke now competing with the ash.

Palate: Lovely and rounded, honeyed even, initially. Vanilla, perfumed smoke and coastal elements develop. Dark Peat. Blossom, oily sweetness.

Finish: Smoky and long. Sea spray, dry grass, a touch of ash and citrus.

Overall: Classic stuff and the heart of the Bowmore range. Smoky, fruity, coastal, delicious.

Distiller ;Bowmore | ABV: 40% | Price: €7

Master Blender Iain Macallum on the Bowmore 12 years old from the Bowmore vaults on Islay

Famous old blend containing a high proportion of quality grain whisky. James Buchanan apparently got the idea for the brand on his way home from a dogshow - and the rest is history...

Distiller ; Black & White | ABV: 40% | Price: €5.50

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Maker's Mark is aged for around six years, being bottled and marketed when the company's tasters agree that it is ready. Maker's Mark is one of the few distillers to rotate the barrels from the upper to the lower levels of the aging warehouses during the aging process to even out the differences in temperature during the process. The upper floors are exposed to the greatest temperature variations during the year, so rotating the barrels ensures that the bourbon in all the barrels have the same quality and taste.

Maker's Mark is sold in squarish bottles which are sealed with red wax. T. William Samuels' wife, Marjorie "Margie" Samuels, gave the whiskey its name, drew its label, and thought up the wax dipping that gives the bottle its distinctive look. It was introduced to the market in 1959. Three varieties are marketed; the original, a mint julep flavor with green wax on the neck released seasonally in limited amounts, and 46, a variety flavored by introducing seared French oak staves into the traditional charred white oak barrel toward the end of its aging. The original has been bottled at 90 U.S. proof (45% alcohol by volume).

Maker's Mark is unusual in that no rye is used as part of the mash. Instead red winter wheat is used, along with corn (the predominant grain) and malted barley. During the planning phase of Maker's Mark, Samuels allegedly developed seven candidate mash bills for the new bourbon. As he did not have time to distill and age each one for tasting, he instead made a loaf of bread from each recipe and the one with no rye was judged the best tasting. Samuels also received considerable assistance and recipes from Stitzel-Weller owner Pappy Van Winkle, whose distillery produced the wheated Old Fitzgerald and W. L. Weller bourbons.

Maker's Mark is marketed as a small batch Bourbon. Most producers of so-called small batch Bourbons do not clarify exactly what they mean by the term. The producer of Maker's Mark says that the traditional definition is "A bourbon that is produced/distilled in small quantities of approximately 1,000 gallons or less (20 barrels) from a mash bill of around 200 bushels of grain

Distiller: Makers Mark | ABV: 45% | Price: €6.50

Canadian whisky combines the richness and fruitiness of bourbon for a cleaner, crisper palate. Canadian Club, with its unique distilling process is lighter than scotch and smoother than bourbon. Made and bottled in Walkerville Canada, Canadian Club is the only Canadian whisky that is Barrel Blended prior to aging in white oak barrels to allow the flavours to marry. Aged six years (twice the period required by Canadian law) Canadian Club is a true, quality Canadian whisky that has not changed with time.

Canadian Club has been the world’s favourite Canadian whisky for more than 140 years and has set the standard for great whisky. It’s a smooth satisfying taste that will never go out of style

Distiller : Canadian Club | ABV: 40% | Price: €6

The new edition of the classic Kentucky straight bourbon, Buffalo Trace. A great whiskey, with oodles of vanilla, barrel char and spicy complexity.

Tasting Note by The Chaps at Master of Malt

One of the world's most popular blends, and the best-selling Scotch whisky in Scotland, Famous Grouse is a very nicely balanced, malty blend which was first made in 1896. In fact, it was created by Matthew Gloag's company after he was asked to supply wines for a royal banquet with Queen Victoria in attendance. His son, William, perfected a blend named The Grouse, renaming it The Famous Grouse in 1905. Around eighty years later, the company was awarded a Royal Warrant. The blend represents great value for money, and it also works beautiful in whisky-based cocktails. Delicious.

Nose: A crisp, light nose offering up notes of toffee apples, hints of dried flowers and biscuity barley.

Palate: Balanced, biscuit-laden palate with a core of thick, creamy malt. Just a hint of spice and the vaguest whisper of smoke really bring a great deal of complexity.

Finish: A slightly sweet, malty finish.

Overall: A very malty, biscuity blend. It's easy to see why this is so popular in Scotland!

Distiller ; Famous Grouse | ABV: 40% | Price: €6.50

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This classic Speyside from Glenfiddich was the Winner of a Gold Medal at the 2007 International Wine and Spirit Competition, aged for 12 years in American and European Oak casks.

Nose: Grain. Slightly floral, mineralic. Spirity, orchard fruit, malty, honey. Citrus develops.

Palate: Light, floral, spices. Very smooth.

Finish: Sweet, touch of oak and general fruit, oily.

Overall: Stereotypical Speyside. Consistent - a good benchmark.

Distiller ; Glenfiddich | ABV: 40% | Price: €7.50

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A combination of aged Scotch whiskies, heather honey and a recipe of secret ingredients, Drambuie is one of the best-known whisky liqueurs worldwide.

Distiller ; Grants | ABV: 40% | Price: €5.50

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The entry level bottling from the illustrious Glenlivet distillery at Speyside's heart, aged for 12 years. The archetypal Speyside dram, honey and orchard fruit driven.

Nose: Sweet creamy vanilla, honey, pineapple, vanilla, pressed apples and a little cinnamon.

Palate: Apple cores, fresh and fruity trifle and creamy citrus.

Finish: Long and delicious, almonds and apple.

Overall: One of the best selling malts in the world, well-worth re-visiting.

Distiller ; Glenlivit | ABV 40% | €6