Athrú Keshcorran 14 yo (48%, OB 2019, Tokaji wine casks, 6600 btl.)
Athrú Knocknarea 14 yo (48%, OB 2019, Oloroso sherry cask finish, 6600 btl.)
ireland
Bushmills 1608 – 400th Anniversary (46%, OB +/- 2014) – 83/100
Bushmills 21 yo (40%, OB +/- 2014) – 86/100
Bushmills Black Bush (40%, OB +/- 2019)
Irish single malts from independent bottlers are currently selling like hotcakes. We’ve seen old 1988 and 1989 expressions, […]
Connemara 22 yo (46%, OB 2014, first-fill bourbon barrels, 3996 btl.) – 88/100
Connemara Distiller’s Edition (43%, OB 2015) – 82/100
Connemara Sherry finish (40%, OB 2009, 10.000 btl.) – 84/100
Connemara Turf Mór (58,2%, OB 2010, heavily peated, less than 20.000 btl.) – 87/100
Cooley 1999 (53,3%, Thosop 2012, 179 btl.) – 90/100
Cooley 13 yo 1999 (51,4%, The Whisky Mercenary 2013) – 89/100
Cooley 20 yo 2001 (50,7%, Liquid Treasures 2021, barrel #3062, 183 btl.)
Cooley 20 yo 2001 (52%, Liquid Treasures for Singapore 2021, barrel #3154, 175 btl.)
Emerald Isle 24 yo 1991 (52,6%, Speciality Drinks 2016, cask #8507) – 91/100
Emerald Isle 24 yo 1991 (57%, Speciality Drinks 2016, cask #8583) – 93/100
Glendalough 13 yo (46%, OB +/- 2016) – 83/100
Green Spot – Chateau Montelena (46%, OB 2017)
Greenore 10 yo (52,9%, OB 2011 for Belgium, cask #87, 394 btl.) – 83/100
Greenore 18 yo (46%, OB 2011, 4000 btl.) – 81/100
Ireland 27 yo 1989 (48,2%, Archives ‘Fishes of Samoa’ 2017, barrel #16223, 186 btl.) – 92/100
Irish single malt 15 yo 2001 (50,2%, Sansibar & van der Boog 2016, sherry cask, 161 btl.) – 82/100
Very old Irish malt (49,6%, Liquid Treasures ‘Summer Dram selection’ 2016, bourbon barrel, 123 btl.) – 86/100
Irish Malt 28 yo 1989 (49,3%, Antique Lions of Spirits ‘Butterflies’ 2017, bourbon cask, 209 btl.)
Irish Single Malt 29 yo 1989 (56,5%, Liquid Treasures ‘10th Anniversary’ 2019, rum barrel, 127 btl.)
Irish Malt 26 yo 1992 (48,3%, Liquid Treasures ‘Summer Dram’ 2018, bourbon barrel, 172 btl.)
Irish Single Malt 1993 (48,1%, Liquid Art & Beacon Spirits 2018, 99 btl.)
Irish Single Malt 24 yo 1993 (48,2%, The Whisky Agency for The Whisky Exchange 2018, bourbon barrel)
Irish single malt 27 yo 1988 (49,5%, The Nectar of the Daily Drams 2015, joint bottling with LMdW) – 91/100
Irish single malt 25 yo 1988 (51,1%, The Whisky Agency ‘Old Times Diving’ 2013, 212 btl.) – 93/100
Irish single malt 28 yo 1989 (56,2%, Limited Whisky Investment & Sansibar ‘Monkey series’ 2017, bourbon cask, 164 btl.)
Irish malt 27 yo 1989 (45,5%, Maltbarn 2016, bourbon cask, 211 btl.) – 92/100
Irish Single Malt Whiskey 24 yo 1989 (42,2%, The Nectar of the Daily Drams & La Maison du Whisky 2014, rum cask #16262) – 90/100
Irish Single Malt 30 yo 1989 ‘The Ash Tree’ (48,1%, The Whisky Cask Company 2020, rum barrel #16044 / 16258, 276 btl.)
Irish single malt 27 yo 1989 (45%, The Whisky Agency & Eiling Lim 2016, barrel, 177 btl.) – 92/100
Emerald Isle 26 yo 1989 (59,2%, Speciality Drinks 2016, cask #16244) – 93/100
Irish single malt 26 yo 1989 (47,2%, Whisky-Fässle 2015, barrel) – 89/100
Irish single malt 26 yo 1989 (55,8%, The Nectar of the Daily Drams 2016, rum cask, 10th Anniversary edition) – 90/100
Ireland 28 yo 1990 (48,4%, The Whisky Agency 2018, barrel)
Ireland 29 yo 1989 (48,8%, Maltbarn 2018, bourbon cask, 73 btl.)
Irish Single Malt 28 yo 1990 (47,3%, The Whisky Agency ‘Private Stock’ 2018, bourbon barrel, 153 btl.)
Irish single malt 27 yo 1990 (48,1%, The Whisky Agency ‘Art Nouveau Ladies’ 2017, barrel) – 91/100
Irish single malt 26 yo 1990 (49,3%, Maltbarn, bourbon barrel, 114 btl.) – 92/100
Irish single malt 27 yo 1990 (51,3%, The Whisky Agency & The Whisky Exchange 2017, bourbon barrel, 150 btl.)
Irish Single Malt 29 yo 1990 (48,5%, The Whisky Agency 2019, barrel, 182 btl.)
Irish Single Malt 29 yo 1990 (49,3%, Whisky Blues 2019, barrel #593, 100 btl.)
Irish single malt 22 yo 1991 (52,4%, TWA Liquid Library 2013, refill barrel, 191 btl.) – 87/100
Irish Single Malt Whiskey 22 yo 1991 (46,6%, The Nectar of the Daily Drams & La Maison du Whisky 2014, rum cask #10657) – 90/100
Irish single malt 23 yo 1991 ‘Maria label’ (54,6%, The Nectar of the Daily Drams 2015) – 94/100
Irish single malt 1991 (48,5%, Whisky-Doris ‘Nose Art’ 2015, bourbon barrel #8533, 161 btl.) – 91/100
Irish single malt 24 yo 1991 (50,2%, Sansibar ‘Samurai’ 2015, bourbon cask, 232 btl.) – 90/100
Irish single malt 24 yo 1991 (48,2%, The Whiskyman for Lindores Whisky Society 2015, 130 btl.) – 93/100
Ireland 24 yo 1991 (50,6%, The Whisky Agency for Komplex Whisky 2015, 157 btl.) – 90/100
Irish single malt 24yo 1991 (49,5%, The Whisky Agency ‘Perfect Dram’ 2016, bourbon barrel, 152 btl.) – 91/100
Irish Malt 22 yo 1991 (49,2%, The Whisky Fair 2014, Bourbon barrel, 184 btl.) – 89/100
Irish single malt 1991 – peated (52,2%, The Whisky Mercenary for Whiskysite.nl & Fisser 2015) – 91/100
Irish single malt 22 yo 1991 (48,6%, Eiling Lim 2014, 116 btl.) – 92/100
Irish single malt 23 yo 1991 (47,4%, The Nectar of the Daily Drams 2014, peated) – 92/100
Irish Single Malt 21 yo 1998 (51,3%, The Whisky Agency, single barrel, 208 btl.)
Irish single malt 16 yo 1999 (53,5%, The Nectar of the Daily Drams 2015, joint bottling with LMdW) – 87/100
Irish single malt 14 yo 2001 (48,3%, Maltbarn 2016, bourbon cask, 167 btl.) – 85/100
Irish single malt 14 yo 2001 (56,4%, Master of Malt 2016, bourbon barrel #10785)
Irish single malt 15 yo 2002 (57,9%, Artful Dodger 2019, ex-bourbon cask #346, 291 btl.)
Irish Single Malt Whiskey 10 yo 2003 (49,5%, Whisky-Fässle 2014, hogshead) – 84/100
Irish single malt 24 yo (46,8%, That Boutique-y Whisky Company 2016, Batch #1, 50 cl, 264 btl.) – 91/100
Irish Single Malt XO (51,8%, Beacon Spirits 2016, 77 btl.) – 85/100
Irish single malt ‘Extra Old’ (50,6%, Whisky-Fässle 2016, barrel) – 88/100
Jameson 12 yo ‘Distillery reserve’ (40%, OB) – 84/100
Jameson 15 yo Single Pot Still (56,4%, OB ‘Remastered’ 2021, 2220 btl.)
A visit to the remodeled Jameson Bow St distillery in Dublin, Ireland (March 2017)
Jameson Bow Street 18 yo ‘Cask Strength’ (55,3%, OB 2018)
Jameson Whiskey Makers series: Jameson Distiller’s Safe / Jameson Cooper’s Croze / Jameson Blender’s Dog
Kilbeggan 21 yo (40%, OB 2015) – 73/100
Kinahan’s 10 yo (46%, OB 2016, Batch #03) – 84/100
Knappogue Castle 25 yo 1950 (92 proof, OB 1976, cask #1, 4/5 quart) – 87/100
Knappogue Castle 27 yo 1994 ‘The Selfish Giant’ (51,1%, LMdW ‘Ex Libris’ for Kirsch Import 2021, bourbon cask #888142, 196 btl.)
Lambay 20 yo (43%, OB 2022, Camus cognac finish, 8000 btl.)
Method & Madness ‘Wild Cherry Wood’ (46%, OB 2019, 2500 btl.)
Method & Madness ‘Acacia Wood’ (46%, OB 2019, 2500 btl.)
Method And Madness Oats & Malt (46%, OB 2022)
Midleton 20 yo 1991 (54,1%, OB for The Whisky Exchange 2012, first fill bourbon cask #48750, 205 btl.) – 91/100
Midleton Dair Ghaelach – Knockrath Forest (OB ‘Virgin Irish Oak Collection’ 2019): all seven trees side-by-side
Midleton Very Rare 2021 (40%, OB 2021)
New: Redbreast Dream Cask – Pedro Ximénez Edition // Kilbeggan Select Batch
New: Waterford 1st Cuvée: Pilgrimage // Strathearn single malt // Glengoyne Duncan’s Dram 17 Years
Our Angel – Cooley 9y 1999 (46%, Daily Dram 2009) – 88/100
Red Spot 15 yo (46%, Mitchell & Son 2018)
Redbreast 16 yo 2001 (60,2%, OB for Master of Malt 2017, first-fill Oloroso butt #18829, 582 btl.)
Redbreast 25 yo 1991 (53%, OB for 60th Anniversary of LMdW 2016, first-fill Oloroso butt #42972, 624 btl.) – 93/100
Redbreast Dream Cask 31yo 1985 (46,7%, OB 2017, sherry butt #41207) – 93/100
Redbreast 20 yo ‘Dream Cask’ Pedro Ximénez Edition (52,2%, OB 2019, PX butt #374932, 50 cl, 924 btl.)
Redbreast ‘Dream Cask’ 28 yo – Ruby Port Cask edition (51,5%, OB 2020, 915 btl.)
Roe & Co (45%, OB 2017, Batch #1)
Teeling 29 yo 1991 (52,4%, OB for The Whisky Exchange, single rum cask #10568)
Teeling 27 yo 1991 (49,8%, OB for The Whisky Exchange 2018, sherry cask #6838, 180 btl.)
Teeling 21 yo 1999 ‘Silver Reserve’ (46%, OB 2013, 5.000 btl.) – 90/100
Teeling 24 yo (46%, OB 2016, 5000 btl.) – 92/100
Teeling ‘Vintage Reserve’ 24 yo (51,5%, OB for The Nectar 2016, sherry cask #6766, 270 btl.) – 88/100
Teeling 24 yo Vintage Reserve (46,9%, OB 2016, single cask #10668, 214 btl.) – 91/100
Teeling 26 yo 1987 ‘Vintage Reserve – Gold Bottling’ (46%, OB 2014, Batch 1, 1000 btl.) – 92/100
Teeling 27 yo 1991 (44,1%, OB for The Whisky Exchange 2019, rum cask #10678)
Teeling 15 yo 2006 – Amburana (57,8%, OB for The Duchess 2022, virgin Amburana cask #6210, 216 btl.)
Teeling Blackpitts Cask Strength (56,5%, OB 2022, 8400 btl.)
Teeling Brabazon bottling #01 (49,5%, OB 2017, sherry casks, 12.500 btl.) – 82/100
Teeling Brabazon 02 (49,5%, OB 2017, Port casks, 12.500 btl.)
Teeling Brabazon Bottling No.4 13 yo 2007 (49,5%, OB 2020, 10.000 btl.)
Teeling Chardonnay Cask (46%, OB 2022, Franz Hahn casks)
Teeling Sauternes Wine Cask (46%, OB ‘Sommelier Selection’ 2021)
Teeling Pot Still Whiskey (46%, OB 2019, 6000 btl.)
Teeling Revival 15 yo (46%, OB 2016, 10.000 btl.) – 87/100
Teeling Revival 12 yo (46%, OB 2018, cognac & brandy finish, 15.000 btl.)
Teeling Revival 14 yo 2002 (46%, OB 2017, Pineau des Charentes finish, 10.000 btl.) – 88/100
Teeling Revival 15 yo (46%, OB 2017, Muscat barrel finish, 10.000 btl.)
Teeling Rising Reserve No.1 21 yo (46%, OB 2022, Carcavelos finish, 6000 btl.)
Teeling Rising Reserve No.2 21 yo (46%, OB, Marsala finish)
Teeling Rising Reserve No.3 21 yo (46%, OB, Ruby Port finish)
Teeling Whiskey (46%, OB 2013) – 80/100
The Legendary Silkie (46%, Sliabh Liag Distillers +/- 2021, Irish blended whiskey)
The Legendary Dark Silkie (46%, Sliabh Liag Distillers +/- 2021, Irish blended whiskey)
The Legendary Midnight Silkie (46%, Sliabh Liag Distillers +/- 2021, Irish blended whiskey)
Tullamore D.E.W. 12 yo ‘Special Reserve’ (40%, OB +/- 2015) – 80/100
Waterford Single Farm Origin 2016 – Bannow Island – Edition 1.1 (50%, OB 2020, 8616 btl.)
Waterford Luna 1.1 Biodynamic (50%, OB 2021, 21.000 btl.)
Waterford Heritage: Hunter (50%, OB 2022, 9048 btl.)
Waterford Organic Gaia 1.1 (50%, OB ‘The Arcadian Series’ 2020, 18000 btl.)
Waterford Peated Fenniscourt 3 yo 2018 (50%, OB 2022)
Waterford Peated Ballybannon 3 yo 2018 (50%, OB 2022)
Waterford The Cuvée (50%, OB 2021, 40.000 btl.)
Writer’s Tears Cask Strength (53%, Walsh Distillery 2014, 1980 btl.) – 82/100
Yellow Spot 12 yo (46%, Mitchell & Son +/- 2015)