Over the years, our sampling adventures in India of Ireland’s whisky offerings lead to the impression that if you want a sociable dram, chances are an Irish whisky will happily fit the bill!

While most are triple distilled and do not use peat, as always in the world of whisky, for every ‘rule’ there are exceptions.

We’ve also had a wee brush with Wales too…

Read on to discover more!

Ireland

• Bushmills, BMC & Whisky Ladies Irish Eve WL
  • (1975) 49.1%
  • 10 year 40% WL
  • 16 year 40% WL
  • 21 year 40% WL
  • Steamship 40% WL
• Connemara Original Peated 40% + Oct’16 + Dec’20 WL
• Dingle Triple Distilled Batch 3 46.5%
• Dundalk Dew 9 year (2009) Single Grain  58.7% (WW8) DE
• Glendalough 13 year Mizunara Finish 46% WL
• Greenore Single Grain 18 years 46%
• Green Spot NAS 40% + Aug’18 WL
• Green Spot Chateau Leoville Barton Bordeaux Finish 46%
• Hyde
  • Hyde Single Grain Burgandy Finish 46%
  • Hyde No 5 “The Aras Cask” Burgundy Cask Finish 46% – Single Grain Whiskey
  • Hyde No 6 President’s Reserve 8 year single grain + 18 year single malt 46%
• Jameson Evening
  • Jameson 10, 12, Gold Reserve, and 18 year
  • Jameson CaskMates Stout Edition 40% + 2023 WL
  • Jameson Black Barrel 40%
  • Jameson Distillery Edition 40%
  • Jameson Crested 40%
• Knappogue Castle
  • “Summer Wind” 28 Year (1994) ex-Bourbon Cask 888138 52.2% (LMdW)
  • “Wind of Spices” 24 Year (1997) ex-Sherry Cask 87601 54.4% (LMdW)
  • “Wind of May” 22 Year (2000) Peat Cask 45429 56.8% (LMdW)
• Method and Madness
  • Single Grain Virigin Spanish Oak Finish 46%
  • Single Malt French Limousin Oak Finish 46%
  • Pot Still Hungarian Oak Finish 46%
  • Pot Still Chestnut Finish 40% & Revisit Nov 2019
• Midleton
  • Midleton Barry Crocket No 10205 46%
  • Midleton Dair Ghaelach Tree 9, Batch 1, 58.7%
  • Midleton Very Rare (2011) No 042585 L121731255 40%
• Powers 12 year 46%
• Redbreast
  • Redbreast 12 year 40% WL
  • Redbreast 12 year Cask Strength 57.7%
  • Redbreast Lustau Edition 46%
• Roe & Co Cask Strength Limited Release 2019 Edition 59.1%
• Teeling
  • Brabazon Bottling Port 49.5% (Series 2) WL
  • Brabazon Bottling Sherry 49.5% (Series 1) WL
  • Teeling NAS 46%
  • Single Grain Wine Cask 46%
  • Small Batch Reserve Sherry 16 year 43% (vomFASS)
  • Small Batch Rum Cask 46%
  • Single Malt 46% (WLS)
  • Cask Strength (2002/2015) Madeira Cask No 933 55.2%
• The Quiet Man 8 year 40%
• The Quiet Man 12 year “An Culchists” 46%
• Tullamore D.E.W. Phoenix 55%
• Tyrconnell Single Malt 40% + 10 year Madeira Cask 46%
• West Cork Black Cask Irish Whiskey 40%
• Writers Tears Cask Strength (2013 Release) 53%
• Yellow Spot 12 years 46% + Aug’18 WL

Irish tasting evenings and experiences:

• Jameson’s Quartet – Distillery Edition 40%, Crested 40%, Black Barrel 40%, Caskmate Stout Edition 40%
• BMC’s Method & Madness – Single Grain Virgin Spanish Oak Finish 46%, Single Malt French Limousin Oak Finish 46%, Pot Still Hungarian Oak Finish 46%, Pot Still Chestnut Finish 46%
• Whisky Ladies Irish Trio – Glendalough 13 year Mizunara Finish 46%, Teeling Brabazon Port 49.5% (Series 2) & Sherry 49.5% (Series 1)
• BMC’s Irish Dance – Dingle Triple Distilled Batch 3 46.5%, Method and Madness Single Pot Still 40%, Green Spot Chateau Leoville Barton Bordeaux Finish 46%, Redbreast Lustau Edition 46%
• Whisky Ladies Turn 3! Irish eyes are smiling – Jameson Caskmate Stout Edition 40%, Green Spot 40%, Yellow Spot 12 year 46%, Redbreast 12 year 40%
• Original’s Teeling Trip: Single Grain, Single Malt, Small Batch & Madeira Cask Strength
• BMC & Whisky Ladies “Irish Night” with Bushmills 10 year, 16 year, 21 year + Steamship
• Original’s Irish Night – The Wild Geese Rare 43%, Knappogue Castle 14 year 46%, Teeling Small Batch 46%
• Jameson Evening – 10, 12, Gold Reserve and 18 year
• Whisky Live Singapore – Teeling Tasting Trio

Wales

• Penderyn Sherrywood, Madeira, Peated
• Penderyn Madeira 46% revisited

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