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Green Spot Single Pot Still
Distiller Score 93
The aroma is that of vanilla cream, toffee, and toasted cereal. The palate moves more into the fruit category with under ripe banana, red apples, and berries. As you continue to smell and taste, the whiskey opens up to show more sherried notes such as walnuts and orange peels.
Reviewed by Stephanie Moreno
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Knappogue Castle 14 Year Twin Wood
Distiller Score 89
The aroma of the whiskey is full of dark honey and toasted cereal with the palate moving towards orchard fruits, vanilla, and coconut. The wood spices are relatively mild as the fruit from the sherry seems to saturate it. The whiskey is rich and has a satisfying finish.
Reviewed by Stephanie Moreno
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Greenore Single Grain 8 Year
Distiller Score 88
The nose is fairly fragrant with sweet corn, but also includes freshly sliced green apples, coconut, and gentle wood spices. The vanilla picks up a bit more on the palate which starts off silky, but finishes on the oily side. There is a nice tangy quality to the dram that has you salivating for another sip.
Reviewed by Stephanie Moreno
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Powers John's Lane Release 12 Year
Distiller Score 93
There is a gentle sweet cereal nose mixed with caramel and honey. As you taste, you'll find a major vanilla presence along with lots of wood and baking spices. Rich and chewy with a slightly slick and sweet finish, it is nice to see Powers adding this bottling to their collection.
Reviewed by Stephanie Moreno
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Tyrconnell 10 Year Port Cask Finish
Distiller Score 89
The aroma of the whiskey is fruit filled with red fruit and peaches. Sweet initially on your tongue before mellowing out, the whiskey is soft and smooth with minimal barrel spices. The finish is pleasant with a touch of almonds and not too drying.
Reviewed by Stephanie Moreno
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Tyrconnell 10 Year Madeira Cask Finish
Distiller Score 91
The wine finish has provided for a salty and fruit filled nose with pears and baked apples. The palate is slick with sweet fruit and chewy malt and the finish is filled with cinnamon.
Reviewed by Stephanie Moreno
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Jameson 12 Year Special Reserve
Distiller Score 87
Jameson 12 doesn't get a lot of attention, and that is unfortunate. Those folks that just know the standard Jameson offering would be in for quite a surprise. The range of tastes go from honey, ripe pear, buttered toasted nuts, and dark caramel. The whisky is smooth and has an enjoyable finish.
Reviewed by Stephanie Moreno
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Redbreast 12 Year
Distiller Score 90
A healthy dose of orange marmalade presents itself along with toast and coconut. Dried red fruit, cloves, and honey round out the palate and leads to a creamy and lengthy finish. All in all, a balanced and satisfying whiskey.
Reviewed by Stephanie Moreno
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Teeling Single Grain Whiskey
Distiller Score 92
The aroma is much like that you'd find in your hot breakfast cereal with a small amount of char smoke. Red raspberries and banana bread is found, but the intensity is on the low side. On the palate, you'll find a fairly full whiskey with flavors much like the aroma with a little vanilla cream and a hint of mint. The finish is on the dry side, but the fruit factor is not as intense as you might expect.
Reviewed by Stephanie Moreno
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Bushmills 1608 Anniversary Edition
Distiller Score 90
The charred oak ex-bourbon barrels used to age Bushmills always lend a degree of toastiness to the flavor. It's there coupled with an impressive creamy smoothness and flavors of scones, honey, malty cereal and butter. So basically, it tastes like breakfast!
Reviewed by Amanda Schuster
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The Irishman 12 Year Single Malt
Distiller Score 91
The aroma of the whiskey is on the richer side with dark honeycomb, black pepper, cedar and other wood aromas. The palate continues on the dark side with dark chocolate, dark honey, black tea and a small dose of char smoke. It finishes with a long lasting, warming aftertaste to the dram.
Reviewed by Stephanie Moreno
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Tullamore D.E.W. Phoenix
Distiller Score 85
The 110 proof helps drive home the fiery quality of the whiskey with cinnamon and raw wood attacking the nose. Drinking without water is definitely more of a prickly affair, but if you add just a splash, the whiskey's sweetness and creaminess comes alive. The fruitiness of the Sherry also helps round out the whiskey in this regard, but doesn't overwhelm the dram.
Reviewed by Stephanie Moreno