Redbreast 21 Year

One of the best whiskeys on the nose - the sweetest ripe pears with honey topping and a hint of spices. On the palate the pears stay as delicious as I imagined. They are accompanied with pleasant wood spices, because of the pot stills. The spices stay for a long time, so there is no need to rush for the next sip, although you would like to sip and sip and...

Redbreast 21 sells for around $300. This is one of those still timeless expressions that both the novice drinker and the enthusiast will appreciate and is one of the few whiskies that I love as much today as when I started getting into whisky about 10 years ago. If you are still new to whiskies, and you are still trying to calibrate your palette, then probably try the Redbreast 12, and other less expensive whiskies as you go along. But, if you already know what you like, there is no need to have a “daily sipper” – you shouldn’t be drinking everyday – just buy the best good shit that you can afford, and there is no need to slum with the Redbreast 12’s, although that is a very respectable slum. Redbreast 21 is the pinnacle of that soft, velvety, creamy yet potent cookie dough, apple pie, tropical fruit, and dessert spices experience. 46% is perfect. I have finished a bottle of their 27-year-old cask strength expression, and that was interesting, but it’s not the right energy. If you want a cashmere sweater hug by candlelight, in an inebriating liquid that should in no way replace human contact, then Redbreast 21. Buy it. Buy it. If you can only afford one bottle a year. Buy it.

Rich, flavorful. Vanilla, butterscotch, graham cracker. Delicious.

Wow. Fruit and oak on nose, fruity flavors, just enough spice to taste