Tipperary Knockmealdowns 10 Year

Fresh oak smell. Honey and citrusy palette with a savory peppery finish. Lingering oak and ginger.

Nose: Citrus. Hint of vanilla. Flavour: Starts out gentle and then grows on you. Bit of spice. Finish: Quite long finish.

Honey with a bight on the finish

Day Five of my Irish Whiskey Advent Calendar from Drinks By The Dram brings me this firecracker of a single malt. The nose comes in with a rush of green apple, Norwegian fruit soup (at least the little old church lady at my current call's version of it), and a distant hint of something a bit smoky. The palate is a real bruiser; the opening is fruity (reminds me of charoset - apple, raisin, nuts, cinnamon), but then in comes a strong note of barrel char (almost burning rubber, but in a good way), savory (mushroomy) malt, and a powerfully spicy ending reminiscent of a cinnamon candy like Red Hots. A complex, very enjoyable drop of whiskey!