West Cork Glengarriff Series Peat Charred Cask Single Malt

Light nose, but with a robust flavor that fills the mouth. Tempered it a water back. Peat on the charcoal side, with lasting flavors of smoke.

PERFECT choice for a blind tasting event!!!!! Tastes like a nice lightly peated scotch smooth very sweet sherry like background briefly before the light Smokey peat shows. Now the debate for an Irish whiskey it is truly unique smooth and tasty 4/5 but for 80$ cad you can get a decent highland park or glenrothes something that tastes a littler better :) so compared to scotch 3.5/5

Definitely a LOT of lemon and orange zest on the nose, along with lush pomegranate and tropical flowers. Rich port wine, dried fruit, and a very distant hint of smoked meat and charcoal from the peat.

"** Disclaimer: This review is what I would consider a “Quick Hit”- meaning I won’t have my usual in-depth notes that I usually like to take. The reason: this sample was poured at Whiskyfest DC on 4/17/18. All of these reviews will not be scored and I am actively looking to try them again at some point to do them more justice. This is one of the newest releases from my favorite Irish distillery: West Cork. They are an independently owned distillery and have a nice selection of single malt, Irish whiskey. This bottle utilized ex-peated whisky casks that were re-charred and then used to age their base spirit. The whiskey was really smooth and had a nice charred oak flavor to go along with the typical vanilla and barley notes found in most of their offerings. My palate was a bit fried by this point and I didn’t get much, if any, peat flavor. The fact the casks were re-charred probably limited any peat smoke to a minuscule amount, but it was still a great whiskey that I’d love to get more of. I believe they are distributed here in Virginia so it’s just matter of waiting and hoping the get this Glengarriff Series here soon.