Writers' Tears Copper Pot

Layered aromas of apple pie, vanilla, cinnamon, nutmeg, golden hay, and orange zest. Palate shows more notes of hay and vanilla, along with ginger, ripe pear, and toasted almond. Light, rounded mouthfeel. Persistent finish. 3.75/5.00 – Very Good (neat)

I had the double barrel! So smooth and fragrant! Very good!!

Creamy, caramel and vanilla. Sweet, flora nose but not a lot of sweetness to the taste. A quick smoky finish. Unique.

Smooth finish and you can definitely smell the apple. Certainly tastes like an Irish whiskey.

I tasted this blended Irish whiskey at 40% and with a drop of water in the afternoon. From the lack of information on the label to suggest otherwise, I think it's a fair assumption that this golden-coloured spirit was slapped with the ol' E150a artificial colouring treament, and likely chill-filtered. I find it a shame that they only bottle it at 40% as well, because you can tell from the nose and the taste that there are beautiful bouquets of flavours trying to shine here that fail to come into cohesion. The nose is ripe with green apple and baking spices, some figs, and a wonderful citrus / menthol / eucalyptus zest that tugs at your nosehairs before fading quite abruptly before getting to know it better. I found the taste astringent at first, but that dispersed after sitting in the glass and with added water. The ripe fruits in caramel come out after that, with fresh ginger and camphor notes on the sides. This is a very gorgeous, sippable whiskey that seems to reach just shy of its potential.