robertwayne64024
The Busker Single Malt (Single Collection)
Single Malt — Ireland
Reviewed
February 2, 2021 (edited February 3, 2021)
Very good Irish single malt. Not complex, but lovely balance of flavor. Pours a golden amber in the nosing glass. Aged in both used bourbon and sherry barrels, the nose offers baked biscuit, honey, vanilla, and a hint of ripe fruit. On the tongue it is silky soft and the flavors foretold by the nose play well together. The finish is medium length and seems sweet and tart at the same time. Very easy drinking. Not as good as a 10-15 yo, but is very good and MUCH more affordable. With tax this was $30 USD. It is quite new in my area, only one store within a 50 mile radius of my home carries it as of yet. This is a product of the Royal Oaks Distillery in County Carlow in southeastern Ireland. (Formerly the Walsh Whiskey Distiiery--Writers Tears and The Irishman--was renamed when Illva Saronno who did have a 50% interest in the distillery took complete control a little more than a year ago. At least that is what I have read.)
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Yep, it was a marriage between Illva and Walsh Whiskey. Walsh had the brands you mentioned which were sourced but well established and had a good reputation. Illva built the distillery. But it was a short lived romance. They fell out and they split with both essentially keeping what they brought into the union. Some say it was doomed from the outset with the Walsh brands being more on the premium end and Illva specialising more at the lower cost side of the scale.