EXPLORATION: This dram seeker is young in the ways of whiskies—younger still in Irish ones. Take his words with a grain of barley. Cereal and wet hay on the nose. We’re at the farm on a rainy day. The body is light, but creamy. It has a peppery bouquet with a dash of orange and the dank sweetness of apricot. A bitterness on the finish closes out an experience nicely balanced between rich and dry. EXHORTATION: I don’t quite have my bearings with Irish whiskies, but know that this tasted good.