The benefit of visiting a distillery is trying something unique that’s not available anywhere else. That is the main appeal for whiskey nerds ( like myself paying a visit to Finger Lakes Distilling ), while normal folk shrug that off ( like the rest of my family who patiently waited in the tasting room while I sampled 10+ whiskeys ). This one here is a single barrel Irish style , which is in essence a mix of malted and unmalted barley. But the curve ball here is the small amount of oats added to the mash as well. Drinks much older than 4 yrs…and those oats add a creaminess that takes it a notch above normal Irish whiskeys. It’s also less fruit forward than typical Irish, but more on an earthy complexity —almost like a cross between Highlands, Irish, and Cambeltown. Out of the 10 whiskeys and liqueurs I sampled, this stood out the most…enough for me to buy a bottle