dhsilv2
The Irishman Single Cask
Single Malt — Ireland, Ireland
Reviewed
July 13, 2021 (edited December 16, 2022)
Who named this?
17 year old, 2017 bottling. These I think are a regular thing they do.
nose - oh lets just dig in. Coffee, dark chocolate, oak, smoked oak, chocolate oak, creme brulee, vanilla, nutmeg, light spice, more chocolate. All this hits up front, there's this lighter fluffy almost marshmallow middle and then back to the spiced oak and chocolate at the end. All in the mix are muted jams and an honey and sugar and fruits.
Taste - It's dark, spicy,, rich, so dark...so much chocolate. There's barrel and vanilla and burned vanilla and french vanilla and chocolate pudding and creme brulee, and frankly....the best I got...it's the center of a tootsie pop. But as you savor it you realize there is jam and fruit cake and all these fruity elements that come through.
I think the sample a friend sent me was a bit better, but this is darker and more chocolate and cake and just RICH. I'm LOVING this one and I loved that sample. I can't say these are all on the same profile other than they're all epic. 4.25...I might come back to that score but for now....yeah, we talking 400-500 dollar whisky good!
About 200 EUR or 240 USD for a 700 ml.
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@Oisin-Hayes good call on the mash bill. I was thinking more "same casks" when asked the question, as yeah it's not the same distillate. And sadly, I've now asked Donald at least twice what this is and he's told me...so either I don't listen well or it was confusing enough I didn't register it. Either way, I don't remember still. As for pricing, I bought this from europe, at secondary, and had it shipped. I'll never see this anywhere near where I live given our insanely limited Irish options. And it's worth 300 everyday of the week imo, but I'd love to pay 115.
@PBMichiganWolverine @dhsilv2 This comment might be 6, 7 months late to the convo, but the Irishman 17yr is a single malt, single cask, so it can't be the same as any Redbreast which is a pot still (minimum 30% malted, minimum 30% unmalted barley in the mash bill). They may reuse this sherry butt cask for aging of future products, who knows, but that would be a second fill sherry cask, no? By the way, great review. I also get a slight undertone of a creamy nut on the nose and palate imparted by the sherry cask, maybe walnut, maybe praline. And it also looks like the pricing varies substantially on this. I picked up my Irishman 17yr bottles for 115 usd each for a 750ml. Cheers fellas. And yes, Donald is the Irish whiskey Yoda. 😂
@PBMichiganWolverine I might have to ask the Irish yoda, Donald Rance. But given Midlton makes nearly as much irish whisky as all of scotland makes (seriously they make 60 million liters...compare that to about 15 M for fiddick and macallan). Insane stuff
@dhsilv2 i think you’re right ...there’s basically just a handful of Irish distillers—-Bushmill, Connemara , Midleton, and Jameson. Some new ones maybe —-Waterford, and Mcnean. Of which I think only Midleton and Bushmill probably do Sherry cask. Not sure.
@PBMichiganWolverine feels like all irish is just midleton the sell under different brands so who knows. All I know is I'm buying every bottle of this I see from now on.
@dhsilv2 only reason I thought Redbreast was because that also had a 17 yr Sherry cask, which sold out in seconds. This seems priced in the same range as well. I know, it’s a loose logic.
@PBMichiganWolverine These are all single casks but know clue if these casks get used for redbreast...this would certainly be the best red breast I've had. It does seem to have the heavy handed wine influence that the 27 year has though.
Wondering if this is the Redbreast Sherry cask 17...which is about $300