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aacharbonneau

J.J. Corry The Gael Irish Whiskey

Blended — Ireland

Reviewed November 15, 2019 (edited August 8, 2020)
4.5
4.5 out of 5 stars
Nose: Loads of bright red fruits and toasty malt notes! There's some candied orange peel, berry syrup, oak spice, and dry shortbread cookies with a bit of icing sugar. Floating above all the fruit is a bit of spice that's a bit hard to separate from the ethanol burn, but helps to balance the sweetness. Palate: Thick, sweet, and syrupy on the tongue. It's an explosion of tropical fruits like I've never tasted in a whiskey! Orange and lime citrus, something like sweet, sweet mango, and some light honey to bind it all together. There's a base of deeply toasted malt that is much fuller than many malt-forward whiskies. Finish: Short to medium length and slightly dry in the back. It's a tropical fruit bomb the whole way, like a stick of Juicy Fruit gum. Conclusion: I've never found so much tropical fruit in a whiskey before! The closest I can remember is probably Teeling's Small Batch. There's a gorgeous balance of sweet fruit sugars, sour tropical acidity, spice, and rounded malt - all of whoch are pretty powerful in there, so the balance is necessary. It's a bit pricey, but I love the liquid and the brand, so I'd buy a bottle if I somehow found one on the shelf in the US. I keep coming back to taste it, it's refreshing and draws me back again and again - I think I like it more every time! Again, it just gets better and better, now I definitely want to find a full bottle of this...
  • geologyjane
  • Soba45
  • RVM
  • Scott_E
  • 1901
  • PBMichiganWolverine
  • ArcticDude
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  • Soba45
    November 17, 2019

    Good review and interesting. I'll look out for it :-)

  • aacharbonneau
    November 17, 2019

    @PBMichiganWolverine I've never seen it on the shelf around me. I don't think they have very wide distribution.

  • aacharbonneau
    November 17, 2019

    @1901 I haven't seen his review of this yet, I may have to go check it out! I can definitely see why he gave it that title though...

  • PBMichiganWolverine
    November 17, 2019

    And I’ve seen this reasonably priced (here in NEast at least)—-about $60-70

  • 1901
    November 17, 2019

    Nice review. Ralfy has this as his most interesting Irish whiskey of 2019

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