Soba45
Dingle Second Single Pot Still
Single Pot Still — Ireland
Reviewed
January 5, 2020 (edited August 1, 2020)
Finally I'm aboard the Dingle bandwagon with batch numero dos! In short, it's good, I like it, you should try it.
The much longer version is these guys started a brewery / chain pub in Dublin and then branched out to making whiskey in a place near a small town called (take a wild guess). They converted an old sawmill and dug down to source water from an aquifer and hey presto water was turned into whiskey. Sadly one of the co-founders died a couple of years ago but his name lives on on barrel number one (the first casks were sold to founding members who had their names put on them). Other interesting facts: The artwork on their bottles is done by an Irish artist and their current head distiller used to be a local dairy farmer!
It's a lovely dram complex honey, apricot and more going on. Maybe a 4.25 I'm thinking as the balance is spot on.
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@PBMichiganWolverine Cheers :-). Yeah would love to try other batches as well.
@1901 Yeah it's got pot still characteristics but still a lot of subtlety and does need time to open up so I can see how it would get lost in that environment.
@Rick_M Yeah I'd love to head back to Ireland one day and do a tour of all the distilleries. there was only 3 or 4 when I lived there!
I need to try a pour Of this. Great review
Glad you liked it. I had Batch #3 at WhiskeyLive and thought it was way off the pace. Could be a difference in batches but also likely is that it's not the best environment to truly get acquainted with what you're drinking. Might have to revisit their pot still sooner than I had expected.
@Soba45 - really sorry we missed the tour. Really good stuff.