Single Malt Irish Whiskey

Bushmills 10 Year Old Single Malt has been tripled distilled from 100% malted barley, matured in two woods, Oloroso sherry and seasoned Bourbon casks for a minimum of 10 years. The single malt is made from three key ingredients, malted barley sourced from Southern Ireland, distillers yeast which comes from Scotland and Bushmills water from St Columb's Rill, tributary of the River Bush.

Nose - "Fresh and zesty. Honey, ripe fruit."
Palate - "Soft. Vanilla, milk chocolate and toasted wood."
Finish - "Crisp and clean, gently drying."

Bushmills 16 Year Old Single Malt has been matured in three woods, Oloroso sherry and Bourbon casks for a minimum of 16 years and then finished in Port Wine Casks. The handpicked barrels are sourced from three countries, Spain, Portugal and America, each adding something completely different to the Rare Single Malt Irish Whiskey.

Nose - "Big, robust. Treacle toffee and sweet spice."
Palate - "Concentrated, full bodied. Caramelised fruits, toasted nuts."
Finish - "Deep. Jammed berries and dark chocolate."

Bushmills 21 Yr Old Rare Single Malt has been matured in three woods, 19 years in Oloroso sherry and seasoned Bourbon casks and then finished in Madeira Casks for a further 2 years. The handpicked barrels are sourced from three countries, Spain, Portugal and America and made ready for use by Bushmills Distillery Coopers Alastair and Chris Kane.

Nose - "Full and sweet. Soft spice, orange peel."
Palate - "Luxurious satiny sensation, with an elegant sweet and dry interplay."
Finish - "Intense. Liquorice and oak."

The estate distillery has released the New 3 Crowns Peated Blend to the local market, Ireland's first vintage peated blend. A combination of single grain whiskey, 10 year old single malt and 15 year old single malt finished in Oloroso Sherry Casks, finally matured and finished in peated bourbon barrel, right here in County Down, Northern Ireland.

The original Dunville & Co Distillery closed its doors in 1936 and was situated in the outskirts of Belfast and was revived nearly 80 years later by Shane Braniff. Relaunched in February 2015 by the County Down Distillery, the Ex-Pedro Ximenez Sherry Cask Irish Single Malt Whiskey has been aged in barrel and cask for 10 years. Fresh green apples, with green grass and tropical chews.

The Three Crowns is a blend of single grain whiskey, 10-year-old single malt and Oloroso Sherry Finished 15-year-old single malt Irish whiskey. Launched in 2016, it is the second in the range to be revisited by the Ards Peninsula Distillery and intents to bring out the Three Crowns Peated in a few months. Sweet and smooth with caramel and butterscotch overtones.

Nose - "The nose is deep butterscotch, honeycomb and rich lemon meringue balanced with citrus fruits and just a hint of a clove spice."
Palate - "Jumps to the front with an intense vanilla fudge luxurious sweetness and almost rock candy mixed with touches of fruit – lemon citrus, peach and dried apricot. This is followed by deep spices; red peppercorn and light cloves. A truly velvety mouth feel that just hovers on the palate."
Finish - "The spice is left lingering with under-layers of robust malt characteristics and deep oak notes. And again vanilla fudge reoccurs with a finish that lasts an eternity."

Nose - "Rich and sweet, a premium single malt Irish whiskey with a touch of cinnamon and more than a hint of citrus fruits - orange zest and lemon infused with vanilla ice cream. Touches of fresh floral notes like meadow flowers."
Palate - "A silky velvety smooth palate with the returning orange zest tones to the fore, with rich creme brulee and dark chocolate notes and just enough cinnamon and white pepper spice to keep it interesting, followed by the beautiful robust malt and oak influenced flavours, almost butterscotch, which mix wonderfully as the warmth expands through."
Finish - "The finish is luxurious and lingering, the spicy, sweet notes elegantly marry on the finish and stay an eternity. Everything you’d expect from the perfect sipping whiskey."

Nose - "Sweet honeycomb, vanilla, apricot, and citrus."
Palate - "Velvety smooth with vanilla, fudge, rock candy, peach and marmalade followed by coconut, cinnamon and cloves."
Finish - "Long and spicy with biscuity mal ts, vanilla, oak and dark chocolate."

Nose - "Sweet with toffee apples, chocolate and vanilla ice cream."
Palate - "Smooth and warm with dark chocolate orange, cocoa, toffee and cooked fruit, followed by clove and peppery spices."
Finish - "Long and spicy with toasted oak, treacle and sweet coffee notes."

The Hyde 10 Year Old No.1 is a small batch double distilled Irish single malt whiskey, that has been matured in flame charred 200Lt 1st fill Bourbon barrels from Kentucky for 10 years and finished for 6 months, in £700 vintage 250Lt Oloroso Hogsheads from Cadiz in south-western Spain. The cask whiskey is stored in west Cork and then cut, using Cork spring water, producing a limited edition richer style Irish Single Malt Whiskey ...

The 10 Year Old Rum Cask is double distilled in a traditional Copper Pot Still and the resulting single malt Irish whiskey, has been matured in flame charred 200Lt 1st fill Bourbon barrels from Kentucky for 10 years and finished for 8 months, in £800 200Lt Caribbean Rum Casks from Barbados. The cask whiskey is stored in west Cork and then cut, using Cork spring water, producing a limited edition special reserve Irish Single Malt Whiskey ...

The Rum Cask Finish has been double distilled in a traditional Copper Pot Still and the resulting single malt Irish whiskey, has been matured in flame charred 200Lt 1st fill Bourbon barrels from Kentucky for 6 years and finally in storage in Cork the Single Malt has been finished for 6 months 200Lt Caribbean flame charred Dark Caribbean Rum Casks. The Pot Still whiskey is then cut, using Cork spring water, Non-Chilled and bottled.

The Method and Madness Single malt Irish Whiskey was initially distilled in 2002, by Bushmills Master distiller – Dave Quinn. The Single malt was distilled from 100% malted Barley and matured in American Ex-Bourbon Barrels for 14 years, with a small proportion of aged malt, finished in French Limousin Oak Casks. Freshly shelled peanut, cereal malt aroma.

The Vintage Reserve has been made from 100% Irish malted barley and aged in ex-Bourbon barrels for 21 years and then finished in Sauterne wine barrels for a further 3 years. Initially distilled in 1991 the handcrafted Irish Single Malt has been limited to only 5000 bottles.

Nose - "Aromas of white grapes, cut grass, apricots and white chocolate."
Palate - "Silky smooth, with flavours of fig jam, honey, apricots, white chocolate and crisp saltiness at the end to balance the sweetness off."
​Finish - "Long and mellow."

The Teeling Silver Reserve contains 21 Year Old single Irish malt, double distilled and lightly peated in 1991, matured firstly for just over 20 years in Bourbon barrels and then married for 9 months in French Sauterne Casks. Consisting of only hand selected casks.

Nose - "The 21 year old appears light golden in colour with fetching sweet white grape, subtle spice, hints of melon fruit and rose petal aromas on the nose."
Palate - "The taste is complex with creamy vanilla, warm spiced cinnamon, interwoven with banana, peach and pink grapefruit."
​Finish - "Finishing long with beeswax and undertones of dried fruit."

The Teeling Vintage Reserve contains 24 year old single Irish malt, double distilled in 1991 and matured firstly in ex-Bourbon Barrels and is then given further maturation in ex-Sauterne wine barrels. The 24 year old Irish Malt Whiskey offers some of the oldest aged whiskey in Ireland and was limited to just 5000 bottles.

Nose - "Aromas of white grapes, cut grass, apricots and white chocolate."
Palate - "Silky smooth, with flavours of fig jam, honey, apricots, white chocolate and crisp saltiness at the end to balance the sweetness off."
​Finish - "Long and mellow."

The Brabazon is the first of a series of fortified cask aged whiskeys, with port maturation rumoured to be the next in the series. The Series 1 is a combination of cask maturation, using six different aged whiskeys, from 4 different types of sherry casks.

Nose - "Earthy dried fruit and roasted hazelnut, with marmalade, peach, plum and burnt toffee."
Palate - "A rich sherry sweetness, red berries, nuttiness and toffee, with a hint liquorish and clove."
​Finish - "Lingering mixed spice, trial-mix, crisped marshmallow, dry tannins and spice with toasted wood."

The Brabazon Port Finish Series 2 Single Malt Irish Whiskey has been aged first in Bourbon Barrel and then passed to 6 different fortified Port Barrels, using Tawny, White Port and Ruby Casks. Initially distilled and transferred to oak in 2001.

Nose - "Rich notes of cinnamon, dark chocolate, cooked spiced apples and caramelised Bollo oranges."
Palate - "Velvet richness gives way to flavours distinct of European Oak; vanilla, toffeed pineapple, spiced caramelised apples and nutmeg sweetness."
​Finish - "Dry finish with candy fruits, cloves and a lingering touch of sea salt."

Teeling The Revival 15-Year-Old contains 15-year-old single malt Irish whiskey, double distilled in 1999, matured initially in ex-Bourbon barrels and then finished in ex-rum casks. The Teeling 15-year-old was launched to celebrate the opening of the new Dublin distillery in June 2015, the first new distillery in Dublin in 125 years.

Nose - "Upfront tropical fruit with a hint of green apple, locked in with sweet honey and citrus filled spiced oak."
Palate - "Peach and pear with lemon, smoked oak with toasted spice and underlying honey."
​Finish - "Finishing lively and dry with a touch of bitter oak and baked biscuit."