Dark chocolate with subtle notes of honeycomb and vanilla weave amongst the spices.ĭelightfully long finish with the fruits and apices slowly fading, allowing the Irish Oak to linger until the very end. Each has matured whiskey from Midleton Distillery as to way to finish their finest aged Pot Still with. The raw barley generates its distinctively rich and somewhat spicy character. Wicklow provided 7 sustainably harvested Irish Oak trees. On the nose it’s spicy, not in the Oriental I-don’t-even-know-what-it’s-called way but focused with good old crushed black pepper at the front. The whiskey is the colour of over-brewed tea, rich with amber reflexes. Additional aromas of dairy fudge and vanilla further accentuate the sweet nature of the whiskey.įortified by the Irish Oak, the pot still spices lead with a heightened intensity thanks to the rich wood tannins before subsiding to reveal velvety tones of caramel with sweet stewed apple and touches of orange peel. This uniquely Irish style of whiskey is similar to a single malt in that it is produced in one distillery, but where a single malt is made using 100 malted barley, single-pot-still whiskey combines malted and unmalted barley. The Midleton Dair Ghaelach I tried came from tree number 9 and was bottled at 58.2 ABV. Delicate hints of nectarine develop to create a zesty fruit note with dustings of white pepper. A bottle of Midleton Very Rare Dair Ghaelach Knockrath Forest Triple Distilled Single Pot Still Irish Whiskey bottled for the Virgin Irish Oak Collection. Its unique provenance told in each sublime sip, this is the tale of our native oak striking harmony with the classically rich and spicy Single Pot Still Irish Whiskey character.įragrant woodland spices with notes of cinnamon and nutmeg to the fore accompanied by aromatic oils and earthy pot still notes. The oak influences this special whiskey with the unique flavour of the heart of Ireland. Dair Ghaelach Knockrath Forest is available in Ireland, UK, France, US and China with the recommended selling price of 310 (340) a bottle. This whiskey has been finished in casks made from virgin Irish oak grown in Kylebeg Wood on the Ballykilcavan Estate, near Stradbally in Co. While the name may be simple, the story of this whiskey is unique. “Dair Ghaelach” means quite simply, Irish Oak. Midleton Dair Ghaelach Whiskey is a prime example, as its the first from the distillery to be aged in native Irish oak before.
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