Tasting notes

nose

fig, date, ripe banana and sultana, with red apple, lime and vanilla and a hint of pine

palate

dried fruit and citrus oils over vanilla and toasted oak, with candied orange peel and an oily texture

finish

very long, with spice and sherried fruit fading through butterscotch to barley

Mash bill

Redbreast has not published a grain split for this whiskey. Single pot still Irish whiskey is made from malted and unmalted barley together, and Redbreast triple distills it in copper pot stills.

Why it's craft

Redbreast is a single pot still whiskey, made from malted and unmalted barley and triple distilled in copper pot stills at the New Midleton Distillery in County Cork. This bottle is the 12 Year left at the strength of the cask, which changes with each yearly batch, and it is not chill filtered. Irish Distillers makes Redbreast and is owned by Pernod Ricard, so this is a large corporate house, not an independent one.