Tasting notes

nose

blackcurrant, raspberry and chocolate, with shortbread and a firm tannic grip

palate

autumn fruit, toasted oak and hazelnut with spice, and the sweetness of a jam tart

finish

short and slightly drying, with toasted oak and nut

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. The 18 Year was added as a permanent bottling in September 2024. It is matured in four kinds of cask, including cream sherry, which Redbreast had not used before in a main release. Irish Distillers makes Redbreast and is owned by Pernod Ricard.