Tasting notes

nose

honey and honeysuckle with soft vanilla

palate

apple butter and sweet corn over a grassy note, with a light grip of tannin

finish

a pop of peppercorn spice, then barley and butterscotch candy, settling onto fresh oak

Mash bill

Unmalted barley, malted barley and corn; Talnua has not published the split between its pot still and grain components. The pot still side is Talnua's own whiskey from equal parts raw and malted barley, triple distilled in copper pot stills. The grain side is Irish grain whiskey from the Cooley Distillery, made from 95% corn and 5% malted barley.

Awards

• Silver — World Whiskies Awards 2025

Why it's craft

Heritage Selection includes whiskey Talnua did not distill: grain whiskey from the Cooley Distillery in Ireland, which Talnua finishes in second-fill Colorado whiskey barrels before blending. The rest is the distillery's own single pot still whiskey from raw and malted barley, mashed, fermented and triple distilled on copper pot stills in Arvada. Talnua describes the bottle as an homage to the Irish tradition of blending pot still and grain whiskey.