Redbreast Has Dream Cask Pedro Ximenez Edition
Redbreast is set to release their new single cask offering – Redbreast Dream Cask Pedro Ximénez Edition – which includes four whiskey components aged between 20 and 33 years.
The components include: an Irish whiskey distilled in 1998, matured in an ex-Bourbon barrel and re-casked into a Pedro Ximénez sherry butt in 2012; an Irish whiskey distilled in 1995, matured in an ex-Bourbon cask and re-casked into an Oloroso sherry butt in 2012; an Irish whiskey distilled in 1985 and matured in a second-fill ex-Bourbon barrel; and an Irish whiskey distilled in 1997 and matured in a second-fill ex-Bourbon barrel.
The result is Redbreast Dream Cask Pedro Ximenez Edition that is bottled at 52.2% alcohol by volume [104.4 proof] and is said to contain notes of exotic fruits and spices.
Only 924 bottles of Redbreast Dream Cask Pedro Ximenez Edition are being made available for $425 per bottle on May 27, 2019.