Powerful Storm Babet hit Ireland and forced Pernod-Ricard-owned Irish Distillers to temporarily shut their Midleton Distillery Experience visitor site after it was damaged by flooding from the nearby Owenacurra River Midleton town, located in County Cork, Ireland. Storm Babet moved on and is currently rampaging through the UK, bringing severe flooding to most of the […]
Irish Distillers-produced Midleton has released four single cask whiskies – 27-Year-Old First-Fill Bourbon; 25-Year-Old Virgin American Oak; 21-Year-Old Virgin American Oak; and 24-Year-Old First-Fill Bourbon – for their Very Rare Collection and which will be available in specific travel retail venues around Europe. Midleton Very Rare’s 27-Year-Old First-Fill Bourbon has been bottled at 49.6% alcohol […]
After successful experimentation was completed at Midleton Distillery in Cork, Ireland, Powers Distillery has released their first 100% Irish rye whiskey – Powers Irish Rye. Powers Irish Rye was matured in a combination of virgin, first-fill and re-fill American oak casks, bottled at 43.2% alcohol by volume [86.4 proof] and is said to offer notes […]
Redbreast has released their fifth addition to their Redbreast Dream Cask series – a 30-year-old single pot still Irish whiskey – combining two “dream casks” to create a limited edition 30-year-old Midleton Irish whiskey. Redbreast Dream Cask Double Edition combines two “dream casks” – a first-fill Oloroso sherry butt from 1990 and a first-fill bourbon […]
Irish Distillers has released a 47-year-old Midleton whiskey as the third whiskey in their Very Rare Silent Distillery collection. Irish Distillers’ Midleton Very Rare Chapter Three is a 47-year-old single pot still Irish whiskey matured in a pair of casks – an ex-sherry butt and an ex-bourbon barrel – and is said to contain notes […]
Midleton has announced the arrival of the third Irish whiskey in their Dair Ghaelach series – the lengthy-titled Midleton Very Rare Dair Gahelach Knockrath Forest. Midleton Very Rare Dair Ghaelach Knockrath Forest has been finished for two years in casks made from virgin Irish oak grown in Knockrath Forest [located south of Dublin], bottled at […]
Just in time for St. Patrick’s Day, Midleton Distillery has provided everybody with both a method and madness to their Irish whiskey. Specifically, their Method and Madness range of whiskies. Midleton’s Method and Madness range launches with four Irish whiskies – a single grain finished in virgin Spanish oak; a single pot still finished in […]
Midleton has unveiled their Very Rare 30th Anniversary Pearl Edition of Irish whiskey. A 1984 pot still Irish whiskey was combined with a 1981 grain whiskey top and matured the pair in American oak barrels for 30 years to produce the Pearl Edition. The result carries a distinct vanilla/honey note. Only 117 bottles of Midleton […]