Day Twenty-Three: Irish Whiskey Advent Calendar Countdown
DEC 23 – Glendalough 7 Year Porter Barrel Finish 46% Cost = $50-60 Score: C
Nose: a different approach here – get hops, musty caramel with spice, wood, oats, grassiness
Taste: from the beginning a grassy note, beer influence prominent, spice, dark malt chocolate
Finish: medium to long, touch bitter with an herbal quality, some astringency and toasted oak
Overall: finished for 12 months in Black Pitts Porter barrels; I’ll admit I’m more of a wine finish guy on my whiskies – this may appeal to some, especially if you like porters
Click the links below for the introduction and other Irish Whiskey Advent Calendar Reviews. The top 2 from the third round of 6 whiskies shown above were the The Irishman Single Malt and Tullamore D.E.W 12 Year Special Reserve.
INTRODUCTION Day 1: Tullamore D.E.W. 18 Year Old Day 2: Paddy Irish Whiskey Day 3: Teeling Irish Whiskey Single Malt Day 4: Kinahan's 10 Year Old Single Malt Day 5: Glendalough 13 Year Mizunara Oak Day 6: West Cork Glengarriff Series Peat Charred Cask Finish Day 7: Writers Tears Copper Pot Day 8: Roe & Co Blended Irish Whiskey Dec 9: Hyde No. 6 President's Reserve Dec 10: Teeling Whiskey Small Batch Dec 11: The Silkie Blended Irish Whiskey Dec 12: That Boutique-y Whisky Company 8 Year Old Irish Single Malt Dec 13: Peaky Blinder Irish Whiskey Dec 14: The Irishman Single Malt Dec 15: Connemara Peated Single Malt Dec 16: Hyde 6 Year Old No. 3 Aras Cask Dec 17: Tullamore D.E.W. 12 Year Special Reserve Dec 18: The Pogues Irish Whiskey Dec 19: The Dubliner 10 Year Single Malt Dec 20: Teeling Whiskey Brabazon Bottling Series 2 Dec 21: That Boutique-y Whisky Company 13 Year Old Irish Single Malt Dec 22: Writers Tears Cask Strength (2017 Release)
