It was a very informal tasting with Joe opening up the room for us all to voice our thoughts in a general discussion, which worked rather well. I’m going to hold my hands up here, I had the best intentions on making notes to use in this blog and that’s what I done at the start, but that fairly went out the window soon after as I was enjoying myself too much. Now I’ve only ever tried a drop or two of the previous Dair Ghaelach range but never enough to fully take in how good it is reported to be. I got the sense from the get-go it was going to be a night to remember. Finally some days and hours later (19 months) it was given the green light to be bottled. Filled with 12-23 year old pot still whiskeys back in Ireland, which had previously been matured in American oak (refill & first fill). Staves sent to Antonio Paez Lobato cooperage in Jerez where they were dried for 15 months in the Spanish sunshine then given a light to medium toast before being turned into 29, 240 litre hogshead casks. Midleton made sure the project was completely sustainable with the trees being felled in accordance with the Irish Forest Service.Īfter felling, Midleton sent the trees to Galicia, Spain, for the magic to be done and turned into casks. This latest release used 6 trees from the Bluebell Forest in Castle Blunden Estate, County Kilkenny. Kilkenny, making it the first Irish whiskey to be finished in virgin Irish Oak for 100+ years. ![]() The original release of Dair Ghaelach used 30 year old oak trees from Grinsell’s Wood, within the Ballaghtobin Estate in Co. ![]() Bingo! Jackpot!Ī little info on Dair Ghaelach to get us started. Now I’m not best for reading full emails or taking in all the details, so when you rock up to the tasting wondering “what tree from the range will we be trying.?” to find out its all 6! (It said so in the email, whoops) This meaning we were some of the first people in the world to try all 6. Dark chocolate with subtle notes of honeycomb and vanilla weave amongst the spices.įinish: Delightfully long finish with the fruits and spices slowly fading, allowing the Irish Oak to linger until the very end.I recently got invited along to the lavish 5* Merchant Hotel in Belfast, by Joe Magowan & Whiskey Club for a tasting of the new Midleton, Dair Ghaelach (Irish for Irish Oak), Bluebell Forest, along with a small number of fellow whiskey devotees. Taste: Fortified by the Irish Oak, the pot still spices lead with a heightened intensity thanks to the rich wood tannins before subsiding to reveal velvety tones of caramel with sweet stewed apple and touches of orange peel. ![]() Additional aromas of dairy fudge and vanilla further accentuate the sweet nature of the whiskey. ![]() Delicate hints of nectarine develop to create a zesty fruit note with dustings of white pepper. Nose: Fragrant woodland spices with notes of cinnamon and nutmeg to the fore accompanied by aromatic oils and earthy pot still notes. Laois, the native oak has interacted with the maturing whiskey to impart a layered medley of orchard fruits and honeycomb. Harvested from Kylebeg Wood near Stradbally in Co. This whiskey was matured initially in American Oak Bourbon barrels and finished in virgin native Irish Oak Hogshead casks. Dair Ghaelach is a Single Pot Still Irish Whiskey from Midleton Distillery.
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