St Patrick’s Day Whiskies at Royal Mile Whiskies – Irish Whiskey News
ST. PATRICK’S DAY – Sunday March 17th
Legend has it that Saint Patrick banished all snakes from Ireland, something we think the characters of the movie ‘Snakes on a Plane’ would surely appreciate! This weekend is looking like it’s going to be quite something, what with the final day of the Six Nations championship on Saturday and then Saint Patrick’s Day on Sunday (followed by a duvet day on Monday?)
Watch this space! The newly revived Teeling Whiskey Company plan to re-open a distillery in Dublin. One doubts there will be any shortage of visitors once it is set up! In the meantime, we can make do with this delicious, finely crafted small batch Irish whiskey.
No, not the 1978 movie starring Richard Burton & Roger Moore. This Wild Geese whiskey is much better than that! Comes in a 50 cl bottle – just enough for you and your mates to quaff on for the day.
Bushmills 1608 Anniversary is a great easy drinking Irish whiskey with plenty of character, which we regularly whole heartedly recommend. Irish whiskies have really come to the fore in recent years and this would be a great introductory Irish whiskey for the novice.
Irish Moonshine comes in from the cold. Although other Poitins have been available since the law was relaxed in 1997 (or 1989 for export only) this new Teeling Poitin looks like maybe having a bigger impact than before. Great tasting and similar in many ways to a new make spirit, this is well worth trying. Just remember that it is 61.5% abv!
Powers is a superb single pot still whiskey with excellent balance and full bodied character. One of the more recent Irish whiskey releases that really made people sit up and take notice of what can be achieved by present day Irish distillers.
