Tag Archives: Irish Whiskey

Writer’s Tears Gets A Brand Extension

Walsh Whiskey has created a new core expression for it’s Writers’ Tears range, which blends Irish single malt and single pot still whiskeys. Writer’s Tears Double Oak is a blend of the two whiskey styles aged in two types of wood, American and French Oak. It is triple-distilled, non-chill filtered and bottled at 46% ABV. Through its partnership with the ...

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Bushmills Embarks On £60m Expansion Plan

Bushmills Distillery, the Irish Whiskey company that is located in County Antrim in (British) Northern Ireland and owned by Jose Cuervo, has announced a £60m investment plan to expand production. The plan would add a second, new £30m distillery to the existing plant and construct an additional 29 warehouses for maturing whiskey. There were no official objections raised to the ...

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Knappogue Castle Launches A Marsala Cask Finish

Knappogue Castle Irish Whiskey has announced the launch of the second iteration in their new Cask Finish Series, this being a 12 Year Old Single Malt Irish Whiskey finished in Marco De Bartoli Marsala Casks from the region of Samperi in Sicily on Italy’s western-coast. With only 1,020 bottles set for production, the new limited release is expected to hit ...

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Kilbeggan Small Batch Rye Irish Whiskey Review

Kilbeggan Small Batch Rye

Kilbeggan Irish Whiskey Limited Release Small Batch Rye By Randall H. Borkus Rating: B In October 2018, Beam Suntory’s Kilbeggan Distilling Company celebrated the release of Kilbeggan Irish Whiskey Small Batch Rye. Although Kilbeggan was restored in 2010, reviving a 260 year old legacy in whiskey-making (one of the stills there is the oldest working pot still in the world!), ...

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