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Irish Distillers has announced the U.S. exclusive of Method And Madness Rye and Malt Irish Whiskey, another boundary pushing release created at the company’s innovation hub in Midleton, the Micro Distillery. With only 5,000 bottles available across the country, this limited-edition release was inspired by the desire to create whiskey that honored tradition while celebrating the new and extraordinary.
Distilled and matured at the Mirco Distillery in Midleton, County Cork, this latest installment of the Method And Madness brand is distillate-driven, bursting with floral notes and a spicy character, a reflection of the Distilling team’s approach to trial and error. When setting out to create this new release the team took advantage of the Micro Distillery’s manual processes, trialing varying rates of reflux and distillation before settling on a triple-distilled mash of rye (60%) and malted barley (40%), which was then matured in ex-bourbon American oak barrels to achieve the perfect crisp yet peppery flavor.
The Method And Madness brand was hatched from the minds of the Masters’ and Apprentices of the globally recognized, Irish Distillers’ Midleton Distillery in Ireland. The journey first began six years ago when the Micro Distillery opened its doors with a mission to further support the resurgence of Irish whiskey, drawing on research into wood influences and cereal mixes, historic mash bills from the Irish Distillers Archive and the restless curiosity of its craftspeople.
