Kilbeggan Single Grain Irish Whiskey

Kilbeggan Single Grain Irish Whiskey is a single grain whiskey from the Kilbeggan family of Irish whiskeys, made in a copper-lined column still at the Cooley Distillery. Its mash is unusually corn-heavy for an Irish whiskey, at 94% corn and 6% malted barley. The spirit is aged in ex-bourbon barrels and then finished in a combination of ex-bourbon and fortified wine barrels. The Kilbeggan name comes from the Kilbeggan Distillery, founded in 1757 and recognised as Ireland's oldest licensed distillery. In the glass it is a faint gold, light in body, with corn, peach and cream on the nose, a silky, creamy palate and a long finish that is both sweet and spiced. It is bottled at 43% ABV in a 750ml bottle.

Tasting Notes: Sweet cream, peach and vanilla with oak spice.

Nose: Corn, peaches and cream.

Palate: Cool and silky sweet cream, then peach, vanilla and a burst of oak spice.

Finish: Long, sweet and peppery.

Serve: Neat or on the rocks.