Think I read one of the things they do to get a "better maturation" was to build a warehouse in the north, where it is "muggier". The same place Bushmills have their warehouses…
This is an older article, interviewing Jay Bradley of the Craft Irish Whiskey Co.
Jay Bradley: The Craft Irish Whiskey Co. - Luxuriate Life Magazine
As a company, they're interesting, in terms of looking at how you take a distillate from a given distillery, which is no better or worse than distillate that was secured by others … And then create a product and a business model which is explicitly aimed at the luxury hospitality market.
We're talking luxury hospitality for oligarchs, City of London bankers… People with the income such that they can make a discretionary purchase of a 7.5k bottle of Irish whiskey of unknown provenance and not worry too much about it.
Stocking it in Michelin starred restaurants, partnering with the likes of Fabergé, limiting availability and chasing high auction prices, award wins etc. These guys are spending a lot of money on making all this happen, probably more than they do on their distillate by a good margin.
I return to the fact that the distillate they got was probably not that different to what has been procured by others. It's single malt, maybe not even that old in some cases, as Bradley is a bit coy about age statements. He's expressly saying - in 2018 anyway - that the reason their final product is so good is because of the elaborate process they undertake aging the distillate after they get it. I personally don't find that credible. I'm sure it's great whiskey, but it's probably not better than comparable high end Irish whiskey from other vendors. But these guys have giant, giant balls, and have made the decision to pitch for the luxury goods market, so they have to just take themselves and put themselves in their own category, whether it makes much objective sense or not.
Had a couple of small drams of Uigeadail last night from a bottle I got last month, I opened it at the time with a friend during a tasting session with other whiskies on the table so I didn't clearly remember.
It's such an easy drinker with decently complex flavours.
Mad prices for their stuff
Selling the idea of luxury 130 euro for a glass I seen
Devil's Keep, and various other bottlings from them, are from Bushmills.
I’ve never looked into who makes it, as I’ve little interest in them. No need to assume, as they’ve never said anything about ever planning a distillery. And they’ve been in trouble for using distillery images for a distillery they have nothing to do with.
sorry, slow response from me. Who makes the liquid? I assume it’s bought in and aged packaged and marketed
Had a look at whiskey live a couple years ago, but queue was too long. It's one that only suckers pay for I imagine.
has anyone tried any of the Craft Irish Whiskey Co bottles?
Picked up a bottle of Armorik single malt for the campfire tipple on our French camping trip last month. That it's all gone is an indication of how pleasantly surprised I was. If I was making a comparison it would be to something like Highland Park.
Going to be a good weekend
Pmd
Where are you based?
Good review here
I've a bottle open at the moment and I'm really enjoying it. Was worried about the Rye cask finish making it a bit too spicy, but the single pot sweetness factor handles it brilliantly. Lovely drop.
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Yeah that's the Cask strength version. I know that's available alright. But it's the regular version I'm talking about. Typically €75-€80.
Sorry should have stipulated that none available in Ireland online.
I heard supervalue in Dingle had some recently.
Picked up a bottle of Duchas in Aldi. Bargain for 25 quid. Nice mouth feel. Bit of sweetness without overpowering it
Loving the wd o connell 5 year old amontillado. Must be something different going on at distilling or cask stage because this is a stunner and I would normally lean towards scotch
I have it on the shelf if you want to try before you buy?
Any reviews of their Grianstad an tSamhraidh single pot still? I've cut back on my purchases these days and €95 would be a big deal at the moment, but I did get the previous 6 in the series.
A few places still have it here alright. I got a bottle not too long ago. Probably pick up another couple before it’s totally gone.
You can buy it on their web site - available there.
https://shop.dingledistillery.ie/dingle-whiskey/dingle-single-malt-batch-6-cask-strength/
In Ireland. Available on the continent alright
When you say batch 6 is sold out, where do you mean?
A wee quick trip to Scotland
marked as the major flavour notes. It's blocked in the top picture but it's a 34yr Old smokey bacon whiskey that's out of this world but has been marked never for sale!
What's going on here? Tell us more!
What are the barrels marked brown sugar, hazelnut, forest fruits...? Tasting notes for the barrel?
Had a horrible Monday morning at work!
Thanks for the tip, The Blue Blazer looks super alright. We sometimes stay in the Haymarket when visiting Edinburgh, looks like I would have walked past it before on the way into town without spotting it, it's on the to-do list now :-)
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