Paddy's Day Drams

Unique among Irish whiskies, Connemara is the only Irish peated malt in existance today. Twice distilled in two small pots stills the whiskey retains a traditional light and delicate character true to the Irish style with an added peaty twang.

The Teeling Whiskey Company was founded by Jack Teeling, son of John Teeling who was the founder of the Cooley distillery in 1987. The Teeling family are currently bottling whiskey's from Cooley, and this first release is a small batch of casks that have been bottled at 46% without chill filtration or colouring. Uniquely for an Irish Whiskey, it has been finished in rum barrels for an extra tweak of sweetness and spice.

The name of this Irish whiskey is inspired by the Liberties area of Dublin, a part of the city known as Hell during the 18th century. The whiskey itself is rich and malty with notes of sultana and white chocolate.There is also hints of soft oaky notes coming through on the palate, leading to a smooth finish with a lingering peppery spiciness.

Black Bush is truly a legend among whiskeys-the result of dedicated care and craftsmanship perfected over the centuries. The secret lies in our choice of the single malt whiskey which has been matured in carefully selected Oloroso sherry casks and blended with our delicate grain whiskey to give black bush its intriguing flavor, as distinctive as its name.

Bushmills Original Irish Whiskey is the original Old Bushmills Distillery whiskey. Bushmills Original is a blend of single malt Irish whiskey and Irish grain whiskey. Grain whiskey reserved for Bushmills Original is slowly matured in American oak casks that are specially selected to bring out the golden hue and light, yet distinctive, characteristics of the whiskey. When mature, this grain whiskey is blended with our aged malt whiskey. The malt whiskey imparts its rounded, fresh fruit and delicate honey aromas to the blend, combining perfectly with the fresh, light citrus note from the grain whiskey to give Bushmills Original its pleasant balanced character.

This fascinating new release from Jameson has come from casks that first matured Jameson Whiskey before been sent to Cork's Franciscan Well brewery to mature their stout. The casks where then sent back to Jameson where they once again matured whiskey and this is the result, a richer style of Jamesons with hints of chocolate and coffee.

Slane is a new blended Irish whiskey, put together by the team behind the new distillery situated at Slane Castle in County Meath, Ireland. Three different cask types including virgin oak and seasoned barrels from Kentucky and sherry casks from Spain, have been used to mature this whiskey, introducing perfumed notes of vanilla, fresh oak and butterscotch, flowing into flavours of raisin and spice. Though the current source of the whiskey is not from Slane distillery itself, this maturation method is key to their new production which started in 2017.

Poitin (pronounced po-cheen) is a a clear, unaged moonshine traditionally made in a pot still from potatoes or any grain and bottled at extremely high strengths. These days Poitin such as this one from Teeling is the spirit made at a whiskey distillery such as Cooley. Bottled at 52.5% this is an authentic taste of Ireland's original spirit, and not something to be taken lightly!

Fully matured in Californian red wine barrels resulting in an intensely fruity and beautifully amber liquid, with lush berry notes. Hand selected casks, bottled at 46% with no chill filtration and matured in Californian red wine barrels which results in a fruity dram with sweet berry notes and vanilla.The finish dominated by wood and sweet spice.

The legendary story behind Tullamore Dew first began far back in the mists of time before the 10th century when the Irish originated the magic of 'Uisce Beatha' or whiskey. Golden Irish barley and pure crystal clear water are at the heart of the legend. Following triple distillation the legend grows with the slow maturation for many years in oak casks while the rich and mellow taste of Tullamore Dew develops. You can enjoy Tullamore Dew on its own, with ice, with soda or water.