By David Lavine Rating: B- Roe & Co. Solera Single Malt (Credit: Diageo) Roe & Co.’s newest entry into the market is a solera-aged and blended single malt Irish Whiskey. Taking an inventive spin on the solera method, Roe & Co. intends this to be a periodic release, each version showcasing another element of the process. The solera method is most associated with Sherry, where tiers of casks are filled from top to bottom with progressively newer spirit entering at the highest level and finished spirit drawn from the bottom casks. The core idea is consistency: each product draw is ..read more

By Richard Thomas Dingle Single Malt (Credit: Dingle Distillery) Listing the mass market, budget Irish whiskeys you might want to pick up for St. Patrick’s Day sipping is largely unnecessary. While I could draw up a list with Kilbeggan, Jameson, Powers, Paddy, Slane, Tullamore Dew and other brands on it, I believe it would be more valuable for the reader if I suggested what bargain Irish whiskeys should be avoided. If you are reading this, you probably know all those names and are probably looking for advice on something in the next run up the ladder. Dingle Single Malt ($100)Located in scen ..read more

By Richard Thomas Rating: C- Triple Dog Irish Whiskey (Credit: Triple Dog Irish Whiskey/O’Shevlin Spirits) Triple Dog Irish Whiskey is certainly packaged to catch your eye from the shelf: its modern, sleek design and red and black colors will stand out amid a cluster of just about any potential mixture of whiskey bottles. Although I find the studded collar on the neck of the bottle to be on the garish side, noticing that detail will surely pull attention in further. But that is just the bottle; what is in, and just as importantly behind, that bottle? Triple Dog comes to us from entrepreneur ..read more

(Credit: Image by freepic.diller on Freepik) Most couples book restaurants for a romantic dinner or go on trips during Valentine’s Day. Most of the time, the reservations must be made way earlier than usual to avoid the waiting list. However, if you’re tired of the hassle of reservations and want to make the best out of your money, we’ve got you covered. Let your beau feel loved right at your home with these fascinating ideas! 1. Enjoy a picnic in the living room Get takeout or cook your lover’s favorite right from scratch. Push the couch and center table aside. Set out the mat, place some h ..read more

By Richard Thomas Rating: B Waterford Peated Fenniscourt Single Malt (Credit: Richard Thomas) To a large extent, Waterford Irish Whiskey represents an entrepreneur taking his past experience in Scotland and carrying it over into a new venture in Ireland. Mark Reynier bought a shuttered Islay distillery, Bruichladdich, in 2000, and in so doing he confronted a problem that was novel at the time. The distillery had only been closed for six years, but wasn’t exactly chugging away in terms of production before that, so any brand built upon it was inevitably going to confront a hollow period when ..read more

Irish Distillers has a new installment in the Method and Madness line, a seven year old single malt. The first ever single malt whiskey to be created in the Micro Distillery, this new release marks an exciting move into unchartered territory for the team at Midleton Distillery, showcasing the art of experimentation that defines the Micro Distillery’s spirit while offering a rare and distinctive taste experience. Seven years in the making, this limited-edition, tripled-distilled release taps into Midleton Distillery’s legacy of master and apprentice working side-by-side, an approach that provid ..read more

Ireland’s Dingle Distillery has announced the U.S. launch of Samhain Single Malt Whiskey, the first expression to come from the brand’s new Wheel of the Year Series. With 10,000 bottles of Dingle Samhain Single Malt Whiskey set to be released worldwide, only 1,500 of those bottles are allocated to the U.S., making for a very special and exclusive debut. Celebrating the beginning of winter and the Celtic new year, Samhain coincides with the first release from the Dingle Distillery’s new Wheel of The Year series. Inspired by this ancient Irish celebration, the Dingle Samhain Single Malt Whi ..read more

Irish Distillers, maker of some of the world’s most loved whiskeys, is delighted to introduce Midleton Very Rare Forêt de Tronçais. This first-of-its-kind whiskey represents the pinnacle of excellence and rarity in the world of Irish whiskey as it showcases the harmonious fusion of Irish and French luxury and craftsmanship. Midleton Very Rare Forêt de Tronçais is the result of a visionary collaboration that began in 2017. In search of the perfect cask to enhance and complement Midleton’s portfolio of exceptional whiskeys, Master Distiller Kevin O’Gorman and his team from Midleton Distillery em ..read more

Redbreast Irish Whiskey has introduced Redbreast 10-Year-Old Distillery Edition. The new Redbreast expression will be exclusively available Irish Distillers’ brand homes; the newly reopened Midleton Distillery Experience in Cork and Jameson Distillery Bow Street in Dublin. Designed and crafted by Master Blender Billy Leighton with his deputy, Blender Dave McCabe, Redbreast 10 is a reimagining of Gilbey’s historic 10 year old expression, last produced 50 years ago, plus the more recent 2021 Redbreast 10 Year Old limited edition release that marked 30 years since the resurrection of Redbreast Ir ..read more

By Richard Thomas Rating: B Waterford Rathclogh 1.1 (2020))Credit: Richard Thomas) I remember thinking in 2014 that Mark Reynier scored a helluva deal. That was when Diageo, in one of the moves rendered utterly inexplicable by their byzantine corporate veil, sold the Guinness brewery they had spent €40 million upgrading over the course of a decade to him for just a little over €7 million. The same angels who drink all that evaporating liquor clearly have some favor for Reynier, who had previously revived the fortunes of Bruichladdich. That brewery became a distillery, named for the town is w ..read more