Outstanding Irish Whiskeys

• Black Bush is one of the great blended whiskeys, with superb balance amongst all the malty, peaty, sherry goings-on that you will find when you raise the glass.

• Bushmills 16-year-old Single Malt The 10-year-old single malt is good, but this is in another league altogether, a profoundly beautiful glass of whiskey.

• Connemara The waft of peat off this Cooley Distillery single malt is profound, but the balance and poise of the whiskey is darling.

• Green Spot Hard to find (it’s sold only by Mitchell’s of Dublin and annual production is only 6,000 bottles) and worth the search for this wonderful, dainty, pot still character.

• Jameson 1780 Most of the whiskeys used in 1780 are actually older than the 12 years it states, and the mature, regal assurance of this great drink speaks of patient distilling and care.

• Power’s Gold Label For our money one of the greatest drinks in the world. A classic that one simply can never tire of.

• Redbreast 12 year old Originally known as “The Priest’s Bottle”, and you can always trust the clergy to know a good hootch when they drink it. Tremendous pot still characteristics make for the sexiest whiskey of them all.

• The Tyrconnell From Cooley Distillery, this single malt has a light, citrussy style, not unlike a Scottish single malt, and it’s terribly easy to drink!