Rating: 15/23 Happy St. Patrick's Day! I've never tried poitín before, but I hear it's gross and I haven't been impressed by Glendalough previously. Should be a challenging experience. N: Oh, this has a big grappa vibe going on. It has that mustiness with sweet potato, earthy potato vodka spice, and a bit of sort of pear fruitiness. Oh, I'm getting sweet potato shochu vibes. There are some nice notes, here, but it's really challenging overall. P: This is hot and a tad harsh, but it's actually more full and rich with a kind of oiliness. There's significant sweetness here as well. Lots of pepperiness. It does have a flavor that reminds me a lot of sweet potato shochu, but with more enjoyable sweetness and less earthy nuance. Vegetal, but not as rotting as I expected at all. There's actually a faint hint of heavily wheated soy sauce as well. The fruit is pear with a smothering of something floral. I don't think it's quite vanilla. I like this fruity not-quite-vanilla part of the profile. F: Pear, that not-vanilla, earthy vegetal notes, spices drifting in and out. It again makes me think of shochu, but sweeter. - Conclusion - This is kind of interesting, with enjoyable sweetness, but that earthiness is really challenging. This is growing on me though. I'm kind of liking this, but it's actually still a real challenging. It's hard to rate, but I'm thinking a 15 or 16. I think I'll give this a 15 right now.
About this bottle
Glendalough prides itself on being Ireland's first craft distillery, founded by 5 friends from Dublin and Wicklow in 2011. This is a stronger cask strength version of their signature Poitín (pronounced "po-tcheen," which means "pot stilled whiskey," the original Irish "water of life"), with a label featuring St. Kevin, the monk credited with introducing post stilled whiskey to Ireland in the 16th century. It's distilled from sugar beets and malted barley and lightly aged in virgin oak casks, filtered for clarity.
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This has become my favorite white whisky. Almost a butter tast. Packs enough puch to slow down the most avid drinker.
I don't regret drinking this. The sugar beats certainly impart a unique flavor versus normal gin or moonshine.
She’s difficult. Feels like sweet baby Jesus tiptoeing down your throat in bedroom slippers.
Strong floral oily sweet lingers for a while. Warming gin like without the juniper
Irish moonshine. I’m ok with that, but not at import prices.
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