The best way I can describe this whiskey is that it's like a girl I dated once...ok, ok, twice. You see, the problem was simple - I was lonely as hell, living out on the Iowa prairie by myself in a tiny town, and I desperately wanted this girl to be "the one," or at least someone I was really into. But...I wasn't. I just kind of found her moderately enjoyable, but there wasn't much in the way of chemistry. The same applies, though the nose here is phenomenal - big and full, loaded with nutty banana bread, vanilla, a little dried apricot and fig drizzled with honey. The palate isn't bad, but it seems a little flat compared to the nose, with a short finish. The sherry notes fade a bit, too, and you're left with a more-or-less generic seeming Irish whiskey. I suspect that, if bottled at a higher ABV, there might be a bit more to enjoy. It's a shame; I could nose this all day.
About this bottle
Released at the end of 2016 by Boann Distillery in Drogheda just north of Dublin on the east coast of Ireland (expected to start distilling in 2017). Part of their Whistler's debut range of Irish single malt whiskies, this sourced whiskey is aged for 8 years in first-fill bourbon barrels and finished aging by Boann for 2 years in oloroso sherry butts. It is non chill-filtered and bottled at 46% ABV.
Reviews
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A brief revisit/second taste note. With the bottle having been open a bit, the shy, low-on-chemistry date turned out to have quite a bit of personality waiting for the second date. Much fuller, rounder flavors in line with that glorious nose.
A bit sharp, oiliness from french oak, short finnish. Easy to drink but taste younger than it is. Not the typical single malt
was 5 year double oaked. smooth. caramel after taste.
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