There are cask strength and 12 year offerings available in the United States and other expressions elsewhere in the world. They could've acknowledged that times had changed, and that fate had dealt them more than their share of bad breaks. It's said that when the Cooley Distillery started up in the late 1980s, it had no plans to make a smoky whiskey, but at some stage peaty malt was bought and run through the stills with fantastic results. Tastes of lightly honey sweet, subdued clean rather than sooty smoke with peaty vegetal notes, sweet barley water, light spice and vanilla oak.

Golden honey notes followed by an extraordinary peat explosion-spreading across the mouth and palate. Also sign me up for newsletters so I can get special offers, recommendations, and expert advice to my inbox! I can only concur with other reviews , dreadful whisky I fail to see how anybody with any discernible pallet could like this whisky. These fonts ensure we provide the optimum width and depth during the engraving process to creat maximum visibility once infilled. Once a bottle has been engraved the cut glass is then infilled with a special decorative silver paste.I love when friends of mine travelling bring me a present of a bottle of this wonderful Irish made Whiskey.

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As the oldest licensed distillery of its kind in Ireland, the Kilbeggan Distilling Company has seen its share of trials and triumphs. Inspired by the 18th century art of drying malting barley over peat fires, Connemara® possesses a distinct peaty flavour and aroma,instilling a delicate smokiness and smooth, sweet taste. A rather tasty and heavilly peated Irish Single Malt, ideal for fans of Islay and West coast Scottish whis.I bought this in Dublin airport duty free and on inspection of the bottle i realise that I had stayed previously on holiday only half a mile from the distillery on the Cooley Peninsula near Dundalk (a long way from Connemara! So when tough times ground its gears to a halt, the town came together to save the whiskey that built the town. Our unparalleled selection of premium products include ranges from cosmetics to confectionery, fragrances to fashion accessories, spirits to souvenirs, skincare to sunglasses, fine foods to fine wines and champagne. All reviews about taste and smoothness are a bit of a waste of time if your whiskey doesn't make you happy. A limited editon Glass pack featuring the peated Irish Whisky Connemara, which is made at the Cooley distillery, along with a branded tumbler.

The bottle is a lovely Irish touch with the presentation box reminisant of the West of Ireland and the Connemara landscape.

When the doors of the Kilbeggan Distillery were shut in 1953, the people of Kilbeggan could've easily accepted defeat.