Redbreast 27 Year Old Single Pot Still Irish Whiskey

W&A Gilbey Co. was established in 1857 in a basement cellar located in London at the intersection of Oxford Street and Berwick. The firm, a wine and spirits retailer, had grown to Dublin, Belfast, and Edinburgh by the turn of the century and had one of the biggest inventories of maturing whiskey. Gilbeys started offering redbreast 27 year Irish whiskey, a 12-year-old whiskey, in 1912. The Chairman of Gilberys, a fervent ornithologist, is credited with giving the name, which was a reference to the Robin Redbreast, a kind of bird.

Redbreast-27 Year Old-Single-Pot Still Irish-Whiskey still honors Gilbey’s heritage and its Irish roots today. Malted and unmalted barley are married to create the whiskey, which is then triple-distilled using conventional copper-pot stills after being ground and crushed. Two distinctively Irish methods of making whiskey include the addition of unmalted barley to the mashbill and the custom of triple distillation.

After distillation, the whiskey is aged in a mix of European oak casks that were previously used to age Spanish Oloroso sherry and American ex-bourbon oak casks. The addition of Ruby Port Casks to this phrase then raises the complexity level even further. The whiskey is bottled at cask strength without chill filtering after a 27-year rest, producing a very complex and rich dram.

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Notes on Tasting

The nose has notes of spices, herbs, and sweetness, especially vanilla, along with dark fruits and berries. With an abundance of fruit, including blood orange, berries, and cherries, as well as spices and toasted wood, the palate is extraordinarily full. The long, well-balanced finish is fruity and peppery.

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