Extremely rare, and expensive, virgin Japanese mizunara, comes from Hokkaido, the rugged most northern island of Japan. It is coopered to order in Japan's only independent cooperage, by Japan's oldest cooper. Mizunara amplifies much of what is already there while layering on more vanilla smoothness, sandlewood notes and even a little coconut, or gorse flower if you're from our neck of the woods.

This whiskey has very different and exotic flavours compared with what you'd expect from an Irish single malt.

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A 17 Year Old Single Malt that was aged in ex-Bourbon barrels for the first 15 years before being transferred into a rare Japanese Mizunara cask for the final two years. It's predecessor the Glendalough 13 Year Old Mizunara Finish was named in the top 20 whiskeys in the world. Very aromatic and complex on the palate with notes of honeycomb, creamy vanilla and cedarwood spice.

It was the the final two years of maturation in the rare, Japanese Mizunara, however that brought the unexpected. The Mizunara oak, sourced from an island 6,000 miles away, has really rounded this whiskey, bringing the viscosity to a luxurious, creamy mouth-feel. Sweet but spicy, very smooth but very complex.

TASTING NOTES

NOSE
Woody spices and coconut aromas with some fruity notes.

PALATE
Luxurious creamy mouth-feel. Honey and vanilla with citrus. Sweet fruit with underlying wood spice.

FINISH
Smooth long finish.

 

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Product information taken form the Glendalough Distillery Website.

'Upon its release, this whiskey won double gold at The World Spirits Competition in San Francisco. It really is an Irish whiskey that will make you think twice about Irish whiskey. A lovely, light and drinkable whiskey, it's also complex with a depth of flavour beyond its years.

Aged twice in barrels from far sides of the world, the flavours are a game of two halves.

American oak Bourbon barrels bring sweet honey and smooth vanilla notes, laying down the foundations of the flavours. The Spanish oak Oloroso barrels layer on dried fruit, and nutty flavours.

To find the best Oloroso casks, we go off the beaten track to the small Andalusian town of Montilla, home of the famous PX grape. Here we can talk one on one with producers, chose the bodega, the liquid, the time seasoning, and eventually the casks. This gives us more influence on the flavours in our Double Barrel whiskey.

The Nose: Rich with dark fruit, cherry, raisin, fig and Christmas pudding. Floral notes with lemongrass, citrus and a touch of nutmeg.

The Taste: Sweet and smooth, with butterscotch, honey and peppercorn, dried fruit, maraschino cherries and brown sugar.

The Finish: Ginger spices a touch of almond and earthiness.'

 

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This is the earliest drink ever to be distilled, the father of Irish whiskey and the ancient ancestor of all distilled drinks. First made by Irish monks in the 6th century in monasteries like Glendalough, it was known as the “water of life”. Outlawed in 1661 but now it’s back. This spirit is triple distilled in a traditional copper pot-still using malted barley and pure spring water. Bottled at 55% for an authentic taste of Ireland’s original spirit.

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