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31st May 2018 |
Method and
Madness add a Virgin Hungarian Oak
Finish whiskey to the range.
 Method and Madness, the experimental
Irish whiskey brand from Irish
Distillers which launched last year has
unveiled two new Irish Single Pot Still
whiskey's and inline with the
experimental nature of the brand both
the new whiskey's are the result of the
innovative and perhaps a little mad
off the usual beaten track methods of whiskey production employed
by the whiskey creators at the Midleton
Distillery in Cork, Ireland.
The first of the two new whiskey's is
the Method and Madness Virgin Hungarian
Oak Finish single pot still whiskey
which was initially matured in a
combination of first-fill and re-fill
American Bourbon oak barrels and then
finished in virgin
Hungarian oak
which was felled in the Carpathian Mountain range
in the North East of Hungary, where
volcanic soils are best suited to the
growing of Quercus Petraea.
Irish Distillers tell me that this is the first Irish whisky to be
finished in Hungarian Oak, the oak was
harvested in winter and air-dried for
two years at the Kádár sawmills in Tokaj.
Whether the nationality of Quercus
Petraea oak actually has a unique
influence on a whiskey I cannot comment
and what influence this virgin Hungarian
oak has had on this latest Method and
Madness whiskey and as to the quality of the
whiskey I cant comment as I haven't had
a chance to taste it. All I can say is
the folks at Midleton put a lot of
effort into creating this new whiskey
range, it is billed as a premium range
and given my experience of the first 4
releases when the range launched last
year I would expect these latest
additions to the range to be something
worth trying. I will certainly update
you if I taste it and give you my
comments as to its quality but meanwhile
the official tasting note for the Method and
Madness Virgin Hungarian Oak Finish is
below.
Kevin O’Gorman, Master of Maturation at
Midleton Distillery, commented on the
use of Hungarian Oak to finish this new
single pot still addition to the Method
and Madness range saying: "Our
quest for uncommon casks has led us all
over the world. We were especially
intrigued by the Quercus Petraea from
North East Hungary and the unique
properties that it could add to our
flavour repertoire as whiskey makers. At
Midleton Distillery over the past few
years, we have been experimenting with
Hungarian virgin oak casks – a trial and
error process that we are incredibly
proud to have finally mastered. The
result is a new first for Irish whiskey
that continues to challenge perceptions
of what the category can be."
Method and Madness Single Pot Still
Irish Whiskey Finished in Virgin
Hungarian Oak has no age statement, it
is non chill-filtered and bottled at 46%
ABV and will be available in the UK,
France and Ireland (including Irish and
French travel retail), RRP €89.
You will soon find the new single pot
still additions to the Method and Madness whiskey range
as well as the existing expressions available
from specialist online whisky retailers such as The Whisky Exchange
and
Master of
Malt
The other new recent release in the
Method and Madness range is the
Method and Madness 28 Year Old Ruby
Port Pipe Single Cask Single Pot Still
whiskey which you can read about
HERE
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Method and Madness Virgin Hungarian Oak Finish Review
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Producer's Tasting Notes:
Nose: Treacle, toffee, toasted
coconut and campfire ashes.
Taste: Silky smooth richness,
bittersweet liquorice and dry woodland
notes.
Finish: Dissipating spice and toasted Oak.
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