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Irish
Distillers set to launch the stunning
first-fill Oloroso sherry cask finished Redbreast
Dream Cask 32 year old on World Whisky
Day 2018.
On
World Whisky Day last year
I had the pleasure
of taking part in a special World Whisky
Day Facebook Live whisky tasting which
was hosted by Midleton/Redbreast Head
Blender Billy Leighton and his sidekick,
Apprentice Blender Dave McCabe. They
presented a mystery sample of Redbreast
Single Pot Still Irish whiskey which was named
Redbreast Dream Cask.
The Redbreast Dream Cask sample turned
out to be an outstanding
31 year old single
pot still whiskey which had spent 25
years in a Bourbon barrel then another 6
years in a Oloroso sherry cask. At the
end of the tasting last year I put the
question to Billy Leighton (see
video), asking him what he planned
on doing with the remainder of the
whiskey which was still in the cask.
Well that question has now been
answered, almost one year on and after a
little more time maturing in the
Oloroso sherry cask
Irish Distillers has announced the launch of the
Redbreast Dream Cask 32 Year Old, which
will be available to buy through its
online members’ club, The Birdhouse,
from World Whisky Day Saturday 19th May
2018. The release follows requests from
consumers and whiskey experts over the
past 12 months, and becomes the first in
a new series planned for the coming
years.
The Redbreast Dream Cask 32 Year Old was
filled into re-fill American Oak
ex-Bourbon barrels on 31st October 1985,
then on 8th March 2011, the whiskey was
re-casked into a first-fill Oloroso
Sherry-seasoned butt, Cask No. 41207. It
was then recently bottled especially for
the Redbreast online members’ club, The
Birdhouse.
Redbreast Dream Cask 32 Year Old Cask
No. 41207 is non chill-filtered and has
been bottled at 46.5% ABV and is a
limited release of 816 50cl bottles.
With a price tag of €500 per bottle it
is certainly one for those with deep
pockets but as I said in my review of this whiskey it really is a stunning,
deliciously juicy, fruity, complex
mature pot still whisky which has
clearly spent its years maturing in
quality casks. If your pockets are deep
enough, don't miss out on this one.
If that is a little rich for your
pockets, you will find the current Redbreast
whiskey range available from specialist
online whisky retailers such as The Whisky Exchange
and
Master of
Malt
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