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20th November 2013 |
The Whisky
Bible 2014 names Jameson Original as
‘Top Irish Blend’ & Redbreast 12 Year
Old Cask Strength as the ‘Irish Whiskey
of the Year’ and ‘Irish Pot Still of the
Year’.
 Jameson
Original has been crowned ‘Irish Blend
of the Year’ for the third year running
in the recently-released 2014 edition of
Jim Murray’s Whisky Bible.
Recognising the consistent, crafted
quality and smooth taste which has made
the whiskey a worldwide favourite,
Murray gave Jameson Original an
impressive 95/100 points, remarking that
he was “blown away as usual” and that
“this very special whiskey remains in
truly wondrous form”.
In further good news for Irish
Distillers,
Redbreast 12 Year Old Cask Strength
whiskey was once again named both ‘Irish
Whiskey of the Year’ and ‘Irish Pot
Still of the Year’, with a record score
for an Irish whiskey of 97/100 points,
reinforcing Irish Distillers’ reputation
for crafted excellence across all areas
of the Irish Whiskey category. Irish
Distillers’ Midleton 1991 Single Cask
No. 48750 was Jim Murray’s next
highest-scoring Irish whiskey, with 96.5
points.
Murray was also effusive in his praise
for the new-strength
Powers
Gold Label 43.2%, which
launched in the USA in September this
year, complementing its powerful “big
Irish pot still hardness” and stating
that it’s balance was “all to do with
the extra pot still which here acts as
backbone and muscle.”
PADDY Centenary Edition, a pure pot
still limited edition which was released
in September to commemorate 100 years of
the PADDY brand, was also scored highly,
achieving 93 points.
Brian Nation, Irish Distiller’s Master
Distiller, commented: “We’re over the
moon that so many of our whiskeys have
been recognized for their high quality
by Jim Murray. Plaudits like this mean a
lot to all of us at the Midleton
Distillery; we take great pride in
ensuring the consistency and high
standards that whiskey fans have come to
expect from our whiskeys, so to receive
this recognition from such an eminent
figure in the whiskey world as Jim
Murray is a great honour.”
The success in Jim Murray’s Whisky Bible
follows a momentous year for Irish
Distillers, which saw the company unveil
a host of new initiatives - including
its new Garden Stillhouse and the
first-ever Irish Whiskey Academy - as it
aims to continue the Irish whiskey
category’s consistently strong growth.
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