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6th March 2017 |
Review of the
Method and Madness Single Pot Still whiskey.
 This
Method and Madness Single Pot Still
Irish whiskey is one of four initial
whiskey releases in the new Irish
Distillers Method and Madness whiskey
range.
Method and Madness
wouldn't quite be an Irish whiskey range
if it didn't have at least one Single
Pot Still whiskey in it and nobody does
pot still whiskey better than the folks
at Midleton and as this is a premium
range of Irish whiskey you can be sure
they have released something special.
In line with the theme of the new range
this is no standard pot still whiskey,
this has a twist. It is a vatting of pot
still whiskey which has matured in
American Bourbon casks and a little
ex-Oloroso sherry cask matured
whiskey which has been brought together
and finished rather
uniquely in Chestnut wood casks sourced from
the Isére region in France. I believe
the use of Chestnut casks to finish the
whiskey is a world first so hats off to
Midleton Master Cooper Ger Buckley
for his role in this unique whiskey.
It has been bottled as all whiskey
should be, non chill-filtered, natural
colour and at a very palatable strength
of 46% ABV.
The Method and Madness Single Pot Still whiskey will be available in the
UK, France and Ireland (including Irish
travel retail) from this month with an RRP of €69
You will also soon find it available from specialist online whisky retailers such as
Master of
Malt
William
Morrison's Tasting Notes:
Nose:
A lovely enticingly rich nose. Sweet
vanilla fudge, raisins, red berries, and
just the very slightest hint of pot
still spice.
Taste:
Delicious mouth coating pot still spices
between layers of sweet fruit. Some
orangey notes, raisins, ripe pears,
cinnamon, some drying wood spice and
just a touch of bitter sweet dark
chocolate keeping the fruit in check.
Finish: Long, bourbony liquorice,
a delicious mix of pot still and
sherried fruit slowly fades leaving some
lovely lingering and mildly drying oak
spice or may that be chestnut spice.
Comment:
A deliciously rich mix of pot still and
sherried fruit with a nice touch of
interesting wood spice thrown in. You
can tell that this is a single pot still
whiskey but with a bit of a different
wood twist which really lingers long
into the finish. An outstanding single
pot still with a very interesting and
enjoyable twist, great stuff from the
folks at Midleton. I hate to say it but
some of the big players in Scotland
could learn a thing or two from the
innovative and creative, or should I say
methodically mad, folks at Midleton and
the whiskey they are producing for our
pleasure.
SMW Single Pot
Still Whiskey Score
93/100
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