Warm rich pot still malty goodness followed by notes of fruit, honey, vanilla, spice and citrus with a nutty undertone that ties everything together. Rich, sweet and a little oily that wonderful character is accompanied by notes of fruit, vanilla, nuts, spice, citrus and some light sweet, almost floral, notes that drift through on the tail. Mmmm, I tell ya, that Single Pot Still character stirs something in me every time I smell it. Redbreast 12 years Reviewĭistiller: Irish Distillers (New Midleton)
Regardless of what it’s called it just means that you’re in store for some tasty tasty whiskey. The ruling actually happened a few year before that, but it was about 2011 when the new labels started rolling out. Single Pot Still is a whiskey style that is unique to Ireland and according to Midleton “is regarded as the quintessential style of Irish whiskey”.įor over 200 years this lovely stuff was called Pure Pot Still whiskey, but then in 2010 / 2011 the TTB (the same folks who don’t enforce their own basic Bourbon and Rye labeling requirements) got upset at the use of “Pure” and forced the name be changed to Single Pot Still. In Scotland to create their single malts they only use malted barley and the same goes for American single malts and a large amount of the whiskey found around the world. In a nut shell Single Pot Still Irish Whiskey is whiskey that is created from a mash containing both malted and unmalted barley and then triple distilled in copper pot stills. If you’re not familiar with that term then you’re in luck because I’m about to explain. Redbreast 12 is a Single Pot Still Irish Whiskey.
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