Macaloney’s Single Potstill Kildara is matured in Kentucky Bourbon, Spanish Oloroso, virgin American, and Spanish Pedro Ximénez (PX) casks.  46% ABV

Nose: We’re starting with a touch of nail varnish but then venture into darker notes of raisins, tobacco, and cinnamon. Opens up after a little while, fresher stone fruits along with Demerara sugar, lychee and an assortment of berries. Overall a little shy though.

Taste: Quite a viscous, almost wine-y mouthfeel, this seems rather reliant on sherry oak at first. But there’s certainly more to it, and its pot still DNA speaks. Some cough syrup (often also found in Irish pot still whisky from Midleton), plums, barley husks, but also dark chocolate and charred red berries.

Finish: Medium length. Nutmeg, touch of rye bread and strawberries. Words of Whisky