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Blue Spot
7 Year Old Cask Strength Single Pot Still Irish Whiskey
Category: Irish Single Pot Still Whiskey
Date Tasted:
6/8/2022
Country: Ireland
Alcohol: 58.9%
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96 Points
Platinum Medal
Superlative
$90
Blue Spot
7 Year Old Cask Strength Single Pot Still Irish Whiskey
Category: Irish Single Pot Still Whiskey
Date Tasted:
6/8/2022
Country: Ireland
Alcohol: 58.9%
Golden amber color. Aromas and flavors of candied raspberry and strawberry, cinnamon and brown sugar pecans, cinnamon roll, and tangerine marmalade with a fat body and a very long finish manifesting accents of cherry preserves, dark cocoa, teriyaki jerky, and caramel and nougat. A rich powerhouse of a Whiskey that deserves attention and absolutely delivers with waves of fruity and spicy flavors.
Tasting Info
Style:
Spicy & Complex
Aroma:
candied raspberry and strawberry, cinnamon and brown sugar pecans, cinnamon roll, and tangerine marmalade
Flavor:
Same as aromas with accents of cherry preserves, dark cocoa, teriyaki jerky, and caramel and nougat
Smoothness:
Normal
Enjoy:
in cocktails, neat, on the rocks and with cigars
Cocktails:
Irish Coffee, Hot Toddy, Whiskey Smash
Bottom Line:
A rich powerhouse of a Whiskey that deserves attention and absolutely delivers with waves of fruity and spicy flavors.
The Producer or Importer
Pernod Ricard USA
250 Park Avenue, 17th Floor
New York, NY 10177
USA
1 914-848-4800
www.pernod-ricard-usa.com
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Serve in a Glencairn Scotch Whisky Glass
About
Irish Single Pot Still Whiskey
Irish Single Pot Still Whiskey is an in Irish Whiskey made at a single distillery from a mixed mash of malted barley and unmalted barley in a single pot still. It is made with a minimum of 30% malted and 30% unmalted barley, and it is the use of the unmalted barley as well as the production resulting from a single distillery in a single pot that helps give it a distinct spiciness knows as ‘pot still character’; Irish Single Pot Still is also the only style of whiskey exclusively made in Ireland.
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