• Nose: 21 Palate: 21 Finish: 21 Balance: 21 Total: 84
  • Nose: Sweet and gentle - apples and grass
  • Palate: Vanilla and allspice at first with rye spice in the background
  • Finish: Short and clean with nice rye spice
  • Balance: Smooth
  • Type: Blend
  • Age: 5
  • ABV: 43%
  • Distiller: Kilbeggan (Beam Suntory)
  • Where made: Kilbeggan, Co Westmeath IRELAND
  • Region: Ireland
  • Approximate Price: $35
  • Value: GOOD

This is the first whiskey made entirely on site at Kilbeggan since they reopened as an operating distillery in 2007. Tasted at 9 Maple Ave (Saratoga Springs NY). This is not like a traditional American rye. It is a high-rye blend of rye and malt: 30% rye 40% malted barley and 30% unmalted barley.