Product Highlights
A product of the town's perseverance — the first whiskey 100% distilled and matured at the Kilbeggan Distillery to be released since its restoration was completed in 2010. Featuring a heritage mash of malt, barley and 30% rye, this whiskey harkens back to the 1890s when many large Irish distillers used rye in their mash. However, this spicy grain virtually disappeared from the Irish whiskey category around the time of Prohibition and the Irish War of Independence. Double distilled in Kilbeggan's copper pot stills, one of which is the oldest working whiskey pot stills in the world today, it's the first of its kind in today's market, as it's the only modern Irish whiskey of record to use this amount of rye in its mash.
Nose: soft green fruits combine with a rich, creamy aroma and give way to white pepper, citrus and soft ginger spices. Taste: a beautiful warming mouthfeel of textured vanilla cream, floral spice, clove and forest sorrel, building to a crescendo of warm spice and biscuit dryness. Finish: immensely long and nuanced, a thick buttery coating with a return to the vanilla, but with candied jellies and hints of bubble gum, spice and oil coating remain long after the finish.
— Distiller's notes
Nose: soft green fruits combine with a rich, creamy aroma and give way to white pepper, citrus and soft ginger spices. Taste: a beautiful warming mouthfeel of textured vanilla cream, floral spice, clove and forest sorrel, building to a crescendo of warm spice and biscuit dryness. Finish: immensely long and nuanced, a thick buttery coating with a return to the vanilla, but with candied jellies and hints of bubble gum, spice and oil coating remain long after the finish.
— Distiller's notes
Expert Reviews
Pot still rye whiskey containing 30% rye with malted and unmalted barley, and the only Kilbeggan distilled entirely on-site. This has a nose of Japanese rice crackers, fennel seeds, cracker bread, cinnamon, and nutmeg. A light structure of creamy pear, ginger loaf, clotted cream toffee, and vanilla before a peppery blast leads into the toasty rye flavors, with a finish of glittering spice and malty bread notes.
— 89 Points Whisky Advocate, Spring 2019
— 89 Points Whisky Advocate, Spring 2019