A hint of spice meets that banana with a note of creaminess, caramel, and dried fruit. There’s a clear rum mustiness to the nose next to tropical fruits with a focus on bananas. That finishing barrel imparts a wholly different feel to this sip that’s both surprising and enticing. The whiskey is transferred into Demerara rum casks from Guyana for a few short months to finish things off. This is the same juice as above with one exception. XO Caribbean Rum Cask Finish Tullamore DEW I tend to drink it with mineral water these days, plus a squeeze of lime. This mixes very well with sharp ginger ale. The vanilla peeks back in near the end as the sip quickly fades while warming you up. That fruit carries on through the very light (in a good way) sip as a hint of wood and citrus arrive. The whiskeys are then blended into a final product that’s as easy to drink as it is to mix.Ĭlear fruity notes of apple mingle with a hint of bourbon-y vanilla. The juice is triple distilled - like almost all Irish whiskeys - and then it rests in both ex-bourbon and ex-sherry casks. This is a straight-up classic Irish whiskey. If you don’t have time for that, here are my thoughts on the four bottles we tried. You can watch the whole tasting on Instagram. It was an educational half-hour - great whiskey and even better company. Murphy led us through a tasting of the Original, Caribbean Rum Cask Finish, 12-Year-Old, and Single Malt 18-Year-Old bottles of Tullamore. We were lucky to have Tullamore D.E.W.’s brand ambassador for the eastern U.S., Gillian Murphy, join us. But while I’m very familiar with the “original” expression, I really hadn’t had much exposure to the other expressions in the mix besides random tasting events over the past five years or so. The one-liter bottle is always a bargain, and it’s never a bad idea to show up somewhere with a bottle of good Irish whiskey on hand. It’s my go-to duty-free bottle of whiskey whenever I fly to England to visit in-laws. Speaking personally, I’m a pretty big Tullamore D.E.W. This marked the first time we wandered into the world of Irish whiskey on the show and it was a delight for the senses. Palate: Good body with notes of sherried peels and spice, granary toast with butter and honey, grains and vanilla cream.įinish: Quite vegetal and long with notes of caramel and toffee.On last week’s episode of Expression Session, we were lucky enough to taste some serious Irish whiskey from Tullamore D.E.W. There are gristy notes with caramel and toffee sweetness and plenty of peels. comes from the initials of a General Manager at the Tullamore distillery in the later 19th Century, named Daniel E. Finally notice the nutty or even marzipan note combined with distinctive vanilla in the finish – imparted by the sherry and bourbon casks used in maturation. The citrus flavour is complemented by the malt. The early floral yet biscuit flavour reflects the grain whiskey, while the soft spicy notes can be attributed to the pot still whiskey in the blend. Triple distilled and patiently aged in a combination of ex-bourbon and sherry casks, this original blended Irish whiskey is known the world over for its smooth and gentle complexity. THIS PRODUCT MIGHT COME WITHOUT A BOX/COVER
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