Philippe Wine & Liquors Liquors
312 West 23rd Street
New York City
(212) 243-1355
Saturday March 22nd, 2014
5:00-8:00pm
Samples will be provided and customers will be able to purchase Redbreast 12 Year Old Whiskey at the store
Redbreast 12 Year Old Whiskey
Red Breast 12 Year is a single pot still type Irish Whiskey.
It is produced at The New Midleton Distillery in Cork Ireland by Irish Distillers a subsidiary of Pernod Ricard and under the Jameson label.
Single Pot Wiskeys use partially unmalted barley so they cant be called a single malt.
Also single malt whiskeys are generally distilled 2 times whereas single pot still whiskeys are distilled 3 times in traditional copper pot stills.
Pot still whiskeys originating from a single distillery are regarded as one of the finest types of Whiskey.
The 2 main single pot still type Irish whiskeys are Redbreast and Greenspot
These whiskeys are characterized by full complex flavors and a wonderful creamy mouthfeel.
They are matured in American White Oak and European Oak in Bourbon and Sherry casks.
It is 40% or 80 proof
Redbreast 12 Year Whiskey:
Tasting Notes: by Whiskey review writers, Michael Jackson and Jim Murray
Nose:
A complex and spicy fruity aroma with toasted wood notes
Clean fresh hint of linseed and nuts and cake
A fruity almost rye like quality, honeyed sweetness with a touch of sherry, cream soda, vanilla and pepper notes.
Palate:
Full flavored and complex a harmonious balance of spicy creamy fruity sherry and toasted notes.
Finish:
Satisfying long the complex flavors linger on the palate.
Biggest of selection assertive and complex, Ginger Cake Brazil Nuts.
Flavors take off in different directions, spiciness with some soft sherry, very firm with some toffee.
Finish: Liquorice like sherry notes, spicy and long
http://www.whiskymag.com/whisky/brand/redbreast/whisky218.html
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Redbreast_(whiskey)