The Quiet Man 8-year-old Bourbon Cask Matured / 40%/ 0.7l
- The Quiet Man is new brand of Irish whiskey; it was introduced in June 2015 by Niche Drinks, the company located in Derry, Northern Ireland with collaboration of St. Louis based Luxco Inc.
Product description
The Quiet Man is a brand of Irish whiskey (launched June 2015), the result of a joint venture between Niche Drinks of Derry, Northern Ireland and Luxco Inc. of St. Louis, Missouri.
Its creator is Ciaran Mulgren, director and co-founder of Niche Drinks, and the "quiet man" is his father John Mulgren, who worked as a barman for 50 years and was considered the epitome of discretion. The company does not reveal which Irish distillery is behind The Quiet Man, we only know that it is the first whiskey bottled in Derry in over a hundred years. The 8 year old edition presented here contains whiskey aged exclusively in bourbon barrels.
Aroma : malty and fruity, apples, pears, bananas, vanilla, toffee, breakfast cereals, a trace of pine needles and delicate notes of spices and oak.
Taste: light and sweet, barley malt, vanilla, toffee, caramel, apples, honeydew melon, peaches, a hint of cinnamon and a light oak bitterness in the background.
Finish : medium long and quite spicy, cinnamon, cloves, allspice, vanilla and some oak.