West Cork 5-year-old Pot Still Bourbon Cask / 43%/ 0.7l

West Cork Distillers was founded in 2003 by three friends – John O'Connell and brothers Denis and Gerard McCarthy.

The distillery distills malt and grain whiskey and blends its own blend. Its commercial offer also includes Garnish Island Gin, although gin production is only 5% of turnover. Since 2014, the distillery has been based in Skibbereen and after expansion, equipped with eight stills and two distilling columns, produces 4.5 million litres of distillate per year. West Cork produces single malt and single pot still distillates, and some of the barley is malted on site. The triple-distilled single pot still whiskey presented here was aged in first-fill bourbon barrels for 5 years and bottled with a natural colour and without chill filtration in 2022.

Aroma : freshly cut grass, barley malt, pears, apples, dried plums, caramel, vanilla, white pepper, notes of tobacco and oak.

Palate : barley malt, vanilla, brown sugar, buttery croissant, milk chocolate, apples, orange peel, notes of ginger, pepper and oak.

Finish : medium long, with notes of vanilla, cotton candy, orchard fruit, pepper, hay and oak tannins.