School of Wine & Spirits
Irish Whiskey
147 reviews

Tullamore D.E.W. 12 Year Old Special Reserve
Tullamore D.E.W.
The 12-year-old expression demonstrates what patient triple distillation and careful cask management can achieve. It's a blend that punches above its price, balancing sherry richness with pot still character. The kind of Irish whiskey you reach for when you want complexity without drama.

Bushmills 14 Year Old Single Malt Causeway Collection
Bushmills
The Causeway Collection represents Bushmills' more ambitious, limited offerings, and this 14-year-old showcases what extended maturation in Antrim's cool climate can achieve. It's a serious Irish whiskey that holds its own alongside any single malt tradition.

Tyrconnell 10 Year Old Port Cask Finish
Tyrconnell
The port cask finish adds complexity without masking the whiskey's essential double-distilled character. This is Cooley at its most approachable — a whiskey that demonstrates how thoughtful cask finishing can add dimension to an already solid malt. Non-chill filtered at 46%, it rewards neat exploration.

Knappogue Castle 14 Year Old Single Malt Irish Whiskey
Knappogue Castle
This 14-year expression sits in a sweet spot where the extra maturation adds depth without overshadowing the distillery's inherently clean, fruit-forward character. It's proof that Irish single malt can compete on complexity, not just smoothness. Well-priced for the age and quality.

Midleton Very Rare 2022
Midleton Very Rare
The 2022 vintage continues Midleton's tradition of restrained blending. Former master distiller Kevin O'Gorman composed this release to emphasize the interplay between grain sweetness and pot still character. It's a whiskey that rewards patience — the complexity unfolds slowly and deliberately in the glass.

Dunville's 10 Year Old PX Cask Single Malt Irish Whiskey
Dunville's
A masterclass in restraint: the PX cask is expressive but never smothering, and the malt's quiet strength gives the whiskey a compressed, brooding energy — tension held within, indeed.

Blackwater Velvet Cap Single Pot Still Irish Whiskey
Blackwater
A defiantly historical pot still that reclaims Ireland's lost mash bill tradition — briny, oily, and impossibly characterful. This is transformation as recovery: a distillery pulling forgotten grains back into the glass.

Boann The Whistler Blue Note Blend Irish Whiskey
Boann Distillery
The Cooney family launched Boann Distillery with ambition and attention to detail, and the Blue Note Blend reflects that ethos. It's uncomplicated but not simple — a well-calibrated blend that demonstrates the distillery's emerging confidence. An excellent entry point to a producer worth tracking.

Powers Signature Release Single Pot Still Irish Whiskey
Powers
A masterclass in balance — this is single pot still at its most articulate, delivering the creamy weight the style demands while lifting off the palate with bright fruit and spice. An essential pour for understanding what modern Irish whiskey can be.

Waterford Bannow Island Edition 2.1 Single Malt Irish Whiskey
Waterford
Waterford's terroir-driven approach yields a whiskey that tastes like a specific place. Bannow Island 2.1 captures the maritime, mineral-rich soils of this Wexford peninsula in a spirit that's both intellectual and immediately enjoyable. The threshold here is between grain and geography — you taste both.

Method and Madness Single Malt Irish Whiskey Finished in French Chestnut Casks
Method and Madness
Midleton's experimental range finds genuine purpose here. The chestnut cask isn't gimmick — it contributes a tannin structure Irish whiskey rarely achieves, adding backbone without sacrificing the distillery's characteristic smoothness. An inventive and rewarding dram.

Glendalough Pot Still Irish Whiskey
Glendalough Distillery
A genuinely singular pot still — the virgin Irish oak imparts a spice profile you won't find in sherry- or bourbon-matured peers, and at this price it punches well above its weight for adventurous drinkers.

Hyde No. 1 President's Reserve 10 Year Old Sherry Cask Matured Single Malt
Hyde Irish Whiskey
A quietly confident sherried single malt that lets sustained depth speak for itself — the kind of pour that fills the room without raising its voice.

Dunville's Three Crowns Blended Irish Whiskey
Dunville's
A polished, easygoing blend that punches above its price — the resurrected Dunville's name in modern form, showcasing Echlinville's growing confidence with sourced and estate stocks.

Waterford Ballykilcavan Edition 3.1 Single Malt Irish Whiskey
Waterford
Waterford's obsessive focus on single-farm barley provenance makes each edition a terroir experiment. The Ballykilcavan 3.1 draws from a 14th-generation farm in County Laois, and the result is whiskey that tastes genuinely of a specific place. It challenges the idea that terroir belongs only to wine.

Midleton Dair Ghaelach Bluebell Forest Tree No. 6
Midleton
The Dair Ghaelach series represents Midleton's most ambitious exploration of terroir in Irish whiskey. The Bluebell Forest edition demonstrates how native Irish oak — sessile oak harvested from a single estate — can completely reshape a mature pot still whiskey. This is Irish whiskey pushing its own boundaries.

The Legendary Dark Silkie Irish Whiskey
The Silkie
A characterful, sherry-and-peat-tinged blend that punches well above its price — a modern echo of Donegal's historic distilling character and worth keeping on the shelf.

Shortcross Single Malt Rye & Malt Cask
Shortcross
A quietly confident single malt that rewards slow contemplation — the rye cask influence gives it a distinctive spine without overwhelming Shortcross's estate-grown character.

Dunville's Very Rare 18 Year Old Single Malt PX Cask
Dunville's
A masterclass in restrained PX finishing — the cask enriches rather than smothers, and the 18 years of prior maturation give the spirit the backbone to hold its own. Beauty pulled from a brand that spent a century in the dark.

Waterford Sheestown Edition 3.1 Single Malt Irish Whiskey
Waterford
Waterford's terroir-obsessed approach finds clear expression here. The Sheestown farm's particular soil profile — heavy clay over limestone — translates into a whiskey with genuine mineral identity. This is Irish whiskey that asks you to taste the field, not just the barrel.

Dunville's 1808 Blended Irish Whiskey
Dunville's
A quietly confident blend that punches well above its price — approachable enough for newcomers, layered enough to reward the patient drinker. A benchmark for how sherry can flatter Irish grain and malt.

Dunville's PX 12 Year Old Single Malt Irish Whiskey
Dunville's
A masterclass in sherry-cask maturation from a revived heritage name — profound, generous, and unhurried, rewarding slow contemplation more than casual sipping.

Waterford Ballymorgan Edition 1.1 Single Malt Irish Whiskey Cuvée
Waterford
Waterford's terroir-driven approach can invite skepticism, but this bottling delivers undeniable distinctiveness. The Ballymorgan barley gives the whiskey a mineral depth and structural complexity that sets it apart from smoother, simpler Irish malts. At 50% ABV, it has the backbone to reveal its layers slowly over an evening.

Waterford Ballymorgan Edition 3.1 Single Malt Irish Whiskey
Waterford
Waterford's single-farm philosophy reaches its clearest expression in the Ballymorgan series. This third edition shows increased confidence and complexity, proving that Irish terroir is not a marketing concept but a sensory reality. The combination of scientific precision and farming heritage makes this one of the most intellectually satisfying Irish whiskeys available.