Hinch Small Batch Bourbon Cask
Hinch · Hinch Distillery
An approachable, well-made everyday Irish whiskey that punches above its price — a sound introduction to Hinch's house style and a versatile pour for newcomers and cocktail makers alike.
Nose
Soft vanilla and toasted oak open the glass, joined by ripe orchard fruit — golden apple and pear — with a faint dusting of honeycomb and cereal sweetness.
Palate
Light to medium-bodied and smoothly oily, leading with vanilla cream, baked apple, and barley sugar; mid-palate brings a gentle spice lift of clove and toasted almond, framed by a buttery malt core.
Finish
Medium length, warming and clean, drying toward toasted oak, lingering honey, and a final whisper of orange peel.
- Distillation
- Blend of Single Malt and Single Grain Irish Whiskeys
- Maturation
- Matured exclusively in first-fill ex-bourbon American oak barrels
- Single Pot Still
- No
- Chill-Filtered
- Yes
Cocktail Suggestion
Mourne Mountain Mule — 2 oz Hinch Small Batch Bourbon Cask, 0.5 oz fresh lime juice, 0.25 oz honey syrup (2:1), top with 3 oz spicy ginger beer. Build in a copper mug over crushed ice, stir gently, garnish with candied ginger and a lime wheel.
Food Pairing
Roast pork loin with apple-mustard glaze, or a wedge of aged Coolea cheese with oatcakes and honey.
Founded in 2020 on the historic Killaney Estate at the foot of the Mourne Mountains, Hinch Distillery is part of the new wave of Northern Irish distilling, blending sourced and self-distilled spirit while building toward fully estate-made whiskey from County Down barley.
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