Kilbeggan 14 Year Old Single Malt Irish Whiskey Peated
Kilbeggan · Cooley Distillery
This is one of Irish whiskey's quieter structural achievements — peat used not for spectacle but for spine. Cooley's double-distilled approach keeps the smoke refined, and fourteen years rounds every edge. A peated Irish that proves discipline is more interesting than volume.
Kit Aromas
Nose
Gentle peat smoke weaves through honey and green apple. There is a soft medicinal edge — camphor, eucalyptus — tempered by vanilla and malt. A grassy freshness keeps everything lifted.
Palate
Medium-bodied with surprising structure. The peat arrives early but never dominates, giving way to buttery cereal notes, peach, and a light clove warmth. The oak provides grip without astringency.
Finish
Medium-long, with fading peat smoke, honey sweetness, and a gentle woody dryness. Clean and composed.
- Mash Bill
- 100% peated malted barley
- Distillation
- Double distilled in copper pot stills
- Maturation
- Matured 14 years in ex-bourbon casks
- Single Pot Still
- No
- Chill-Filtered
- Chill filtered
Cocktail Suggestion
Emerald Smoke — 2 oz Kilbeggan 14 Year Old Peated · 0.75 oz honey syrup · 0.5 oz fresh lemon juice · 2 dashes orange bitters · Shake with ice, strain into a rocks glass over a large ice cube, garnish with a lemon twist.
Food Pairing
Cold-smoked Atlantic salmon with pickled cucumber ribbons, dill crème fraîche, and brown soda bread. The whiskey's gentle peat echoes the salmon's smoke while honey notes complement the dill's sweetness.
Distilled at Cooley Distillery on the Cooley Peninsula, one of a handful of Irish distilleries that embraced peat-smoked malt when the rest of the island had long abandoned it.
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