Lough Gill Athrú Keshcorran 21 Year Old Single Malt Irish Whiskey
Athrú · Lough Gill Distillery (sourced)
This 21-year-old single malt is a meditation on time and terroir, its elegant complexity shaped by over two decades of patient maturation. The persistent mineral thread running through every sip makes it a profoundly contemplative dram that rewards slow, attentive tasting. A benchmark for aged Irish whiskey that demonstrates how memory and depth can coexist in perfect balance.
Nose
Opens with a wave of honeyed beeswax and toasted almond, underscored by a quiet minerality reminiscent of wet limestone. Deeper breaths reveal dried apricot, subtle marzipan, and a whisper of old leather-bound books.
Palate
Silky and full-bodied, delivering layers of salted caramel, hazelnut praline, and poached pear over a persistent mineral backbone. A gentle spice of white pepper and clove emerges mid-palate, woven through with vanilla cream and faint floral notes.
Finish
Extraordinarily long and refined, fading slowly through toasted oak, lingering dried fruit sweetness, and a chalky minerality that recalls the ancient limestone caves of Keshcorran from which it draws its name.
- Mash Bill
- 100% malted barley
- Distillation
- Triple distilled in copper pot stills
- Maturation
- Aged 21 years in a combination of ex-bourbon and ex-sherry casks
- Chill-Filtered
- Non-chill filtered
Cocktail Suggestion
The Stone Archive — 2 oz Athrú Keshcorran 21 Year Old · 0.5 oz Amaro Montenegro · 0.25 oz honey syrup · 2 dashes orange bitters · Stir over ice, strain into a chilled coupe, express an orange peel and discard
Food Pairing
A wedge of 24-month aged Comté, its crystalline crunch and nutty sweetness echoing the whiskey's hazelnut and caramel notes, served alongside raw honeycomb and lightly toasted walnuts on a slate board. The cheese's own mineral salinity amplifies the dram's limestone backbone.
Named for the legendary limestone caves of Keshcorran in County Sligo, this 21-year-old whiskey channels the mineral memory of Ireland's ancient karst landscape into a dram of uncommon depth and grace.
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