Connemara 1992, Single Cask

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A rare sin­gle cask bot­tling from Con­nemara Dis­tillery. Bot­tled from cask K92/313804 which was filled on 11^th August 1992 and bot­tled on 20^th June 2008, this should be phenomenal.

Named after one of the most famous regions in Ire­land, Con­nemara is one of nature’s mas­ter­pieces. The rugged Atlantic coast­line and majes­tic moun­tains blend with the rain-soaked peated bog lands to cre­ate a land­scape of unique nat­ural beauty.

Con­nemara Peated Sin­gle Malt Irish Whiskey cap­tures the beauty of this region while reviv­ing its tra­di­tions. This rare and orig­i­nal find among Irish whiskeys is a sin­gle malt, beau­ti­fully gilded in peat reek. Man­ag­ing Direc­tor of Coo­ley Dis­tillery, David Hynes and chair­man John Teel­ing res­ur­rected the tra­di­tional Irish cus­tom of dry­ing the malted bar­ley over peat fires with this peated sin­gle malt. The smoke ris­ing through the malted bar­ley dur­ing this dry­ing process con­fers the whiskey with a dis­tinct peaty flavour and aroma. These tra­di­tional dis­till­ing meth­ods com­bined with nat­ural ingre­di­ents and long years in oak casks con­tinue to cre­ate a whiskey that is sim­ply exceptional!

Pale golden yellow color. Delicate aromas of toasted grains and nuts, honey, lemongrass and spicy caramel custard follow through on a virile entry to a dry-yet-fruity full body with great depth and a long, sweet warming, vanilla cream and wet limestone finish. With water, becomes very creamy, custard like and really exhibits the peat well.

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