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14th Could, 2021 by Melita Kiely
Irish Distillers has unveiled the fourth launch within the Redbreast Dream Cask sequence – a 29-year-old single pot nonetheless whiskey.
Solely 924 bottles of Redbreast Dream Cask Oloroso Sherry Version might be out there
Produced on the Midleton Distillery in County Cork, Eire, Redbreast Dream Cask Oloroso Sherry Version is a vatting of 4 whiskeys, matured for no less than 29 years in ex-Bourbon, Sherry and ruby Port-seasoned casks. The whiskeys had been married in a single oloroso Sherry butt for 15 months.
Bottled at 51.2% ABV, the whiskey is alleged to have notes of darkish brown sugar, berries and vanilla, to enhance Redbreast’s trademark spices.
Billy Leighton, grasp blender, stated: “To craft the 2021 expression, we experimented with new methods of vatting, marrying and ending to create one thing higher than the sum of its elements and we’re delighted with the outcome.
“Redbreast Dream Cask Oloroso Sherry Version is undeniably particular and but unmistakably Redbreast and we’re honoured to cross it on to our Birdhouse members.”
Launching to mark World Whisky Day (Saturday 15 Could), solely 924 bottles Redbreast Dream Cask Oloroso Sherry Version might be out there solely via an internet poll hosted on the model’s non-public members’ membership, The Birdhouse.
The poll might be open from 17 to 25 Could, with the whiskey priced at €520 (US$630) per 500ml bottle.
Final 12 months’s Dream Cask bottling was Redbreast Dream Cask Ruby Port Edition.
In 2019, all 924 bottles of Irish Distillers’ Redbreast Dream Cask Pedro Ximénez Version single pot nonetheless whiskey sold out in just 14 minutes.
Restricted version: Redbreast Dream Cask Oloroso Sherry Version