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Review: Spanish Earl Single Malt Irish Whiskey

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Spanish Earl — named for famed Spanish common Juan del Aguila (and that includes his visage) — is a product from Kinsale Spirit Co., primarily based in County Cork, Eire. This uncommon malt spends 4 years in bourbon casks earlier than being cut up into two varieties of ending casks, one an Imperial stout cask, the opposite a Jamaican rum.

The 2 triple-distilled malt Irish whiskeys are then recombined after at the least 3 months aside, and bottled. The stout aspect is impressed by Juan del Aguila’s time spent in Cork, famend the world over for stout manufacturing for a whole bunch of years, whereas rum, being the popular drink of seafarers of outdated, lends candy toffee to the darkish chocolate of the stout.

It’s an especially unusual spirit from the beginning. Very sharp on the nostril, the stout affect instantly dominates, clashing with the subtler malt and coming throughout as moderately inexperienced and uncooked — recent herbs on a backdrop of reduce grass. The palate retains all that going after which some. Whereas it’s a contact candy up entrance, with notes of citrus and a little bit of honey within the combine, a tricky astringency quickly comes into focus, pushing the nougat notes apart and changing them with an aggressively earthy, peppery punch. The end is all tar and uncooked wooden — although maybe a touch of immature rum is clear right here, its petrol notes probably not serving to issues.

Greatest with a facet of potato chips.

86 proof.

C / $50 / kinsalespirit.com

Spanish Earl Single Malt Irish Whiskey

$50

Ranking


5.0/10

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