We firmly subscribe to the notion that Irish whiskey should be consumed all year round and not just one day a year, so with St. Patrick's Day in the rearview mirror, we figured your home Irish whiskey selection might need a bit of restocking. So here’s our whiskey version of Johnny Cash’s “Forty Shades of Green”—in the shape of 40 wallet-friendly Irish whiskeys.

The 40 Best Irish Whiskeys Under $50

94 Limavady Single Barrel, 46%. $50
This butterscotch and candied peel-tasting single malt made our Top 20.

93 Kilbeggan Single Pot Still, 43%, $45
Inspired by an old Locke family recipe, this has citrus, stone fruit, and fizzing pot still spices.

92 Knappogue Castle 12 year old, 40%, $42
This easy sipping single malt has notes of green apple, lemon meringue pie, and vanilla custard.

92 The Legendary Dark Silkie, $46, $44
Peppery barbecued meat, brown sugar, and orchard fruits on this peated blend.

92 The Whistler Imperial Stout Cask Finish, 43%, $40
Stout seasoned sherry casks deliver a thick-textured chocolaty blend.

91 Dunville’s 1808, 40% $30
Echlinville Distillery’s signature blend leads with honey, vanilla, and orange.

91 Dunville’s Three Crowns Peated, 43.5%, $47
This elegant blend from Northern Ireland balances vanilla, fudge, and smoky notes.

91 Fercullen Falls, 43%, $35
Powerscourt Distillery adds its single malt to the recipe of this silky, honeyed blend.

91 Jameson Black Barrel, $40, $37
The double charred casks bring out dark sugar, vanilla essence, and toasted nut flavors in the blend.

91 Powers Three Swallow, 43.2%, $48
This single pot still has a velvety mouthfeel with dried fruits, citrus peel, and robust spiciness.

91 Teeling Single Grain, 46%, $45
The cabernet sauvignon barrels imbue this with notes of stewed fruit, berries, licorice, and aniseed.

91 Tullamore D.E.W. Special Reserve 12 year old, 40%, $40
A superb blend of Irish whiskey styles matured in bourbon and oloroso sherry casks balance malt, chocolate, and cinnamon spices.

91 Two Stacks Single Grain Double Barrel, 43%, $45
Oloroso sherry casks add cherry gummies, citrus peel, and spice to this tasty grain whiskey.

91 Two Stacks The First Cut, 43%, $40
The Two Stacks signature blend delivers complexity with fresh fruit, spice, toffee, and cappuccino flavors.

90 Bushmills 10 year old, 40% $44
Waves of honey, vanilla, and light fruits create an exemplar of bourbon cask-matured, triple-distilled single malt whiskey.

90 The Dubliner, 40%, $28
Uncomplicated pleasures of honey, vanilla, and toffee from the bourbon cask maturation used for this easy-to-love blend.

90 The Fighting 69th Regiment, 40%, $33
A traditional, well-made blend with toasted cereals, caramel, citrus, and bursts of spice.

90 Hinch 5 year old Double Wood, 43%, $40
From one of Northern Ireland’s brightest whiskey prospects, this blend has been finished in new American oak casks.

90 Jameson Caskmates IPA Edition, 40%, $30
Hoppy notes, green apple, and peppery spices emerge from the IPA-seasoned casks used to finish this blend.

90 Kilbeggan, 40%, $25
Look for burlap aromas and flavors of vanilla ice cream, lime, and gentle pepperiness on this entry-level blend.

90 The Legendary Silkie, 46%, $40
A blend of double and triple-distilled malts and grain serve up spice, malt, citrus, and ginger.

90 McConnell’s 5 year old Sherry Cask Finish, 46%, $45
Currently turning a former Belfast gaol into a distillery, McConnell’s offers this dark fruity blend led by the flavors from the sherry cask.

90 Powers Gold Label, 43.2%, $38
This single pot still carries the name of the man who opened the John’s Lane Distillery in Dublin in 1791, and has spicy, savory flavours with additional notes of apple and honey.

90 Prizefight, 43%, $45
A rye barrel-finished blend with knockout flavors inspired by the Morrissey-Sullivan bout in 1853.

90 Slane, 40%, $30
New oak, refill, and sherry casks create fruity complexity in this blend balanced by malt, herbal, and spicy notes.

90 The Tyrconnell Original, 43%, $45
Grassy and floral on the nose, the creamy single malt profile has notes of honey, barley, and lemon.

90 West Cork Export Stout Cask Finish, 40%, $40
Stout cask finishing leads to a beautiful creaminess in the mouthfeel of this blended whiskey.

90 The Whistler Double Oaked, 40%, $30
An oloroso finish pushes flavors of apple, barley sugar, baked fruit desserts in the blend, with lively spices to the fore.

89 The Busker, 44.3%, $30
Royal Oak Distillery’s single malt offering has pears, apple, baking spice, and hints of chocolate.

89 Clonakilty Double Oak, 43.6%, $50
The shave-toasted-recharred wine cask finish produces green apple and herbal aromas from the blend, with baked apricot, ginger, and caramel on the palate.

89 The Dead Rabbit, 44%, $43
A 5 year old blend from the team behind the New York bar, this has candied peel, caramel, and dry spices.

89 Hinch Peated, 43%, $50
Grassy smoke, earthy peat, tangy citrus, and chocolate brownie flavors make this single malt a moreish pour.

89 The Irishman The Harvest, 40%, $30
The re-launched version of Founder’s Choice is a single malt-led blend with 30% single pot still in the recipe.

89 Kilbeggan Small Batch Rye, 43%, $35
They pushed up the rye to 30% of the mashbill, and this delivers plenty of spice, pear, ginger, and toffee.

89 Power’s Irish Rye, 43.2%, $32
A 100% rye distilled in column stills with flavors of ginger, rye, and peppermint.

89 Red Locks, 40%, $25
This blend by master blender Noel Sweeney has spice, cola, raisin, and root beer notes.

89 The Sexton, 40%, $28
This sherried single malt brand from Bushmills has dark fleshy fruits, chocolate, and walnut flavors.

89 Slainté, 40%, $40
This bourbon cask-finished blend of malt and grain offers flavors of vanilla, granola, honey, and cereal notes.

89 Teeling Small Batch, 46%, $44
The high malt content blend with toffee and orchard fruits that introduced the world to Teeling Whiskey.

89 Tullamore D.E.W. XO Caribbean Rum Cask Finish, 43%, $26
Tropical fruits, nutmeg, and red apple notes on this blend from the rum finishing experts at William Grant & Sons.

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