Irish Whiskey Reviews

Many historic battles occurred in the month of April. Given the significance of these battles and those who gave their lives fighting, we honor the past by reviewing The Fighting 69th Irish Whiskey this month. On April 23, 1014, The Battle of Clontarf was fought between the Irish High King Brian Boru and a coalition which included Norsemen in the now Dublin suburb. The battle has been mythologically chronicled and is significant for both the death of Boru even in victory and the defeat of Viking power in Ireland.  In America, the Shot Heard "Round the World" rang out on...

Paddy's Old Irish Whiskey has a long and storied history. One of the best selling whiskeys in Ireland for over a century, the brand has undergone some changes over time as would be expected given the complicated history of Irish Whiskey. A few of the bottle and label designs over the last century can be seen above.   The brand's origins date back to the Cork Distilleries Company which started in 1867 after the consolidation of four pre-existing Cork based distilleries. Their core brand was known as Cork Distilleries Company Old Irish Whiskey, quite a mouthful before even taking a drink....

Midleton Distillery is known for its outstanding single pot still Irish whiskey brands. The Redbreast range is world renowned and regarded as the epitome of the style. The Spot range has no shortage of diehard fans anxiously anticipating the next addition to the stable of single pot still whiskeys.   The history of the spot range dates back to the early 1900's when Dublin city wine merchant Mitchell and Sons aged sourced whiskey from the Jameson Bow Street Distillery. The system utilized to maintain the maturation process was a simple dab of paint marking a "spot" on the outside of the...

Two Stacks was founded in 2020 by Shane McCarthy, Liam Brogan, and Donal McLynn who have many years of expereince in the beverage industry globally. As a brand, Two Stacks is probably most famous for their Dram in a Can, and they pride themselves on being independent bottlers and bonders. Two Stacks source their whiskey from a number of distilleries in Ireland and take great pride in transparency. In 2022 they opened their own bonding, blending, and bottling facility and if their first couple of years are anything to go by the future is bright at Two Stacks.  In that spirit of transparency, we know...

The Sexton Single Malt Irish Whiskey was released in the US in late 2018, a short time before it was released in Ireland. In its early days on the market there was some mystery about its origins but it's now generally accepted that it's a whiskey crafted at Bushmills. There is no age statement on the whiskey but The Sexton website states that Master Blender Alex Thomas (of Bushmills) has "perfected a shorter 4 year aging process" and that the whiskey is triple distilled and aged in Oloroso Sherry butts. The Sexton stands out on the shelf thanks to its packaging with a hexagonal...