Quiet Man 8 Year Single Malt Irish Whiskey
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2021 San Francisco World Spirits Competition Double Gold Medal Winner
This exceptionally smooth whiskey has wonderful notes of vanilla, oak and honey, creating a crisp yet sweet nose. Sweet and crisp floral fragrances with notes of vanilla and oak. Hint of honey, warm vanilla and spicy oak with an exceptionally 100% single malt smooth finish.
Proof: 80
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Golden in the glass, the scent evokes fresh-cut apples and pears. The soft palate leads with an alcohol kick, then gives over to fresh fruit mingled with cinnamon and a mild puff of smoke. Finished in first-fill Bourbon barrels.
Hi, my name’s Ciaran Mulgrew. I’m the founder of The Quiet Man. You may be wondering where that name comes from. Well, therein lies a tale…
My father, John Mulgrew, spent 50 years working as a barman in the pubs of Belfast. Sometimes he took me to work with him. I remember the smell of the whiskey and the craic and the laughter. Even back then I was proud of my father. He had this quiet way about him which people seemed to respect.
A bartender sees a lot of things and hears a lot of stories, but
my father told no tales. It was the barman’s code, and he took
it seriously. So when I started making my own whiskey many years later, there was only one person I could name it after: my auld fella, John Mulgrew, The Quiet Man, or as we say in Irish, ‘An Fear Ciuin’.
Since these beginnings, we’ve been honored by awards and medals across the globe, from the USA, Europe, China, and of course, at home in Ireland.
To this day The Quiet Man remains Irish owned and operated, and proudly independent, just like our fathers taught us to be.
The result of an historically prohibitive tax placed on malted barley by the English crown, Irish Whiskey is most often produced from a combination of un-malted barley and other grains. Whereas most other Whiskeys are twice distilled, Irish Whiskeys are distilled three times in a column still and must mature in oak barrels for a minimum of three years. These intricate production steps combine to make them lighter, smoother and more approachable than other styles.