Distiller Notes
Red Spot Single Pot Still Irish Whiskey is non-chilled filtered and has matured for over 15 years in a combination of American Bourbon casks, Spanish sherry butts, and Sicilian Marsala wine casks, all contributing in rich and complex flavors, making it the top spot in the range. Pot Still spices with rich cooked fruit, baked apple, mango, and black cherry. Hazelnut and a touch of new leather fuse with toasted American Oak on the nose. A mix of ripe fruit sweetness from the Marsala seasoned wine casks. While the fruit remains, sweet red pepper and cracked black pepper add some spiciness, finished by notes of American Oak and barley on the pallet and an extra long infusion of fruits and spices on the finish.
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.