Redbreast Irish Whiskey, created by Irish Distillers at Midleton Distillery, is embarking on an thrilling new chapter because it unveils a devoted whiskey assortment for america. The American Oak collection celebrates the influential and integral function of native wooden within the manufacturing of Redbreast Irish Whiskey, giving provenance to the wooden and distinctive American Oak influences to the whiskey.
The primary restricted launch within the modern collection, Redbreast Kentucky Oak Version, is constructed from malted and unmalted barley, triple distilled in copper pot stills and matured in American Oak Bourbon barrels and Spanish Oloroso sherry butts, earlier than being completed for a interval of three to 7 months in naturally air-dried PEFC licensed American Oak sourced from the Taylor Household’s Elk Cave Farm in Kentucky. These casks have been hand chosen for ending, utilizing the highest quality white oak, to impart extra candy notes of vanilla and elevated wooden spices.
“Redbreast is famend for its heavy sherry affect,” explains Grasp Blender Billy Leighton. “This may typically imply that its ex-bourbon counterpart is neglected, though Kentucky white oak barrels, which have beforehand held bourbon, are central to the Redbreast DNA. This collection explores the function American white oak performs within the composition of Redbreast, and takes it one step additional, with a ultimate flourish in virgin casks to allow the wooden contribution to really take middle stage.”
In search of the highest quality barrels, Leighton and the staff at Midleton Distillery partnered with the homeowners of Elk Cave Farm, Clifton and sons Steven and Scott Taylor, to supply excessive grade white oak from their 1,300-acre tree farm. As dedicated environmentalists, the Taylor household have championed sustainable farming practices since buying the land in 1959 and at the moment are acknowledged throughout the nation for the award-winning strategies used on their farm. Below the Taylor household’s guardianship, Elk Cave Farm has grow to be famend for efficiently making use of the oak shelterwood system of their mature oak forests. Shelterwood, a forestry approach that emphasizes early tending of younger oak seedlings by enhancing forest mild situations and lowering rivals, has confirmed profitable within the Taylors’ mission to sustainably handle their oak forests. As well as, these productive oak forests will present beneficial wildlife habitat, clear water and contemporary air at the moment and for future generations.
As soon as felled, sawn and air dried, the oak was labored into 63 casks and shipped to Midleton Distillery, Co. Cork, to be full of a bespoke batch of Redbreast whiskey. Leighton and his staff diligently monitored the barrels till the right stability of taste, aroma and wooden contribution had been achieved.
Additional reinforcing Midleton’s pioneering spirit, the result’s luxuriously easy and distinctly Redbreast with a further layer of candy vanilla and elevated wooden spices imparted from the virgin Kentucky casks. Bottled at 101 proof (50.5% ABV), the non-chill filtered whiskey effortlessly balances the pot nonetheless spices and dried fruit with the intricate aroma of freshly lower cedarwood and decadent notes of almond and brown sugar toffee for an elevated taste profile.
“Crafting this whiskey has been a journey of discovery,” provides Leighton. “From studying concerning the trailblazing work of the Taylor household enhancing the sustainability of America’s oak forests, to exploring the area’s affect upon our whiskey, all of which has formed this deliciously advanced whiskey. The Kentucky Oak collection demonstrates Redbreast’s continued evolution, setting the bar for subsequent expressions within the collection.”
Scott Taylor provides: “Our household is honored to work alongside the Redbreast staff, witnessing first-hand their ardour and dedication to creating nice tasting whiskey. Very similar to whiskey making, tree farming requires endurance and religion that future generations will reap the good thing about selections we make at the moment. It has been extremely rewarding to observe this undertaking come to fruition and to see our home-grown Kentucky oak form the flavour of a Redbreast Irish Whiskey.”
Redbreast Kentucky Oak shall be solely accessible within the US starting in June at a minimal SRP of $95.99.
Tasting Notes:
Nostril: Opens with notes of freshly lower cedarwood, almond and vanilla, whereas succulent darkish berries resting on new oak shavings improve the candy fruit and warming charred wooden influences, complementing the pot nonetheless spices.
Style: Spices to the fore of cinnamon, nutmeg and clove that proceed to construct over time working in tandem with the oak’s wealthy tannins whereas balanced with autumnal fruit notes that delicately linger within the background together with candy and decadent notes of brown sugar toffee and vanilla.
End: Lasting end with the fruits the primary to slowly fade, leaving the pot nonetheless spices to linger effortlessly in concord with the candy tones and complex nature of the American oak.
