Spanish Earl — named for famed Spanish basic Juan del Aguila (and that includes his visage) — is a product from Kinsale Spirit Co., primarily based in County Cork, Eire. This uncommon malt spends 4 years in bourbon casks earlier than being break up into two forms of ending casks, one an Imperial stout cask, the opposite a Jamaican rum.
The 2 triple-distilled malt Irish whiskeys are then recombined after a minimum of 3 months aside, and bottled. The stout factor is impressed by Juan del Aguila’s time spent in Cork, famend the world over for stout manufacturing for a whole lot of years, whereas rum, being the popular drink of seafarers of outdated, lends candy toffee to the darkish chocolate of the stout.
It’s a particularly unusual spirit from the beginning. Very sharp on the nostril, the stout affect instantly dominates, clashing with the subtler malt and coming throughout as moderately inexperienced and uncooked — contemporary herbs on a backdrop of lower grass. The palate retains all that going after which some. Whereas it’s a contact candy up entrance, with notes of citrus and a little bit of honey within the combine, a tricky astringency quickly comes into focus, pushing the nougat notes apart and changing them with an aggressively earthy, peppery punch. The end is all tar and uncooked wooden — although maybe a touch of immature rum is clear right here, its petrol notes not likely serving to issues.
Greatest with a facet of potato chips.
86 proof.
C / $50 / kinsalespirit.com
Spanish Earl Single Malt Irish Whiskey
$50
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