REDBREAST UNVEILS “REDBREAST KENTUCKY OAK EDITION”
THE FIRST RELEASE IN REDBREAST’S AMERICAN OAK SERIES EXCLUSIVELY FOR THE U.S MARKET
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 the USA. The American Oak sequence 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 on this progressive sequence, Redbreast Kentucky Oak Version, is constituted of 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 White Oak[1] sourced from the Taylor Household’s Elk Cave Farm in Kentucky. These casks have been hand chosen for ending, utilizing the very best quality white oak, to impart further candy notes of vanilla and elevated wooden spices.
“Redbreast is famend for its heavy sherry affect,” explains Grasp Blender Billy Leighton. “This may usually imply that its ex-bourbon counterpart is ignored, though Kentucky white oak barrels, which have beforehand held bourbon, are central to the Redbreast DNA.
“This sequence explores the function American white oak performs within the composition of Redbreast, and takes it one step additional, with a closing flourish in virgin casks to allow the wooden contribution to actually take centre stage.”
In search of the very best quality barrels, Leighton and the staff at Midleton Distillery partnered with the homeowners of Elk Cave Farm, Clifton and sons Scott and Steve 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 in the present day are recognised throughout the nation for the award-winning strategies used on their farm. Below the Taylor household’s guardianship, Elk Cave Farm has change into 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 circumstances and decreasing rivals, has confirmed profitable within the Taylors’ mission to sustainably handle their oak forests. As well as, these productive oak forests will present useful wildlife habitat, clear water and contemporary air in the present day 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 stuffed with a bespoke batch of Redbreast whiskey. Leighton and his staff diligently monitored the barrels till the right steadiness of flavour, aroma and wooden contribution had been achieved.
Additional reinforcing Midleton’s pioneering spirit, the result’s luxuriously clean and distinctly Redbreast with an extra 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 minimize cedarwood and decadent notes of almond and brown sugar toffee for an elevated flavour 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 sequence demonstrates Redbreast’s continued evolution, setting the bar for subsequent expressions within the sequence.”
Scott Taylor provides: “Our household is honoured to work alongside the Redbreast staff, witnessing first-hand their ardour and dedication to creating nice tasting sustainably produced whiskey. Very like whiskey making, tree farming requires endurance and religion that future generations will reap the good thing about selections we make in the present day. It has been extremely rewarding to observe this mission come to fruition and to see our home-grown Kentucky oak form the flavour of a Redbreast Irish whiskey.”
Redbreast Kentucky Oak might be completely accessible within the US from June 23rd at an SRP of $95.99. For extra data, and chosen retailers, go to the Redbreast web site: www.redbreastwhiskey.com.
Tasting Notes:
Nostril: Opens with notes of freshly minimize 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.
About Irish Distillers
Irish Distillers is Eire’s main provider of spirits and wines, and producer of a number of the world’s most well-known and profitable Irish whiskeys. Led by Jameson, our manufacturers are driving the worldwide renaissance of Irish whiskey. Jameson is the world’s bestselling Irish whiskey, experiencing 30 years of consecutive progress as much as 2019 and hitting gross sales of 8.6m instances in 2021. Our manufacturers are exported to 130+ markets.
Irish Distillers was shaped in 1966, when a merger happened between John Energy & Son, John Jameson & Son and Cork Distilleries Firm. In 1988 Irish Distillers joined Pernod Ricard, having access to unprecedented ranges of funding and an intensive world distribution community. Since 2012, we have now invested over €400 million to double our manufacturing and bottling capability to satisfy world demand for our merchandise.
We make use of over 600 folks throughout our operations in Cork and Dublin.
About Pernod Ricard
Pernod Ricard is the No.2 worldwide producer of wines and spirits with consolidated gross sales of €8,824 million in FY21. Created in 1975 by the merger of Ricard and Pernod, the Group has developed via natural progress and acquisitions: Seagram (2001), Allied Domecq (2005) and Vin&Sprit (2008). Pernod Ricard, which owns 16 of the Prime 100 Spirits Manufacturers, holds one of the crucial prestigious and complete model portfolios within the trade, together with: Absolut Vodka, Ricard pastis, Ballantine’s, Chivas Regal, Royal Salute, and The Glenlivet Scotch whiskies, Jameson Irish whiskey, Martell cognac, Havana Membership rum, Beefeater gin, Malibu liqueur, Mumm and Perrier-Jouët champagnes, as properly Jacob’s Creek, Brancott Property, Campo Viejo, and Kenwood wines. Pernod Ricard’s manufacturers are distributed throughout 160+ markets and by its personal salesforce in 73 markets. The Group’s decentralised organisation empowers its 19,000 staff to be true on-the-ground ambassadors of its imaginative and prescient of “Créateurs de Convivialité.” As reaffirmed by the Group’s three-year strategic plan, “Remodel and Speed up,” deployed in 2018, Pernod Ricard’s technique focuses on investing in long-term, worthwhile progress for all stakeholders. The Group stays true to its three founding values: entrepreneurial spirit, mutual belief, and a powerful sense of ethics. As illustrated by the 2030 roadmap supporting the United Nations Sustainable Improvement Targets (SDGs), “We carry good instances from a superb place.” In recognition of Pernod Ricard’s robust dedication to sustainable growth and accountable consumption, it has acquired a Gold ranking from Ecovadis and is ranked No. 1 within the beverage sector in Vigeo Eiris. Pernod Ricard can be a United Nation’s World Compact LEAD firm.
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[1] The Programme for the Endorsement of Forest Certification (PEFC) is a global, non-profit, non-governmental group which promotes sustainable forest administration via unbiased third-party certification. Elk Farm has been verified by unbiased consultants as a sustainably managed forest in step with strict worldwide requirements.
