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Two Stacks' cask-strength Apple Brandy Finish is a bold, genuinely unusual Irish blend that rewards curiosity — 63% ABV,...
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Joe Whitfield
October 4, 2025
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The Pogues Blended Irish Whiskey is an honest, unpretentious blend at a fair price — smooth, easy-drinking, and built fo...
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October 4, 2025
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Redbreast 18 is a composed, confident single pot still Irish whiskey that carries its years with quiet authority. At 46%...
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October 1, 2025
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A 1989 vintage Irish single malt from Cooley, bottled by the SMWS as their inaugural cask 117 selection at a commanding ...
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September 25, 2025
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The Midleton Very Rare 2007 bottling is a collector's piece that still delivers in the glass — elegant, composed Irish p...
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September 24, 2025
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The 2024 Midleton Very Rare continues four decades of considered Irish blending — elegant pot still richness at a compos...
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October 6, 2024
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The Irishman Cask Strength Irish Whiskey 2023 Release presents a well-crafted Irish that rewards careful attention. An a...
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February 28, 2023
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Writers’ Tears Cask Strength Irish Whiskey (2023) presents a well-crafted Irish that rewards careful attention. An accom...
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February 28, 2023
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Teeling's Dark Porter Cask 2022 bridges Dublin's brewing and distilling traditions with real conviction — a full-bodied,...
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September 25, 2022
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A compelling cask-strength snapshot from Ireland's Boann distillery, this Whisky Exchange exclusive pairs young, energet...
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December 1, 2021
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The 2021 Midleton Very Rare continues the prestigious annual release series with a polished, generous blend of pot still...
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January 9, 2021
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Midleton Very Rare 2019 is Irish whiskey at its most refined — a quiet, assured vintage release that rewards patience an...
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October 4, 2019