Redbreast 18 Year Old
Discover the new 18 Year Old
We do love the Redbreast range here at Master of Malt, and so it’s with great excitement that we introduce a brand new addition to its ever-impressive flock.
Redbreast 18 Year Old
This edition of the much adored single pot still Irish whiskey matured for a generous 18 years! The whiskey is aged in a combo of bourbon barrels as well as casks seasoned with oloroso sherry, cream sherry, and ruby Port chosen by master blender David McCabe.
Tasting Notes
Nose:
Sweet notes of red fruits and hedgerow berries, candied cherries, dried figs, and honeyed dates.
Palate:
Characterful layers of tannic oak balance rich, fruit-forward sweetness, with juicy sultanas, blackberries, and plums.
Finish:
Those dark fruit notes linger alongside hints of marzipan and warming oaken spice.
The story of Redbreast 18 Year Old
It takes patience and time to produce this exquisite whiskey.
Discover the rest of the flock!
The Redbreast range showcases a host of superb single-pot still Irish whiskeys.
About Redbreast
Redbreast’s story starts with the wine and spirits merchants Gilbeys, founded in London in 1857 and expanded into Dublin in the 1860s. As an importer of sherry Gilbeys worked with John Jameson & Son which was distilling at Bow Street in Dublin, supplying the distillery with sherry casks to rest the Irish pot still whiskey in. This whiskey was then bottled under a variety of different names.
The Redbreast name didn’t appear until 1912 however, referring to the robin redbreast attributed to the chairman of Gilbeys who had a fascination and love of birds. Though the Bow Street distillery closed in the summer of 1971, Redbreast is now made at the well-loved Midleton Distillery, owned by Irish Distillers Ltd.
