Method and Madness Single Malt

As another reviewer said, a serious bargain at half-price in PA. However, I'd like more body, more depth of taste when given a splash of water. Might like it more on a hot summer day.

28th February 2023

I couldn't resist picking up a bottle of this when I found it on clearance for half price in Pennsylvania. I primarily enjoy Scotch whisky, but will on occasion have an Irish whiskey and thought considering its original price I better grab a bottle before it sells out. I'm sure glad that I did, but after trying it I wish I had purchased at least one more back up bottle. This whiskey to me compares more to Scotch then some of the other Irish whiskeys that I've had.

Orchard fruit, dried dark fruit and honeyed toffee on the nose. The palate opens with richly spiced malt and lingers with oaky nuttiness, biscuit and more honeyed toffee sweetness. The finish is quite nice with lots of warming spice and toffee coated orchard fruit. This whiskey is quite smooth as well and although there is no age statement mentioned on the bottle I wouldn't be surprised if there wasn't older malts in here (15 year old perhaps?).

The flavor profile to me is very reminiscent of a Highland and if you enjoy Scotch from that region or Scotch in general then this Irish Whiskey will blow you away and if you are in Pennsylvania like me then be sure to grab a bottle or two before they are all gone...cheers!

13th November 2022

Rewarding dram, especially on the nose.
- Fair price on MoMalt -

9th April 2022

Summer in a glass (in the grass), trees and all - fairly oaky, chewy oak, bit of a bite to it. Oak nuts, hazelnuts. Orchard fruits. Soft, soft ginger spice. Cocoa bean, medium dark chocolate.

Apples and pears.

A mainly light, fresh style ~ 15 year old.

The oakiness must be emphasized though.

19th February 2022

NOSE : Bright crisp malt, lemon zest, apple peels, then malty vanilla biscuits. Walnut shells and pencil shavings (more or less goes away), sweet almonds. Oatmeal. Ice cream sandwiches they say - absolutely agree. Breadsticks, or slight 'meatiness', like in a Mortlach or a Craigellachie ( the first nosing out of the bottle I thought was distinctly Craigellachie-like ). ( Scotch there ).
Fresh pear note. Lemon and kiwi peels (~). With aeration, green and red apples, also mint / peppermint.
Faint notes of a very nice old and dry eau de cologne.
( Which I was not wearing at the time of nosing ).
Gooseberries, red currants, lime, and tangerines.

PALATE : White grapes, red apples, creamy. Vanilla pod. Sweet red berries like raspberries, strawberries, and cocktail cherries.
Gooseberries and pomegranate.

The empty glass noses distinctly waxy, like wax candles, biscuity, and a peat-like meatiness.

All in all, a fairly youthful, light, summery single malt.

Neck pour review.
Happy Burns' Night ( whom I'm sure drank Irish Whiskey, ha ha ) !

25th January 2022

The Method and Madness range gets a little bit of crap from certain reviews which I don't understand mainly because surely the name of the line up gave the reviewers an indication that this is new type combos etc (duh)

Enjoyed two drams of this last night, deffo get a malty nose and that peanut shell nose comes through really well, this is quite nippy on the mouth/throat so dropped some H2O in a 35ml pour (probably 2mls) and it opened up really nicely. Loads of malt and could pick out ice cream cone esque tastes. This kind of reminds me of a speyside like Glenfiddich but with more punch 👊

9th July 2020

very nice, very tasty, treated myself with a second bottle

8th March 2019

Shocked at the less than stellar reviews here. This is a beautiful whiskey. I'm an Irishman in Italy and I'm surprised I had to go this far to hear about it.

4th March 2019

Bittles Bar, Belfast.

Nice and smooth. Nice finish. But yeah, not really worth.

10th October 2018

excellent single malt, very rich and smooth, definitely worth the price

10th April 2018