The creation of master blender Alex Thomas, The Sexton Single Malt Irish whiskey is made from 100% Irish malted barley, triple distilled in copper pot stills. After, the liquid is aged in Spanish Oloroso sherry casks imparting a rich and fruity character. It comes in a rather eye-catching hexagonal bottle, too.
Rich aromas of nuts, marzipan and dark chocolate with a pinch of spice.
Dried fruit followed by honeycomb sweetness, apricots, lemon zest, prunes and oak spice.
Woody on the finish, with honeyed sweetness coming through.
Smell of honey, vanilla, apples, sweet ripe fruit, oaky spice. Taste of vanilla, apple peel, cherry, bitter wood. Long honey oak dry aftertaste
I'm a scotch drinke who just converted. My friends are having a "scotch tasting" evening next week and I'm slipping in a bottle of Sexton just to see their reaction. I'll keep you posted :-)
I’ve had the pleasure of having had around 6 bottles in the last 6 months. For the price there is no better!
I bought this whiskey for a neighbours 85th birthday recently; he's a lover of Irish whiskey whereas i've always gone for the Scotch. I have to say it has a unique taste, different to any other whiskey i've ever tried. That isn't a bad thing at all but i was very surprised. The more we drank, the more i started to enjoy it!! I'm a Highland fan, i like christmas cake, toffee, almond, vanilla; rich, warm, flavours and this isn't too far off of those notes. There are quite a few levels going on here, warming toasted nuts, certainly vanilla, and a longer finish with fudge, hints of coffee perhaps, then i expected. For the price this really is a fantastic and unique whiskey. You may say it lacks finesse but it makes up for that with something unexpected, in a good way. I will certainly be buying myself a bottle soon. who knows, maybe my preference for Scotch over Irish is on the wain...
Having got this whiskey as a Christmas gift, along with several others, I decided the sexton was the one I would try first as I had never seen it before, the bottle itself caught my attention, making me think this is an odd one... On pouring my first dram, I was surprised how dark it was for a single malt, and letting my nose pick up the sherry notes from the cask I swirled it around my pallet, the flavours are dark and sweet, and I picked up the chocolate and nuts and a hint of sherry, very pleasant for a whiskey of this price, I would buy another bottle to share with friends ?
