Redbreast 15 Year Old

Redbreast 15 Year Old

This afternoon at the office, I poured my second of three Irish whiskies I'll be reviewing over the next couple of days. I've always wanted to try this one, as I had never had a pure pot still Irish whiskey before. I'm sure glad I did! It's colour is a light honey colour, somewhat oily in the glass. Nose is an amazingly subtle mix of toffee,...

Score 90/100

Redbreast 15 Year Old

I have to make it clear right from the start, this dram is much better than The Boondock Sainst movie. Redbreast 15YO has complexity and it strikes with force especially in the finish – a mobster movie comes to mind immediately. And of course it has to be an Irish mobster movie. After experiencing the 12YO, my expectations were high of course....

Score 92/100

Redbreast 15 Year Old

This is my review of the 2009/2010 version. Nose: starts in a flatter way, the fresh grapefruit and tropical fruitiness of the 2005 edition is almost gone. More cereals, more dust, more toffee. Camomile? Quite rubbery as well. Hints of nougat. After a while, fruit confit comes through, but very restrained. Mouth: basically the same differences:...

Score 80/100

Redbreast 15 Year Old

I recently reviewed the Redbreast 12 Cask Strength and it was days before I could get it out of my mind. It was so insanely good. I had a bottle of it's 15 year old older brother lying around as well and so tonight I decided to give it a whirl. Given the fact that I was positively giddy over the 12 Cask Strength you can imagine my anticipation at...

Score 86/100