Powers Irish Rye

Powers

Note: Powers Gold Label is sold with an ABV of 43.2% here. This whiskey boasts a blend of 70% pot still and 30% grain whiskey, no single malt, and that really caught my attention. The reviewed bottle has been open for 5 weeks Nose: This is mellow on the nose, I really had to dig deep and discovered a narrow range of scents: cereal, buttery...

Score 84/100

Powers John's Lane 12 Year Old Single Pot Still

What another review!? Well I needed a sparring partner for the Gold Spot. Ok I think this has been reviewed by other's so I will try and keep it brief. Power's rounds out the OG trio of classic Irish Pot Still styles made at Midleton distillery. According to Irish whisky historian Fionan O'connor, the Power's family were the other big family clan...

Score 89/100

Powers Gold Label

Nose: very light, insubstantial. Wet stone, hint of caramel, and oddly, something vaguely meaty. Rather like a more subdued Alberta Premium, but with a slight herbaceous undercurrent, as though a drop of gin has been added to the blend. Taste: medium-bodied, bigger than the nose would suggest. Still light on flavour, though. "Honey and...

Score 71/100

Powers

When I first stick my nose into a glass of Powers Gold Label, I think of struck flint, that wisp of smoke from a cigarette lighter. The only other whisky to make me think of this was Hiram Walker Special Old, a rye-heavy Canadian. In fact in a blind taste I would probably guess this to be that. Given time, softer aromas present themselves,...

Score 66/100