Top Shelf Irish Whiskey Brands

Teeling s single grain whiskey went home with the world s best grain whisky title at the world whiskies awards in 2014 and continues to slay.

Top shelf irish whiskey brands.

Some of the irish whiskey brands produced at the cooley distillery include. Best irish whiskey brands that are blends include powers paddy jameson black bush and kilbeggan. Redbreast is a favorite among irish whiskey connoisseurs and known for producing. Powers john s lane release 12 year is every bit as rewarding as all the acclaim suggests while the revived powers gold label is certainly nothing to scoff at.

Kilbeggan single grain irish. When i started working in my father s pub in the late 70 s sales of irish whiskey were dominated by powers paddy and jameson in that order all blended whiskeys. Best for irish coffee. The irishman single malt.

Whiskey drinkers we did some homework for you and found the best sweet spicy and smoky bottles your money can buy this list has whatever strikes your fancy scotch japanese single malts. Jameson is a mainstay of lower priced irish whiskeys but it also provides a number of premium options. Powers gold label was both the first irish whiskey to be bottled and at one time the country s best selling whiskey. Redbreast 15 year irish whiskey.

Prices range from affordable to extravagant so it s possible to enjoy a number of the top shelf brands without blowing your whole liquor budget in one sitting. While there are a few old standards like jameson and bushmills upstarts including slane irish whiskey and dead rabbit irish whiskey are giving them a run for their money. Best for the money. The whiskeys produced at cooley aren t the most famous names in the world but many of them have received critical acclaim in recent years.

Perhaps the best known of all irish whiskey jameson mixes irish barley both malted and unmalted with french corn and ages the resulting tipple for a minimum of four years in seasoned oak casks. Thanks to a recent relaunch the legend is back and arguably as great as ever. Due to its rich warm depth of flavor yet crowd pleasing versatility i give teeling my seal of approval as editor s choice.