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    Connemara 12 Year Old Peated Single Malt Irish Whiskey Reviews

    Connemara 12 year Old Peated Single Malt Irish Whiskey 50
    Based on 1 reviews.
    Rated on a scale of 50 to 99
    Distillery
    Connemara
    Style
    Single Malt
    Release
    Unspecified
    Age
    12 Years
    Alcohol
    40% abv.
    Region
    Ireland
    Bottled For
    Distillery

    John Teeling, Chairman of Cooley Distillery said "Our blenders and quality consultants have made us release the Connemara 12 year old. They believe that it is one of the best whiskeys in the world - bar none. It represents the pinnacle, to date, of Cooley distillation and maturing skills. The soft waters of the Cooley Hills, the warm caress of the copper pot stills, the breathing oak barrels from Kentucky, the ancient granite warehouses of Kilbeggan and 12 years in a perfect whiskey climate have combined to deliver this gem. We have very limited quantities, so savour while you can."

    Connemara 12 year Old Peated Single Malt Irish Whiskey
    Review by Anonymous

    5050/99
    Color
    Enticingly warm and golden, with a worrying arora of green.
    Nose
    Kippers, furniture polish, spent matches and barley-sugar sweets
    Body
    A stick-insect with the mouth of Mick Jagger.
    Palate
    Fake smoke and cardboard wrapped round a hard-boiled candy.
    Finish
    Like a thief who gets away without being noticed, but leaves an unpleasant fart behind him.

    One of the best things about living here in Ireland is the smell of peat on a damp wintery day, so I was incredibly excited by the thought of a peated Irish whiskey. It makes so much sense. However, what I got was a veneer of peat smoke - like the cheapest of kippers had been squeeze into the mash. Expensive and disappointing, with non of the class, breeding or complexity of its western Scottish peers. Need a lot of work to improve it.