Kilbeggan 15 Year Old

Kilbeggan

Nosed from the bottle, I smell sawdust and sour pickle juice. In the glass it is much softer, still with fresh wood notes but also creamy vanilla and hints of lemon. Nice enough but somewhat restrained. In the mouth it is light-bodied and quite silky. Noticeable malt presence with nice vanilla flavour, quickly becoming oaky and spicy. It dries at...

Score 73/100

Kilbeggan

Nose: Vanilla, honey, sweet matiness, banana.Some spices and corn flakes. with a little time in the glass it gets grassy. vegetal. Palate: Sweet honey, then transformed to a bit of bitterness, and malty notes. some spices, and a bit spicy on the entry with biscuity notes. Finish : short, biscuity, with a bit of cough syrup remnants.

Score 74/100

Kilbeggan

Kilbeggan means 'little church' in Gaelic and is a blended Irish whiskey (so I was a little surprised to see is here under single malts, but no matter). The nose is full of sweet malt, a little citrus and even some pineapple. Reminds me of those cube-formed pineapple candy. On the palate, this dram is well honeyed and smooth. Well balanced,...

Score 70/100

Kilbeggan 2 Gingers

This is a new whisky in my part of the world, apparently targeted at women. Comes in around the same price point as standard Jameson. It is a blend. It is easy on the nose: sawdust/pencil shavings with peach/apricot fruitiness, very Irish. A bit hot but overall quite pleasant. The whisky is light- to medium-bodied on the tongue. Starts in with a...

Score 75/100