Kilbeggan

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

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 advertises itself as the oldest licensed distillery in Ireland (1757). But, you may ask, what about Bushmills, which was licensed in 1608? Well, that license was for another distillery on the Bushmills site (the current Bushmills distillery was built during the Victorian era). Yet having said that, Kilbeggan today is distilled at Cooley,...

Score 84/100