Connemara 1999 Single Cask #884

Connemara Peated

A barren plain of rocks earmarked by the raging winds of the Atlantic, an eerie no-man’s-land of moors, bogs and shimmering blue lakes. How the hell did the East-Irish distiller Cooley think they could capture the essence of the land using nothing but Scottish peat? When trying Connemara (the 12yo) for the first time, in an Irish pub in the town...

Score 78/100

Connemara Distillers Edition

Some three years ago I tried my first Connemara Distillers Edition. Contrary to most releases of this peaty Irish, this one is bottle not at 40% but at 43%. That gives it just a tad more body in my opinion. Moreover this was finished in oloroso sherry casks. My buddy Pat offered me this sample of a Distillers Edition from October 2017. The nose...

Score 83/100

Connemara Peated

I’ve not long emptied a bottle of this whiskey, so I thought it would be best to put up a review to finally put it to rest! Connemara is Ireland’s only peated single malt, and this is generally seen as the “standard” bottling that they produce. To start with it looks quite light, and the smell just confirms that. The peat is prominent but not...

Score 81/100

Connemara 12 Year Old Peated

This lightly peated Connemara (only 15ppm) was released in a limited edition of 7000 bottles. It wond a gold medal at the San Francisco World Spirits Fair. Nose: lemongrass, dried apple, touch of peat (only 15ppm). Little sour note: buttermilk? Very good, though. Taste: sweet and sour battle for supremacy. It does seem a little watery, though....

Score 82/100