Tullamore dew 12 full#

The peppery spice is a bit stronger on the palate than the nose, with that splinter of dry wood holding constant as a minor, background note.

The whiskey has an oily, but still light texture, with the fruit bowl described above joined by a dollop of honey. The palate followed pretty much along those lines. Beneath that were notes of peppery spiciness and a splinter of dry wood.

Tullamore dew 12 full#

The scent was full of seasoned fruit, like a bowl of apple slices and chunks of pineapple with a drizzle of vanilla syrup sprinkled around. This whiskey has a pale amber appearance, something like dark apple juice, and is endowed with long, viscous legs. What would extra time in the casks do for the whiskey?ĭespite bottling at a slightly higher ABV (10 Year Old was 40% 14 Year Old is 41.3%) and extra time in the wood, the coloring in the glass is very similar. Since I loved the 10 year old so much, I was naturally very curious about its new, older siblings. In a move very much at odds with the No Age Statement spirit of the times, Tullamore was going up the ladder, not down. Then I learned it was being partly replaced by new 14 and 18 year old expressions, also single malts and also four woods. So, I was dismayed when I learned that Tullamore Dew 10 Year Old Four Wood was being withdrawn from the market, bit by bit.

It’s not a combination often seen (indeed, few inventories even have all four types of stock on hand), and I thought the stock plus the blender’s skill made that one an item better than offerings several years older. Part of what made it so special was that the whiskey was a four wood, drawn from malt whiskey stock aged in ex-bourbon, Port, Sherry and Madeira casks. Tullamore Dew 10 Year Old Single Malt was a particular favorite of mine, one of my favorite Irish Whiskeys in fact.