Jameson Bow Street 18 Year Old Cask Strength Irish Whiskey (700ml)

Launched in 2018 and bottled once per year, this unusual blend of pot still and grain whiskeys is released at cask strength after eighteen years in both ex-bourbon and ex-sherry casks at the Midleton distillery in Cork. It’s re-casked in first-fill ex-bourbon American oak barrels for a final six to twelve months at the Jameson Distillery in Bow Street, Dublin. Both quality and presentation-wise, it’s another high point in the Jameson stable: The bottle has eighteen facets, one for each year of maturation and comes in a wooden presentation box that references the traditional pot stills used in distillation. Non chill filtered.

Other reviews… [Batch 2 tasted] Finished in fresh bourbon casks at Bow St. Distillery, Dublin, this batch has a greater intensity than the first. Baked lemon, vanilla toffee, ground ginger, and snuff. Warm and fruity, with sweet toffee notes, the ginger root leads a high-intensity spice assault, though the reassuring indulgence of the rich toffee never deserts you. Dried banana, herbal notes, and lemongrass outline the finish.
93 points – whiskyadvocate.com, reviewed by: Jonny McCormick (Summer 2019)

…Few whiskies have such a wide flavour register between tooth-decayingly sweet and puckeringly dry.
88.5 points – Jim Murrays Whisky Bible 2020

…This rich & layered blended Irish Whiskey objectively over-delivers for the category.
96 points Platinum Medal / Superlative – tastings.com