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irish single malt 1991 24 years old whisky fassle

Irish Single Malt 1991 24 Years Old (Whisky-Fässle)

22 April 2019 0 comments Article Ireland, Tasting Notes, Undisclosed

This is from a few years ago, around the time when more of the undisclosed Irish Single Malts appeared. Some of them sourced from Bushmills, others from Cooley. These whiskies often share a certain fruity DNA, but I find it hard to pinpoint which is which, also because of a lack of experience with either distillery.

Irish Single Malt 1991 24 Years Old (46.7%, Whisky-Fässle)

Nose: Underripe bananas, lychees, vanilla extract, mango ice cream. There’s plenty of fruit here, but that’s to be expected with these Irish single malts. A hint of charcoal and fermented veggies too. Excellent.
Taste: Subtle notes of menthol and cough syrup (which is usually something reserved for pure pot still). Quite herbacious too. Mango makes an encore, and there’s papaya too, with a good amount of other tropical influences.
Finish: Herbal and fruity. Medium in length.

Score: 89

Excellent whisky. From which distillery? Your guess is as good as mine, but it is unlike any other single malt that is around.

Sample provided by Whisky-Fässle

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Thijs Klaverstijn

Thijs is a spirits writer and accredited liquorist from The Netherlands. He runs the blog Words of Whisky and contributes to a number of Dutch and international publications.

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