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March 17, 2018

Review: Powers Gold Label Irish Whiskey

by Jeff Ellingson

Powers Gold Label Irish Whiskey is a brand that has been around since 1886 when John Power and Son Distillery began bottling this whiskey with a gold label.  Until then casks of whiskey were sold to merchants and bonders who would bottle the whiskey.  The Powers Gold Label Irish Whiskey produced today is a blend of triple distilled pot still whiskey and grain whiskey.  Both are matured in American oak casks, non chill filtered, blended, and bottled at 86.4 proof.  The previous version was chill filtered and weighed in at 80 proof.  To see my thoughts on Powers Gold Label 80 Proof, check out yesterdays review.      It pours to a golden color.  The aroma is banana puree, honey, malted cereal, clove, nutmeg, oak, char, vanilla custard, toffee, whole orange, and pineapple.  The sweet honey, allspice, nutmeg, caramel, and pineapple entry has a creamy mouth feel.  Mandarin orange arrives building to a creamy vanilla, almond, and juicy orange pineapple peak.  It fades with fresh banana, clove. malted cereal, almond, oak and orange peel.  The finish is warm, dry, and peppery with orange, pineapple, cinnamon, and vanilla custard taste.  Can I taste a difference between the 80 and 86.4 proof Powers Gold Label Irish Whiskey?  Yes.  The 86.4% has more flavor and alcohol presence.   There is also more spice, led by clove, oak, malt, and pineapple flavor.  The finish is drier with a little more pepper.  Both have a tasty banana profile.  The 80 proof version has more vanilla, honey, and almond flavor with less heat.  I go back and forth as to which Powers Gold Label I like best.  In the end I guess I like the previous version just a little more.  However I do like the entire package design of this version, from bottle, to label, to it’s cork closure better.

Made in Midleton Ireland

43.2% Alcohol

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Award: Silver Medal

 

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