Review: Glendalough Double Barrel Irish Whiskey
Glendalough Double Barrel Irish Whiskey is a single grain whiskey made from corn and malted barley. The label honors and pictures St. Kevin who is said to have stood still with his arms stretched while a blackbird built its nest, laid eggs, and stood silent until those eggs hatched. The Glendalough Distillery was built by a group of five friends from Wicklow and Dublin Ireland. Currently the whiskey is sourced while their own crafted whiskey matures. The whiskey they currently source has been matured for three years in American oak bourbon barrels. Once received it is further matured for six months in 500 liter Oloroso sherry barrels sourced from the small town of Montilla Spain in once used European oak barrels to mature PX, Pedro Ximenez, grapes for two years. These barrels were build by coopers, from European oak from trees grown in forest in Northern Spain. Read more 