Knappogue Castle 1998

Knappogue Castle 1995

This is one of lightest whiskeys I have tried. The color is light, the nose is light, but quite pleasant, and the mouth feel is relatively light. I understand that Irish whiskies are generally lighter in body than say American or certain Scottish malts. While I do not have a lot of experience with Irish whiskey, I can appreciate that some might...

Score 73/100

Knappogue Castle 12 Year Old

After seeing a few bottles at my local LCBO I read some reviews and my interest was piqued. My first taste burned without much flavour. I gave it a few minutes to breath and added a few teaspoons of water. That really opened the flavour (much more than with other whiskey); bringing out the sweetness. Long, warm, sweet, pleasant finish. To date,...

Score 88/100

Knappogue Castle 16 Year Old

My thanks to @mscottydunc for the reviewed sample. This single malt was distilled at Bushmills Distillery and is aged in both sherry casks and bourbon barrels Nose: rich high-quality re-used wood flavours with lots of natural-smelling caramel and vanilla; high quality malt, with a very good sweet and dry balance. There is just a hint of the...

Score 84/100

Knappogue Castle 1995

This bottle left me speechless. I need to fully work out all the aspects of it for a full review. But it is the absolute best Irish whiskey I've had. Sorry Jameson 12 year, but this stuff is absolutely breath taking.

Score 95/100