A match made in heaven. An Irish whiskey story

Hey guys! How’s it going? 🙂

I have a special whiskey for you today for review, it’s a lovely 🇮🇪Irish whiskey from the good folks over at @hyde_irish_whiskey! 😊

They have this new release finished in stout casks. Single grain & single malt stout cask finish. Very nice! 😀

History

In 1640 two HYDE brothers, one a blacksmith and one a vintner, set up the HYDE family pub and forge at ‘Tinker Cross’, Gurteen, just outside Bandon, in West Cork, Ireland.

Ten generations later the HYDE family continue that tradition of purveying only the very finest Irish whiskey. This HYDE #8 expression is a triple distilled Irish whiskey slowly finished in a full bodied craft Irish Stout cask from the Cotton Ball Craft Brewery in Cork City.

The Hyde No.8 Heritage Cask is A Match Made in Heaven! As they put it! 😉.
Cotton Ball, five grain, Irish Stout aged in a first fill ex-Bourbon, flame charred, Oak cask for 3 months
Triple distilled HYDE Irish whiskey aged in the Cotton Ball Stout infused oak cask for a further 6 months.

HYDE STOUT CASK Irish Whiskey made from:

• 75% Single Grain; fully matured in a first fill, flame charred, bourbon cask.
• 25% Single Malt; fully matured in a first fill, toasted, Oloroso sherry cask.

Firstly, the craft Irish stout is aged in a first fill, ex-Bourbon, American white oak cask for 3 months. The stout is then disgorged from the cask.
The whiskey is then put into this stout infused cask to ‘finish’ for a further 5 to 6 months.

Review

Alright! Let’s get to the review!
Here are my notes:
Nose: Spicy and complex with notes of coffee, vanilla, fruits and caramel.

Palate: Sweet and malty, caramel, hints of malt and roasted coffee at the end.

Finish: Long. Soft, sweet and creamy.

I think I quite like this one guys 🙂 Have you had the chance to try it? The notes on this are quite enticing 😉.

Let me know what you think about it in the comments. 🥃✨🥃.

Cheers guys and have a great week! 😊 🥃🥃🥃.

Hyde No.8 the Heritage CASK Technical Details

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Andrei Muresan

My name is Andrei, Andrei-Paul Muresan. I’m an IT professional, born in the wonderful year of 1982, in the heart of Transylvania (for people who don’t know, the heart of Transylvania is a city called Cluj-Napoca, located in Eastern Europe, in Romania to be more exact). Here’s a photo of me, just to put a face to the name 😉 I mentioned Transylvania because most people are more likely to know where Transylvania is and not where Romania is 🙂 oh and by the way, vampires, they’re just ghost stories, sorry to disappoint everybody. As you might expect, given my profession, I’m passionate about technology and everything that surrounds it, but I am also a great spirits fan, and when I say spirits I mean scotch, whisk(e)y and cognac, and I also enjoy a good cigar (I never say no to a good cigar). I like to mix all that with a good tune and also a good game, I own a couple of game consoles. I am, by no means, an expert in the scotch/whisk(e)y/cognac/cigar world, but I am keen on learning everything there is to know about it, so I’m launching an invitation to you, to join me in this virtual journey as we learn together.

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