Redbreast 12 Year Old Single Pot Still Irish Whiskey 700ml Bottle

12 Year Old Single Pot Still Irish Whiskey 700ml

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With a history stretching back to 1903 when John Jameson
& Company agreed with Gilbeys Wines & Spirits to supply a
new form of whiskey, 'bonded' in ex sherry and port casks,
Redbreast is considered an exemplary example of Irish
whiskey. Crafted from malted and un malted barley and
then triple distilled in copper stills, the resulting spirit has……

Beverage type:

Pot Still Whiskey

Alcohol Level:

40%

Bottle size:

700ml bottle Single

Product Origin:

Ireland

Expert Rating:

EAN code:

5011007008345

Tastes like:

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About the brand

W&A Gilbey was founded in London in 1857. By 1861, the company had opened a branch on what is now
O'Connell Street in Dublin. At the time, it was customary for distilleries to sell distillate to wine merchants or
"bonders", who had ample supplies of casks through the importation of fortified wines and would mature the
whiskey themselves under bond. By the 1870s, Gilbey's – described as a "wine importer and distiller" at the
time – had more than 300,000 gallons of whiskey from Dublin distilleries in stock under bond and sold
whiskey to consumers under its own labels. These whiskeys were aged at least six years in Gilbey's own
sherry casks at its bonded warehouses on Dublin's Harcourt Street. By 1903, a whiskey known as John
Jameson & Sons Castle "JJ Liqueur" Whiskey 12 Year Old was marketed in a bottle of similar shape and
markings to those used for subsequent bottlings of Redbreast. This whiskey was produced using distillate
sourced from the Bow Street Distillery in Dublin, the home of Jameson whiskey. Although this whiskey was l……

Frootbat Reviews - What our customers say

Member Reviews of Redbreast 12 Year Old Single Pot Still Irish Whiskey (525)

Posted on Apr 12th, 2025

My go to for whiskey. Best price vs quality drop on the market.

Posted on Feb 11th, 2022

Tasting Notes

Nose

Clean, fresh, linseed, nuts, cake, honeyed sweetness, a touch of sherry, cream soda, vanilla and some peppery notes.

Taste

Assertive and complex. Spices, sherry, toffee, ginger cake, brazil nuts, and treacle.

Finish

Spicy and long.

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