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Killowen Peated Signature Rum & Raisin

Killowen Peated Signature Rum & Raisin

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Distillery: Killowen Distillery
Type: Irish
ABV: 55%
Price: £49.95

Tasting Notes

Nose

Fresh apple juice, black-strap molasses, warm Christmas pudding. A burst of festive richness from the PX and rum cask finishing. Generous and immediately inviting.

Palate

Sweet, juicy green apples, dark sugar. Dried fruits — raisins, sultanas, figs. Heavy old-style dark rum as backdrop. Tropical arrival — coconut, vanilla molasses. At 55% cask strength, no chill filtration, intense and uncompromising.

Finish

Caramelised demerara sugar, toffee apple, red apples. Ground almonds, then a dollop of Christmas cake to close. Magnificent.

Killowen Peated Signature Rum & Raisin is one of Northern Ireland's most creative whiskey expressions — a peated single malt finished in PX sherry and rum casks that deliver the rum-and-raisin flavour profile the name promises. At 55% cask strength, non-chill-filtered, it arrives with full intensity.

The PX and rum finishing on peated malt creates something genuinely festive — Christmas pudding, dark rum, dried fruit, molasses. The peat provides a smoky backbone that prevents the sweetness from becoming cloying. The combination is bold, original and utterly delicious.

Killowen is one of Ireland's most exciting small distilleries, and the Rum & Raisin is their most characterful expression. The creativity — peated malt, PX sherry, rum casks — produces something that no other Irish distillery offers. At £49.95 for cask-strength innovation, the value is exceptional.

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Sienna Blackwell
Sienna Blackwell
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Sienna came to whiskey via the American craft distilling movement — she spent three years working harvest seasons at distilleries across Kentucky, Tennessee, and Oregon before turning to writing full-...

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