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Connemara Peated Single Malt: Ireland's Only Peated Whiskey — Double Distilled Bog Peat from Cooley's Rebel Distillery

Name: Connemara Peated Single Malt: Ireland's Only Peated Whiskey — Double Distilled Bog Peat from Cooley's Rebel Distillery
Brand: Kilbeggan Distillery
Availability: InStock
Rating: 7.0 (1 reviews)

7 /10

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Distillery: Kilbeggan Distillery
Type: Irish
Age: NAS
ABV: 40% ABV
Price: £35.99

Connemara Peated Single Malt is a Irish whisky made by Kilbeggan Distillery. ABV: 40% ABV. Age: NAS. Our expert rating is 7/10.

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Tasting Notes

Nose

Gentle peat smoke, heather, honey, hazelnut, violet, cinnamon — softer peat than any Scotch, the Irish character coming through

Palate

Honey sweetness leading, malt and fruit, vanilla oak, fresh peat emerging mid-palate — a gentler smokiness than Islay, distinctly Irish

Finish

Long — golden honey with deep spreading peat smoke, the double distillation creating a cleaner smoke than Scotch, though the 40% limits the impact

Expert Review

7/10

Ireland's only modern peated single malt — a genuinely rare style. Created by Cooley Distillery, founded 1987 by John Teeling to break Irish Distillers' monopoly. Launched 1999. Double-distilled (unusual for Irish, which typically triple-distils). Barley dried over Connemara bog peat at 14-15ppm. Eight Gold medals since 1996 including 'Best of Irish' at San Francisco 2004. Now under Suntory Global Spirits.