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Writer's Tears Copper Pot: Ireland's Lost 'Champagne' Whiskey Revived — Single Pot Still and Single Malt, No Grain

Name: Writer's Tears Copper Pot: Ireland's Lost 'Champagne' Whiskey Revived — Single Pot Still and Single Malt, No Grain
Brand: Royal Oak Distillery
Availability: InStock
Rating: 7.0 (1 reviews)

7 /10

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Distillery: Royal Oak Distillery
Type: Irish
Age: NAS
ABV: 40% ABV
Price: £40.95

Writer's Tears Copper Pot is a Irish whisky made by Royal Oak Distillery. ABV: 40% ABV. Age: NAS. Our expert rating is 7/10.

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Tasting Notes

Nose

Honeycrisp apple, vanilla, toffee, caramel, blood orange, light malt, oily spice — fresh and inviting

Palate

Crisp green apple, almond, hazelnut, creamy vanilla, toffee, orchard fruit, hint of copper and lemon — the pot still giving it Irish texture without grain smoothness

Finish

Short and sweet — milk chocolate, orange liqueur, vanilla, almond nuttiness, a gentle literary farewell

Expert Review

7/10

A recreation of a lost 19th-century style — 60% single pot still and 40% single malt, no grain whiskey whatsoever. The original 'Writer's Tears' was nicknamed the 'champagne of Irish whiskey,' said to be so good that when the great Irish writers wept, their tears were whiskey. Created by Bernard and Rosemary Walsh. Gold at International Spirits Challenge. Listed in Ian Buxton's '101 Whiskeys to Try Before You Die.'