Wednesday, March 16, 2016

Egan's Irish Single Malt


Egan's is a new Irish Whiskey in the U.S. It's a sourced, ten year old single malt. There are only two possible sources of Irish single malt from ten years ago: Bushmill's and Cooley, and Cooley sold a lot more of their whiskey to other bottlers.

Egan's Single Malt, 10 year old, 47% abv ($50)

The nose has grapes and sherry notes. The palate is fruity sweet in a grape soda sort of way with some malt notes at the back. Fruit continues into the finish.

This is a decent, fruity Irish malt. If you're a fan of sweeter, fruity malts, it's worth trying.

Thanks to Josh from The Whiskey Jug for the sample (and see his review of Egan's as well).


5 comments:

My Annoying Opinions said...

So, you're saying this is a Bushmill's?

The Whiskey Jug's review says his review was based on a sample. Just how large was his sample if he shared it with you?

sku said...

I don't know what it is, but Cooley has sold more to independent bottlers.

The sample was a full bottle.

My Annoying Opinions said...

Full bottle samples? I may have to rethink my "no samples" policy....

sku said...

Or just become friends with Josh. He's drowning in them.

Josh said...

I can always use more friends :)