Glendalough has released a single malt whiskey finished in Japanese Mizunara barrels.
As we roll up into saltation andSt . Patrick ’s 24-hour interval , it ’s time for an Irish whiskey . If the common fare is n’t getting you unrestrained , even after years of atypical St. Paddy ’s celebrations , Glendalough is put something distinctive on shelves .
The distillery has publish Glendalough 7 - twelvemonth - Old Single Malt Mizunara Finish , an Irish single malt whiskey terminate in Japanese Mizunara barrelful . The rare barrels made from oak tree find in the volcanic northern reaches of Japan cater a alone finish . Glendalough says that it is the first Irish distiller to have access to Mizunara barrels , which are more frequently seen used with Japanese whisky .
Glendalough plan on making the unexampled single malted an on-going offer . It has previously released a couple of very limited edition whiskeys with this finish since it get its first Mizunara barrel in 2015 . Those releases , however , were rare . It will now make this whiskey useable throughout the twelvemonth , distill two little batches every yr .
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Part of the singularity is that there ’s only one main cooperage making the barrels , according to Glendalough . It ’s a fussy Japanese oak that is softer than the oak tree usually used in bourbon and Irish whisky . It ’s rare and expensive , but it ’s also hard to work with . Gary McLoughlin , Founder & Marketing Director of Glendalough , tell Thrillist cooperages can make a stock barrel in a Clarence Shepard Day Jr. if it ’s chug along . The Mizunara barrels take a month each .
Moreover , the oak tree is very moist and takes three years to dry before it ’s ready to be form into bbl . It absorbs water so well that on the still ’s first attempts at age in the barrels , it found leaks not from the seams , but straight through the rung . It take a particular concoction , recommended by the cooperage , made with fermented sour persimmon to stop the leaking .
Glendalough also recite Thrillist that since this is an ongoing task now , unexampled grammatical construction will be available down the road . You ’ll have to wait a act , but in six years , there should be a 13 - year expression of the Mizunara finished whiskey . For now , the seven - twelvemonth is what is available . The singular whisky will run you $ 99 .
