HinchSinglePotStillIrishWhiskey(700mL)

<p>A lovely Irish Pot-stilled dram with a creamy palate made possible by a dash of oats in the mash. </p><p><em>Terry Cross</em> is not just a serial entrepreneur, he is also a bit of an <em>Irish living legend</em>. He built a print and packaging business from the ground up. During that time, he rescued <em>Château de La Ligne</em> — a vinyard in Bordeaux, France. He sold the printing and packaging business in 2016 and immediate set his sights on Irish Whiskey, purchasing set of aging casks. He named the business <em>Hinch </em>after the local town of <em>Ballynahinch</em>, just south of Dublin in Northern Ireland. And they are nearly done with a new, 30k sq/ft distillery and visitor center on his estate there where they will produce their <em>exceptional line of Irish Whiskies</em>, their award-winning Ninth Wave Gin, and whatever else they come up with.</p><p><em>Hinch Single Pot Still Whiskey</em> is a lovely dram with a twist. As one would expect, this <em>triple-distiller</em> baby is made from a mix of malted and un-malted barley in an unstated ratio. But in order to add creaminess to the mouth-feel, they add a <em>small amount of oats</em>. We’d guess somewhere between 3% and 5%, so just enough to get that sweet texture. The resulting Spirit is aged mostly in<em> ex-Bourbon casks</em>, but again a small amount is aged differently — in <em>ex-Sherry casks</em> to add a bit of rancio and Wine spice — and it’s bottled at 43% ABV.</p>