irish whiskey inventory - the palace bar

I rish WhiskeyI nventory

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I ntroductionThe word whiskey literally means Water of Life – Uisce Beathain Gaelic.

The origins of Irish whiskey are buried in the depths ofunwritten Irish history. It is however nearly certain that theart of distillation was broughtto Ireland bymonks

During the 19th century, Irish whiskey had a superior quality image and was regarded asbeing much more drinkable than Scotch.

Despite Ireland’s dominance of the 19th century whiskey export market, many social and economic factors were to affect the production, consumption and export of Irishwhiskey. The story of Irish whiskey is one punctuated with political and economic upheaval, disasters, poor decision making and more than a fair share of bad luck. In 1838, thecharismatic Capuchin Monk, Father Matthew, began a personaland highly successful crusade against whiskey.

Good luck prevailed for a time for the Irish whiskey industry,when in 1870 the wine louse decimated European vines, andwith them, the wine and brandy industry. Irish whiskey soonbecame the drink of choice for the gentry in Europe and salessoared until the advent of World War I. This was followed byAmerican prohibition in 1919, Irish independence in 1921, civilwar in 1921-22 and a trade war with Great Britain and hercolonies, all of which combined to cause a complete collapseof the Irish whiskey industry. Distilleries in Ireland closed bythe dozen.

Bill Aherne

sharing a small one

with customers


I ntroductionProhibition in the USA was probably the severest blow. Due toa misplaced sense of loyalty to the American government, anddespite many requests, the Irish passed over the opportunityto supply thousands of gallons of whiskey, both during andeven after Prohibition. It was essentially after Prohibition thatScotland quickly made a name for itself in the world of whisky.An entire generation of Americans never had the opportunityto drink and appreciate Irish whiskey. Scotch, andnot Irish, became the word for goodwhisky.

Irish political decisions regarding

whiskey exports during World War IIalso lacked basic economic foresight. Whilst

production was heavily boosted in Scotland for the post-warexport market and domestic consumption was restricted,while exports were criminally neglected. The result? The export market collapsed completely after the war and evenmore distilleries closed down.

In 1975 the new Midleton Distillery was commissioned on a sitenext to the old Paddy Distillery in County Cork. Since thenJameson, Paddy, Powers and Tullamore Dew have been produced in this ultra modern distillery.

In 1988 Irish Distillers was taken over by the French drinksgiant, Pernod Ricard, which offered the benefit of its worldwidedistribution channels and networks and which gave Irishwhiskey sales a very substantial thrust into world markets.

In 1989, the Cooley distillery started distilling whiskey and it remains to this day the only independent Irish distillery. In 2006, the Bushmills Distillery in Antrim was sold by IrishDistillers and now forms part of theDiageo Group.

Irish whiskey, is today enjoyingonce again a golden era and has become one of the fastestgrowing categories of spirit in theworld.

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Tullamore Dew 10 Yr Old Reserve €8.50Inside the sophisticated 10 Year Old Reserve bottle isa triple distilled blend, aged in Spanish and Americanoak casks for a minimum of 10 years. The result is a refined and balanced whiskey that exemplifies

Tullamore Dew's distinctive smoothness.

Tullamore Dew 12 Yr Old Reserve €8.50Tullamore Dew 12 Year Old Special Reserve is a carefully crafted blend of old Irish whiskeys - fullof complex flavours,perfectly married to give a sophisticated drinking session full of depth, characterand maturity.

Bushmills 16 Yr Old €8.50This distinctive Irish Malt Whiskey is aged for 16 years in a combination of Oloroso Sherry - and Bourbon-seasoned casks, then matured for several monthsin port wine barrels. A unique maturation which imparts distinct notes of juicy fruits, nuts and spice,

as well as a hint of ruby redness.

Bushmills 1608 €10.80A special limited edition to mark 400 years of distilling in the Bushmills area. A premium blendedIrish Whiskeycombining three types of whiskey - at it’sheart is Bushmills malt whiskey distilled with crystalmalt.

Greenore 8 Yr Old €6.20Greenore single grain Irish Whiskey is a truly uniquewhiskey as it is the only expression of irish singlegrain whiskey and one of only a handful of such bottlings in the world. Greenore is made frommaize/corn giving it a silky smooth sweet taste that is exceedingly versitle and accessible to all taste buds.

Connemara 12 Yr Old Peated Single Malt €6.20This 12 year old Peated Single malt has aged in exbourbon casks imparting a smooth sweet character andlessening the intensity of the peat flavours.

The Desert I sland Top 10Stuck on an island with your ten

favourite Irish!! What would they be??


Tyrconnell 18 Yr Old €10.80Tyrconnell single malt Irish Whiskey is an historicIrish Whiskey brand from the 1900s, named after a very famous racehorse that won a legendary race at oddsof 100 to 1. Tyrconnell’s beautiful fresh, fruity bouquet, smooth sweet taste and delicate dry finishmake it a classic Irish Malt with it’s own distinctive

character.

Kilbeggan Malt (A Palace Favourite) €6.20This is a 3 year old Malt, first whiskey to be distilled in the old distillery in more than 50 years.Kilbeggan finest irish Whiskey comes from the oldestlicensed whiskey distillery in the world with over 250years of whiskey heritage going into each bottle. Thefinest grain and malt whiskeys are blended together forthe smooth, sweet taste and lovely malty finish thatis Kilbeggan Irish Whiskey.

Redbreast 12 Yr Old Pure Pot Still €6.20This 12 Year Old Pure Pot Still Whiskey (or Single PotStill as it is now known) has been matured for up to15 years in ex bourbon and ex Oloroso Sherry Casks.Ireland is the only country in the world producing Single Pot Still Whiskey, which is distilled frommalted and unmalted barley.

Greenspot Pure Pot Still €5.10For true aficionados of Irish Whiskey, the words GreenSpot make the pulse quicken. This is Mitchell’s ownlabel Irish Whiskey for the past 100 years. Mitchell &Son Merchants was founded in 1805 and both the 5th and6th generations of the family run the business. GreenSpot is produced by Irish Distillers, and is distilledin Midleton, Co. Cork. It’s made up of 7 and 8 year oldpot still Whiskey, and 25% of it is matured in sherrywood.“One of the cult whiskeys of the world.”The Malt Advocate (USA), July 2001.

The Desert I sland Top 10Stuck on an island with your ten

favourite Irish!! What would they be??


Cooley/Kilbeggan DistilleryCooley is the smallest and the youngest of the three distilleries operating in Ireland, having started distillingin 1989. It is also the only one which is independentlyowned. It is located in the Cooley Peninsula in Co.Louth. It currently produces over 1.5 million litres andfilling over 12,000 200L ex-Bourbon casks annually. Itdistils both grain and malt whiskey and operates a double distillation process. Double distillation in potstills produces a new spirit which is more robust in nature than triple distilled whiskey and which has verypleasant malt and gentle fruity notes.

Cooley is also the only Irish distillery creating peatedSingle Malt whiskeys and bottling Single Grain IrishWhiskey. Their Single Grain whiskey has been distilledfrom maize and malted barley in tall column stills..

All Cooley whiskeys are matured in ex-Bourbon casksonly, with the exception of whiskeys finished in specialcasks, such as the Tyrconnell collection.

Cooley produce many different brands of whiskey, suchas: Locke’s – Tyrconnell – Connemara – Kilbeggan.

Cooley also manage the oldest continually licensed distillery in the world, the Kilbeggan Distillery which is situated on the Brosna River in Co. Westmeath. Originally opened back in 1757, it closed in 1957due to tough economiccircumstances in Irelandat the time. In 2007 however, 50 years afterits closure, productionstarted again in Kilbeggan and the firstnew whiskey - The Kilbeggan Malt - tocome from this distillery in over 50years was bottled in2010.


Cooley/Kilbeggan DistilleryConnemara Peated Single Malt €5.10

Connemara Turf Mor Peated S/Malt €8.50

Connemara Cask Strength €8.50Peated Single Malt

Connemara Sherry Peated S/Malt €8.50

Connemara 12Yr Old Peated S/Malt €6.20

Kilbeggan €4.30

Kilbeggan Malt €6.20

Kilbeggan 15Yr Old €15.00

Kilbeggan 18Yr Old €15.00

Tyrconnell S/Malt €4.30

Tyrconnell (Sherry) S/Malt €8.50

Tyrconnell Port Cask Finish €8.50

Tyrconnell Madeira Cask Finish €8.50

Tyrconnell 15 Yr Old S/Malt €8.50

Tyrconnell 17Yr Old S/Malt €10.80

Tyrconnell 18Yr Old S/Malt €10.80

Tyrconnell (A Mallorcan W/Cask Finish) €8.50


Cooley/Kilbeggan DistilleryGreenore 6Yr Old S/Grain €6.20

Greenore 8Yr Old S/Grain €6.20



Locke’s €4.30

Locke’s 8Yr Old €6.20

Locke’s Grand Crew 9Yr Old €8.50

Locks Premier Crew 10Yr Old €8.50

Millars spec reserve €4.30

Inishowen €4.30

*Cooley Tasting Tray €5.10(4 of the best)


I ndependent I rish BottlingsFeckin Irish €5.10

Wild Geese Limited Edition €6.20

Wild Geese Rare €6.20

Wild Geese Classic Blend €6.20

Wild Geese Single Malt €6.20

Clontarf €4.30

Clontarf Single Malt €6.20

Three Stills Whiskey €4.30

Knappogue Castle €5.10

Writers Tears €5.10

Danny Boy €5.10

Slane Castle €5.10

Brogans €4.30

Michael Collins Single Malt €6.20

Michael Collins €5.10

Greenspot €5.10

Irishman Single Malt €6.20

John Sullivan €6.20

Knappogue 12y old Single Malt €6.20

Merrys Single Malt €5.10

Merrys €4.30

Inish Turk Beg Single Malt €15.30

Greenspot Pure Pot Still €20.0010 Year Old Limited Edition

Dingle Gold €5.10

Avoca Irish Whiskey €5.10

Avoca 8Yr old €6.20

Dundalgan €5.10

Shanahans €5.10


Tullamore Dew €4.30

Tullamore Dew Heritage Reserve €6.20Heritage Reserve

Tullamore Dew 10Yr Old S/Malt €6.20Single Malt

Tullamore Dew 10Yr Old Reserve €8.50

Tullamore Dew 12 Yr Old €8.50

Tullamore Dew

Tullamore Dew – Brand BackgroundIreland was once the world’s greatest whiskey producing nation, Tullamore Dew was one of Ireland's most famouswhiskey brands. Today, as the world number 2 Irish whiskey,Tullamore Dew has once again returned to international prominence.

The origins of Tullamore Dew’s legendary Irish whiskey can betraced back to 1829 when the Tullamore Distillery was foundedin Tullamore, County Offaly by Michael Molloy. Daniel EWilliams was the major influence on the development of thedistillery. His initials, D-E-W, inspired the whiskey to be named ‘Tullamore Dew’ with the original slogan "Give every man hisDew" still in use today.

Daniel E Williams was a great customer in The Palace in the40’s often holding court in the snug with the Fitzgeralds thewholesalers of Westmoreland St.


Tullamore DewTullamore Dew is the legendary triple ditilled Irishwhiskey known the world over for its distinctivelysmooth taste. Tulamore Dew has been widely acclaimedby independent whiskey connoisseurs, winning an

impressive 23 Gold medals in the last 10 years.

Tullamore Dew 12Yr Old ReserveSee Desert Island Top 10.

Tullamore Dew 10 Yr Old ReserveSee Desert Island Top 10.

Tullamore Dew 10Yr Old Single MaltThe new Tullamore Dew 10 Year Old Single Maltis maturedto perfection in Old Bourbon, Dry Oloroso Sherry,Madeira and Port casks. Ageing in these specially selected casks enhances and intensifies the flavour ofthe spirit, resulting in a singularly rich and mellowexpression of this legendary Irish whiskey.


Bushmills DistilleryBushmills is the second largest distillery and the oldest working distillery in Ireland. It is located in thevillage of Bushmills, in Co. Antrim in Northern Ireland.It currently produces over 500,000 cases a year andaims to double this output by 2013. It only distils maltwhiskey and all their whiskeys are triple distilled.

Bushmills however also bottle blends as well as singlemalt whiskeys. The grain whiskey for their blendscomes from Midleton.

Bushmills mature their whiskeys in ex- Bourbon and ex- Oloroso Sherry casks, but also regularly use othertypes of casks such as Port and Madeira to producebrands such as Bushmills 16 Year Old and Bushmills 21 Year Old.

The Bushmills Distillery is owned by the Diageo Group.

Black Bush and all whiskeys bearing the name Bushmills are produced by the Bushmills Distillery.


Bushmills €4.30

Blackbush €5.10

Bushmills 10Yr Old S/Malt €6.20




Bushmills (Bourbon) S/Cask €10.80

Bushmills (Sherry) S/Cask €15.00

Bushmills (Rum) S/Cask €15.00

Bushmills 1608 €10.80

Bushmills Millennium Malt €15.00S/Cask

Bushmills Distillery


Jameson €4.30

Paddy €4.30

Powers €4.30

Crested Ten €5.10

Jameson Gold €10.80

Jameson 12 Yr Old €6.20

Jameson 18 Yr Old €15.00

Jameson Marconi €15.00

Powers 12 Yr Old €6.20

Redbreast 12 Yr Old €6.20Single Pot Stil

Redbreast 15 Yr Old €10.30Single Pot Stil

Midleton Very Rare €15.00

Dunphys €4.30

Midleton DistilleryMidleton Distillery is the largest and has the largest production capacity of all the Irish distilleries. It is located in Co. Cork in the south-east, next to the oldCork Distilleries Co. distillery (which produced Paddy).Annually more than 100 million bottles of whiskey areproduced in Midleton. It produces both grain whiskeyfrom maize and malt in column stills and pot stillwhiskey from malt and barley in pot stills.

All whiskeys distilled in Midleton are distilled 3 times.Triple distillation produces a new spirit which is lighter,smoother and has fruitier, sweeter and more floral notesthan double distilled whiskey.


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Buy your county colours on limited addition whiskeyminitures from the Cooley Distillery €5.10.

History of the Palace Bar“ When I first came to Dublin in 1939, I thought the Palace wasthe most wonderful temple of art” Patrick Kavanagh.

HISTORYUntainted, unspoiled and unperturbed by the passage of time- that’s what makes The Palace Bar one of Dublin’s best lovedoriginal Victorian Pubs. Like all Victorian Pubs The Palace pulsates natural ambience and character. But if you wish to seeit at its best, go along in early morning, preferably on a sunshine day when shafts of light come filtering throughstained glass windows illuminating the old mahogany back barand high vaulted ceiling. Ponder over the Victorian magic ofthis design; austere and simple but yet vibrant, quaint and enchanting. Note the high alter style Victorian back bar - typical of the era - with Romanesque arches and very cleveruse of mirrors.

Reflect over a Tullamore Dew, small Kilbeggan from theoldest distillery in the world or a Blackbush and soak up theatmosphere of this fine Victorian jewel. Here at The Palace wehave a singular devotion to the promotion of Irish Whiskey inexcess of 85 of the finest Irish Whiskies can be savoured here.

All our Malt Whiskeys are served with the finest Irish SpringWater, we use tapwater for washing the glasses!!

Sláinte

“ I nternationally famous for our intellectual refreshment”

Flann O’Brien was a regular in The Palace . He drankwhiskey in the intensive care unit (lounge room at theback). He was once asked why he wore a velvet glovewhen he drank whiskey.

‘I swore to my mother on her deathbed that I’d never toucha glass of whiskey. That’s why I wear a velvet glove’.


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The Palace Bar is a proud member of the IrelandWhiskey Trail, the free touring guide to Ireland’s distilleries, best whiskey pubs, bars and shops.We would like to thank the Ireland Whiskey Trail for providing much of the information

for this Whiskey Inventory.

Please ask any of our bar staff for a free Whiskey Trail map. For more information

on the Ireland Whiskey Trail, or to download a free map, check out www.irelandwhiskeytrail.com

W. Aherne, The Palace Bar, Dublin.


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