1.11 - Prizefight Irish Whiskey & Glendalough 10 Year Black Pitts Porter Irish Whiskey
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In this episode of the Spirits Blind Tasting podcast I'm doing a blind tasting of the Prizefight Irish Whiskey & Glendalough 10 Year Black Pitts Porter Irish Whiskey. Feel free to follow along with a dram of any of these or any other spirit you enjoy as I try to uncover the aromas and flavors of these 2 spirits.
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My tasting notes from this episode can also be found below:
Spirit A - Prizefight Irish Whiskey (43% ABV)
Appearance
- Clarity: Clear
- Intensity: Deep
- Color: Lemon
- Suggested texture: High viscosity
Nose
- Condition: Clean
- Intensity: Medium
- Aroma characteristics: Baked pear, fresh apples, vanilla, porridge, fresh lemon peel and fresh apricots. Light floral notes.
- Other notes: Very light and soft nose, has a hint of a harsh note underneath the soft and fruity notes, almost a hint of nail varnish.
- ABV: 40%-45%
Palate
- Sweetness: Dry
- Texture: Watery, silky, light viscosity
- Intensity: Light > medium
- Flavor characteristics: Baked pear, Porridge, licorice, pepper corns, burnt toast, light toasted oak notes
- Other notes: Much simpler than the nose, but starting to show some maturation flavors. The nail varnish on the nose has softened and is a bit more like a sensation of oak.
- Finish: Short to medium finish with some complexity (licorice, oak)
- ABV: 40%
Conclusion
- Quality level: Very good
- Blind guess: Irish blended whiskey
Spirit B - Glendalough 10 Year Black Pitts Porter Irish Whiskey (46% ABV)
Appearance
- Clarity: Clear
- Intensity: Medium
- Color: Gold
- Suggested texture: Light > medium
Nose
- Condition: Clean
- Intensity: Medium
- Aroma characteristics: Baked apples, sultanas, dried lemon peel, dried apricots, dry grass
- Other notes: Light nose, but has more pronounced notes than Spirit A. Feels dry and almost dusty compared to the freshness of spirit A.
- ABV: 45%-50%
Palate
- Sweetness: Dry
- Texture: Watery, silky, light viscosity
- Intensity: Medium > pronounced
- Flavor characteristics: Baked apples, maltesers, sultanas, oak, burnt toast, peppercorn
- Other notes: Has a slight undefined nuttyness, and starting to nose some leather after a while. So much more powerful than Spirit A but still has the softness of an Irish whiskey. Potentially a single malt, or single pot still. Likely older than spirit A.
- Finish: Medium > long very complex (Apples, char, peppercorn)
- ABV: 45%
Conclusion
- Quality level: Very good > outstanding
- Blind guess: Irish single pot still
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