As scientific knowledge of distilling expanded during the 19th century, the brand’s makers strove to innovate with new techniques and processes. Old mash bills and recipes revealed Powers has experimented with rye in the past. The creation of Powers Irish Rye is rooted in the brand’s heritage, as Carol Quinn, archivist at Irish Distillers, discovered. The finish is described as long, alongside a ‘prickle of chilli oil’. The liquid is said to balance the earthy, peppery character of rye with the sweetness imparted from maturation in American oak casks – with virgin oaks, first-fills and refills in the cask mix.įlavours are said to include maraschino cherry, orange peel and toffee banana, combined with the candied ginger and clove, burnt orange and peppermint. “From our commitment to farming a difficult crop, to reduced brewhouse throughput, to longer fermentation times, and considering the exceptional cask profile if it was only about efficiency, we would never have used rye. The brand’s rye whiskey retails for €40(US$32/£32)Īs a result of experimentation carried out at Midleton Distillery in Cork, Ireland, Powers Irish Rye was produced to ‘shake up’ the rye whiskey category.Įric Ryan, Powers’ distiller, said: “We attribute the success of this whiskey firstly to the extended team at Midleton Distillery, yet also to the generations of Powers distillers who considered rye grain to be a unique component of their craft. The views, opinions, and tasting notes are 100% my own.Irish Distillers-owned Powers has launched the first 100% Irish rye whiskey following trials at the Midleton Distillery. SCORE: 86/100 (B) *Disclosure: This Powers Three Swallow Irish Whiskey was graciously sent to me by the company for the purposes of this review.
This is definitely one worth picking up if you’re a fan of the category. It teeters on a B+ and is a good representative of how lovely, delicious and interesting Irish Whiskey can be. While it seems to be missing a bit of depth what’s there is heavy and oily and nice. The palate is similar to the aroma but pulls out a bit more depth and comes across a bit richer than the aroma the finish is a nice fade out to it all. The aroma is a lovely combination of sweets and lightly rustic notes. It’s oily and lovely with a generally rich, but not super deep, profile. Powers Three Swallow Irish Whiskey is a solid single pot still whiskey.
Powers Three Swallow Irish Whiskey Review: Overall and Score Good sense of balance, round body and a soft oily feel. Med-Long -> Toffee, banana, graham and copper. Roasted banana, toffee, malt, graham, copper, roasted apples and a bit of marshmallow and nuts. Roasted banana, toffee, malt, copper, roasted apples, marshmallows and bits of graham and spice. Price: $40* Powers Three Swallow Irish Whiskey Review: Tasting Notes Mash Bill: 100% Barley (malted and unmalted) Powers Three Swallow Irish Whiskey Review: Details (price, mash bill, cask type, ABV, etc.) This quintessential style of whiskey, Single Pot Still is exclusive to Ireland, and is made from a mash of malted and unmalted barley, then triple distilled in traditional copper pot stills. Three Swallow Release is a modern expression of what the original POWERS Whiskey tasted like back in the days of our John’s Lane distillery. In Power’s Words: Powers Three Swallow Irish Whiskey
Powers Three Swallow Irish Whiskey Review: Details and Tasting Notes If you’re interested in learning about the history of Irish Pot Still whiskey I highly recommend checking out Pot Still Irish: Our Stolen Heritage Part 1 and Part 2 from Blackwater Distillery. However, like most things, the details of the story are far more complicated than the highlights. This FU to the government turned into a unique style of whiskey that defined an island and is what we’re going to be reviewing today. Not ones to sit on their hands about these things, the Irish distillers simply reduced the amount of malted barley they used and started using unmalted barley in their whiskey mashes. This affected several industries in Ireland, but it most affected the whiskey and beer industries with whiskey leading the way. Many decades ago, there was a tax put on malted barley. This style of whiskey is unique to Ireland and came about due to taxes. Being a single pot still style (formerly pure pot still) they employ the use of both malted and unmalted barley and distilled in a copper pot still, never a column still. Powers Three Swallow Irish Whiskey is a triple distilled single pot still Irish Whiskey.
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