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Release Notes
The raw ingredients for Grain whiskey are simply maize, water and yeast with a small amount of malted barley to start the
fermentation process. At Cooley we produce a Grain whiskey that is good enough to drink in its own right. The result is our Single
Grain whiskey, Greenore.
Cooley Whiskey
A gold medal-winner at the International Wine & Spirits Competition, this unique concoction is a 100% Single Grain Irish whiskey, from the multi-award-winning Cooley distillery in Dundalk.
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3rd Party Tasting Notes
Nose: soft, sweet corn, delicious hints of bourbon:
Taste: Rich, soft oils, melt-in-the-mouth grain and just a hint of barley for good measure
Finish: Crisps up as the oak returns
Taste: Rich, soft oils, melt-in-the-mouth grain and just a hint of barley for good measure
Finish: Crisps up as the oak returns
Cooley Whiskey
Nose: This is a single grain whiskey that walks and talks like a bourbon, with the corn doing a huge amount of work on the nose. Vanilla and fresh rubber mix beautifully with the sweetcorn. There is even the distinct aroma of a freshly sharpened pencil, dipped in caramel. That may not sound all that appetising as a concept, however believe me in this glass it smells like nectar.:
Taste: The pencil, caramel, and vanilla have all been whipped up into a thick smoothie. Full bodied, with the lead, rubber, wood shavings and caramel all balancing out beautifully to create a sumptuously sweet mouthful.
Finish: The corn-oil comes rushing back to prominence, before making way for the vanilla to return. The wooden spice gives a nice balance to final caramel overtures.
Balance: This is really wonderful stuff. In a blind tasting you would be hard pushed not to have this down as a bourbon, however it does seem to have a more restrained palate than its american cousins. This Irish single-grainer has a more humble, yet no less mouth-watering approach than a typical bourbon, however this is also no doubt due to the lower alcohol content (40%) than most of Kentucky's offerings. It does nonetheless make this whiskey highly approachable and effortlessly drinkable.
Rating: 80/100
Taste: The pencil, caramel, and vanilla have all been whipped up into a thick smoothie. Full bodied, with the lead, rubber, wood shavings and caramel all balancing out beautifully to create a sumptuously sweet mouthful.
Finish: The corn-oil comes rushing back to prominence, before making way for the vanilla to return. The wooden spice gives a nice balance to final caramel overtures.
Balance: This is really wonderful stuff. In a blind tasting you would be hard pushed not to have this down as a bourbon, however it does seem to have a more restrained palate than its american cousins. This Irish single-grainer has a more humble, yet no less mouth-watering approach than a typical bourbon, however this is also no doubt due to the lower alcohol content (40%) than most of Kentucky's offerings. It does nonetheless make this whiskey highly approachable and effortlessly drinkable.
Rating: 80/100
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Sweet, appetising and organic nose. Sweet with vanilla, dried banana chips, and coconut oil. Bourbon-y sweetness that gets the mouth wet in anticipation. Organic like fresh corn, green tomatoes, chlorophyll.:
Mmm, buttery and fruity. Toasty. Caramel. Almonds with a twist of watery lemonade. Honeyed finish with a tinge of those organic notes found on the nose.
SUMMARY: Superficial stuff first, I like the bottle design (like the Arran Anniversary shape) and the cork is fat and tight giving a nice loud sssquuueeepft when you open it. This is a light, fresh, and invigorating whisky that is perfect for a summer day. Very bourbon-y without any of the harder tannins but might be a bit sweet and cloying for some people or even for some moods. Could do well in a cocktail in place of bourbon, or even rum. Yet more evidence that great things can come from the world of grain whisk(e)y.
Mmm, buttery and fruity. Toasty. Caramel. Almonds with a twist of watery lemonade. Honeyed finish with a tinge of those organic notes found on the nose.
SUMMARY: Superficial stuff first, I like the bottle design (like the Arran Anniversary shape) and the cork is fat and tight giving a nice loud sssquuueeepft when you open it. This is a light, fresh, and invigorating whisky that is perfect for a summer day. Very bourbon-y without any of the harder tannins but might be a bit sweet and cloying for some people or even for some moods. Could do well in a cocktail in place of bourbon, or even rum. Yet more evidence that great things can come from the world of grain whisk(e)y.
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The Distillery: Cooley Distillery
| Established: 1987 |
| Silent since: False |
| Address: Cooley Distillery, Riverstown, Cooley, Co. Louth, Ireland |
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What makes Cooley"s whiskey distillery distinctive is their use of small copper pot stills with very large necks. These cause the spirits to take 50 percent longer to pass through, and the distillers believe that the result is a more refined product. In addition, many Cooley brand whiskeys are distilled only twice as opposed to the more common Irish method of distilling the spirits three times. This gives Cooley"s products much more flavor than most Irish whiskeys. The whiskeys are matured in the 200 year old granite warehouses of Kilbeggan Distillery located in County Westmeath, some 60 miles away.
Cooley produces malt, grain, and blended whiskeys, as well as producing whiskey"s for other companies to brand, market and sell.
The distillery uses only Irish barley and has its own spring water source coming from the Sliabh na Gloch river high up in the Cooley Mountains.
The distillery produces Kilbeggan and Lockes whiskeys, as well as Connemara single malt, Ireland"s only peated single malt whiskey, Tyrconnell single malt and Greenore, Ireland"s oldest single grain whiskey. Other products include Michael Collins single malt, and a Michael Collins blended version. Cooley is the distillery that produces Origine Irish Whiskey sold in the US at Albertson Supermarkets.
Cooley Distillery is the only independent, Irish-owned whiskey distillery in Ireland, converted in 1987 from an older industrial potato ethanol plant by John Teeling. The Distillery is located on the Cooley Peninsula in County Louth on Ireland"s east coast.
Trivia:
- Cooley"s products have won over 100 awards in the past ten years, including gold medals at all the top spirit competitions.
- Cooley was the first Irish distillery awarded for outstanding contribution to the spirits industry in the International Wine and Spirit Competition.
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