In the same week that Irish Distillers launched their new Single Pot Still (SPS) whiskeys comes the news from Cooley that they have distilled their first SPS spirit at the Kilbeggan distillery.
This has been the plan for a long time. It's the old Locke's mashbill of 60% malted barley, 35% unmalted barley and 5% oats. Yes, oats! We haven't had oats in Irish whiskey for decades. They were once useful when draining the wort from the mashtun since the heavier oat grains would sink to the bottom and help to filter the sugary liquid. But they must have had an influence on taste too so it's exciting to be able to experience their contribution once again.
3 comments:
Excellent and more exciting news indeed, we can never have too much Single Pot Still and to see an old recipe resurrected would just be icing on the cake so we need to wait and see. IDL actually would love to see a competitor get into the SPS market also.
Will this be doubled or tripled distilled?
Double, definitely double. I have some pics of the whole process which I hope to post very shortly.
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