Tours include three samples of our award-winning Fercullen Irish whiskeys by world renowned Master Distiller & Blender Noel Sweeney. Experience first-hand the sights, sounds, smell and feel of a fully operational distillery including a visit to the on-site maturation warehouse. Starting in the converted old Mill house dating back to 1730 and like a time portal, the visitor emerges from the ancient entrance building into a light, bright contemporary distillery and a modern visitor centre which has been thoughtfully designed to seamlessly blend old with the new. Home to Fercullen Irish Whiskey, the distillery & visitor centre opened to the public in May 2019.Īt Powerscourt Distillery you will enjoy fully immersive guided tours of the whiskey distillery process. A D is one star and a D- one-half of a star.Powerscourt Distillery is a unique Whiskey distillery is located on the Powerscourt Estate. A C- is two stars.ĭ+ to D-: Below average whiskey. A B- is three stars.Ĭ+ to C-: Average whiskey. The best of the mass market whiskeys fit in this category, as do the bulk of the premium brands. Five stars.Ī-: A fine bottle of whiskey, representing the top end of the conventional, premium range.ī and B-: Good and above average. Above five stars.Ī: An outstanding bottle of whiskey, but lacking that special something which makes for a true masterpiece. A+: A masterpiece and one of the ten best whiskeys of its type. Some "premium" whiskeys really are quite terrible, while some mass market products are good enough to pour into a decanter and serve to the Duke of Edinburgh.
The following indicators should be taken as only a guide and not a set of hard and fast rules. The Whiskey Reviewer uses a letter-based rating system, instead of the numerical 100-grade rating system.
In an interview conducted by Royal Commission on whiskey back in 1908, the Powers ethos was best described by James Talbot Power, ‘ At Powers, we are producers of flavors, not of spirits`, and we are proud to continue this Powers legacy in 2023.”īottled at 43.2% ABV, Powers Irish Rye will be released from 20 th February in the US, Ireland, Northern Ireland, Dublin Airport and online at, and via The Whisky Exchange in the UK in the coming months at RRP $32,€40,£32. 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! But it proved a worthy endeavour. Located just a short distance from Edermine House, the ancestral home of the Powers family, the farm guarantees ongoing Irish rye supply for this world first release.Ĭelebrating the launch of Powers Irish Rye, Eric Ryan, Powers Distiller comments, “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. Wexford supply 100% of the rye used in Powers Irish Rye.
With a commitment to sustainable farming, the Cooney Furlong Farm in Co. This has fed very much into the DNA of Powers Irish Rye today, both in the use of rye and in the method of distillation.”Īlthough finding an Irish supplier was a challenge, since commercial rye farming in Ireland had all but disappeared, Powers persevered and commissioned the planting of rye crops exclusively for this Irish whiskey. Carol explains further: “Throughout the history of the famous Powers John’s Lane Distillery there was a willingness to challenge the old ways of doing things and experiment with new ideas, from urban farming on the distillery roof in the 1940s, to bottling in-house and the introduction of the world’s first miniature Irish whiskey, the ‘baby Power’. Old mash bills and recipes reveal that Powers experimented with rye over their history, while as the scientific knowledge of distilling expanded throughout the 19 th century, they continually strove to innovate with new techniques and processes. The launch of Powers Irish Rye is grounded in the heritage of the whiskey brand, as Carol Quinn, Archivist at Irish Distillers, uncovered.
The result is Powers Irish Rye, a complex and flavorful Irish whiskey that is set to shake up the increasingly popular rye whiskey category. Proudly honoring the pioneering spirit of Powers Irish Whiskey, this ground-breaking release uses 100% Irish rye for the first time ever. Powers Irish Whiskey is breaking boundaries, unveiling the world’s first 100% Irish rye whiskey.
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