Writers’ Tears Double Oak

Classification: Irish Whiskey
Distillery: Walsh Whiskey Distillery
Mashbill: Undisclosed but both malted & unmalted barley triple distilled
Age: NAS – Matured in American Bourbon and French Oak Cognac Barrels
Proof: 92

Writers’ Tears Double Oak – When Two Trees Fall in Love

If whiskey could wear a tuxedo and still cuss like a sailor, this would be it.

Writers’ Tears Double Oak is a collaboration between the Walsh family of Carlow and the Legaret clan of Cognac — a pairing more unexpected than a priest at a poker night, but by Jaysus, it works.

This dram’s the result of two woods and two whiskey styles – Single Pot Still and Single Malt, aged separately in American bourbon barrels and fancy French cognac casks. It’s like your cousin who went on a gap year to Paris and came back wearing a scarf and saying “merlot” with confidence.

Triple-distilled and non-chill filtered — which is whiskey-speak for we left the good stuff in — and bottled at 46% ABV, because subtlety is for shandies.

Nose: Sweet vanilla, cinnamon, plum, and poached pear — basically smells like your granny’s kitchen if she moonlighted as a pastry chef in Versailles.

Taste: Citrus zest, chocolate, and spice — think Terry’s Chocolate Orange, but it went to finishing school and now judges your cheese selection.

Finish: Decadent and elegant. One to savour. Or as we say, don’t be knockin’ it back like a lad who just lost his bus fare — give it a moment to whisper sweet nothings to your tastebuds.

So here’s to Writers’ Tears Double Oak:
Because sometimes the pen is mighty, but the dram is mightier — especially when it’s been aged in two kinds of posh wood and still manages to speak fluent sarcasm.