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.
