Share to Facebook Share to Twitter Share to Linkedin A taste of the Ozarks, via Ireland. Redbreast Irish Whiskey Covering the world of food, wine and spirits, I get to try a lot of interesting things every year, but recently one new taste really jumped out. It was the Redbreast Missouri Oak Edition whiskey, and it was wonderful, one of the best new whiskies I’ve tried in a long time.
It’s also an offbeat cultural/geographic mash-up, as Redbreast is a respected old-school Irish whiskey producer, which claims to be the most awarded single pot still whiskey producer on earth, with many gold and double gold medal from prestigious competitions. Unlike most Irish whiskies, which are blends, they make high-end single pot still distillations, typically aged in sherry and bourbon casks like some of the finest single malt Scotches. But in this case, in addition to sherry and bourbon, the whiskey gets time in virgin Missouri Oak barrels from the Ozarks.
This is a region of great natural beauty that is known for a lot of things, but high-end whiskey is not one of them. It’s the first spirit other than moonshine and corn whiskey that I’ve seen marketed with an Ozarks connection, so I thought I would try it, and I’m glad I did. The Ozarks region of Missouri is high on natural beauty, but until now had little to do with great .
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getty Since it’s bottled at 101-proof, I recommend a splash of water, but otherwise you don’t need to do anything to this delicious whis.