Paddys Old Irish Whiskey 70cl

A triple distilled blended Irish Whiskey produced in Cork and made, unusually, with all three styles of Paddy’s Old Irish Whiskey: single pot still, single malt and grain. First produced in 1779, it wasn’t until 1913 that it changed it’s name to Paddy after legendary salesman Paddy Flaherty. Before that it had the rather catchy name of “Cork Distilling Company Map of Ireland Old Irish Whiskey”. Rolls right off the tongue that one.

A well-known blend, reputedly named after a gregarious travelling sales rep for the distillery who made sure that everyone who crossed his path tried a glass.

The Paddy’s Old Irish Whiskey of Cork, originally produced by the Cork Distillers Company, established in 1779. Now owned and made by Irish Distillers but still produced at Midleton. Paddy is a blend of continuously distilled grain whiskey and triple pot distilled six year old pot still whiskey. Named after Paddy O’Flaherty, a salesman for Cork Distilleries in the 1920’s who’d ride into town on his bike and visit pubs where he would buy himself and everyone else at the bar a shot of his company’s whiskey.

This put pressure on the landlord to ensure they had stock the whiskey for when Paddy visited. When re-ordering the company’s whiskey landlord’s started to ask for “a dozen more of Paddy Flaherty’s whiskey”. Cork Distillers started to put Paddy Flaherty at the bottom of the label and eventually labelled the whiskey simply as Paddy. The label is also easily recognised by the multi-coloured map of Ireland on the label.

Nose:

The nose is oily and fresh with floral notes, cereal grains and plenty of fruit.

Palate:

The palate is sweet and of medium-body with toffee and cereals, a rosewater note with a little butterscotch and vanilla.

Finish:

The finish is spicy and dry with a little black pepper and oak.