Redbreast 27 Year Old Ruby Port Cask Irish Whiskey 70cl

A 27-year-old single malt Irish whiskey from Red Breast, matured in a combination of bourbon and sherry casks, as well as a ruby port cask. Aromas of exotic fruits, red berries, fresh herbs and vanilla fill the nose, alongside toffee and toasted oak. The palate offers notes of ripe plums, summer berries, chilli oil, vanilla and cinnamon.

initially this review was going to be a comparison between just two whiskies…. the Redbreast 27 year old, the newest edition to the core range and the Redbreast Dream Cask 28 year old Ruby Port cask edition (the third of the Dream Cask releases). Why a comparison between these two? Well, the 27 year old has a Ruby Port component in its make up. So many were wondering what was so dreamy about the new Dream Cask release that came literally a few months after the 27 year old was brought to market? Was the Dream Cask just the same liquid with an extra year age statement and a dumpy bottle? Well, we’ll get to that later.

Redbreast 27 Year Old will join Redbreast 12, 15 , 21 Year Old and Lustau, taking its position at the head of the family with its distinguished age statement. Spending 27 years maturing under the watchful eyes of the Midleton Masters, it was Master Blender Billy Leighton and Blender Dave McCabe who set their sights on building further on the celebrated foundation of bourbon and sherry casks so synonymous with Redbreast with the addition of a ruby port cask.