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Whisky Magazine Issue 101

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Redbreast

Whisky Magazine - Editors Choice - Winner

Redbreast 12 Years Old
Blended - Ireland - 40.00%
9 Delicious, soothing, contemplative. A great whiskey. Makes me want to get on a plane to Dublin immediately.

Redbreast 12 Years Old
Pot Still - Ireland - 40.00%
8 Those oily, cakey aromas still have me hankering for a weekend in Dublin. Tea and cakes at the Shelbourne, then off to the Horseshoe Bar for the first whiskey of the evening.

Whisky Magazine - Editors Choice - Winner

Redbreast 12 Years Old
Pot Still - Ireland - 40.00%
9 This is what real pure pot still whiskey is all about, a glorious contradiction of soft fruit and firm grain, oily seeds and sweet wood. World beating stuff.

Whisky Magazine - Editors Choice - Winner

Redbreast Cask Strength
Pot Still - Republic of Ireland - 57.70%
9 Redbreast is one of the world's great whiskeys. Delicious!

Bring back the flavour
Dave Broom reflects on the changing fortunes of the Irish whiskey market

June 2011, Issue 96, page 10

Celtic tiger
Dublin's Celtic Whiskey Shop is driving an interest in Irish whiskeys but Scotch is benefiting too. Iorweth Griffiths reports

July 2006, Issue 57, page 54

Teeing off
Iorwerth Griffiths finds an escape to whisky heaven in Northern Ireland

June 2011, Issue 96, page 70

All in the mash
Iorwerth Griffiths explores a particularly Irish style

March 2011, Issue 94, page 18

Leading the revolution
Iorweth Griffiths meets the man who helped Irish Whisky in to the limelight.

September 2010, Issue 90, page 22

Out with the rubbish
It is time for Irish whiskey to abolish the blamey and stand on its own three feet, says Jim Murray

May 1999, Issue 3, page 8

Divided Communities
Jefferson Chasedelves into a novel set in Northern Ireland at the height of the Second World War

September 2007, Issue 66, page 47

New Irish Dawn
Much has been made of the Scotch whisky boom,but Irish whiskey is also in rude good health. Dominic Roskrow looks at the new kids on the block.

September 2008, Issue 74, page 46

Coast to coast
Iorwerth Griffiths takes us on a tour of God's distilling country

March 2011, Issue 94, page 26

In conversation with Barry Crockett
Charles Maclean talks to Barry Crockett, Master Distiller at Midleton Distillery

April 2001, Issue 15, page 82

The changing face of Jameson's
Tim Atkin follows Jameson's from Dublin to the palm trees of County Cork and finds a whiskey that lightened up on the way

May 1999, Issue 3, page 32

The heart of the matter
In the latest in the series on whisky terms,Dominic Roskrow looks at the letters H,I and J

July 2007, Issue 65, page 78

Norman's Wisdom
It may be ‘compact, cosy and bijou' , but The Lincoln Whisky Shop is now packed to bursting with unusual and exciting whiskies. Richard Jones reports

March 2006, Issue 54, page 26

Sean's Canadian hub
The Irish Heather is a whisky mecca in downtown Vancouver. Brigid James visited it

July 2005, Issue 49, page 39

The big cheese
Whisky and cheese is one of the best pairings to grace a dinner table, Kate Portman investigates why...

April 2009, Issue 79, page 50

In God's distilling country
Iorwerth Griffiths explores the Ireland Whiskey Trail.

February 2010, Issue 86, page 30

The St Andrews Crusade
John Lamond describes the miracles worked by Lennie Maguire proprietor of the St Andrew's Bar

August 2002, Issue 25, page 48

Smooth operators
The Midleton distillery in Cork is the engine room of Irish Distillers and it's like no other distillery on earth. Dominic Roskrow reports

April 2004, Issue 38, page 32

Toronto tasting
There's plenty of places to hang out in Canada's biggest city, but its whisky bars offer something a bit special. Kathleen Sloan and Ted Mcintosh make merry among the malts.

June 2000, Issue 10, page 58

Celtic resurgence
Is the Emerald Isle worth a visit for whiskey fans? You bet – and particularly in 2007

March 2007, Issue 62, page 38

Stiring times in the Big Easy
Liza Weisstuch reports from this year's Tales of the Cocktails event

December 2010, Issue 92, page 46

As esay as one, two, three?
Peter Mulryan looks at the increasingly rare art of triple distillation

March 2003, Issue 29, page 58

Pushing back the frontiers of spirit in France (La Maison du Whisky)
Martine Nouet takes a closer look at near-legendary La Maison du Whisky, the Paris store that's done so much to change the old-fashioned perception of whisky in France

December 2001, Issue 20, page 54

The Irish question
In part one of a three part series, Dave Broom looks at the changing face of Irish whiskey.

January 2008, Issue 69, page 20

Future Casting
Our experts open their almanacs and explore the challenges facing the industry in 2011

January 2011, Issue 93, page 6

Four sweet seasons
Martine Nouet finds a whisky dessert for each of the seasons: Summer, Autumn, Winter and Spring

September 2003, Issue 33, page

The emerald isle
Once rich in distilleries, Ireland has few left and only one permits visitors. So whisky tourists have to work domainly with museums. Great country to do it though.

February 2008, Issue 70, page 36

The ultimate Christmas indulgence
We thought it would be fun to match some favourite whiskies with cigars, coffee and chocolate for a Christmas treat, so we called on the experts. This is what we got

October 2004, Issue 43, page 32

Bladnoch's bold revival
Gavin Smith retraces the resurrection of Scotland's most southerly distillery, and discovers why it is being directed by an Irishman.

April 2000, Issue 9, page 28

In search of the world's best whiskies
This is the third time we have held the Best of the Best. But as Dominic Roskrow reports, this is the biggest and most ambitious attempt yet to find the world's best whiskies

March 2005, Issue 46, page 18

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