What's the Difference? - Glendalough Double Barrel vs Pot Still Irish Whiskey

Glendalough Double Barrel Irish Whiskey

This expression is a Single Grain Whiskey, produced at one single distillery, distilled from a mash bill of organic corn and malted barley and double matured in first-fill Ex-Bourbon barrels for 3 years, then cask finished in first-fill Oloroso Sherry casks for 9 months, non-chilled filtered, and bottled at 84 proof (42 % ABV).

Glendalough Pot Still Irish Whiskey

This expression is triple distilled from a 2:1 mash bill of unmalted and malted Irish barley, double matured for 3 years in ex-Bourbon barrels, and then cask finished up to one year in virgin indigenous Irish oak casks (Dar Ghalda), non-chill filtered, and bottled at 86 proof (43 % ABV).

Glendalough - The Brand

Glendalough, pronounced "Glen-Da-Lock," translates to "Valley of Two Lakes." The Irish Saint, St. Kevin of Glendalough, is featured on the brand's label. St. Kevin built a monastery in the 6th century in the Glendalough Valley that stands intact to this date. Around this same period, Irish monks were credited with some of the first distillation of alcohol. The Glendalough Distillery was set up by five friends from Wicklow and Dublin to revive the heritage of craft distilling in Ireland. The distillery is located on the east coast of Ireland in Wicklow, about an hour drive south from Dublin.



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