The Ennis Whiskey Club have organised a series of Irish Brand Ambassador tastings around Ennis again for 2024. Our October event was the Hinch Whiskey range presented by Terry McCartan.
While Hinch's own distillate is quietly maturing, they have quite a broad range of sourced whiskeys on the market, all of which are 80/20 blends. Terry brought 6 whiskey products and delighted us with one cask sample at the end. We started with the Small Batch ex-bourbon cask. This same liquid was finished in virgin oak for their 5 year old Double Oak. Our third whiskey was their lightly Peated Blend. That completed the core range, before we moved on to their Connoisseur Collection Madeira finished 5 year old. Next was their Craft & Cask Imperial Stout finish, rounded off by the 15 year old Oloroso Sherry Cask Finish, Batch 1. The cask sample was a sneek peak at their own distillate, a peated malt ex-bourbon cask sample, which they hope to release next year.
