Connemara 1995 Sherry Cask

Connemara Peated

This review is based on 4 months of researching from top to bottom of a (initially) full bottle looking for answers. Always intrigued, always a little baffled. This peated Irish whiskey met me from the beginning with a nose that was peaty yes, but not in a smoky way, but more in a "motor oily" kind of way. Interesting but also a little...

Score 82/100

Connemara Cask Strength

Connemara is one of two Cooley-owned brands of single malt Irish whiskeys (the other being The Tyrconnell). Unlike The Tyrconnell—or most other Irish whiskeys, for that matter—Connemara is peated. This, however, is but the least of the features marking Connemara Cask Strength Peated Single Malt as a special dram. The nose is utterly unique. Up...

Score 92/100

Connemara Peated

This is my first review on this site and I think Connemara Peated Malt is a good uncomplicated whiskey to begin with. I bought this bottle over the weekend (on impulse) and its a bit of a reintroduction to Irish malts, which I've stayed away from for some time, other than Bushmills. For around £25 this its pretty damn good value and it would...

Score 81/100

Connemara Peated

Made at the Cooley Distillery in County Louth, I’m not too sure what this malt has to do with Connemara region which is on the opposite side of the island of Ireland. The Connemara landscape certainly makes a nice picture on the tube and it looks like the kind of place a peaty Irish whiskey might hail from. The nose is shared almost equally...

Score 86/100