Redbreast 12-year-old

Overall rating: 85.93/100
votes: 123

Category: Single Pot Still
Distillery: Midleton (1975-)
Bottler: Distillery Bottling
Bottling serie: Cask Strength Edition
Bottled: 2011
Stated Age: 12 years old
Casknumber: Batch B1/11
Strength: 57.7 % Vol.
Size: 700 ml 750 ml
Added on: 07 Oct 2011 12:08 pm

Average value

€ 79,00

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Whisky Reviews for Redbreast 12-year-old

13 users have left a review for this whisky and scored it an average of 85.93 points

Dram Dracula scored this whisky 87 points
13 Dec 2019 6:33 am

The context: opened this about 8 years ago, haven't tried it in probably 4-5 years, still have about 3/5 left in the bottle.

Verdict: This is a quality dram, my friend. Sure, it's not very complex, but it's viscous, with lots of vanilla and buttercream, in a background of shaved coconuts and some sweet white stone fruits. A hint of lychee even. It's not overtly fruity like some of these 20something year old Irish whiskies by any means, but the cask strength and its inherent quality makes this quite enjoyable. The ending is probably its weakest point.

I went from an 84 to 88 points.
whiskyd scored this whisky 90 points
29 Oct 2018 8:14 am
Nose

89 89

Taste

90 90

Finish

90 90
Archer scored this whisky 90 points
09 Jan 2016 7:47 am
- Nose
  
  89 89
- Taste
  
  91 91
- Finish
  
  91 91
Sandman scored this whisky 86 points
03 Jan 2016 11:03 am
My notes from 14-12-2013

Nose

Nut oil, explosion of fruit and little sherry

Taste

Dried fruit, vanilla and orange

Finish

Lang, toffee en sherry
Snerik scored this whisky 85 points
25 Aug 2014 5:10 pm
This is very “Irish” in the sense that there’s a lot of Irish whiskey notes within this whiskey (DUH?) but there’s so much more power behind it. I had mine with water, and from what I can read here in the comment section; maybe I should have avoided that.

Nose

Okay, apples and pears. Nothing new here. But some burnt suger, and vanilla? Hmm, like smelling a crème brûlée, which I find as a good thing. It’s very “Irish”, but it’s on steroids. And milk chocolate.

Taste

Dry, fruity. A lot from the nose just disappears in my opinion? It gets oilier, less direct fruit.

Finish

Long finish, with vanilla, chocolate and a hint of minerals in the back. Banana, apples, but in a dry, not in a “superficial” way. I find it very pleasant. It’s kind of straight forward, but well, in a good way.
ricallende scored this whisky 90 points
21 Jun 2014 1:05 am
Best Irish whiskey I've ever taste so far. Quite smooth for a cask strength.
- Nose
  
  88 88
- Taste
  
  90 90
- Finish
  
  91 91
alectron scored this whisky 84 points
26 May 2013 8:25 am
Nose

quite aggressive alc on the nose, white chocolate & vanilla, apricots, fresh oak staves, wood glue, (weak) dry black tea, (85-87)
W water: fresher/cooling nose feel, but much less flavour, most of the sweet ones seem to be gone, wood & a bit of glue is the only remains, strange. (78)

Taste

nice white chocolate & vanilla, oak spices, a few yellow fruits and some gummy bears (87)
W water: oilier, more dominating wood, but not extreme as the nose & sweet notes remain, even got a bit more complex on the fruit, some red berries now as well (87)

Finish

fairly long, a tad spirit-y, still white chocolate & vanilla, more wood spices now, also a nice pastry note (w caramelized walnuts?) (85)
W water: grain-ier than before, somewhat raisin-y (pine) as well (85)
Suriname scored this whisky 89 points
05 May 2013 10:06 pm
- Nose
  
  89 89
- Taste
  
  89 89
- Finish
  
  89 89
Liquid_Gold scored this whisky 88 points
26 Nov 2012 12:05 pm
- Nose
  
  89 89
- Taste
  
  89 89
- Finish
  
  90 90
Willie JJ scored this whisky 83 points
27 Apr 2012 8:34 pm
I wish I had more of this to play with. Its a lot of fun

Nose

Intense, floral, very clean, fruitier with water, perhaps a little grassy.

Taste

Tightly closed, sweet. Water brings some ashy sherbet. More water lightens it further and gives it more sparkle.

Finish

Short at full strength, but gets longer every time you add a couple of drops of water.

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