Hyde No. 8 Heritage Cask 4 YO Irish Whiskey Stout cask finish
Hyde No. 8 Heritage Cask 4 YO Irish Whiskey Stout cask finish, 43 %
I have tasted a few expressions of Hyde Irish Whiskey from Hibernia Distillers previously. Here is a new one, finished in stout casks.
The backstory goes like this:
“Hyde No. 8 Stout Cask finish is a blend of 75 % 4 YO single grain, matured in a 1st fill flame charred bourbon cask and 25 % 4 YO single malt, matured in a toasted Oloroso sherry cask.
This is a collaboration between The Cotton Ball Brewing Company in Mayfield, Cork and Hibernia Distillers (Hyde). The blend is vatted and then transferred into a craft Irish stout infused ex-bourbon oak cask for 5 to 6 months. The stout was previously aged in the cask for 3 months to infuse flavour before laying down the Whiskey.”
You can buy the Hyde No. 8 Heritage Cask 4 YO Irish Whiskey Stout cask finish in Norway at NOK 599 (1260301), and online at around GBP 29.
Nose: Vanilla, shortbread, banana milkshake. In the background I find notes of coffee, rich caramel, cinnamon and toasted oak.
Taste: Medium to slim body. Spicy delivery, followed closely by notes of banana and honey dew melon. Ginger and cinnamon. Toasted oak.
Finish: Medium long finish. Mainly ginger, chocolate, pepper and dry oak now. Slightly bitter.
Comment: The stout cask finish does make a positive impact on the finish.
Score 77/100
Sláinte!
- Thomas
