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West Cork 10 years Single Malt

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(1)€30Ireland, Single Malt

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Three childhood friends started West Cork in 2003. They began in a back room of one founder's house, working with two small stills. Today the distillery sits in Skibbereen, in the south of Ireland. This single malt spends a decade in first-fill bourbon casks. That long rest gives it soft vanilla, fresh cream and a warm core of barley. Lemon and ripe banana brighten the nose. The finish leans into gentle oak and barley sugar. It is bottled non-chill filtered, so nothing is stripped away. Pour it neat and let the woody depth slowly unfold.

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West Cork

In 2003. Three childhood friends from County Cork in Ireland began making spirit in a room at the back of Denis McCarthy's house in Union Hall. John O'Connell, Denis McCarthy and Ger McCarthy started with two small pot stills bought from a schnapps producer in Switzerland. That humble setup has grown into one of Ireland's larger independent whisky producers, now based in Skibbereen. The site runs sixteen pot stills alongside column stills, and it stays proudly independent rather than part of a big drinks group. The house style leans toward approachable single malt and blended Irish whisky. The origin story is what makes West Cork stand out. Few distilleries this size can say they began in a back room with secondhand schnapps stills. From that scrappy start, the founders built warehouses with room for hundreds of thousands of maturing casks.

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About the West Cork 10 years Single Malt

West Cork 10 years Single Malt is a single malt Irish whisky from County Cork in Ireland. It is made by West Cork, an independent distillery in the town of Skibbereen. This is the distillery's premium single malt, aged a full decade. West Cork was founded in 2003 by three childhood friends. They started in a back room with two small stills bought from a Swiss schnapps maker. By 2014 they had moved to a larger site in Skibbereen. That underdog story still shapes how the whisky is made. This whisky matures in first-fill bourbon casks for at least ten years. The fresh oak gives it a clear woody backbone and plenty of vanilla. You will also find cream, soft barley and a touch of barley sugar. Bright fresh fruit lifts the nose, with lemon and ripe banana. The palate stays rich and rounded, never heavy. Sweet notes of sugar meet a gentle, malty grain character. The finish is long and steady, with oak and a last squeeze of lemon. It is bottled non-chill filtered, so the full flavour stays in the glass. West Cork 10 years Single Malt is best enjoyed neat. Serve it at room temperature in a tulip glass. Give it a minute to open up and the woody, vanilla character grows. The cream and barley sugar make it gentle and easy to like. It works as a relaxed everyday pour rather than a special-occasion bottle. It suits anyone curious about modern Irish single malt whisky from West Cork.