An Fear Grinn Móinteach

I picked this up when I learned about it as it happened to have released shortly before I was checking out the bottler based on a previous purchase (Against the Grain). As always, I’m interested in peat, particularly when it’s otherwise made in the Irish style, in this case triple distilled. Evidently the first release was successful enough to do another (similar) one. It’s called an inaugural release so that suggests it will be somewhat regular.

An Fear Grinn Móinteach, Ireland Single Malt, 46% ABV

Minutia: Triple distilled at the Great Northern Distillery, the peated spirit was matured in 1st-fill bourbon barrels and bottled by the Whiskey Factor in 2021 yielding 1000 bottles. Enjoyed neat in a Tuath glass.

Color: Pale gold; 0.3.

Nose: A sweet smoke, leather, tea. Has an overall green feel to it.

Taste: Peppery, smoke, lemon meringue pie.

Finish: Toasted marshmallow, smoke, coffee.

Pretty good, and a great finish. I hope this is a regular release as I’d like to have it as an option going forward. Also looking forward to other releases in this line. I’ll also note that there was a really nice ambient note from the empty glass an hour or two after finishing it, though nothing the next morning.

Score: 85

Musical Evocation: Wolves in the Throne Room – “A Looming Resonance”