Ransom The Emerald 1865 Batch 1

Made from an Irish whiskey recipe from 1865 (“dug up” by David Wondrich) with malt raw barley rye malt and rolled oats distilled in an alembic pot still. Amber with a distinct red/pink cast to it. Very fruity nose—greengage plum mulberry sweet orange—with creamy vanilla. Tastes of sweet cereal with a firm bitter keel; the fruit returns as an echo in the finish. A very craft beer-like whiskey; challenging interesting unexpected. A bit brash but worth investigating.