Description

Jameson Distiller’s Safe is a pot still-forward expression from the Whiskey Makers Series — created by Midleton Head Distiller Brian Nation to celebrate the craft of Irish pot still distillation and the distiller’s safe, the device used to monitor and confirm the quality of distillate as it leaves the still, combining barley sugar sweetness with grapefruit, green pepper, and marzipan complexity in a more concentrated and craft-focused expression than Jameson Original.

The Whiskey Makers Series explores how individual craftspeople at Midleton — the distiller, the blender, and the cooper — each leave a distinct mark on the whiskey. The Distiller’s Safe is the distiller’s expression: pot still whiskey is given prominence in the blend, and the flavors that Brian Nation identified as most worth celebrating in Midleton’s pot still distillation — the succulent grapefruit, green pepper, and marzipan complexity alongside the foundational barley sugar sweetness — are brought forward in the expression. A more contemplative Jameson for those who want to understand what pot still whiskey specifically contributes to the broader blended expressions.

Tasting Notes

• Nose: Barley sugar sweetness with succulence of grapefruit and green pepper
• Palate: A touch of marzipan adding depth alongside the bright grapefruit and spicy green pepper — pot still whiskey character at its most expressive
• Finish: Clean and slightly spicy with lingering marzipan and citrus

Specs

• Distillery: Midleton Distillery, Cork, Ireland
• Series: Whiskey Makers Series
• Created by: Brian Nation, Head Distiller
• Style: Pot still-led blended Irish whiskey
• Size: 750ml

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