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SKELLIG SIX18 ARTISAN POT STILL GIN, 86.8 proof

Regular price: $39 per bottle

Sale price: $35 per bottle

Skellig Six18 Gin is an artisan, premium, handcrafted Gin distilled in small batches on the Skellig Coast in County Kerry. With a total of ten botanicals, the defining aromatics of Skellig Six18 Gin include locally foraged Yarrow, fresh Douglas Fir needles and Birch sap, delivering a herbaceous Gin with citrus and pink grapefruit notes. The perfect aperitif.

SKELLIG SMALL BATCH IRISH WHISKEY PX SHERRY CASK FINISH, 80 proof

Regular price: $45 per bottle

Sale price: $40 per bottle

Skellig Small Batch Irish Whiskey – a premium blend of Pot Still and Grain Irish Whiskey, finished in Pedro Ximénez Sherry casks after an initial maturation in ex-Bourbon barrels, with casks carefully chosen from those maturing at the Skellig Six18 maturation warehouse – Atlantic Aged.  The presence of Pot Still Whiskey gives this blend depth and balance, with the PX finish adding a rich sweetness to the taste profile.

SKELLIG TRIPLE CASK SINGLE POT STILL IRISH WHISKEY – SIX18 STEP COLLECTION, 86 proof

Regular price: $67 per bottle

Sale price: $60 per bottle

Skellig Triple Cask Single Pot Still Irish Whiskey is a limited release and is the first expression in the Six18 Step Collection. It celebrates the most unique style of traditional Irish Whiskey – Single Pot Still. The use of both malted and unmalted barley in the mash bill combined with triple distillation in copper pot stills gives this whiskey the enduring silkiness for which the Single Pot Still style has become globally renowned. 

This limited release Irish Whiskey is matured in ex-Bourbon barrels before being finished in Pedro Ximénez Sherry casks in homage to the centuries of maritime trade between the Skellig Coast and European ports, which often saw boats passed the Skellig Rocks carrying sherry from the bodegas of Jerez. Some of this whiskey was also briefly finished in a former peated cask to give it a mos (slightest hint) of peat to reflect the geography and aromas of the Skellig Coast, with its hectares of raised Atlantic peatlands. Casks were carefully chosen from those maturing at our Skellig Six18 maturation warehouse – Atlantic Aged.

Cocktails

‘Tween Cork & Limerick

2 oz Skellig Six18 Gin

1 oz Lillet Blanc

½ oz Fino Sherry

2 dashes lemon bitters

Combine ingredients in a shaker with ice. Shake well and strain into up glass

Westerly Wind

2 oz Skellig Six18 Small Batch Irish Whiskey

¾ oz Genepy 

½ oz Tonic syrup

Splash club soda

Combine ingredients (save club soda) in a shaker with ice. Stir well and strain over ice into a rocks glass. Top with club soda