Shawn Writers’ Tears is a unique vatting of single malt and single pot still whiskeys. Distilled from 60% pot still and 40% malt (no grain). Writers’ Tears is triple distilled, non-peated and matured and aged in American Oak bourbon casks. A Gold Medal winner at the International Spirits Challenge in London and one of the highest rated Irish Whiskeys in Jim Murray’s iconic Whiskey Bible.
Nose: flashes of apple with hints of vanilla and honey over a distinctively pot still base.
Palate: gently spiced with a burst of ginger and butterscotch with background notes of toasted oak.
Finish: long elegant finish with subtle notes of milk chocolate and almonds.
Retail Value: $55.00