![]() It was flavorful in what tasted like a genuine way, and surprisingly didn’t come across as too sweet. So far they’ve donated nearly two million dollars.įlavored, celebrity-brand whiskey… I’m shocked that I really like this at all. For every case of either expression sold, $5 is donated to First Responder organizations. The brand has thus far been extremely successful with the flagship whiskey, and is aiming to do some good as well. The name is a reference to District 12 in Dublin, home of co-founder Colin McGregor – yes, that Colin McGregor (making this a celebrity whiskey). 12 is just as focused on Irish life and tradition. Specifically being touted as “Irish apple” this edition of Proper No. The resulting mix (though of course I had the apple version, so there’s a bit of skewing there) brightens up the malt character and grounds the grain character.Īnd then comes the apple juice. The resulting malt whiskey is then blended with grain whiskey – lighter and sweeter, and can be made from any cereal grain. The malted barley from a single distillery is triple distilled in copper pot stills, then aged in bourbon barrels, true to Irish tradition. 12 is utilizing the single malt here, but that’s not all that’s going into it. Irish whiskey typically makes use of malt whiskey, either malted or unsalted (the latter being more common). The whiskey itself utilizes many of the most traditional elements of Irish whiskey – triple distillation, copper pot stills, barrel aging. 12 Irish Apple is a blend of the original flagship whiskey (reviewed here) and apple juice. Proper No.12, of course, is an Irish whiskey, in comparison to Crown’s being Canadian. So an apple whiskey strikes a different chord with me. The latter had not previously been a drink I ever considered voluntarily drinking, but since that time I’ve often had a bottle in the house, and fellow friends and I will have a pour from time to time in his honor. Several years ago a dear friend unfortunately passed very unexpectedly – and his choice of drink was a Miller High Life and shot of Crown Royal apple. There is one soft spot in my heart for the apple-flavored whiskey. So it could come as a surprise that I actually was glad to receive this bottle.
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