{"id":3189,"date":"2015-08-08T23:39:39","date_gmt":"2015-08-08T22:39:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thewhiskylady.net\/?p=3189"},"modified":"2015-08-08T23:39:39","modified_gmt":"2015-08-08T22:39:39","slug":"great-value-drams-glendalough-7-years","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thewhiskylady.net\/great-value-drams-glendalough-7-years\/","title":{"rendered":"Great Value Drams : Glendalough 7 Years"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"greenspot2\"<\/a>As explained on Glendalough’s official website<\/a>: “The 7 seas bridge 7 continents that some say were made in 7 days. Even the light we see them in splits into 7. It\u2019s the world\u2019s favourite number and some say, a lucky one. But that\u2019s not why we\u2019ve realesed the first of our single malts as a 7 year old. Here at the Glendalough Distillery, we\u2019re not superstitous, we find it brings bad luck.<\/p>\n

As ever it\u2019s all about the man on our bottle, St Kevin. Before he built his \u201cCity of 7 Churches\u201d at Glendalough, Kevin spent 7 savage years in the wilderness. You see the number 7 has always been associated with the seekers, the thinkers and the searchers of truth<\/strong>. St Kevin was all of these and more.<\/p>\n

He lived off the land around the upper lake, completely at one with nature, he was the kind of outdoorsman that\u2019d put some of today\u2019s action-men to shame. Tested through 7 sharp winters and inspired by the blush of 7 summers, it shaped him to be the man we revere. This whiskey was made in the traditional style its character shaped by 7 years.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Have a look on our bottle, you\u2019ll see 7 silver crosses<\/strong>. These will lead you to each of the 7 churches, should you ever be stirred into going to Glendalough.”<\/p>\n

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Glendalough<\/a> 7 Years has been aged in bourbon casks and then cut with Wicklow mountain water to reach 46% ABV.<\/strong> <\/em><\/p>\n

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\"greenspot3\"<\/a>Nose :<\/strong> More than just a hint of citrus, a rather fresh and floral nose with a nice background of ripe orchard fruits (pears, apples) and plums. Also a bit of cinnamon to warm it up a little bit. To put it in a nutshell, the nose seems like a spring stroll amongst the meadows, I could totally picture myself hand in hand with Laura Ingalls scamping in the barley fields… (WOW, I’m going way too far here right ? Sorry for the lame TV references… I’ll try to include Harvey Specter in my next review, probably sexier.)<\/p>\n

Palate:<\/strong> Pot still spices, cloves, pepper, oak and malt are dancing together on the tongue (one of the best dance performances I’ve attended in a long time… Even heard they received a standing ovation from my taste buds<\/del>). I’m now leaving the blooming landscapes for an early winter morning walk in the forest.<\/p>\n

Finish:<\/strong> Elegant and lingering, warm, oak notes. Let’s then finish this dramming ride in a swinging rocking chair, a dusty book in one hand and a purring cat (yeah, definitely got a cat issue<\/a>…) on the knees.<\/p>\n

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BUY GLENDALOUGH WHISKEY HERE !<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

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As explained on Glendalough’s official website: “The 7 seas bridge 7 continents that some say were made in 7 days. Even the light we see them in splits into 7. It\u2019s the world\u2019s favourite number and some say, a lucky one. But that\u2019s not why we\u2019ve realesed the first of our single malts as a 7 year old. Here at the Glendalough Distillery, we\u2019re not …<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":3190,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[175,76,54,26,22,177,21,176],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/thewhiskylady.net\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3189"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/thewhiskylady.net\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/thewhiskylady.net\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thewhiskylady.net\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thewhiskylady.net\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3189"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/thewhiskylady.net\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3189\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3194,"href":"https:\/\/thewhiskylady.net\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3189\/revisions\/3194"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thewhiskylady.net\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/3190"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thewhiskylady.net\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3189"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thewhiskylady.net\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3189"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thewhiskylady.net\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3189"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}