Shortcross the first distillery in Northern Ireland to distil a Peated Single Malt in over 2 generations.
The distiller’s of Shortcross Irish Whiskey & Gin have revealed the latest expression of Shortcross Irish
Whiskey. The new Irish Whiskey was distilled, matured and bottled at Rademon Estate Distillery, which
was founded by husband and wife team David & Fiona Boyd-Armstrong, and where the first new distillery
in Northern Ireland in over 100 year’s to release their own whiskey.
The new expression is the Shortcross 5 year old Peated Single Malt Irish Whiskey, which has just won
Gold in the Peated Whiskey category at the 2024 year Irish Whiskey Awards.. Rademon are the first
distillery in Northern Ireland to produce peated Irish whiskey in over two generations,
Director of Distilling & Blending David Boyd-Armstrong describes the new release “This new
Shortcross Peated Single Malt is the first of a range of new core expressions. This whiskey showcases
how we use our peated single malt whiskey to create layers of flavours and sweet smoke to craft and
excpetion malt whiskey.”
The new Shortcross Peated Single Malt Irish Whiskey has tasting notes of :
The nose opens with desiccated coconut with toffee notes, light smoke lies behind. Overtime fresher notes
of apple blossom appear. On the palate honeyed malt leads, green orchard fruits come through as sweet
peat makes an appearance. The finish is rich and oily as the orchard fruits remain on a long enticing finish.
This new core expression is bottled at 70cl / 46%abv.
Managing Director Fiona Boyd-Armstrong adds “Peated Irish Whiskey is at the core of what we do
here at Rademon, and too see this new expression win Gold with an Irish whiskey that has been
distilled by our own hands at the Irish Whiskey Awards is true testament to effort, skill and patience
of our team to craft this fabulous Irish Whiskey”.
Shortcross Irish Whiskey available in the following markets:
Northern Ireland – JN Wine (jnwine.com)
Republic of Ireland – Celtic Whiskey Shop (celticwhiskeyshop.com)
For more information contact hello@shortcrossgin.com
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