Macaloney's Kildara Triple Distilled Canadian Potstill Whisky 46%ABV 30ml

Kildara won 'World's Best Pot Still Whisky' at the prestigious 2023 World Whiskies Awards. The Irish might not be amused - made by a Scot in Canada using Irish traditional methods with malted and unmalted barley. 

Kildara, Whiskymaker’s Signature Expression, was married from a select combination of Kentucky Bourbon, Spanish Oloroso, virgin American, and Spanish Pedro Ximénez (PX) casks. The result is a full bodied, triple distilled single potstill, island whisky with pronounced Oloroso and PX notes including dried fruit cake, vanilla crème laced with cinnamon, demerara sugar, and old seasoned leather notes. Abundant tropical fruits include candied orange, dried apricot, figs, ripe blackberries, blackcurrant jam, dried raisins and roasted nuts. The complexity continues with barley, malt and dried hay, butterscotch, milk chocolate, light tobacco and ocean breeze.

Macaloney's Island Distillery based on Vancouver Island was formerly called The Caledonian Distillery by its Scottish founder until the Scotch Whisky Association made him change the name for making it sound too Scottish. Its also home to TWA Dogs Craft Beer. 

Macaloney's has swept the awards this year for Canadian Single Malt Whisky and Single cask categories too. Not many of these can be found especially in Canada - a few stores in Germany have the worlds last stock - might be an idea to buy it and take it back to Canada.