Old Comber Whiskey celebrates 200 years with two Single Pot Still releases

Two new releases will be available from 1pm on Monday 8th December at The Echlinville Distillery and selected whiskey retailers

One of the original Irish whiskey giants, Old Comber Whiskey was founded two centuries ago at The Comber Distilleries in County Down, which were located just ten miles from the brand’s modern-day home at Echlinville.

Comber Distilleries fell silent in 1953 and Old Comber joined the list of Ireland’s ‘lost’ whiskeys. In testament to their pledge to put County Down back on the world whiskey map, Echlinville revived Old Comber after a 70-year absence.

 

Single Estate Whiskey

Speaking about Echlinville and Old Comber’s single estate approach, Jarlath continued:

“From growing the and floor malting it in the traditional way; to mashing and fermenting the grains; to distilling the new-make spirit, and casking, maturing and bottling the whiskey, Old Comber is produced from field-to-glass at our farm distillery.

“This is hugely important in the context of Old Comber’s proud sense of place and provenance, and its historic links with the local farming community.

“Comber Distilleries sourced its barley from local farms and Ards Maltings – one of Ireland’s largest malting houses, which was located just a few miles from Comber and is now owned by The Echlinville Distillery. We are delighted to be able to restore the bond between Old Comber, Ards Maltings and the rich farmland that we call home, reviving a hugely important part of our proud whiskey heritage.”

 

Own a cask of Old Comber Whiskey

Whiskey aficionados can also purchase their very own cask of Old Comber via Echlinville’s private reserve cask collective. Cask owners have a unique opportunity to become part of the Old Comber revival, with their own personal cask of Old Comber spirit, distilled, matured and bottled at Ireland’s first field-to-glass distillery.

The Old Comber Whiskey portfolio is available from The Echlinville Distillery and all good whiskey retailers. For enquiries about Old Comber Whiskey Cask sales, please email info@echlinville.com

 

The Whiskeys

 

Old Comber Seven Year Old Single Pot Still Whiskey – 46% ABV, RRP £57.50

 

 

Official Tasting Notes

Colour
Amber

Nose
Sweet vanilla, fragrant pine, and fresh canary melon gives way to cinnamon poached pears and warm cherry Bakewell tart, toasted almonds, and figs in caramel syrup.

Palate
Rich, comforting and luxuriously creamy. Initial notes of boiled barley sugar sweets, orchard fruit drops and manuka honey give way to pecan pie, red berries, glazed cherries and crystalised stem ginger laced dark chocolate.

Finish
Medium finish, with banana and maple pancakes, clove, nutmeg cocoa, and a hint of menthol giving way to a gorgeous warming white pepper and lingering ginger spice.

 

Old Comber Seven Year Old Single Pot Still Whiskey, 200th Anniversary Celebratory Edition – 50% ABV, RRP £100

 

 

Official Tasting Notes

Colour
Ruby Amber

Nose
Full bodied and waxy. Old school Pure Pot Still oils and spices interlaced with stewed damsons, dried raisins, pine cones, and a rich date and ginger cake laced with vanilla and marzipan icing.

Palate
An air of late summer fresh cut hay, crisp red apples and boiled sweet butter candies gives way to freshly roasted coffee beans and Jamaican molasses and ginger cake, before those dominant old Oloroso Sherry casks show their influence with rich notes of toasted walnuts, mocha, dark chocolate, liquorice and layers of dried stone fruits, cinnamon and clove.

Finish
Complex, long and lingering. Fresh red berry compote, salted caramel, vanilla cream and almond biscotti fade as the weight of the double distilled pot still shine through for a glorious encore of fragrant green tea, fresh ginger syrup and that signature warming white pepper spice.