Walsh Whiskey Distillery released its 2017 vintage of The Irishman Cask Strength at the TFWA World Exhibition in Cannes.
The limited release of 3,510 bottles will be available in select global markets and travel retail. Each bottle is numbered and signed by Walsh Whiskey founder Bernard Walsh.
The Irishman Cask Strength 2017 is a vatting of single pot still & single malt, matured in first-fill bourbon casks. Non chill-filtered, it was bottled in August 2017 and is presented in an elegant wood cask.
“We have chosen to release one of our expressions at TFWA for the first time ever,” said Commercial Director John Kelly, who recently joined the company. “This is because travel retail is now one of our priority markets as Walsh Whiskey Distillery gears up for 2019 and beyond when we will have greater supplies of our whiskeys, The Irishman and Writers’ Tears, than ever before.
“2018 will see us stepping up our travel retail activity and extending our travel retail footprint internationally, so TFWA and a super premium whiskey release such as The Irishman Cask Strength 2017 vintage is perfectly timed for us to start getting that message across personally to the travel retail sector.”
