A young whisky enthusiast who set out as a soldier of fortune and returned home as a successful gold digger acquired the brand “Gelston's Old Irish Whiskey” in 1869. Since then, it has been linked to the Neill family, which currently in the fifth generation of the whiskey business To achieve this, the family business works together with leading distilleries on the Emerald Isle. The result: a diverse whiskey range .
The latest member of the series is a single pot still Irish Whiskey. Neither blend nor single malt, distillates of this unique Irish category in a single distillery from a mixture of malted and unmalted barley and are distilled together in a traditional copper still. The characterful Samuel Gelston's Single Pot Still Irish Whiskey consists of 50 percent malted and 50 percent unmalted barley and is – classic Irish – triple distilled. The maturation in ex-bourbon casks and its 40% vol. make it a An accessible dram with fresh citrus notes on the nose , the soft sweetness of candied nuts and cereals, as well as notes of cocoa beans on the palate and orange chocolate with sweet breakfast porridge in the aftertaste.