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Orders ship the week it arrives.\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"twl-pills\"\u003e\n\u003cspan class=\"twl-pill\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eOrigin\u003c\/strong\u003e Ireland\u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003cspan class=\"twl-pill\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eDistillery\u003c\/strong\u003e Undisclosed\u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003cspan class=\"twl-pill\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAge\u003c\/strong\u003e No age statement\u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003cspan class=\"twl-pill\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eABV\u003c\/strong\u003e 57.5%\u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003cspan class=\"twl-pill\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eCask\u003c\/strong\u003e Ex-Monymusk Jamaican Rum\u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003cspan class=\"twl-pill\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eOutturn\u003c\/strong\u003e 199 bottles\u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"twl-lead\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBlackadder turned thirty in 2025 and marked it with something the Glasgow bottler had never done: an \u003cstrong\u003eIrish single malt\u003c\/strong\u003e. One cask, reference \u003cstrong\u003eBA DROP 2025-01\u003c\/strong\u003e, previously filled with \u003cstrong\u003eMonymusk Jamaican rum\u003c\/strong\u003e, bottled at \u003cstrong\u003e57.5% cask strength\u003c\/strong\u003e with no added colour and no chill filtration. 199 bottles, green label, shamrocks and all.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe distillery is not named and the whisky carries no age statement, which is how Blackadder likes it when the cask is the story. Monymusk is the Clarendon distillery's heavy, estery pot-still rum, and its casks hand over tropical fruit, molasses and funk. On an unpeated Irish malt that makes for a bright, fruity, high-strength dram with a rum-cask twist. Thirty bottles for the United States.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"twl-brand\"\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eAbout Blackadder\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBlackadder International was founded in 1995 by \u003cstrong\u003eRobin Tucek\u003c\/strong\u003e and remains a family operation, run with his daughter Hannah and son Michael. The house philosophy has never changed: \u003cstrong\u003ethe cask is king\u003c\/strong\u003e. Blackadder selects individual casks on their own merits, bottles at natural strength, and never chill filters or adds colour.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eA Drop of the Irish is the thirtieth anniversary bottling, and the first Irish whiskey to wear the Blackadder label.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"twl-grid\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"twl-card\"\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eThe whiskey\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eIrish single malt\u003c\/strong\u003e: malted barley only, from one distillery, which Blackadder has chosen not to name.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNo age statement\u003c\/strong\u003e, by design. The cask reference, BA DROP 2025-01, is the only number on the label besides the strength and the outturn.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eBottled in \u003cstrong\u003e2025\u003c\/strong\u003e, Blackadder's thirtieth year, at full cask strength.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eProduct of Ireland\u003c\/strong\u003e, bottled by Blackadder International in Glasgow.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"twl-card twl-card--dark\"\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eCask profile, ex-Monymusk rum\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eMonymusk\u003c\/strong\u003e is the heavier of the two rum marques from Clarendon Distillers in Jamaica, made in pot stills and known for high esters: overripe banana, pineapple, molasses, the funk Jamaican rum is famous for.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eA cask that held it gives whisky a tropical, sweet, slightly savoury edge. Irish malt is a light, clean spirit, so the rum wood is doing the talking here, at \u003cstrong\u003e57.5%\u003c\/strong\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eNo added colour, no chill filtration. \u003cstrong\u003e199 bottles\u003c\/strong\u003e, 30 for The Whiskey Lab.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"twl-philosophy\"\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eOn Tasting Notes\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eYou will not find tasting notes here. By design.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe Whiskey Lab publishes every technical detail a curious drinker could ask for: distillery, cask, distillation date, ABV, outturn. Everything that makes the liquid what it is. \u003cstrong\u003eWhat we leave to you is the experience of drinking it.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eTasting notes shape expectation. They tell you what you should find before you find it. Our position is that the spirit in your glass should speak for itself, and what you find there belongs to you. Pour it neat. Add a few drops of water if it asks for it. Take your time. The cask did.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"twl-spec\"\u003e\n\u003ctable\u003e\n\u003cthead\u003e\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003cth\u003eSpecification\u003c\/th\u003e\n\u003cth\u003eDetails\u003c\/th\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\u003c\/thead\u003e\n\u003ctbody\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eBrand\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eBlackadder International\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eRelease\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eA Drop of the Irish, 30th anniversary bottling\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eStyle\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eIrish single malt whiskey, single cask\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eOrigin\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eIreland, distillery undisclosed\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eAge\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eNo age statement\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eABV\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e57.5% (cask strength)\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eVolume\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e700ml\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eCask\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eEx-Monymusk Jamaican rum cask, ref. 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