Boann Single Pot Still Irish Whiskey Madeira Cask

For a new wave Irish distillery, Boann was top of our list: independent, family owned, innovative, award-winning, using local Irish grains and has a sustainability focus. Founded in 2019, they won World’s Best New Make in 2021 (World Whiskies Awards) and released their first whiskeys in late 2024. This one’s finished in a selection of sweet to dry Madeira casks from renowned producer Justino’s. Single pot still is a uniquely Irish style made with a minimum 30% malted barley and a minimum 30% unmalted barley, plus an optional up-to-5%-total other cereals (both oats and rye used here).

There’s more to the story, however, with work done by historian Fionnán O’Connor and others to show far more than 5% of these other cereals were historically used. Boann’s even reproduced these ‘heritage mashbills’ (but can’t label them single pot still… currently.)