Pour & Sip March 2026 Box

St. Patrick’s Day is almost upon us, so a duo of single pot still Irish whiskeys is just the ticket! Still room for three intriguing Highlanders though…

The Dalmore 17 Year Old: Officially released 3 March 2026, this new release couldn’t be hotter off the press! It enjoyed a lengthy finish in a combo of Apostoles, Amoroso, and Matusalem Oloroso sherry casks from the distillery’s exclusive century-long partnership with González Byass. Some of these true bodega casks held quality sherry for 30 years! Not all sherry casks are created equal, folks. Before that, it started life in bourbon casks. It’s like the 15 Year Old’s older brother, in silk slippers.

Green Spot 10 Year Old 100 Year Anniversary Limited Edition: This is single pot still Irish whiskey. A quintessentially Irish style made with both malted and unmalted barley. Green Spot was first advertised in The Irish Times back in 1925, with this limited edition marking its 100th anniversary. It’s aged in bourbon and sherry casks like the regular Green Spot, but where that’s aged between 7-10 years and bottled at 40%, this is aged for at least 10 years and bottled at 46%. Nice.

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. 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). Boann’s also reproduced ‘heritage mashbills’ with more of these other grains (but can’t label them single pot still… currently.)

GlenWyvis The Drover: GlenWyvis is unique. With nearly 4,000 members, it’s community-owned and run as a not-for-profit Community Benefit Society. It’s not all been plain sailing (the project has long since fallen out with its originator, with whom they’re locked in legal disputes), but the whisky is certainly shaping up nicely. The Drover is a limited release of 3,000 bottles matured in a wonderfully integrated combo of 37% Sauternes wine barrique, 30% Madeira hogshead, 21% first fill bourbon barrel, and 12% first fill oloroso sherry hogshead.

The Ardmore Legacy: Founded in 1898, Ardmore has unusually continued to produce an old fashioned peated style of Highland whisky right through to today. Ardmore’s underrated single malt has both fans who hunt independent bottlings, and those who’ve found this release in particular a perfect gateway to smoky whiskies. Legacy combines 80% (Highland) peated (12-14 PPM), and 20% unpeated malt, for a so-affordable-why-would-you-ever-not-have-a-bottle(?) lightly peated yet fragrant treat.