Jack Teeling comments: “Poitín is at the heart of Irish spirits and Irish whiskey in particular. Over the years it has been demonised because it was illegally produced and the end product lacked consistency, quality and credibility.

With the emergence of the interest in non-aged whiskies in the US and desire of mixologists to have strong flavoursome white spirits the opportunity for a legitimate high quality bottling of Poitín is greater than ever. We have produced a quality Poitín product which will allow consumers to enjoy this ancient Irish product with confidence.”

The Teeling Whiskey Company’s first Poitín release consists of a combination of double distilled spirit made from malted barley in traditional copper pot stills and triple distilled spirit made from maize in modern column stills. This enables consumers to taste the new make spirit, that after maturing for three years in oak barrels, makes up many of the leading modern Irish whiskey brands.

Bottled straight from the still with no maturation, it is a surprisingly smooth spirit – even for one that is bottled at 61.5%abv. Poitín like any quality white spirit lends itself to be consumed in a variety of ways, neat, with water, with mixers and as a component of cocktails but due to its alcohol strength it should be enjoyed sensibly and in moderation.