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The Busker Single Grain Irish Whisky 44.3% 700ml

The Busker Single Grain Irish Whisky 44.3% 700ml
The Busker Single Grain Irish Whisky 44.3% 700ml
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The Busker Single Grain Irish Whisky 44.3% 700ml

SKU: TBSGIRWH10 UCAU
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Aged in bourbon and Marsala casks - soft vanilla, toffee and a silky finish.

Often overlooked, but surprisingly layered for a grain whisky.

Ideal for cocktails or easy sipping - smooth and satisfying with great cask influence.

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The Busker Single Grain Irish Whisky 44.3% 700ml

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Tasting Notes

Grain whiskey doesn’t often take centre stage, but this one has charisma to spare. In the glass, it’s pale gold — clear, fresh, quietly elegant. The nose is instantly inviting: soft vanilla, marshmallow, lemon blossom, warm sugar cookie, and a faint herbal lilt.

 

The palate is light but not empty — think butterscotch candies, toasted coconut, clean grain, and a splash of citrus soda. There’s a purity to it, but also playfulness. A flicker of oak gives it shape, while the bourbon cask influence brings that soft, familiar sweetness.

 

Mid-palate offers more — rice pudding with nutmeg, sweetcorn bread, a little white chocolate. It’s subtle but well-formed. The Busker Single Grain doesn’t pretend to be something it’s not — it simply shows how good grain can be when given the right treatment.

 

The finish is short but clean — vanilla bean, lemon zest, and a gentle whisper of malt. An easy drinker, but not a simple one. A whiskey with a smile and good stories tucked in its pocket.

Distillation & Provenance

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Distillation

The Busker Single Grain is an Irish single grain whiskey produced at Royal Oak Distillery in County Carlow using column still distillation — the method used across Ireland and Scotland to produce lighter, smoother grain whiskeys from a mixture of malted barley and cereal grains. Column stills operate continuously and produce a spirit of high purity and relatively light character compared to pot still whiskey. The expression is matured in a combination of oak cask types including ex-bourbon barrels, producing a creamy, approachable grain whiskey with vanilla, toffee, and light cereal notes. Bottled at 44.3% ABV in the 700mL format as part of the Busker single-style trilogy.

Provenance

The Busker is an Irish whiskey range produced at Royal Oak Distillery in County Carlow, a county in Ireland's Ancient East, on an 18th-century estate. The distillery was established by Illva Saronno — the Italian spirits group best known for Disaronno Amaretto — following a decision in 2014 to expand into Irish whiskey. The distillery was built on the Royal Oak estate and completed in 2015, with the first spirit produced on Easter Sunday, 27th March 2016. Royal Oak Distillery was designed from the outset to produce all three traditional styles of Irish whiskey — single malt, single grain, and single pot still — under one roof. The inaugural Busker range was released in 2020.

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