Sherry-Cask-Finished Blended Irish Whiskey

Triple-distilled blended Irish whiskey (typically a marriage of single malt and single pot still components) initially matured in American oak ex-bourbon barrels, then finished for 6-18 months in Oloroso (or PX) sherry casks at ~46% ABV. The sherry finish layers dried fig, raisin, dark chocolate, nuttiness, and tangerine over the underlying triple-distilled creamy malt and pot-still oily-spice base. Distinct from unfinished blended Irish whiskey (no sherry layer), Caribbean rum-cask-finished Iri...