The best whiskeys have a presence about them, a way of announcing themselves without quite announcing themselves. Carefully crafted, never quite too much and always right on time. Such is the case with the just-launched Powers Irish Rye, a groundbreaking 100 percent Irish rye whiskey hitting the market at precisely the right time.
It’s assuredly among the best Irish whiskeys for St. Patrick’s Day on March 17, with character to rival your favorite American rye. True to form, it was born of the hard-working ambition of an Irish distiller that’s already made quite a name for itself.
Powers went above and beyond, commissioning 163 acres of rye for planting in Wexford, Ireland – the approach brings a new meaning to the term “farm to table” (or rather, farm to glass, or farm to bar cart).
Powers Master Distiller Eric Ryan notes the approach was the first contemporary commission of an Irish rye crop on a commercial scale, an undertaking that started in 2017. For good measure, the farm rests not far from the ancestral home of the Powers family.
Ryan summed up the approach in fitting fashion: “Powers Irish Rye proved a worthy endeavor.”
The approach yielded a “crop…
