īy 1903, a whiskey known as John Jameson & Sons Castle "JJ Liqueur" Whiskey 12 Year Old was marketed in a bottle of similar shape and markings to those used for subsequent bottlings of Redbreast. These whiskeys were aged at least six years in Gilbey's own sherry casks at its bonded warehouses on Dublin's Harcourt Street. By the 1870s, Gilbey's – described as a "wine importer and distiller" at the time – had more than 300,000 gallons of whiskey from Dublin distilleries in stock under bond and sold whiskey to consumers under its own labels. At the time, it was customary for distilleries to sell distillate to wine merchants or "bonders", who had ample supplies of casks through the importation of fortified wines and would mature the whiskey themselves under bond. By 1861, the company had opened a branch on what is now O'Connell Street in Dublin.
W&A Gilbey was founded in London in 1857. Redbreast 27 Year Old, matured in Ruby Port pipes.Redbreast Lustau Edition, matured for its final year in Bodegas Lustau sherry casks (part of the Iberian Series).Īs of 2023, there are seven expressions generally available: It is the largest selling single pot still Irish whiskey in the world. In the 1980s, the brand was purchased by Irish Distillers, the producer of Jameson. It was originally bottled by Gilbey's, a Dublin spirits merchant using distillate sourced from Jameson's Bow Street Distillery.
Redbreast is a brand of single pot still Irish Whiskey produced by Irish Distillers. 12-year-old, 12-year-old cask strength, 15-year-old, 21-year-old, 27-year-old
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