Hyde No. 1 President's Reserve 10 Year Old Sherry Cask Matured Single Malt
Hyde Irish Whiskey · Sourced and matured by Hibernia Distillers (Hyde), Cork
A quietly confident sherried single malt that lets sustained depth speak for itself — the kind of pour that fills the room without raising its voice.
Nose
Raisined sherry leads — sultanas soaked in dark tea, followed by candied orange peel, toasted almond, and a whisper of old leather. Beneath, warm malt loaf and a curl of beeswax honey.
Palate
Weighty and unhurried on entry: dried fig, walnut skin, dark honeycomb, and cocoa dust. Mid-palate turns spiced — clove, cinnamon bark — while a soft oiliness carries hazelnut praline and burnt orange.
Finish
Long and dry-sweet, with lingering dark chocolate, tobacco leaf, and a resinous oak note that fades into cooled espresso.
- Distillation
- Triple-distilled in copper pot stills
- Maturation
- Matured in first-fill ex-bourbon barrels, then finished in Oloroso sherry butts from Jerez
- Single Pot Still
- No
- Chill-Filtered
- Non-chill filtered
Cocktail Suggestion
The Silent Toast — 2 oz Hyde No. 1 President's Reserve, 0.5 oz Pedro Ximénez sherry, 2 dashes orange bitters, 1 dash Angostura. Stir with ice for 30 seconds, strain into a chilled coupe, express an orange peel and drop it in.
Food Pairing
Aged Coolea cheese with fig jam and toasted walnut bread, or a slice of dark treacle tart with clotted cream.
Founded by the Hyde family in West Cork in 2014 and named for Ireland's first president, Douglas Hyde, the brand builds its identity around long sherry finishes and coastal maturation — a small independent operation trading on patience rather than volume.
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