Waterford Ballykilcavan Edition 3.1 Single Malt Irish Whiskey
Waterford · Waterford Distillery
Waterford's obsessive focus on single-farm barley provenance makes each edition a terroir experiment. The Ballykilcavan 3.1 draws from a 14th-generation farm in County Laois, and the result is whiskey that tastes genuinely of a specific place. It challenges the idea that terroir belongs only to wine.
Kit Aromas
Nose
Fresh-cut barley and green apple lead, with a floral honeyed quality reminiscent of wildflower meadows. Light touches of vanilla and a gentle earthy minerality ground the experience.
Palate
Creamy malt with orchard fruit and a pronounced terroir-driven mineral quality. Green grass, honey, and peach flesh make up the mid-palate, with gentle vanilla from the oak. There's a lively tension between sweetness and earthiness that keeps you engaged.
Finish
Medium length with lingering barley sweetness, a clean cereal note, and a mineral tang on the very end.
- Distillation
- Double distilled in copper pot stills
- Maturation
- Predominantly first-fill American oak bourbon casks with a portion of French oak
- Single Pot Still
- No
- Chill-Filtered
- Non-chill filtered, no artificial coloring
Food Pairing
The tangy creaminess of Irish goat cheese bridges the whiskey's malt and mineral character, while wildflower honey amplifies the floral notes. Serve on sourdough toast with fresh thyme.
Distilled at the former Guinness brewery in Waterford using barley from the Ballykilcavan estate in County Laois, where the Walsh family has farmed the same land since the 1600s.
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