Waterford Sheestown Edition 3.1 Single Malt Irish Whiskey
Waterford · Waterford Distillery
Waterford's terroir-obsessed approach finds clear expression here. The Sheestown farm's particular soil profile — heavy clay over limestone — translates into a whiskey with genuine mineral identity. This is Irish whiskey that asks you to taste the field, not just the barrel.
Nose
Immediate green orchard fruit — crisp pear and green apple — layered with honey and a distinctive earthy quality. Beneath that sits a gentle vanilla and a hint of cut grass that speaks to the barley's origin.
Palate
Medium-bodied with a pronounced malty backbone, giving way to buttery mid-palate notes and a saline minerality. Peach and a whisper of floral rosewater develop as it warms, with gentle woody spice on the back palate.
Finish
Clean and persistent, with lingering honeyed malt and an earthy, almost chalky character.
- Distillation
- Double distilled
- Maturation
- Predominantly first-fill American oak bourbon casks with French oak
- Single Pot Still
- No
- Chill-Filtered
- Non-chill filtered, natural colour
Cocktail Suggestion
Sheestown Sour — 2 oz Waterford Sheestown 3.1 · 0.75 oz fresh lemon juice · 0.5 oz honey syrup · 1 egg white · Dry shake, then shake with ice, strain into a coupe, garnish with a lemon twist.
Food Pairing
Warm soda bread served with cultured Irish butter and a drizzle of wildflower honey — the malty, earthy whiskey finds its natural companion in the bread's wheaty crumb.
Distilled from barley grown exclusively on the Sheestown farm in County Kilkenny, this expression is part of Waterford's radical single-farm-origin project, which tracks every grain from field to bottle to prove that terroir exists in whiskey.
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