Top 5 to try: Irish whiskey

Drink of the Week: Roe & Co Blended Irish Whiskey

Irish whiskey has been making huge strides over the past decade. This boom isn’t only bringing a rising tide of whiskey to the world—it’s giving distillers and blenders a fresh opportunity to flex their creative muscles, as Imbibe editor Paul Clarke notes in our March/April 2025 issue, which dives deep into the category of Irish whiskey. In the spectrum of Irish whiskey styles, blends can be the widest and most accessible entry point to the cate…

Top 5 to try: Irish whiskey

You know your Jameson, your Bushmills and your Tullamore D.E.W. and you've explored Redbreast, Teeling and the Spots Green, Yellow, Blue and Red. Where to go next?

The 15 Best Irish Whiskeys for 2025

Irish whiskey exports enjoyed a bounce-back in 2024, climbing 13 percent to more than $1.1 billion (€1 billion) in value, according to the Irish Whiskey Association. That recovery followed a rocky 2023, when sales dipped 14 percent, but the category is back on the up thanks to key new markets like India and Australia. Still, not everyone is raising a glass. Irish Distillers, the Pernod-Ricard-owned producer behind Jameson and Redbreast, has hit …