Irish / Single pot still Irish whiskey

Redbreast 12

Name: Redbreast 12
Brand: Redbreast

Silky weight, fruit and pot-still spice with toasted notes. A fuller-textured Irish reference.

SilkyFruitToasted spice

40%ABV

12Age · years

Ink and watercolor study of an unbranded whisky bottle and tasting glass; not a product depiction — AN ILLUSTRATED SERVING STUDY · NOT THE ACTUAL BOTTLE

01 / IN THE GLASS

A flavor fingerprint.

Neat, at bottled strength. Editorial estimates—not measurements.

Redbreast 12 · reference

Jameson Black Barrel has much less body and less sweetness.

SweetnessKey differenceLittle sweetness → Very sweet

BodyKey differenceLight-bodied → Full-bodied

SmokeLittle smoke → Smoke-led

Fresh fruitLittle fresh fruit → Fruit-led

Dried fruitLittle dried fruit → Dried-fruit-led

FloralLittle blossom → Blossom-led

SpiceGentle spice → Spice-led

OakLittle oak → Oak-led

Malt / cerealKey differenceLittle grain → Grain-led

How PROOF derives and verifies these positions →

02 / SIDE BY SIDE

Compare the character.

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Smoke × Body

Full-bodiedLight-bodied

Little smokeSmoke-led

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Nearby profiles from the full collection.

Jameson Black BarrelJameson Black Barrel has much less body and less sweetness.Tullamore D.E.W. OriginalTullamore D.E.W. Original has much less body and less sweetness.Redbreast LustauRedbreast Lustau has less dried fruit and less floral.Yellow SpotYellow Spot has much less spice and more oak.

03 / THE RECORD

Behind the bottle.

MaturationBourbon and sherry casks

Peat statusunpeated

Mash / grainsMalted and unmalted barley; proportions not disclosed

Sources, confidence & score rationale

Product page retained with market caveat; confirm U.S. ABV before publication.

Facts checked 3 September 2026. “Not verified” does not mean absent. Scores are editorial estimates, not tasting-panel measurements. Rubric: whisky-neat-v1.

[1] Redbreast · 12 Year Old ↗ · producer
Product page retained with market caveat; confirm U.S. ABV before publication.

Sweetness · 65
Provisional consensus-derived calibration anchor. [1]

Body · 75
Provisional consensus-derived calibration anchor. [1]

Smoke · 5
Provisional consensus-derived calibration anchor. [1]

Fresh fruit · 45
Provisional consensus-derived calibration anchor. [1]

Dried fruit · 55
Provisional consensus-derived calibration anchor. [1]

Floral · 20
Provisional consensus-derived calibration anchor. [1]

Spice · 60
Provisional consensus-derived calibration anchor. [1]

Oak · 40
Provisional consensus-derived calibration anchor. [1]

Malt / cereal · 45
Provisional consensus-derived calibration anchor. [1]