Summer is here and micro-bottler Beacon Spirits presented a new Irish Single Malt XO . No distillery and no age.

Irish Single Malt XO (51,8%, Beacon Spirits 2016, 77 btl.)

Nose: light, sweet and fruity. marshmallow, pear eau-de-vie and banana candy. Something of tinned pineapple. More grassy notes than in the older undisclosed Irish bottlings, as well as a slight hint of nail polish remover. Mouth: round and fruity again. Slightly more tropical: bananas, melons, mango sherbet. Grapefruit syrup. Similar minty / grassy notes too, with green spices and something of latte. Not as wide as the vintage...