Cooley Distillery
Keeper's Heart
54.9%
32 Years
Released in September 2025, Keeper's Heart 32 Year Old Irish Single Malt is the most exclusive release yet from the Minnesota brand, with only a single barrel available. That barrel was selected in 2020 by Keeper’s Heart Master Distiller Brian Nation. Bottled at 54.9% ABV, this rare single malt is priced at $2,499. This is an unpeated malt, but the pot stills used to distill it had previously been used for peated whiskey and "were never fully cleaned," which Nation says adds a "faint whisp of smoke."
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Sweet, complex and lovely nose. Delicate peat mingles with rosemary, pear, caramel, eucalyptus and watermelon candies.
The palate is splendidly balanced — fruity with just a hint of peat smoke. Honey, apple, pear are joined by cocoa, caramel, oak, sage, lemon juice and pink peppercorns.
The finish is long with pie crust, walnuts, honey, white peach, oak char and tannin, a bit of mint and mossy peat.
A beautiful single malt that balances honeyed sweetness, fruity notes, delicate peat and oak. The impact peat has in an unpeated malt is fascinating — and delicious. Delightful.
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Disclosure: The producer provided this sample to review free of charge, and without expectation of review or rating.
