The Best Bottles of Irish Whiskey

If you've noticed a lot more Irish whiskey on liquor store shelves or as a key ingredient in cocktails at your favorite bar recently, there's a reason for that—the category has exploded in popularity over the past few years. According to William Lavelle, director of the Irish Whiskey Association, the numbers tell the tale: Global sales tripled from about 60 million bottles in 2010 to 180 million last year, with millennials and Gen Z leading the charge. That's a whole lot of Irish whiskey, a category that has found its pace again after years playing second fiddle to scotch and bourbon. In that spirit, here's a list of 13 of the best Irish whiskey brands you can try now.

View in Browser  SHOP EXCLUSIVE SUBSCRIBE The Hands-Down Best Irish Whiskey to Drink Right Now If you've noticed a lot more Irish whiskey on liquor store shelves or as a key ingredient in cocktails at your favorite bar recently, there's a reason for that—the category has exploded in popularity over the past few years. According to William Lavelle, director of the Irish Whiskey Association, the numbers tell the tale: Global sales tripled from about 60 million bottles in 2010 to 180 million last year, with millennials and Gen Z leading the charge. That's a whole lot of Irish whiskey, a category that has found its pace again after years playing second fiddle to scotch and bourbon. In that spirit, here's a list of 13 of the best Irish whiskey brands you can try now. Read More The 12 Best Toiletry Bags Will Carry All Your Essentials With No Fuss Efficient, durable, and damn good-looking, these picks make traveling a breeze. Read More The 26 True Crime Books Everyone Needs to Read Because the real world is more terrifying and unsettling than fiction. Read More Behind the Scenes of Kal Penn's Big Week at The Daily Show Kal Penn is the 8th guest host following Trevor Noah's The Daily Show departure, one of only a couple to signal a real thirst for the job, and there are murmurings he is firmly in the network's frame. But Comedy Central certainly won't be giving him the job until they see that he can do it, which leaves him in the position of auditioning for it on air across four consecutive nights. "This week is going to be stressful," he told his second guest on Monday night, Grover the Muppet. His first guest that night was a former colleague of his named Joe Biden, now the President of the United States. Read More Don't Hit the Gym Without These 17 Essentials You may think you have it all, but you don't. At least not yet. Read More Songs of Surrender Puts U2's Songwriting Legacy on the Line With their first release in six years, Ireland's Finest reinterpret forty (!) songs from their catalog—a big swing from a group that's never been afraid to take big swings. Read More My Dick Is Too Big There is no greater symbolic measure of a man's masculinity than the size of his penis. If someone is a big shot at work, they're referred to as a "big swinging dick." In recent years, the term "big dick energy" has emerged in the lexicon to describe men with a raw, ineffable charisma. A big dick is something men are taught to want from a young age—in both the porn they watch and the cultural messaging they internalize. But in the real world, having a massive member isn't entirely positive. It comes with its own burdens and discomforts. It turns out there is such a thing as too big when it comes to sex, and people gossiping about your manhood can be demeaning and objectifying. For Black men, having a reputation for having a large penis can carry with it hurtful racial connotations. For our new series on The Secret Lives of Men, Esquire spoke to T, a 19-year-old, Nigerian-British university student, about the weight he carries between his legs and the downside to having what every man thinks he wants. Read More Follow Us Unsubscribe | Privacy Notice/Notice at Collection esquire.com ©2023 Hearst Magazine Media, Inc. All Rights Reserved. Hearst Magazines, 300 West 57th Street, New York, NY 10019