{"id":18,"date":"2020-04-14T20:27:16","date_gmt":"2020-04-14T19:27:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thewhiskeycompanion.com\/blog\/?p=18"},"modified":"2026-10-26T20:18:44","modified_gmt":"2026-10-26T20:18:44","slug":"blue-spot-label-approved","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thewhiskeycompanion.com\/blog\/index.php\/blue-spot-label-approved\/","title":{"rendered":"Blue Spot Label Approved"},"content":{"rendered":"<span class=\"span-reading-time rt-reading-time\" style=\"display: block;\"><span class=\"rt-label rt-prefix\"><\/span> <span class=\"rt-time\"> 2<\/span> <span class=\"rt-label rt-postfix\">min read<\/span><\/span><p><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"float: center;padding:10px\" src=\"https:\/\/thewhiskeycompanion.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/bluespot1.jpg\" width=\"600\" \/> <\/p>\n<h2>Key Details<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Whiskey Name:<\/strong> Blue Spot<\/li>\n<li><strong>Distillery:<\/strong> Midleton Distillery<\/li>\n<li><strong>ABV:<\/strong> 59.2%<\/li>\n<li><strong>Age:<\/strong> 7 yr old<\/li>\n<li><strong>Type:<\/strong> Single Pot Still<\/li>\n<li><strong>Price:<\/strong> \u20acXXX<\/li>\n<li><strong>Release Date:<\/strong> Fall\/Christmas Time<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Well what an exciting weekend. Pernod Ricard have just been given TTB approval for the elusive Blue Spot.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"float: center;padding:10px\" src=\"https:\/\/thewhiskeycompanion.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/bluespot2.jpg\" width=\"600\" \/> <\/p>\n<p>According to Mitchell &amp; Son, it had a small spell of being sold back in the day, so there may be some unicorn Blue Spots out there, but I&#8217;ve never seen one crop up online.<\/p>\n<p>This is being bottled as a 7yr old, Cask Strength Single Pot Still Irish whiskey.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"float: center;padding:10px\" src=\"https:\/\/thewhiskeycompanion.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/bluespot3.jpg\" width=\"600\" \/> <\/p>\n<p>Tasting notes provided on the label:<\/p>\n<p>Nose: a light mix of pineapple, kiwi, green banana and lime zest followed by Pot Still spices, baked apple, hazelnut and toasted wood.<\/p>\n<p>Taste: a smooth mouthfeel with a subtle mix of fruit, a hint of clove oil and cracked black pepper corns. Sweet spices, vanilla and cinnamon add to the wood&#8217;s nutty contribution.<\/p>\n<p>Finish: a lasting and distinctly palatable balance of exotic fruits and spices.<\/p>\n<p>Definitely a bottle I&#8217;ll be picking up later in the year when it&#8217;s released!<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"float: center;padding:10px\" src=\"https:\/\/thewhiskeycompanion.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/bluespot4.jpg\" width=\"600\" \/> <\/p>\n<p>You can find me on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/thewhiskeycompanion\/\">Instagram<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Carl_TWC\">Twitter<\/a> I\u2019d be glad to chat whiskey and if you want to be featured just drop me a line!<\/p>\n<p><script type=\"text\/javascript\" src=\"\/\/downloads.mailchimp.com\/js\/signup-forms\/popup\/unique-methods\/embed.js\" data-dojo-config=\"usePlainJson: true, isDebug: false\"><\/script><br \/>\n<script type=\"text\/javascript\">window.dojoRequire([\"mojo\/signup-forms\/Loader\"], function(L) { L.start({\"baseUrl\":\"mc.us4.list-manage.com\",\"uuid\":\"5bf91f21b853f4d6d6dfee435\",\"lid\":\"683084256a\",\"uniqueMethods\":true}) })<\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Pernod Ricard has TTB approval for Blue Spot, a 7 year old cask strength single pot still, and a label that may finally put the elusive bottle on shelves.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":206,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_kad_post_transparent":"","_kad_post_title":"","_kad_post_layout":"","_kad_post_sidebar_id":"","_kad_post_content_style":"","_kad_post_vertical_padding":"","_kad_post_feature":"","_kad_post_feature_position":"","_kad_post_header":false,"_kad_post_footer":false,"_kad_post_classname":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[5,4],"class_list":["post-18","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","tag-spot-whiskey","tag-whiskey-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/thewhiskeycompanion.com\/blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/thewhiskeycompanion.com\/blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/thewhiskeycompanion.com\/blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thewhiskeycompanion.com\/blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thewhiskeycompanion.com\/blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=18"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/thewhiskeycompanion.com\/blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":154,"href":"https:\/\/thewhiskeycompanion.com\/blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18\/revisions\/154"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thewhiskeycompanion.com\/blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/206"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thewhiskeycompanion.com\/blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=18"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thewhiskeycompanion.com\/blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=18"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thewhiskeycompanion.com\/blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=18"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}