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Product Description

Meet the Busker. Its roots run deep at Royal Oak Distillery. The home of Irish whiskey culture. Where all types of traditionally whiskeys (grain, malt and pot) are made under one roof. Enjoy our outstanding single malt matured in two different woods to bring you a complexity that is waiting to be experienced. Notes of fruit meet floral elderflower as the taste opens with intense richness, landing to a sweet chocolate note.

Product Specs

Alcohol by Volume44.3%
Country of OriginIreland
UPC050037596090

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Awards & Scores

Critic reviews and blind-tasting competition results for this bottle.

What critics and judges wrote

Wine Enthusiast · Kara Newman · March 2023
Look for an orange-gold hue and bold baked-apple notes on the nose and palate, accompanied by orange peel and honey-drizzled walnuts. Adding water lightens the texture, with mild cocoa, smoke and cinnamon tingling on the exhale.
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Whisky Advocate · Jonny McCormick · 2020
This is the best of the range: It carries more weight and shows greater depth than Royal Oak Distillery's other Buskers. An enticing nose of fresh conference pear, apple peels, baking spice, nutmeg, and a hint of smoked orange peel.
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Distiller · Jacob Grier
The Busker Single Malt is a warm, nutty whiskey, coming through with notes of almond, orange marmalade, and oak. The finish is gently sweet with hints of honey and pear. This bottling is quite enjoyable for a easy-drinking single malt …
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Beverage Testing Institute · Gold · July 2022
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World Whiskies Awards judges · Silver · 2021
On the nose there is a bready hint of blossom and malt. Moving on to the palate there is toasted orange and bitter peel, leading in to a long and spicy finish.
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Competition medals

Tokyo Whisky & Spirits Competition
International Spirits Challenge

7 medals from 3 competitions, 2021 to 2024.

Tasting Notes

Flavor profile

How strongly each flavor family shows up across 6 notes from 5 publications, weighted by source.

  • Herbal & greena bready hint of blossom, floral elderflowerA hint
  • Fruitybold baked-apple notes, orange peel, fresh conference pear, apple peels, appleClear
  • Sweethoney-drizzled, toffee, vanilla essence, caramel, gently sweet with hints of honeyLight
  • Oak & maltwalnuts, warm, nutty whiskey, almond, oakClear
  • Smokemild cocoa, smoke, a hint of smoked orange peelA hint
  • Spicemild cinnamon tingling, baking spice, nutmeg, active spices, long and spicy finishLight

Flavor map

The Busker Single Malt against other Irish whiskeys we carry. Closer dots taste more alike.

← More delicateRicher →Less smokySmokier →The Busker Single MaltPowers John LaneRelease 12 Year OldPowers Gold Label HandCrafted Triple DistilledBushmills 10 Year

Closest Irish whiskeys at a similar price: Powers John Lane Release 12 Year Old ($74.99), Powers Gold Label Hand Crafted Triple Distilled ($36.98), and Bushmills 10 Year ($44.97).

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Each whisky's place on the map, from 0 to 10.

WhiskyRichSmokyPrice
The Busker Single Malt (this bottle)6.12.0$59.98
Bushmills 'Black Bush'6.21.7$29.97
Bushmills 16 Year Old6.12.4$179.98
Bushmills 21 Year Old5.42.2$299.97
Powers John Lane Release 12 Year Old5.91.3$74.99
Teeling Whiskey Single Grain5.21.9$29.97
Redbreast 15 Year Old5.51.2$159.98
Powers Gold Label Hand Crafted Triple Distilled5.21.5$36.98
Bushmills 10 Year5.11.6$44.97
Jameson Select Reserve Black Barrel5.21.4$29.97
Powers 'Three Swallow Release'7.01.2$64.98
Limavady Single Barrel4.82.1$59.96
Redbreast 18 Year Old6.00.6$249.97
Jameson Triple Distilled4.71.1$19.97
The Whistler Oloroso Sherry Cask Finish6.10.2$39.98
Glendalough5.40.2$54.97
Teeling Whiskey Single Pot Still4.22.5$64.97
McConnell's 5 Year Old4.43.0$34.98
Method & Madness Single Pot Still6.10.0$69.98
The Dunbrody Madeira Wine Cask Finish6.00.0$69.98
Knappogue Castle 21 years Old5.90.0$229.98
Mitchell & Son Green Spot Chateau Montelena Zinfandel Wine Cask Finish5.80.0$89.98
Midleton Very Rare 'Barry Crockett Legacy'5.70.0$399.97
Mitchell & Son Green Spot5.70.0$59.97
Jameson 18 Year Old Limited Reserve6.60.0$199.97
The Busker Single Pot Still4.80.4$99.98

Flavor scores are our estimates. A flavor scores higher when more critics mention it and when they describe it more strongly, so no single review sets the result. They are not a rating from any publication.

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