Yellow Spot 12 Year Old Irish Whiskey
Yellow Spot 12 Year Old Irish Whiskey is a 12-year-old single pot still Irish whiskey at 46% ABV (92 proof), matured a full twelve years in three oak types — American bourbon barrels, Spanish sherry butts and Spanish Malaga sweet-wine casks — at Midleton Distillery in County Cork, Ireland, for Mitchell & Son of Dublin. Triple distilled in copper pot stills from malted and unmalted barley and bottled non chill-filtered in a 750mL bottle. The Malaga cask is unique to Yellow Spot within the Spot range — relaunched in 2012 after the brand's 1960s discontinuation. Buy 12-year Irish whiskey online at Del Mesa Liquor, San Diego, CA.
- ABV: 46% (92 proof)
- Size: 750mL
- Age: 12 years old (stated; full 12-year maturation in all three casks)
- Origin: Midleton Distillery, County Cork, Ireland — Mitchell & Son, Dublin
- Production: Single pot still, triple distilled; 12 years in bourbon + sherry + Malaga casks; non chill-filtered
The Twelve-Year Spot
In the Spot color code, yellow means twelve — and those twelve years are spent in full in three cask types, not as a short finish. The Malaga sweet-wine casks are the signature move: Spanish Malaga wine wood lends what Mitchell & Son calls "an exotic sweet note" found in no other Spot whiskey. One of the last whiskies in the historic bonded tradition, from Dublin's oldest wine merchants. Discover the full Spot range or shop 12-year Irish whiskey.
Tasting Notes
The brand publishes no formal tasting notes beyond its claim that the Malaga cask brings an exotic sweet note to the whiskey. In style terms, expect classic single pot still character — creamy spice from the unmalted barley, orchard fruit and honey from the bourbon wood, dried-fruit depth from the sherry butts — rounded by twelve years and that distinctive Malaga sweetness at 92 proof.
How to Enjoy
Neat, always — twelve years of triple-cask maturation deserves an unadulterated pour. A drop of water will coax the Malaga sweetness forward if you want it.
Frequently Asked Questions
What does the yellow in Yellow Spot mean? The Spot color code denotes age: blue is 8 years, green 10, yellow 12, red 15.
What is a Malaga cask? A cask that held Malaga, a Spanish sweet wine — Yellow Spot is the only Spot whiskey matured in them.
Is Yellow Spot chill-filtered? No — it is bottled non chill-filtered at 46% ABV.
Twelve years, three casks, one unmistakable Spot — buy Yellow Spot 12 online from Del Mesa Liquor in San Diego, CA.
