Nose is fruity with notes of a candy store but there is a harsher acetone/grainy finish in the background. Taste is a fairly typical Irish profile. Not going to get wild with excitement over this one but its quite acceptable and I would select it from time to time as a change of pace. Good value for money

I discovered Kilbeggan (Cill Bheagáin - the church of [St] Bégán) a couple of years ago while on a holiday in the Gaeltacht, and have endeavoured to keep drinking it ever since. I enjoy in particular its smooth finish and flavour..

I've been looking for a great Irish whiskey for a little while now. Tried Tullamore DEW (very good), Bushmills (not bad), Teelings (slightly rough); but Kilbeggan...mmm -great - vanilla bouquet, slight pleasant after taste and very smooth. At this price this is definitely my new favourite:)

One of the finest Irish whiskey! good value for money, you would nt even feel while drinking it, soft and smooth, excellent after dinner with just water!

The nose is slightly fruity with a very slight grainy/vodka note. The fruitiness carries through into the taste - a touch of banana. It is quite smooth with a slightly sweet arrival. Not particularly intense or complex. A nice touch of malt on the finish particularly noticeable when breathing out through your nose. On a par with Jamesons but fruitier whereas Jamesons has more cereal flavours. Overall easy drinking.

...you might want to give this whiskey a whirl. I have to say after reading the glowing reviews on this site I decided I had to try Kilbeggan. I'm slowly gravitating towards Irish whiskey as more of the good stuff makes it out here to Australia. Writer's Tears is probably the best bang for buck Irish you can find ( if you can find it.) But at $70 a bottle I was looking for something a bit cheaper which also captures the profile of the kind of whiskey which had won over the world up until about a century ago. Kilbeggan isn't it. But it certainly isn't bad Irish for that. It's grassy and very grainy. Smooth up front, but quite a lasting afterburn. My own view is that the basic Jameson ( with a very small piece of ice or teaspoon of water ) is actually a better and more complex sipper. However I think those potstill notes would be wasted in an Irish Coffee, which is the one cocktail which I use Irish whisky for. In this context the Kilbeggan is punchier and probably better. Put to that test, the Kilbeggan made for a very good Irish coffee.