Prizefight Irish Whiskey American Rye Barrel Finish - John Morrissey VS Yankee Sullivan 70cl / 43%

A bottle of Prizefight Irish whiskey, created by Pugilist Spirits Ltd. This a blend of 10 year old malt and 4 year old grain whiskey distilled in West Cork, finished in rye barrels for 6 months from Tamworth Distilling, New Hampshire, USA.

This bottling inspired by the Irishmen who journeyed to America to earn their name as Prizefighters.

The neck tag reads: Boston Corners, New York October 12, 1853

Yankee Sullivan is forty years old and stands five feet seven inches. John Morrissey is only twenty-two, and a half-foot taller. In front of five thousand spectators, they met knuckle to knuckle in a makeshift ring in Boston Corners, an abandoned brickyard just outside police jurisdiction. Quick and nimble, Sullivan outpunches Morrissey five to one, but Morrissey hits like a freight train. After thirty-seven rounds, Morrissey grabs Sullivan by the neck and lifts him off his feet. As fans swarm the ring, Sullivan swings and knocks Morrissey out cold, but Morrissey is still named the winner, as Sullivan failed to come up to the scratch.

This Prizefight Irish Whiskey sold at our online auction for £30