{"id":3093,"date":"2026-02-03T11:47:26","date_gmt":"2026-02-03T10:47:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.thedutchwhiskyassociation.nl\/?p=3093"},"modified":"2026-02-03T11:47:37","modified_gmt":"2026-02-03T10:47:37","slug":"black-alpha-the-dara","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thedutchwhiskyassociation.nl\/index.php\/2026\/02\/03\/black-alpha-the-dara\/","title":{"rendered":"Black Alpha The Dara"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>persbericht<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>door Jan Smits<\/em><br><br>Black Alpha Irish Whiskey \u2013 The Dara 16 Year Old Single Grain Irish whiskey, cask strength 53% ABV.<br>Gerijpt op ex-bourbon en daarna twee jaar gefinisht op Oloroso sherry hogsheads. Slechts 60 flessen.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-media-text is-stacked-on-mobile\"><figure class=\"wp-block-media-text__media\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thedutchwhiskyassociation.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/04-768x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3094 size-full\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedutchwhiskyassociation.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/04-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.thedutchwhiskyassociation.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/04-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/www.thedutchwhiskyassociation.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/04-1152x1536.jpg 1152w, https:\/\/www.thedutchwhiskyassociation.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/04-600x800.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.thedutchwhiskyassociation.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/04.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><\/figure><div class=\"wp-block-media-text__content\">\n<p>Black Alpha is veteran-owned, gebouwd op broederschap, en gemaakt als eerbetoon aan kracht, veerkracht en opoffering. Elke fles heeft een doel, en elke dram ondersteunt militaire en veteranen-initiatieven. Geen grote woorden, wel stille standaarden. Integriteit. Respect. En waarden die mensen bij elkaar brengen. En ja, zelfs de naam draagt gewicht. Dara, ook geschreven als Darragh, Daragh of D\u00e1ire, komt uit het Oud-Iers doire en betekent eik of eikenbos. In de Keltische cultuur staat de eik voor kracht en wijsheid, en voor die onzichtbare brug tussen voorouders en het nu. In de Ierse mythologie duikt D\u00e1ire Mac Fiachna op in de T\u00e1in B\u00f3 C\u00faailnge, waar een geweigerde deal rond een kostbare stier uitmondt in conflict. Principes hebben soms gevolgen. De eik blijft staan. <\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Whiskey review en tasting notes<\/strong><br><br><strong>Neus<\/strong>:<br>Cr\u00e8me br\u00fbl\u00e9e, vanille en sticky toffee, met kokos, witte chocolade en honingkoekjes. Oloroso brengt rozijnen, vijgen, walnoot, sinaasappelmarmelade, geroosterd hout en cacao.<br><br><strong>Smaak<\/strong>:<br>Ondanks 53% zijdezacht. Vanillecustard, karamelsaus, butterscotch en zoete grain, daarna rozijnenbrood, pruimenjam, geroosterde noten en melkchocolade, met witte peper en zachte toast-eik.<br><br><strong>Finish<\/strong>:<br>Medium-lang en warm omhullend. Eerst karamel en vanille, dan gedroogd fruit, notige eik, cacao en een laatste tikje sinaasappelschil.<br><br>Laat de wereld saai worden op de beste manier: meer vrede, minder headlines.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thedutchwhiskyassociation.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/449464369_3549834138641741_6932948904609263452_n-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1600\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedutchwhiskyassociation.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/449464369_3549834138641741_6932948904609263452_n-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.thedutchwhiskyassociation.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/449464369_3549834138641741_6932948904609263452_n-600x450.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.thedutchwhiskyassociation.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/449464369_3549834138641741_6932948904609263452_n-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.thedutchwhiskyassociation.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/449464369_3549834138641741_6932948904609263452_n-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.thedutchwhiskyassociation.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/449464369_3549834138641741_6932948904609263452_n.jpg 1440w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>persbericht door Jan Smits Black Alpha Irish Whiskey \u2013 The Dara 16 Year Old Single Grain Irish whiskey, cask strength 53% ABV.Gerijpt op ex-bourbon en daarna twee jaar gefinisht op&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":3096,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[48,46],"tags":[341,151,47],"class_list":["post-3093","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-persbericht","category-tdwa-nieuws","tag-black-alpha","tag-jan-smits","tag-tdwa-nieuws"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/www.thedutchwhiskyassociation.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/02.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thedutchwhiskyassociation.nl\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3093","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thedutchwhiskyassociation.nl\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thedutchwhiskyassociation.nl\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thedutchwhiskyassociation.nl\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thedutchwhiskyassociation.nl\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3093"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.thedutchwhiskyassociation.nl\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3093\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3098,"href":"https:\/\/www.thedutchwhiskyassociation.nl\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3093\/revisions\/3098"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thedutchwhiskyassociation.nl\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/3096"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thedutchwhiskyassociation.nl\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3093"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thedutchwhiskyassociation.nl\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3093"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thedutchwhiskyassociation.nl\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3093"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}