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liquor THE NORTONS Whiskey VAULT

BIRMINGHAM'S HOME OF 
IRISH WHISKEY & POITÍN

52+ Irish Whiskeys • Single Pot Stills • Micil Craft Poitín • Zero Snobbery

Over 52 hand-selected Irish whiskeys and craft poitíns — from Jameson and Bushmills to Redbreast 12, Green Spot, and Micil Distillery Galway. Poured with passion and zero pretension in Digbeth's Irish Quarter.

52+ IRISH WHISKEYS

Birmingham's deepest Irish spirit shelf

SINGLE POT STILLS

Redbreast, Green Spot & historic recipes

MICIL CRAFT POITÍN

Authentic Connemara illicit heritage

ZERO SNOBBERY

Poured neat, on a rock, or in a cocktail

CURATED DIGBETH SELECTION

MICIL DISTILLERY PARTNERSHIP

EST. GALWAY 1848
THE SHELF ARCHIVE

THE FOUR PILLARS OF OUR VAULT

Curated by bar owner Peter Connolly and the Digbeth team. Explore heritage styles, silky blends, independent regional casks, and authentic turf-distilled illicit spirits.

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SINGLE POT STILLS

The quintessential Irish style made from a mash of malted and unmalted barley. Oily, spicy, and robust with deep complexity.

KEY BOTTLES:
  • Redbreast 12 & 15 Year 40% / 46%
  • Green Spot & Yellow Spot 40% / 46%
  • Powers John's Lane Release 46%
  • Blue Spot Cask Strength 58.7%
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TRADITIONAL BLENDS

Smooth, approachable, and masterfully blended. Perfect for easy sipping, over single ice spheres, or charged in classic highballs.

KEY BOTTLES:
  • Jameson Black Barrel Double Char
  • Bushmills Black Bush Sherry Cask
  • Tullamore D.E.W. 12 Special Triple Blend
  • Jameson Crested High Pot Still
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INDEPENDENT CRAFT

Modern distilleries reshaping Irish whiskey with innovative wood finishes, virgin Atlantic oak, and single farm terroir grains.

KEY BOTTLES:
  • Teeling Small Batch Rum Cask Dublin
  • Dingle Single Malt Batch 5 Kerry
  • Waterford Single Farm Origin Ballymorgan
  • West Cork Calvados Cask Atlantic Cut
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AUTHENTIC IRISH POITÍN

Ireland's original spirit, distilled in Connemara for over 170 years by Micil Distillery using wild bogbean botanical recipes.

KEY BOTTLES:
  • Micil Heritage Poitín 46% Connemara
  • Micil Inis Cheirr Peated Galway Turf
  • Micil Spiced Infusion Botanical Pot
  • Micil Irish Cream Liqueur Fresh Dairy
DIGBETH STANDARD

THE PROPER NORTONS IRISH COFFEE

NO CANNED CREAM. NO GIMMICKS. JUST PROPER DIGBETH CRAFT.

Hot freshly-pulled espresso, rich demerara dark sugar, a generous measure of Jameson Irish Whiskey, crowned with freshly floated, lightly whipped double cream. Sits smooth, drinks hot through ice-cold cream.

WHISKEY JAMESON

Triple Distilled

COFFEE ESPRESSO

Fresh dark roast

SWEETNESS MUSCOVADO

Rich demerara melt

FLOAT DOUBLE CREAM

Hand-whipped cold

£8.50 POURED UNTIL LATE EVERY NIGHT
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3-DRAM WHISKEY FLIGHTS & PRIVATE SNUG TASTINGS

Taste your way across Ireland. Custom flights curated by our bar team, or book our private Snug for guided group tastings with live acoustic trad.

THE DISCOVERY FLIGHT £18.00

3 approachable heritage drams

POT STILL MASTERY £26.00

Redbreast 12, Green Spot, Powers

CONNEMARA POITÍN RUN £22.00

3 expressions from Micil Galway

call CALL THE BAR: 0121 250 4241 Walk-ins always welcome for flights at the main counter.

RESERVE A TABLE

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