Irish whiskey

suomi

I'm planning on buying a bottle of Irish whiskey to someone as a gift, preferably around €30-40. However I don't know anything about whiskeys, so any recommendations? I think he's tried Tyrconnell, Connemara Whiskey and Tullamore Dew. It would definitely have to be Irish and something that can be found easily enough in off-licences. Thanks.

ntlbell

Redbreast 12yr old is 40e ish. should be able to pick it up in most off licenes.

The nicest by a long shot in your budget range imo

greenspot is about 45e and is also a beautiful whiskey depending where you live can be awkward to find _sometimes_

both are pot still.

Morf

Just bought my uncle a Powers John's Lane, €55 and quite widely available but comes very highly recommended.

shy-tall-knight

From the examples you've given your friend seems to have an appreciation for various types of Irish whiskey varying from one of the scale like Connamara to a traditional blended whiskey like Tullamore Dew. That really gives you loads of options, redbreast is certainly one I would consider. Michael Collins single malt is also a seriously underated whiskey in my book and would be usually my type of thing for around that price, last time I got it think it was around the 40 euro mark

suomi

Thanks for the replies! I was going to get the Redbreast one but in the end went for Green Spot, just because it's rarer. Thanks again!