What Whisky/Whiskey are we drinking this month?

DARK-KNIGHT

received my first real whiskey tasting glasses today. bought two tuath glasses by god the are gorgeous

dobman88

janiejones wrote: »

Bake off night so cardhu 12. Actually goes really well with galaxy salted caramel

Decided to open the Roe and Co for bake off. I couldnt resist after a smell. I dont see it lasting until Christmas is all I'll say. Smooth and gorgeous and straight into what I'd use in regular rotation

Quackster

janiejones wrote: »

Bake off night so cardhu 12. Actually goes really well with galaxy salted caramel

€30 in Tesco from tomorrow today in case you've run out!

Mellor

Electric Nitwit wrote: »

That suggests the price may have been driven by goodwill and the cause, rather than by the liquid being auctioned!

The RRP is 10k GBP. The above was charity driven.

It's obvious work a fair bit at close to 30 years old. But even allowing for the crystal decanter and glasses, the "angels share, and the extremely well put together case. 10k is taking the piss a bit.

FlicFlak wrote: »

Am i not mistaken in thinking the Midleton ultra premium release earlier this year was a 45 year old single malt?
Also this is triple distilled, so it has to be Bushmills or Midleton, wasnt Cooley double distilled back then (and still now)?

Yes, a 45 year old was release this year. At 35k euro.
They will release some up to 50years over the next few years.


I think the above claim hinges on the '...and triple cask" tag, it's marketing.

Also, and its not as important, but its called The Devils keep! And they only released 333 bottles!! Would they not half the volume and release 666 bottles??

I've a feeling that this an initial release. 333
With another 666 to come in round too.

1 for auction. And one spare. 1001 total

Beanstalk

Ralfy just issued an apology:

I'm a big fan of Ralfy to be honest and i like his philosophy channel too. I found his wee book on his love of whiskey to be also brilliant. It would be very out of character for him to make a statement like that in the way that a lot of people interpreted it, to be fair. So in fairness, fair play to him for apologising, and he looked fairly upset and genuine about it there as well.

edit: link above not working:

https://youtu.be/xW3CZSsmB-E

killbillvol2

Beanstalk wrote: »

Ralfy just issued an apology:

I'm a big fan of Ralfy to be honest and i like his philosophy channel too. I found his wee book on his love of whiskey to be also brilliant. It would be very out of character for him to make a statement like that in the way that a lot of people interpreted it, to be fair. So in fairness, fair play to him for apologising, and he looked fairly upset and genuine about it there as well.

edit: link above not working:

https://youtu.be/xW3CZSsmB-E

I'm not a huge fan as I find his reviews too rambling but i had seen the offending review and took the benign interpretation of it at the time. He has no previous that I'm aware of that would suggest he was suddenly going to attack us Paddies.

Weepsie

My sister can't make my wedding for obvious reasons, so had a bottle of green spot whiskey sent to me last night. That'll do nicely

Cazale

Weepsie wrote:

My sister can't make my wedding for obvious reasons, so had a bottle of green spot whiskey sent to me last night. That'll do nicely

Happy days!

Midlife crisis man

Got Redbreast 12 on Amazon for £37 on a black friday deal. I used a NI address to get the deal

dublin runner

Looks like a decent deal to go along with all those bottles of Roe & Co....

4 glasses for 8 euro, using CYBERWEEK20 promo code. Especially good if you can collect, avoiding the 10 euro delivery fee.

https://shop.roeandcowhiskey.com/collections/glassware/products/4pk-spey-glass

No idea about quality though!

Starlord_01

Blue Spot back in stock for anyone looking: https://shop.jamesonwhiskey.com/collections/spot-range/products/blue-spot

BonnieSituation

dublin runner wrote: »

Looks like a decent deal to go along with all those bottles of Roe & Co....

4 glasses for 8 euro, using CYBERWEEK20 promo code. Especially good if you can collect, avoiding the 10 euro delivery fee.

https://shop.roeandcowhiskey.com/collections/glassware/products/4pk-spey-glass

No idea about quality though!

Can't go wrong for 8euro. Cheers.

janiejones

did tesco click and collect for the first time. ordered 3 talisker 10 at the sale price to have for the year but i must have clicked substitute or forgot to unclick it. got 2 bottles but they subbed the 3rd for a glenmorangie. 10 year old scotch is all the same sure. i was initially going to leave it and just take the 2 but i've never tried it and it is a classic so... some night in 2021 i'll have to give it a try

odyssey06

janiejones wrote: »

did tesco click and collect for the first time. ordered 3 talisker 10 at the sale price to have for the year but i must have clicked substitute or forgot to unclick it. got 2 bottles but they subbed the 3rd for a glenmorangie. 10 year old scotch is all the same sure. i was initially going to leave it and just take the 2 but i've never tried it and it is a classic so... some night in 2021 i'll have to give it a try

I didn't think they were subbing on non-essential items.
I hope they only charged you the Talisker offer price of €30 not the Glenmorangie RRP of €45?

killbillvol2

janiejones wrote: »

did tesco click and collect for the first time. ordered 3 talisker 10 at the sale price to have for the year but i must have clicked substitute or forgot to unclick it. got 2 bottles but they subbed the 3rd for a glenmorangie. 10 year old scotch is all the same sure. i was initially going to leave it and just take the 2 but i've never tried it and it is a classic so... some night in 2021 i'll have to give it a try

It's a lovely whisky.

killbillvol2

I've been deliberately avoiding O' Brien's due to my lack of willpower but had to collect something for my brother earlier. Came out with a Yellow Spot,. Blackpitts and Redbreast 15. Happy Christmas or Thanksgiving or something to me!

janiejones

yeah, 45 down to 30 on a price match

killbillvol2

janiejones wrote: »

yeah, 45 down to 30 on a price match

Great price.

54and56

Can't believe all this just arrived by courier for the £10 Black Bush & Hot Sauce online tasting Friday night.

Ivefoundgod

Is Three Swallows just gone in Tesco now? I've looked for the last few weeks each time I've gone there and never seen it, the SEL is there alright but no sign of it. Its €33 in Super Value and I've a €10 off €50 voucher so I think I might just get it there, just not as convenient as my local SV has all the spirits behind the express checkout and it can be a nightmare trying to see what they have when its busy.

Ivefoundgod

54and56 wrote: »

Can't believe all this just arrived by courier for the £10 Black Bush & Hot Sauce online tasting tomorrow night.

Wow! I've literally just bought a ticket for next Friday night. Thats a great bit of kit for £10.

odyssey06

Ivefoundgod wrote: »

Is Three Swallows just gone in Tesco now? I've looked for the last few weeks each time I've gone there and never seen it, the SEL is there alright but no sign of it. Its €33 in Super Value and I've a €10 off €50 voucher so I think I might just get it there, just not as convenient as my local SV has all the spirits behind the express checkout and it can be a nightmare trying to see what they have when its busy.

They had some in Clare Hall last weekend.
If your local Super Valu does deliveries or click collect, sign in to Super Valu and start a fake delivery from it, but obviously don't pay. It's not 100% reliable as they could be out of stock, but it should give you a better idea of whether that store stocks the particular item or not.

Nijmegen

54and56 wrote: »

Can't believe all this just arrived by courier for the £10 Black Bush & Hot Sauce online tasting Friday night.

That is quite a haul! Just signed up myself!

BonnieSituation

54and56 wrote: »

Can't believe all this just arrived by courier for the £10 Black Bush & Hot Sauce online tasting Friday night.

That's an outrageous deal. I completely glossed over it when I saw it a few weeks back. Grabbed a slot for next Thursday evening anyway. Be silly not to.

Effects

odyssey06 wrote: »

If your local Super Valu does deliveries or click collect, sign in to Super Valu and start a fake delivery from it, but obviously don't pay. It's not 100% reliable as they could be out of stock, but it should give you a better idea of whether that store stocks the particular item or not.

I don't think that's reliable. I set up a click and collect from my local Supervalu yesterday for a bottle of Tullamore Dew. They rang today to say they didn't have what I wanted in stock, and did I want them to substitute with a bottle of Jameson.

They said the bottle I wanted was unavailable in any Supervalu, then I found one on the shelf in Dalkey.

L1011

Rather rapidly signed up myself! Can't resist branded glassware for starters.

£10 is basically paying the shipping there, nothing much else. Even saved 72c by not letting Paypal convert the Sterling for me.

Effects

BonnieSituation wrote: »

That's an outrageous deal. I completely glossed over it when I saw it a few weeks back. Grabbed a slot for next Thursday evening anyway. Be silly not to.

I went for next Thursday as well. Ridiculous value.

BonnieSituation

How the hell did we miss it? Barely a ripple in here!

Ha. Fair dues to 54and56!!!

L1011

It was mentioned, I definitely saw it as I mentioned it to someone I know who's a hot sauce fiend (and Black Bush fan) - I think we all missed the "everything provided except ice" bit of the notice!

The Paypal payment goes to Bushmills account manager in their PR agency so this is definitely just a postage contribution with the rest coming from Bushmills marketing budget.

BonnieSituation

L1011 wrote: »

It was mentioned, I definitely saw it as I mentioned it to someone I know who's a hot sauce fiend (and Black Bush fan) - I think we all missed the "everything provided except ice" bit of the notice!

The Paypal payment goes to Bushmills account manager in their PR agency so this is definitely just a postage contribution with the rest coming from Bushmills marketing budget.

Exactly. Brutal!

Ivefoundgod

Ivefoundgod wrote: »

Is Three Swallows just gone in Tesco now? I've looked for the last few weeks each time I've gone there and never seen it, the SEL is there alright but no sign of it. Its €33 in Super Value and I've a €10 off €50 voucher so I think I might just get it there, just not as convenient as my local SV has all the spirits behind the express checkout and it can be a nightmare trying to see what they have when its busy.

https://www.tesco.ie/groceries/product/details/?id=290670747

This one?

€30 now in Tesco

Cazale

L1011 wrote:

It was mentioned, I definitely saw it as I mentioned it to someone I know who's a hot sauce fiend (and Black Bush fan) - I think we all missed the "everything provided except ice" bit of the notice!

I have two ordered to the North. One as a stocking filler for Christmas. I'll have to get the mother in law to open them as I didn't realise there would be fresh fruit and herbs in it!

Indestructable

Signed myself and the wife up for Saturday week. Excellent deal, thanks for posting the pic.

Ivefoundgod

6 wrote: »

https://www.tesco.ie/groceries/product/details/?id=290670747

This one?

€30 now in Tesco

Yeah I know I was referring to the stock levels. It hasn’t been in my local Tesco for weeks, I’ve asked a sibling to check theirs and no sign either.

picachu

54and56 wrote: »

Can't believe all this just arrived by courier for the £10 Black Bush & Hot Sauce online tasting Friday night.

Just ordered!!! Thanks for that. Deal of the year

odyssey06

Wow, didn't cop that it was island of Ireland, just signed up there myself for the Black Bush event.

ciaran76

54and56 wrote: »

Can't believe all this just arrived by courier for the £10 Black Bush & Hot Sauce online tasting Friday night.

Just ordered one too.

Hogzy

Just picked up a bottle of Talisker 10 and Cardhu 12 in Tesco Liffey Valley. LOADS of Tallisker on the shelf but got the last Cardhu.

Never tried anything from Cardhu before so im curious to crack it open.

flended12

Boom! Just ordered the black bush deal!

Too good to miss.

Cazale

flended12 wrote:

Boom! Just ordered the black bush deal!

flended12 wrote:

Too good to miss.

Sent it on to a mate there and he couldn't get ordering. Looks like it's sold out.

OldRio

I remember on a very early school report, circa 1965 it said '......... is easily led and easily distracted'

Nothing changes.


Black Bush deal ordered.

Cazale

Found a bottle of Kilbeggan in Naas. There was one left on the shelf.

BonnieSituation

Fantastic!

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The "That's Dram Good" tasting is on now.

Starting off with the Lockes.

My my my...

Cazale

Got some samples from @No21cork on twitter delivered today. Two blue spots, red spot, redbreast 15 and redbreast 27. Very cheap in comparison to similar services. Prices for 50ml below. That also included postage etc.

Blue spot €7.50
Red spot €11
Redbreast 15 €10.50
Redbreast 27 €41

Cazale

BonnieSituation wrote:

Starting off with the Lockes.

Jealous! Enjoy them.

Black Sheep

MoM bourbon advent calendar continues..

Fillibuster Dual Cask

I gather this is a 'new make' added to a sourced bourbon. Unusually pleasant. Would it be too poetic if I said that this bourbon made me think of cozy things like when you're sitting in a warm parked car in winter, and the windows have steamed up, with rain really pelting down on the outside exterior...?

BonnieSituation

Cazale wrote: »

Jealous! Enjoy them.

That Lockes is going to live long with me.

The RB12 (1980s) was gorgeous... but the Lockes. The LOCKES!!!

Cazale

BonnieSituation wrote:

That Lockes is going to live long with me.

The vintage whiskey is where it's at. I should have got it.

Cazale

Black Sheep wrote:

I gather this is a 'new make' added to a sourced bourbon. Unusually pleasant. Would it be too poetic if I said that this bourbon made me think of cozy things like when you're sitting in a warm parked car in winter, and the windows have steamed up, with rain really pelting down on the outside exterior...?

Whiskey is poetry. Sounds lovely.

2011abc

Originally Posted by Black Sheep
I gather this is a 'new make' added to a sourced bourbon. Unusually pleasant. Would it be too poetic if I said that this bourbon made me think of cozy things like when you're sitting in a warm parked car in winter, and the windows have steamed up, with rain really pelting down on the outside exterior...?




Whiskey is poetry. Sounds lovely







Dunno ,depends who is in the car with you !