What Whisky/Whiskey are we drinking this month?

lord lucan

killbillvol2 wrote: »

Anyone know if they have these at Dublin Airport?

€33 in the airport.

sceach16

Midleton pot still miniatures

odyssey06 wrote: »

Interesting set... anyone seen this recently in Dunnes, or about Dublin?
Cheers.

Many but not all Dunnes have them@35 euro. If U have a 10 off 50 voucher (buy 15 of beer or alternative!), the potstill set works out at 28 euro!

Quackster

sceach16 wrote: »

Midleton pot still miniatures



Many but not all Dunnes have them@35 euro. If U have a 10 off 50 voucher (buy 15 of beer or alternative!), the potstill set works out at 28 euro!

Yep, and it's been reduced by a fiver a number of times in the recent past during whiskey events in Dunnes - an effective price then of just €24 when using a Shop & Save voucher.

Mellor

EagererBeaver wrote: »

Cheers, $250 was the best I could find as well. Any idea if there'd be taxes/import costs associated with ordering it from MoM or similar?

I've never been hit with it. But the duty rate exists for importers.

dylbert

Just getting into the whole whiskey thing recently, picked up a bottle of Black Barrel and Three Swallows, then moved on to Redbreast 12, guy in the Celtic Whiskey Shop recommended Glendronach 12, really nice.

Cazale

Some decent prices in Tesco for whiskey this week.

Kilbeggan/Tullamore Dew/Powers 70cl 20 euro

Jameson 70cl 23 euro

Jameson Caskmates IPA 70cl 25 euro

Paddy 1 litre 25 euro

Bushmills 10 Years/Jameson Black Barrel 70cl 30 euro

Jack Kanoff

Black barrel is a wonderful whisky for the price, will be getting a bottle tomorrow....great for a midweek drop after work

Cazale

Jack Kanoff wrote:

Black barrel is a wonderful whisky for the price, will be getting a bottle tomorrow....great for a midweek drop after work

Yeah I've only opened a new bottle of it but at that price it's a no brainer to get another!

Quackster

Jack Kanoff wrote: »

Black barrel is a wonderful whisky for the price, will be getting a bottle tomorrow....great for a midweek drop after work

Yep, picked a bottle up for an effective price of €24 in Tesco a little while ago, courtesy of the €10 off €50 voucher in the Sindo (with some groceries to make up the €50 spend).

For anyone in Tralee, well worth popping over to Manor now as there were still plenty of Sindos in stock and just one bottle of Black Barrell on the shelf after I helped myself!

A few bottles of Bushmills 10YO and Jameson Caskmates Stout on the shelves as well. For some reason, the discounted prices aren't displayed - probably for the better though!

Apollinaris

Cazale wrote: »

Some decent prices in Tesco for whiskey this week.

Kilbeggan/Tullamore Dew/Powers 70cl 20 euro

Jameson 70cl 23 euro

Jameson Caskmates IPA 70cl 25 euro

Paddy 1 litre 25 euro

Bushmills 10 Years/Jameson Black Barrel 70cl 30 euro

Anyone here tried the Jamie IPA? I have a stout caskmates open finding it hard to get through it.

Jack Kanoff

Picked up another bottle of Teeling revival series IV yesterday, it's a beautiful whiskey, and fast becoming a fave

mik_da_man

Apollinaris wrote: »

Anyone here tried the Jamie IPA? I have a stout caskmates open finding it hard to get through it.

Do you like IPA?
The Whiskey is lovely, quite light refreshing nose, grapefruit taste and a hops influence too.
Goes very well paired with a Chieftain IPA

Chancer3001

opened my first red breast 12 last night.

So disappointed. Gets great reviews everywhere. But personally I thought it was fairly harsh. Not smooth at all.

Ill go back tonight to sample again, but wasnt impressed at all

mik_da_man

Chancer3001 wrote: »

opened my first red breast 12 last night.

So disappointed. Gets great reviews everywhere. But personally I thought it was fairly harsh. Not smooth at all.

Ill go back tonight to sample again, but wasnt impressed at all

What would you normally drink?
And how did you try it, neat, ice, water?

I'd always try neat first, then with a drop of water to open it up an bit.
However if you're not used to the Pot Still style it will take a bit of getting used to.
It was one of my first purchases a few years ago and I, like you, wasn't too impressed when I had it first. I then tried a few more whiskeys and came back to it.
Only then did I appreciate it fully.

limnam

Chancer3001 wrote: »

opened my first red breast 12 last night.

So disappointed. Gets great reviews everywhere. But personally I thought it was fairly harsh. Not smooth at all.

Ill go back tonight to sample again, but wasnt impressed at all

:eek::eek::eek::eek::eek::eek::eek::eek:

Out of interest, what do you normally drink?

Chancer3001

tried it neat.

My regular/affordable drinking whiskey would be kilbeggan.

My nice regular drinking would be paddy gold label (really like that after a bottle lately)

Fond of yellow spot too on occasion.

Have drank every type/variation of jameson known to man. Soft spot for all things jameson.

irlirishkev

A non whiskey drinking friend recently gave me an un-opened bottle of 2007 Midleton Very Rare. It was gifted to him, and he figured it'd be wasted on him, so gave it to me.

I haven't opened it yet. It's going top shelf for a special occasion

Mellor

irlirishkev wrote: »

A non whiskey drinking friend recently gave me an un-opened bottle of 2007 Midleton Very Rare. It was gifted to him, and he figured it'd be wasted on him, so gave it to me.

I haven't opened it yet. It's going top shelf for a special occasion

Nice one. Free whiskey is always nice. But a free bottle of Middleton is a step above.

CastielJ

I love Jim Beam

Jack Kanoff

irlirishkev wrote: »

A non whiskey drinking friend recently gave me an un-opened bottle of 2007 Midleton Very Rare. It was gifted to him, and he figured it'd be wasted on him, so gave it to me.

I haven't opened it yet. It's going top shelf for a special occasion

Ah the famous 2007, they were all contaminated with some cleaning chemicals... absolutely undrinkable...the bottle and packaging itself is all that's worth anything...shame.....I'll give you €30 for it ?

FlicFlak

Jack Kanoff wrote: »

Ah the famous 2007, they were all contaminated with some cleaning chemicals... absolutely undrinkable...the bottle and packaging itself is all that's worth anything...shame.....I'll give you €30 for it ?

He speaks the truth about the liquid, undrinkable stuff! I personally collect bottles for the labels so i can offer €35, and just take it off your hands. Save you alot of hassle. Its purely for the packaging of course!

dylbert

Anyone try Lambay Whiskey?

beardybrewer

Great deals in Tesco atm before the holiday weekend. Wanted to pick up a Connemara and Caskmates but they were both sold out so left with a Bushmills 10 (green label) and Jameson Black Barrel to do Patrick's Day right.

G rock

I've had a black barrel - liked it - but would you recommend, say Bushmills 10 or cask mates over it?

Adyx

In work (again) so I'm also having a Black Barrel. Black Barrel is nicer than the Stout Caskmates which is itself nice than the IPA Caskmates. It's all very subjective though.

sceach16

Adyx wrote: »

In work (again) so I'm also having a Black Barrel. Black Barrel is nicer than the Stout Caskmates which is itself nice than the IPA Caskmates. It's all very subjective though.

Any vacancies? I can drink loads of whiskey!

Jack Kanoff

sceach16 wrote: »

Any vacancies? I can drink loads of whiskey!

Don't think the Gardai are recruiting for another 6 months

Pinch Flat

Used up the last of a voucher from Christmas in O’Briens. Powers 3 swallows and a Writers Tears Red Head Single Malt. That’ll do me for a while, both very nice.

mik_da_man

Pinch Flat wrote: »

Used up the last of a voucher from Christmas in O’Briens. Powers 3 swallows and a Writers Tears Red Head Single Malt. That’ll do me for a while, both very nice.

Yep, good choices, 3 swallows is becoming one of my go-to bottles at the moment, really enjoying it.

The OH loves Writers Tears, very easy drinking

EagererBeaver

Got some of the WT Red Head at Christmas. Very tasty alright.

a_non_a_mouse

Tescos - Black Barrel and Caskmates IPA for 55euro, and then 10 off that thanks to Dunnes, so basically got the caskmates for free!
Not had caskmates IPA before, so looking forward to trying that over the weekend. BB is a stable and one of my favourites

irlirishkev

Regular Bushmills only 20euro in Dunnes at the moment.
That beats Tesco who usually have it for 21euro.

Apollinaris

Has anyone heard/ordered from

https://irishspirit.com

website? They have a bottle in stock what I’m after a long time but something is fishy about it or just me being too cautious? Any feedback on them greatly appreciated!

L1011

Bush 10 for 30 in Tesco is fantastic value.

Vladimir Poontang

lads what would you say is the best whiskey under 100euro?

getting a present for someone

I love redbreast and writers tears myself but wouldnt have tried the likes of yellow spot green spot etc

Hogzy

Vladimir Poontang wrote: »

lads what would you say is the best whiskey under 100euro?

getting a present for someone

I love redbreast and writers tears myself but wouldnt have tried the likes of yellow spot green spot etc

Yellowspot...would be my personal choice!

EagererBeaver

Vladimir Poontang wrote: »

lads what would you say is the best whiskey under 100euro?

getting a present for someone

I love redbreast and writers tears myself but wouldnt have tried the likes of yellow spot green spot etc

Irish? Scotch? Bourbon? Japanese?

There is no single answer to that question.

Vladimir Poontang

EagererBeaver wrote: »

Irish? Scotch? Bourbon? Japanese?

There is no single answer to that question.

I meant Irish hence mentioning redbreast etc:rolleyes:

fmul9798

Tesco Galway was wiped of everything on the "above standard" whiskey level by lunchtime today. Connemara, bush 10, black barrell, caskmates and roe &co. Hopefully tomorrow or Sunday fare better with stock.

EagererBeaver

Vladimir Poontang wrote: »

I meant Irish hence mentioning redbreast etc:rolleyes:

a) I don't know why you did the rolleyes when you're asking for help

b) what relevance does what you drink have when buying a present for someone? It's what they drink that matters

I specifically gave you ideas about different types of whiskey to open up different possibilities of what you might want to buy. Absolutely no need to be a tit over things.

Hogzy

EagererBeaver wrote: »

a) I don't know why you did the rolleyes when you're asking for help

b) what relevance does what you drink have when buying a present for someone? It's what they drink that matters

I specifically gave you ideas about different types of whiskey to open up different possibilities of what you might want to buy. Absolutely no need to be a tit over things.

Chill out man!

Vladimir Poontang

EagererBeaver wrote: »

a) I don't know why you did the rolleyes when you're asking for help

b) what relevance does what you drink have when buying a present for someone? It's what they drink that matters

I specifically gave you ideas about different types of whiskey to open up different possibilities of what you might want to buy. Absolutely no need to be a tit over things.

Who pissed in your cornflakes?

limnam

Vladimir Poontang wrote: »

lads what would you say is the best whiskey under 100euro?

getting a present for someone

I love redbreast and writers tears myself but wouldnt have tried the likes of yellow spot green spot etc

RedBreast 12yo Cask Strength comes in just under 90e

beardybrewer

G rock wrote: »

I've had a black barrel - liked it - but would you recommend, say Bushmills 10 or cask mates over it?

So far I'm not hugely impressed with the Bushmills 10. It already has such a sweet honey flavour and perhaps the bourbon casks just make it sweeter not deeper? I'm a huge fan of Bushmills original (white label) and often splurge for a black label which is markedly the best of the three in my opinion.

Haven't had a Caskmates for a while so can't compare back to back. I'm really enjoying the Black Barrel which is superior to the Bushmills 10 by far.

beardybrewer

Vladimir Poontang wrote: »

I meant Irish hence mentioning redbreast etc:rolleyes:

Personally I'd go with Readbreast. A lovely dram.

Vladimir Poontang

Another one I was thinking of was John's Lane.

Had a bottle recently and really liked it. Lovely presentation box too.

As it is s gift I kind of would like a nice presentation as much as the whiskey being decent.

limnam

Vladimir Poontang wrote: »

Another one I was thinking of was John's Lane.

Had a bottle recently and really liked it. Lovely presentation box too.

As it is s gift I kind of would like a nice presentation as much as the whiskey being decent.

Is the box a new thing for John's lane? I never got a box with any bottle I've purchased. Granted it's been awhile since I bought one.

Vladimir Poontang

limnam wrote: »

Is the box a new thing for John's lane? I never got a box with any bottle I've purchased. Granted it's been awhile since I bought one.

It's been two years since I had mine. Came in a lovely box with fold out presentation leaflet all about the history of the whiskey

limnam

Vladimir Poontang wrote: »

It's been two years since I had mine. Came in a lovely box with fold out presentation leaflet all about the history of the whiskey

Is this the box you got?

or it's a "new" box?

Vladimir Poontang

limnam wrote: »

Is this the box you got?

or it's a "new" box?

Think that's the one