What Whisky/Whiskey are we drinking this month?

brinty

Move along folks
Nothing to see here

Anyone else contemplating an MVR purchase in Tesco using their10 quid off every 45 quid spent..
Priced at 167 so spend another 13 wuid and you'll get everything for 140...

Cazale

brinty wrote:

Anyone else contemplating an MVR purchase in Tesco using their10 quid off every 45 quid spent.. Priced at 167 so spend another 13 wuid and you'll get everything for 140...

The missus has a bottle for me for Christmas. I'm looking forward to savouring it as I've only had it out before.

dos29

brinty wrote: »

Move along folks
Nothing to see here

Anyone else contemplating an MVR purchase in Tesco using their10 quid off every 45 quid spent..
Priced at 167 so spend another 13 wuid and you'll get everything for 140...

Was thinking the exact same but won't be near a Tesco til 29th. Report if it works if you get a chance please?

limnam

Red spot picked up, looks like it should be coming back in stock

Mickiemcfist

Plenty of red spot in Celtic whiskey shop

Wailin

Whats the verdict on red spot lads?

I only tried it at whiskey live (first sample i went for in fact) and wasn't blown away by it.

Would like to give it another go, maybe at home to savour it some more but thinking of redbreast 15 instead which I'm well acquainted with and love. Cheaper too.

Ivefoundgod

Picked up a bottle of Cardhu in tesco, looking forward to giving it a try.

54and56

Ivefoundgod wrote: »

Picked up a bottle of Cardhu in tesco, looking forward to giving it a try.

Well i really loved the Cardhu I opened last night, tight the aromas were amazing and followed through in taste.

Opened a Bushmills 10 tonight and whilst is normally be very happy with it it has a much narrower taste and is a lot firey than the Cardhu which I'm a bit afraid is now setting an expectation level i won't be able to match very often unless i win the lotto :-(

not yet

As said previously I'm only new to Whiskey, Drop of Kilbeggan tonight, bit rough around the edges..

L1011

Most other Speysides are quite like Cardhu. It's just the most easily available

VW 1

What would you lads drink your whisky from? Id always use a glencairn glass as I've a set of four. I find it funny in films they always seem to use a heavy cut crystal glass, but I'd never consider one for a drink.

Wailin

Glencairn all the way. The Tuath glass is grand too but not a fan of the awkward base shape.

VW 1

I've one of those too, the base i dont mind too much as i dont hold it that way, but the outward lip means you're head is way back having a sip.

EagererBeaver

Tasting : Glencairn

Drinking - Tumbler

RasTa

I've eight different glasses for drinking beer so I use one of them. Must buy a glencairn today actually. See if it makes a difference

VW 1

The part i dont get about drinking out of a tumbler, if it tastes and smells more intense out of a glencairn, why not always use a glencairn? That said, beer glasses would work just as well assuming the glass narrows towards the top.

EagererBeaver

VW 1 wrote: »

The part i dont get about drinking out of a tumbler, if it tastes and smells more intense out of a glencairn, why not always use a glencairn? That said, beer glasses would work just as well assuming the glass narrows towards the top.

Because the base annoys the **** out of me and is more easily knocked over and I find the lip of it too sharp for repeated comfortable drinking.

VW 1

EagererBeaver wrote: »

Because the base annoys the **** out of me and is more easily knocked over and I find the lip of it too sharp for repeated comfortable drinking.

Fair point.. I like the sharp lip. Not criticising btw, let everyone enjoy it whatever way they fancy!

Sirius Boner

Have to drink out of a tumbler, glencairn is ok for tasting...but it's just too awkward for a proper drink for me

Currently sipping nikka from the barrel

Whiskey Eire

I drink out of the glencairn too. I find I take my time more with the drink.

odyssey06

I use a small brandy glass half way between glencairn and tumbler in size, and fits one ice cube for scotch nicely.

run_Forrest_run

always been meaning to buy a glencairn but I'm quite content with my (heavy) Waterford Crystal tumbler, all I'm short is a cigar and a Reliant Robin parked outside

Mickiemcfist

I did the tour in the Irish whiskey museum at the bottom of Grafton st, for 16 quid you get 3 whiskeys, a tour & a branded glencairn glass. For anyone looking at buying one, it's an hour well spent.

EagererBeaver

Red Spot verdict:

Very tasty, gorgeous colour, nice long finish whilst still being quite light.

Probably not 115e worth but definitely more worth its price than the Yellow Spot.

Green Spot lb for lb probably still the king of them for me, but all in all very happy with it.

I'm coming to the end of a bottle of Hibiki 12 that I only price checked a replacement of recently. Would cost north of 500e because of the shortage of Japanese. Think I'll keep that put away for a while and have the Red Spot for my premium tipple.

dmc17

Surprised to find a bottle of this in a hamper. Didn't think it was available anymore

EagererBeaver

Very interesting! It was rebranded simply as "Crested" a few years ago. Was always a lovely one.

Mickiemcfist

Got a bottle of Method & madness single grain from a friend, must be the first virgin oak barrelled whiskey I've ever had, as it really impacts the flavour, it's like drinking a lovely whiskey in a carpenters shop it's gorgeous.

dmc17

EagererBeaver wrote: »

Very interesting! It was rebranded simply as "Crested" a few years ago. Was always a lovely one.

Yeah, I've had the Crested but not had the original. Apparently it's different from what I've read.

Samuri Suicide

Scapa. Absolutely delicious and smooth...highly recommended.

Wailin

Santa was good to me this year lads



Will be tasting the Glengoyne shortly and can't bloody wait! Have a good one folks.

VW 1

Sipping away on my first Japanese whisky, Nikka from the barrel. Delighted herself picked it up, more smoky/peaty than irish whisky but very light and delicate, not overpowering at all.

Cazale

Wailin wrote:

Will be tasting the Glengoyne shortly and can't bloody wait! Have a good one folks.

Well what was the verdict?

um7y1h83ge06nx

Just got my present from my brother, a bottle of bourbon called Noah's Mill. Never heard of it before now but it's extremely highly reviewed online.

At 57% it packs a punch. Going to ease into things by having some Woodford Reserve first.

brinty

brinty wrote:

Anyone else contemplating an MVR purchase in Tesco using their10 quid off every 45 quid spent.. Priced at 167 so spend another 13 wuid and you'll get everything for 140...

dos29 wrote:

Was thinking the exact same but won't be near a Tesco til 29th. Report if it works if you get a chance please?

Didn't end up getting a bottle of MVR in the end
Opened my present yesterday morning and the wonderful Ms Brinty was after getting me one. Think she's a keeper lads
It's a 2018 bottle and I've no intention of opening anytime soon

Wailin

Cazale wrote: »

Well what was the verdict?

Bloody gorgeous! Definitely one to let breathe awhile and take your time with.

Full on sherry and spices but intense oak too from the long maturation. You really taste it's age. 48% but no burn at all, just very smooth.

I only had the one dram as had plenty of wine beforehand.

Did you have the Middleton?

Beanstalk

Got a nice selection for Christmas (see attachment). Never had the Ardbeg but love peaty malts so looking forward to it.

Cazale

Wailin wrote:

Did you have the Middleton?

I did. Very nice but will have to try it fresh without having ate and drink 6000 calories beforehand.

limnam

Cazale wrote: »

I did. Very nice but will have to try it fresh without having ate and drink 6000 calories beforehand.

Sounds like a great foundation for a tasting session

Whiskey Eire

I've cracked open a bottle of Lag 16 as my post dinner drink. Needed something different for a bit after yesterdays pot still extravaganza.

um7y1h83ge06nx

Oh yeah, Woodford Reserve to start followed by my present, Noah's Mill. Some heat from it that fades, lovely, lovely stuff!

Going back to Irish later with some Green Spot.

Cormo87

The wife got all my hints this year and got me a 21 year old Read Breast, after it was all I talked about after being at Whiskey live this year

The Whiskey shelf is starting to look good

Dont be at yourself

What’s the Lambay whiskey like?

Useful.Idiot

had some Lustau after dinner yesterday, so very festive. Got a bottle of Laphroaig Select in Newry at the weekend for 20 odd pound and that was smashed through on Christmas Eve with my two brothers, nearly gone already ooops :P love it though.

Have been gifted Highland Park 12 and Johnny Walker Black, I like em both. I bought a bottle of Woodford for a mate and had a taste, it's really good. Might be my new favourite entry level bourbon. Might have Nikka from the Barrel or Green Spot Leo for this evening. Some good whiskey drinking been had this Christmas, stomach is in bits.

odyssey06

Dont be at yourself wrote: »

What’s the Lambay whiskey like?

Disappointed with the small batch given the price. Trying to be a cognac nearly. Had a nice long finish though.

Havent had the single malt.

Rows Grower

odyssey06 wrote: »

Disappointed with the small batch given the price. Trying to be a cognac nearly. Had a nice long finish though.

Havent had the single malt.

The cheek of it.

Cormo87

Dont be at yourself wrote: »

What’s the Lambay whiskey like?

I like the Lambay, received it as a gift. Find myself sitting down to have one glass and end up having 3/4 glasses

odyssey06

Re: the Lambay cognac angle, it's produced in partnership with a French cognac company in their old barrels.
It is nice - I'd be very happy to receive it as a gift - but thought that at 40+ euros you are comparing it against the likes of Writers Tears & Bushmills 10yo which I much prefer.
But if you're a whiskey drinker who also likes cognac, you might find it just right.

Kevin Finnerty

Got a bottle of Red Bush as a present, don't like the look of it at all even though it smells well.
Got a set of Lismore tumblers too, can't see the hype really even though there's a very "soft" lip to them. RB 12 year old onto a Bushmills next.

Hotblack Desiato

Brother in law was a Christmas dinner guest, he didn't arrive with one arm as long as the other and kindly brought me a Cardhu 12yo single malt. Hardly any peat at all, but that's fine as far as I'm concerned. On one level it's quite good, if you'd told me it was a NAS Scotch I'd say it was very good, but I'd be somewhat disappointed with the lack of depth and complexity of flavour for a 12yo single malt (nowhere near a RB12 for instance.) I can see how it's a good basis for blends (Cardhu forms the backbone of Johnny Walker) and it's by no means a bad whisk(e)y but I wouldn't be rushing out to buy myself another.

I'm now working my way through the Writers Tears Copper Pot gift set that I bought for myself - very nice indeed and the two tasting glasses are imho the perfect size and shape for whiskey.

EagererBeaver

Single pot still whiskey like RB12 is made from a mash that incudes unmalted barley, so you wouldn't expect a similarly aged single malt to be as complex.