What whisk(e)y are we drinking? (Part 2)

The missus likes her fancy gins. The Mother in law has some god awful cheap gins in the collection which would make the whiskey on offer seem good in comparison. How did your trip go?

Was in Donegal last week & looked up the sliabh liag distillery. Was closed for tours but got a few samples of their regular & peated dark silkie. Regular was ok a bit medicinal to me ( new enough to whiskey scene so apologies for lack of detail). Really liked the peated though, only peated I have tried before was teelings blackpitts single malt & not gone on it, find it harsh. From reading this thread before is the teelings one more heavily peated than the dark silkie. Will probably get a full bottle of the dark silkie at some stage.

Iv only received the welcome pack which was a Jameson Distillery Exclusive bottle. Nothing else has arrived yet not even the samples so its a little early to say.

That post is from March 2020? There was already a Cuvee release, is this a new one?

Ah sorry, I completely missed the context of your post whatever way I read it.

Here’s one to ruffle the feathers: came across the concept of fat-washing spirits, and as we speak I have some Jim Beam infusing with truffle oil. Will be using in cocktails, but interested to hear if others have tried the technique…

I'm thinking of designing and selling whisky glasses online. I have a few ideas but is there anything that anyone would like to see that they haven't seen on the market?

Do you have any online already?

Im not really into glasses, mostly use a glass that some chocolate spread came in because its the right size, but i really dont like the stem ones even though they are good for getting a full nose

Thanks for the responses so far. One of the competitors I was looking at was Norlan, (they produce their products in house which is clearly a business model to their advantage but they do seem to produce some defects and the design seems to be all style and no substance in some cases). I was looking at their one star reviews for inspiration.

I'm at the very early stages, I have a meeting set up with an advisor and I am creating a mock up design of a 'flag ship' product. I have an idea of who I would approach for branding but these are all big ifs. I am partially inspired by some historic designs of pottery and glassware that I have seen and I'll be delving further into that research for inspiration. The heavy tumbler glass and the shorter copita seem to be a popular product. Myself I just have glencairns and a tuath. So far this is all a pit pie in the sky but happy to give a design a go and speak with a couple of advisors to determine whether it's a runner or not.

Went to a whiskey bar in Belfast earlier. Some really interesting and never to be seen again whiskeys on display. Bottles of Bailey's whiskey, dream casks, rare Cooley etc. Got talking to the barman/owner of the place. Usually that means an interesting chat and maybe even a free sample or two. Not this fella. He refused to even entertain the idea of getting any whiskey for me. The ones on the top shelf are a health and safety issue to get to and he has no place for a ladder. Nobody buys whiskey anymore he said. Tis no wonder. I got an IPA and left defeated.

Has anyone tried the Bushmills American Oak Bourbon Finish? Spotted it in Tesco today for €30.

I would have gladly spent a small fortune on a few whiskeys so its a strange business strategy. I looked up reviews and your man who owns it is a Northern mad lad who thinks he's deadly craic abusing tourists for the amusement of the regulars. In one review a fella asked could his wheelchair bound friend use the toilet and the owner told him there was a sink behind the bar that he normally washes vegetables in that he could use. Had I read that before I wouldn't have darkened the place. I drank Belfast dry for two days so it didn't interrupt me too much!