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

Thank you, I will contact them.

I bought a bottle of Lagavulin 16 in France for 56 euro in Carrefour, they had plenty of stock. Saw it in stock in smaller supermarkets in the countryside too for the same price, plenty of stock. It's not being ordered in.

Anyway I was pretty happy to pick it up for that price. I've never had it before so big expectation.

I got a bottle of Caol Isla 12. Paid 35 or 40 so was happy with that. Was nice, would prefer an Ardbeg 10 or a Laphraiog

What did you think? I spotted it in Supervalu, but haven't got one yet.

Missing out on a distillery tour to them, and West Cork, next month, as I'm away on holidays. 😪

I'll give it a miss so! I often go for regular powers on special when it's going with a mixer.

They were certainly pushing it at their stall at Whiskey Live!

Also got to try some interesting peated new make while there.

Interesting that Teeling was just mentioned I was going to post about them but let’s start at the beginning . Bloom !!!! Man that place is like a mini Whiskey Live. The superstars for me were Lough Ree .Refreshingly as with JJ Corey they give a percentage breakdown of components in blends I was given three samples ( of course like Whiskey Live you have to ‘approach ‘ the good folk , they won’t just pour it in your mouth!) They had an interesting mildly peated blend at 46% for €46 ( I also tried a 95 euro grain which was nice , but …. a grain ) I was blown away by the 70 euro ‘Bridge Series ‘ 6.5 year old malt in sweet Sherry 22 month finish. It was fab . Maybe not quite up to first bottling (2017 vs 2018 ?)Brabazon 1 complexity and punch ( 49% vs 40) but boy for pure Sherry bomb class it may be number 1 . So I left Bloom 116 euro lighter …On the ferry to uk I picked up a Teeling Single Malt for a mere 35 euro and despite it being the whiskey that started my journey 5 or 6 years ago I wasn’t feeling the love .They once boasted of having a small percentage of an obscenely old sample in it . I don’t think it’s there anymore :-( There’s no doubt that whiskey times are changing

Could anyone tell me if selling on a Three Drams testing would be a viable thing to do?

Got Episode 2 bought to me as a present away back. Unfortunately I opened the bottles to have a sniff with the intention of watching the YouTube session and sampling them, but never got round to it.

I'll start drinking them!

Try all of them!

Is the Laphroaig absolutely too much peat wise

My brother gifted me a bottle of Distiller's Reserve for my wedding. I absolutely loved it

Ah was that the JJ Corry Battalion? I tasted one of the earlier batches and really enjoyed it. Unusual whiskey with tequila finish but it worked for me.

I picked up:

JJ Corry Battalion Batch 3 (in memory of the San Patricio Battalion - finished in tequila cask)

Three Earls sampler set (haven't tasted anything of theirs yet)

April 2021 Three Drams sample set (Killarney 8yo, Dingle Single Malt, Thomond Gate sample)

Thanks for the tip!