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

These any good? Got given them as a gift!

Might try get a sample to try it

Nervous of buying a bottle incase I bitch out with the peat 🤣🙊

Two whiskeys last night

Aberlour abunadh: absolutely stunning, sherry bomb

Wd O'Connell bill Phil: peated whiskey and very nice in fairness

Glenfarclas 105

Had a sample of it at an L Mulligan tasting and immediately thought sherry bomb... dunno how easy it will be to track down a bottle. L Mulligans seems to have shut up shop.

I think all their output is very heavily influenced by sherry, but dunno how it'll compare on quality to Aberlour.

Great that you were able to try their new make. Had some of it at their stand at whiskey live.

For my money the best Sherry bomb you can buy right now is this

The Teeling Brabazon 2 2017 bottling is THE best but can’t be got - or even the 2018 which is less special

Glenfarclas 105 is quite rough around the edges in my opinion although I have drunk a couple of the one Litre bottles

Aberlour A’bunadh I’ve only had once at a special Christmas deal price of 80 .I was underwhelmed but I guess it half way between 105 and Brabazon 2 in ‘refinement ‘ .You do read of it being very variable by bottling so maybe I got a bad batch

I was disappointed to find my JJ Corry Batallion was a bit TOO much Tequilla influenced ( and ‘grain’y but I guess it’s a grain ) However mixing it with about 10% Teeling Single Malt saved the day and made it drinkable enough

I was also a bit surprised to get a 500ml bottle rather than a 700ml but I guess that’s what happens when you ‘assume’…

Will report back later, bottle en route at the mo with DPD

NB NB NB Teeling Brabazon 1 not 2 is the Sherry bomb ( the latter is port influenced ) .I was in town during the week and looking forward to a trip to Grafton / Nassau Porterhouse as I’d seen they had a Brab 1 in a couple months ago ( was in city with the kids ) Anyway the place was gutted for renovation :-(But I’d always heard The Palace Bar was legendary for whiskey stock and general ambiance /clientele.I mistakenly bought the bloody Brab 2 (€14) and wasn’t overly keen .I thought it best to get the Brab 1 after (€12) as I don’t get to drink much in the city and it’s rare …It was the 2018 bottling and I was frankly disappointed . The ( Palace) bar itself was a delight . Friendly staff and in the short time I was there someone was being interviewed at the bar for some kind of documentary AND I also heard Leo Enright (irelands best known space -if not science -correspondent for several decades ) elsewhere at the bar . Fab stained glass skylight in ceiling in the snug . Yeah , I know ,in my next report I will be doing a review of little known sports venue ,Croke Park! But it was genuinely my first time there ( and I’m a dubliner!) I’ve never been in Dublin Castle either ( unless you count Whiskey Live )

I agree, The Palace is a great spot, especially for whiskey. Amazing that it's stayed as it is as well, given its location

Need help with a Whiskey. So I did a lot of development work for a private client and it is finishing up. We meet up at the end of the month for the final run through and handover. We had agreed a price and it is all well and good as he is a recurring client (multiple online business' and minted). Usually he gets me a bottle of something kind of pricey at the end but nothing too expensive.

However, he is into his whiskey and wines and told me over the weekend that he has 3 bottles of Hazelburn 21 year old 2022 arriving at the end of the month and he will give me one as a thank you. I'm ok with whiskey and didn't think much of it and said no worries and thanks as never heard of it. So I have been googling and found it https://www.abbeywhisky.com/collections/new-whisky-arrivals/products/hazelburn-21-year-old-2022-release but some of the prices I am finding seem to be going for a greater than €400 and I am kind of like damn!!! He knows we are approx. €10k deep in IVF so maybe it is his roundabout way of helping out without being explicit or maybe he has no clue. I do plan to bring it up with him when we meet next time.

I am kind of like, ok if this is true, we could use the money to help with the IVF, but I have no idea how or where to sell it, commissions etc. Any ideas how I would do this or have I just looked at the wrong websites for pricing (which I am kind of assuming I have)?

I won't believe this until I have it in my hands as if the price increase is as I think it is, he may not know and keep them which is fair also but one can dream!!

I'm in Sweden but return home a few times a year. Laws are quite strict here (the state has a monopoly on off license) so would bring it home and sell from there.

Decent offer on Irishmalts at the minute - works on the already discounted bundles as well.