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

I like the mad banana off it and it's nice and spicy too. At €30 it's a great bargain. Speaking of good deals, John's Lane is reduced from €70 to €54 in Dunnes atm

Did you see this in-store, not showing as reduced on their website this morning?

Yes in store only, i checked the site on the day I got a bottle and it was at €70 too but was €54 in store. now it might be a store to store basis, but someone down the country mentioned it in one of these threads so I drove down to see and sure enough it was reduced. not sure for how long though.

I had some Johns Lane then the other night, a bottle that was about 1/3 down. It is great to have an ex bourbon forward pot still, even if it does have some sherry in it. Nice to get the leathery, spicy vanilla notes as opposed to the christmas cake sherry pot stills about from time to time.

Flip them where? Gold spot on any of the Facebook group is going up at 10 euro a number on thunderball so you will make what 20 quid

Blue spot is core range at 80 euro and plenty of it in airport

Wrong whiskeys to buy to make profit tbh. Open them and enjoy them

I’ve seen the blue make 150, that’s double what I paid, in a few auctions. Gold went as far as 300 as you say.

Take fees off that and you at around 140 150

Auction sights don't offer their services for free

September auction had some Blue Spot sell as low as €125. That's €113 after fees.

So with a bottle of Blue Spot retailing at €80, you are left with €33 profit, which is hardly worth your while really.

I put a bottle of it in auction, before it got general release, and it didn't even make the low reserve I'd put on it. But then it seemed like a lot of people got it before it was released, and tried to flip straight away.

It also had it go as high as 220. It’s grand. I’ll know for again.

Ok your bottles are worth 5 grand

Auction them and reap the wealth 🤑

Quick summary I found online of Irish whiskey main brands in the USA...

Is 2 Gingers just the export name for Kilbeggan?

TOP TEN IRISH WHISKEY BRANDS IN THE U.S by thousands of 9-liter cases

• 1. Jameson (Pernod Ricard) 4,059
• 2. Tullamore D.E.W. (William Grant & Sons) 327
• 3. Proper No. Twelve (Proximo Spirits) 280
• 4. Bushmills (Proximo Spirits) 195
• 5. Redbreast (Pernod Ricard) 56 
• 6. Paddy (Sazerac Co) 45 
• 7. 2 Gingers (Beam Suntory) 30
• 8. Teeling (Bacardi) 27
• 9. Slane (Brown-Forman) 25
• 10. The Sexton (Proximo Spirits) 20

Between 2006 and 2021, total sales have risen from just under 1 millon cases to just over 5 million... representing close to half of all Irish whiskey made for the world.

Me either... I found a bit more information about it here:

The 2 Gingers Irish Whiskey is actually the brain child of Kieran Folliard, the owner of 4 well known Irish pubs in Minnesota, who decided that after many years of slinging whiskey he wanted to sourced and blend his own...

The most positive thing I can say about the 2 Gingers Irish Whiskey is that it tastes better than its cousin the Kilbeggan Blended Irish Whiskey. 

In the end my synopsis for the 2 Gingers Irish Whiskey would be this. It’s not too shabby for being a whiskey that was basically created for mixing with Ginger Ale and doing shots in pubs in Minnesota.

https://thewhiskeyjug.com/irish-whiskey/2-gingers-irish-whiskey-review/

Thats the worst name I've ever heard on a whiskey.

I've been seaving up for another Redbreast CS but then I have still have half a bottle from last year and I'm wodnering should I try the 15 instead? Never had the 15...might be good for a special treat.

For scotch, I'm definitely going to see if I can get my hands on another Ledaig Rioja cask, its the best whisky i've had all year, espeically in terms of just pure intense aroma and flavour that smacks you about the face.

I've been thinking about trying that seaweed cask whiskey too from down the country...the Currach for something different? Anyone recommend?

Edit: Sorry @dizzyg i misread you post and jumped the gun and thinking you were talking about what people are ordering for the Christmas hols

I see Method and Madness have a new release that's 60% oats, 40% malt. That's a lot of oats!

Can confirm JL @€54 in Dunnes Parkway Limerick this afternoon, no price on the shelf though, just a blank under it. 3 bottles left.