What Whisky/Whiskey are we drinking this month?

Black Sheep

Cracked open my bottle of Compass Box The Spice Tree last night.

It won Scottish vatted malt of the year in Jim Murray's 2021 Whisky bible and has picked up a few other awards here and there over the years.

Tasting notes, came across to me as a very vinous - does that have to do with the maturation in French oak ends?

A lot of big, bold flavours here, it's an impressive blend with a long finish.

I gather most of the whisky used in it is from Clynelish, not a distillery I'm familiar with at all.

Cazale

Tesco have a sale on whiskey this month.

https://www.tesco.ie/groceries/product/browse/default.aspx?N=4294780066+4294962028&Ne=4294954028&icid=GDP_Drinks_3C_Whiskey&Nao=0

Dont be at yourself

Cazale wrote: »

Tesco have a sale on whiskey this month.

https://www.tesco.ie/groceries/product/browse/default.aspx?N=4294780066+4294962028&Ne=4294954028&icid=GDP_Drinks_3C_Whiskey&Nao=0

Will probably my pick up the M&M and Roe & Co. Anything else worth looking at?

odyssey06

Dont be at yourself wrote: »

Will probably my pick up the M&M and Roe & Co. Anything else worth looking at?

M&M is probably the best of the bunch.

Am a fan of both of the above, think you'd like The Sexton at €33.
Some discussions on it earlier on the thread, it's from Bushmills, sherry cask, possibly Bushmills stock intended for travel retail.

* Don't pickup The Sexton with hand sanitiser on your hand, the brown paint comes right off!

Cazale

Teeling Blackpitts is available for pre-order below. It's Teelings much anticipated peated whiskey. I tried it in the summer and it's not bad. Not going to challenge any of the big Scottish whiskeys just yet but great to see more Irish peat.

https://ie.irishmalts.com/single-malt/teeling-blackpitts-peated-single-malt-pre-order

Drinking a bottle of founders KBS which is aged in bourbon barrels. I've been aging it myself for the past five years and it's savage stuff.

tscul32

Sipping a glass of Method and Madness single grain at the moment thanks to this thread. Got a bottle in O'Briens last week for the hubby's birthday today. Have to say it's very drinkable. Roe & Co would be one of our favourites too, but last couple of bottles were under £20 in Sainsbury's in August so even €35 is hard to hand over.

Wailin

Having an ardbeg night tonight with the 10 and corryvreckan. Looking forward to comparing them.

killbillvol2

Cazale wrote: »

Drinking a bottle of founders KBS which is aged in bourbon barrels. I've been aging it myself for the past five years and it's savage stuff.

You've just reminded me that I stashed a bottle of that at the back of a cupboard!

Cazale

Had some Ballyhoo whiskey tonight. A 4 year old grain whiskey finished in port casks. A very inoffensive and slight whiskey. Not much to it. Probably needed more time in the port casks.

Cazale

The next Celtic Whiskey Shop tasting not surprisingly sold out straight away. €60 another bargain for what you get. I was too late myself.

What's in the pack? 5 x 30ml 
The Buffalo Trace Antique Collection virtual tasting is a sure sell out! With limited number of spaces available this tasting will feature samples of the highly sought after and collectible George T. Stagg, Sazerac Rye 18 Year Old, Eagle Rare 17 Year Old, Thomas H. Handy and William Larue Weller whiskies from the Buffalo Trace Distillery.

ciaran76

Received my Japanese whiskey set from CWS , looking forward as never tasted a Japanese whiskey before.

1901Rory

Cazale wrote: »

Teeling Blackpitts is available for pre-order below. It's Teelings much anticipated peated whiskey. I tried it in the summer and it's not bad. Not going to challenge any of the big Scottish whiskeys just yet but great to see more Irish peat.
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Not to go all terroir on it, but any idea whether the Teelings Blackpitts actually uses Irish peat in the process? I know Connemare used to (and maybe still does) use Scottish peated malt.

actuar90

ciaran76 wrote: »

Received my Japanese whiskey set from CWS , looking forward as never tasted a Japanese whiskey before.

Got mine too but no link, have the dial in details been sent out yet?

killbillvol2

1901Rory wrote: »

Not to go all terroir on it, but any idea whether the Teelings Blackpitts actually uses Irish peat in the process? I know Connemare used to (and maybe still does) use Scottish peated malt.

Teelings use malt from Scotland too. They say they couldn't source enough of it here. (I asked on the distillery tour).

Darc19

Finished a West Cork malt the other day (not enamored). (lidl 29.99), opened Roe & Co tonight (€30 obriens sale last week)

The Roe & Co is just such a smooth easy sup and at €30/€35 (frequently on offer) is unbeatable as an everyday tipple.

ciaran76

1901Rory wrote: »

Not to go all terroir on it, but any idea whether the Teelings Blackpitts actually uses Irish peat in the process? I know Connemare used to (and maybe still does) use Scottish peated malt.

I think it was mainly Scottish based on comments on a previous Zoom tasting session I did with Teelings.

irish_goat

1901Rory wrote: »

Not to go all terroir on it, but any idea whether the Teelings Blackpitts actually uses Irish peat in the process? I know Connemare used to (and maybe still does) use Scottish peated malt.

I'm not sure if any of the Irish maltings make peated malt.

BonnieSituation

My O'Brien's Method and Madness tasting set is on the DPD can as we speak.

Very interested to see this now.

Update at 1pm ish.

Hogzy

Anyone have any idea as to why THIS went for almost £1,500 at whisky auctioneer when a similar one of the same era went for £150 in the same auction.

Granted the boxes are different in both but I dont get why one is 10 times the price of the other.

ciaran76

actuar90 wrote: »

Got mine too but no link, have the dial in details been sent out yet?

No just checked my email there.

BonnieSituation

Or 11.20...





Not bad presentation for a freebie.

killbillvol2

actuar90 wrote: »

Got mine too but no link, have the dial in details been sent out yet?

They send it on the day.

Black Sheep

Pulled the trigger on a bottle of Killowen rum ... Not a whisky in a rum finish... Actual solera method rum from Killowen. Too unusual to pass up the chance to try.

(Ah - it has its own thread... Apologies. I know this is the whisky thread but I thought it was the place where people would be most familiar with Killowen and appreciate how unusual this is..)

BonnieSituation

ciaran76 wrote: »

Received my Japanese whiskey set from CWS , looking forward as never tasted a Japanese whiskey before.

actuar90 wrote: »

Got mine too but no link, have the dial in details been sent out yet?

killbillvol2 wrote: »

They send it on the day.

On that. What date is the tasting?

BonnieSituation

Black Sheep wrote: »

Pulled the trigger on a bottle of Killowen rum ... Not a whisky in a rum finish... Actual solera method rum from Killowen. Too unusual to pass up the chance to try.

(Ah - it has its own thread... Apologies. I know this is the whisky thread but I thought it was the place where people would be most familiar with Killowen and appreciate how unusual this is..)

Absolutely this is the right place to throw that in. Cheers.

killbillvol2

BonnieSituation wrote: »

On that. What date is the tasting?

Tomorrow. I think - I've so many tastings lined up I can't keep track!

BonnieSituation

killbillvol2 wrote: »

Tomorrow. I think - I've so many tastings lined up I can't keep track!

So I have two tastings tomorrow? Sake.

Cazale

BonnieSituation wrote:

Absolutely this is the right place to throw that in. Cheers.

100%. Anything relating to whiskey, distilleries other product and stuff like barrel aged beers etc should be open for discussion here. Killowen are releasing their own rum and then they are using those rum casks to age their whiskey in.

Cazale

killbillvol2 wrote:

Teelings use malt from Scotland too. They say they couldn't source enough of it here. (I asked on the distillery tour).

Some Scottish distillers are using Danish, English or German barley due to lack of supply.

BonnieSituation

Cazale wrote: »

100%. Anything relating to whiskey, distilleries other product and stuff like barrel aged beers etc should be open for discussion here. Killowen are releasing their own rum and then they are using those rum casks to age their whiskey in.

Now to find a bottle of rum...