What Whisky/Whiskey are we drinking this month?

Wailin

Uigeadail for me

It's a beautiful whiskey and not at all medicinal, unlike the Ardbeg 10.

Lagavulin is lovely too, earthy and rich, but not what it once was.

Buy both!

picachu

Wailin wrote: »

Uigeadail for me

It's a beautiful whiskey and not at all medicinal, unlike the Ardbeg 10.

Lagavulin is lovely too, earthy and rich, but not what it once was.

Buy both!

Why not, life's to short 🀪

Cazale

Speyside Whiskey Judging & Tasting

An excellent opportunity to try 8 magnificent whiskies from Speyside.

The Speyside whisky awards take place every May until that was brought to a halt last year. We have always enjoyed taking part and adding up the votes to see which whisky comes out on top and so this year we will be doing it virtually.

We will be joined by Speysider and current Dingle distillery manager, Graham Coull, to guide us through the following fantastic range of whiskies -

Aberlour 10 year old
Cardhu 12 year old
Benromach 15 year old
The GlenAllachie 15 year old
Glenfiddich Grand Cru 23 year old
Glenfarclas 25 year old
Tamnavulin Sherry Cask Edition
Cardhu Amber Rock

https://www.lmulliganwhiskeyshop.com/ProductDetails.asp?ProductCode=spey3

Listrydude

Anyone tried the new offering from WD O'Connell? 10 year old single grain from their Bourbon and Rye series. A lovely whiskey, bottle almost gone already!

Cazale

Listrydude wrote:

Anyone tried the new offering from WD O'Connell? 10 year old single grain from their Bourbon and Rye series. A lovely whiskey, bottle almost gone already!

Tried a sample of it. It's tasty stuff.

yourdeadwright

Got myself a bottle of the Jameson black barrel the weekend I have to say it was very good,

FileNotFound

yourdeadwright wrote: »

Got myself a bottle of the Jameson black barrel the weekend I have to say it was very good,

Considering its on sale the whole time in one shop or another its a grand one for the day to day. I very much enjoyed it.

BonnieSituation

yourdeadwright wrote: »

Got myself a bottle of the Jameson black barrel the weekend I have to say it was very good,

FileNotFound wrote: »

Considering its on sale the whole time in one shop or another its a grand one for the day to day. I very much enjoyed it.

It's almost everyone on here's go to bottom-shelfer.

Have two bottles of it there. Makes a mean irish coffee too.

Cazale

Glendronach are starting to chill filter all their whiskeys. Rumours of caramel colouring too but not confirmed. I know a few fans on here who will be disappointed.

Wailin

Sacrilege!

Cazale

Celtic Whiskey have Blue Spot in stock. In store only so no online or phone orders.

Effects

What's the story with Lambay these days? I'm getting lots of sponsored ads on social media, that give a Christmas discount code.
They have been struggling financially, haven't they?

odyssey06

Effects wrote: »

What's the story with Lambay these days? I'm getting lots of sponsored ads on social media, that give a Christmas discount code.
They have been struggling financially, haven't they?

Probably hit hard by drop in travel retail.
Am seeing their stuff in more off licences now and in O'Briens.
Some places selling for €30 (Celtic Whiskey Shop, Nolans), some closer to €40 for the small batch.

athlone573

Useful.Idiot wrote: »

Both are amazing so it's hard to recommend one over the other. Uigeadail is a NAS whiskey so you would think it would have some younger whiskies in it compared to Lagavullin 16, so the Laga would be a bit softer... more elegant almost. The Uigeadail is also 54% so it's definitely going to have more of a punch, though probably not as much as the Corryveckan! The marriage of sherry fruit and smoke in the Uigeadail is something else but Lagavullin is maybe more easy going and maritime compared and would be better for a long evening of sipping?

Personally I would probably say go for the Lagavullin just to contrast and compare against Ardbeg, instead of going for two Ardbegs but there's no real right answer!

Personally I couldnt imagine sipping a smokey/peaty whisky for an evening, it's something to be savoured in small doses (complementing other food and drink) but each to their own. For easy drinking maybe something like Old Pulteney.

I would like to try the Lagavulin though - and more Laphroaig, I got used to the phenolic taste very quickly!

Black Sheep

athlone573 wrote: »

Personally I couldnt imagine sipping a smokey/peaty whisky for an evening, it's something to be savoured in small doses (complementing other food and drink) but each to their own. For easy drinking maybe something like Old Pulteney.

I would like to try the Lagavulin though - and more Laphroaig, I got used to the phenolic taste very quickly!

Lagavulin does have a bit of south Islay smokiness to it but it's not comparable to the approach taken by Ardbeg, and the 16 is definitely a refined sipper.

I had a bottle of the Lagavulin 11 year old recently and that did verge on overly smoke-driven. It was like drinking the remains of a campfire, despite being quite refined and with some other elements coming through underneath.

Cazale

Delighted to get a bottle of Kilkerran 8 Year Old Cask Strength from Celtic Whiskey. I always enjoy a dram of it but it's nigh on impossible to get with limited stocks and Springbank fanboys snapping them all up.

Peated and aged entirely in Oloroso sherry casks with an abv of 56.9 so it's right up my alley.

spiritcrusher

Got offered a bottle of the Kilkerran 8 year old myself. Would this be a decent bottle for someone just starting out with Scotch? I've been mostly drinking Redbreast 12, Teeling single grain & Powers 3 Swallow and really enjoy them all, but very aware they're all on the sweet end of things.
So I've been looking to expand my tastes a little and chanced the Springbank lottery as the 8 year old seemed quite a reasonable price I thought. My only other experience with Scotch was Johnny Walker (red label I think) when I was on holidays a few years ago and thought it was awful stuff altogether. But I've been really enjoying my whiskey this year and want to expand the collection!

Cazale

spiritcrusher wrote: »

Got offered a bottle of the Kilkerran 8 year old myself. Would this be a decent bottle for someone just starting out with Scotch? I've been mostly drinking Redbreast 12, Teeling single grain & Powers 3 Swallow and really enjoy them all, but very aware they're all on the sweet end of things.
So I've been looking to expand my tastes a little and chanced the Springbank lottery as the 8 year old seemed quite a reasonable price I thought. My only other experience with Scotch was Johnny Walker (red label I think) when I was on holidays a few years ago and thought it was awful stuff altogether. But I've been really enjoying my whiskey this year and want to expand the collection!

I hate recommending whiskey to anyone as it's a personal preference. The thing I'd say with kilkerran 8 is that it's cask strength with peat. Both these factors divide people as they can be extreme flavours to those not used to them. Kilkerran has been described as dirty, rough and rustic which is heaven to me but might be jarring if you are new to it.

odyssey06

spiritcrusher wrote: »

Got offered a bottle of the Kilkerran 8 year old myself. Would this be a decent bottle for someone just starting out with Scotch? I've been mostly drinking Redbreast 12, Teeling single grain & Powers 3 Swallow and really enjoy them all, but very aware they're all on the sweet end of things.
So I've been looking to expand my tastes a little and chanced the Springbank lottery as the 8 year old seemed quite a reasonable price I thought. My only other experience with Scotch was Johnny Walker (red label I think) when I was on holidays a few years ago and thought it was awful stuff altogether. But I've been really enjoying my whiskey this year and want to expand the collection!

A speyside Glenlivet or Glenfiddich is probably closest in style to Irish, so that's a safe option but you are probably looking for something a bit different.

If you're not ready for the jump to heavily peated, then maybe Jura 10 year old, Old Pulteney 12 year old or Highland Park would be interesting ones to try for you.

Cazale

The Bushmills Caribbean Cask is released today. I had a sample of it and wasn't a fan but some might want to try it.

odyssey06

Cazale wrote: »

The Bushmills Caribbean Cask is released today. I had a sample of it and wasn't a fan but some might want to try it.

Cheers, I might take a punt on it. I have an O'Briens gift voucher so I am hoping it comes in there.

Cazale

odyssey06 wrote:

Cheers, I might take a punt on it. I have an O'Briens gift voucher so I am hoping it comes in there.

For 30 euro it's worth a try.

mehico

Can anyone recommend a good mid range Japanese whiskey?

I was given a gift of a bottle a few years ago and really enjoyed it but foolishly forgot to take note of what it was before it was gone. I did think it was a Hakushu 12 Years but looking at the price of the bottle online, I am not so sure now.

Cazale

New Irish whiskey app. Have it downloaded and it has some decent information on it.

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=net.barrelproof.irishwhiskey

JohnDozer

Listrydude wrote: »

Anyone tried the new offering from WD O'Connell? 10 year old single grain from their Bourbon and Rye series. A lovely whiskey, bottle almost gone already!

Picked up 100ml today to taste. Will be investing in a full bottle! Lovely stuff

Technophobe

Cazale wrote: »

The Bushmills Caribbean Cask is released today. I had a sample of it and wasn't a fan but some might want to try it.

As a rum fan and someone who finds the Tullamore Dew Caribbean Rum Cask finish whiskey a nice pleasant sipper and/or perfect to start off the evening's proceedings, I'll have to try this to compare..

Technophobe

Having a cheeky Green Spot tonight and a Talisker to round off the evening..it is Thursday after all.

Black Sheep

Dingle batch 5 single malt...

Enjoyed it, I think the output will be super in a few more years. But is it fair to say that all of them - this crowd of new Irish distillers - need another 5-7 years to really hit their stride in terms of what they have?

BonnieSituation

Technophobe wrote: »

Having a cheeky Green Spot tonight and a Talisker to round off the evening..it is Thursday after all.

Nice.

Having a black barrel as it happens with some James Acaster.

Round out the evening with a Bowmore I think.

BonnieSituation

Black Sheep wrote: »

Dingle batch 5 single malt...

Enjoyed it, I think the output will be super in a few more years. But is it fair to say that all of them - this crowd of new Irish distillers - need another 5-7 years to really hit their stride in terms of what they have?

Everyone except Drumshanbo. /s

Genuinely though, imagine what they're gonna have out with how good the initial batches have been.