Tullamore Dew Caribbean Cask finish

TP_CM

I really enjoyed this one. Probably the smoothest finish I've tasted in this price range. Does anyone know where I can buy more? I can't find it anywhere except celticwhiskeyshop.

https://www.celticwhiskeyshop.com/Tullamore-Dew-XO-Caribbean-Rum-Cask-Finish-70cl?tag=Tullamore%20Dew%20XO%20Caribbean%20Rum%20Cask%20Finish&sort=p.price&order=DESC

irish_goat

Bit cheaper here. https://www.thewinecentre.ie/tullamore-dew-xo-rum-cask-70cl/p674

FlicFlak

I see this always stocked in Dunnes Stores. Maybe try your local store.

TP_CM

Thanks very much for that folks. The price on that site is a fair one I think. My local shop is a Dunnes but I haven't seen it on the shelves. I'll ask them next time I'm in. Much appreciated.

elderberry

27.54 in Super Valu according to their website. Not sure of stock availability in stores.

https://shop.supervalu.ie/shopping/wine-beer-spirits-irish-whiskey-tullamore-dew-xo-rum-cask-70-cl-/p-1727631000

Effects

My local was useless. Said they never stock Tullamore Dew anyway.
They said they couldn't get it in for me, and the only way to check stock in other stores was for me to ring around.

KnicksInSix

I picked it up in SV Killester earlier in the week. I've seen it in Dunnes often enough for around the €35 mark.

odyssey06

Picked up a bottle in Supervalu for €27 and it's definitely worth a punt at that price.
Feels like a step up in quality from standard Tullamore Dew.

This might sound crazy, but as an experiment if you have standard Tullamore Dew (or standard whiskey like Bushmills) and a golden rum such as Havana Club Anejo Especial or Mount Gay, try a blend of 2/3 whiskey to 1/3 rum ... I'm picking up a lot of similarities to the rum cask finish.

the beer revolu

odyssey06 wrote: »

Picked up a bottle in Supervalu for €27 and it's definitely worth a punt at that price.
Feels like a step up in quality from standard Tullamore Dew.

This might sound crazy, but as an experiment if you have standard Tullamore Dew (or standard whiskey like Bushmills) and a golden rum such as Havana Club Anejo Especial or Mount Gay, try a blend of 2/3 whiskey to 1/3 rum ... I'm picking up a lot of similarities to the rum cask finish.

That's not so crazy, at all.
When casks come in they will often have several litres of the original contents sloshing around in the "empty" cask.
I guess some producers drain out and rinse the cask, others may well leave the liquid in the cask, essentially adding rum/sherry/etc in small quantities to the whiskey.

Effects

Tullamore have said their rum casks arrive with liquid, so they don't contract durning transit, and then they empty them before filling them with their whiskey.

the beer revolu

Effects wrote: »

Tullamore have said their rum casks arrive with liquid, so they don't contract durning transit, and then they empty them before filling them with their whiskey.

That would be the norm but I suspect some people keep some of it in the casks for a more pronounce effect.

Tom Dunne

odyssey06 wrote: »

Picked up a bottle in Supervalu for €27 and it's definitely worth a punt at that price.

Yes, definitely worth it for that. I paid €42 in the Tullamore Dew visitor centre during the summer (rookie mistake) and thought it wasn't worth it.

bennyob

Picked up one in supervalu. Better than the teelings rum cask finish imo.

Quackster

Similar price in Dunnes at the moment. (Approx €28ish.)

TP_CM

I can't seem to find it in any of the Supervalus or Dunnes I've checked in South Dublin.

odyssey06

TP_CM wrote: »

I can't seem to find it in any of the Supervalus or Dunnes I've checked in South Dublin.

I got mine in Supervalu Sutton. Were any of the Supervalus you tried former Superquinn stores? I find they still have different stock to the Supervalu stores that were always SV.

There's chance they've sold all their allocation
I don't see it listed anymore on the Supervalu open website i.e. no store selected.

keano_afc

TP_CM wrote: »

I can't seem to find it in any of the Supervalus or Dunnes I've checked in South Dublin.

Good few of them available in Bray yesterday when I was in.

TP_CM

keano_afc wrote: »

Good few of them available in Bray yesterday when I was in.

Thanks a million. Is that Bray Supervalu or Bray Dunnes?