Present idea - budget €100

randomguy

I have an old friend that I used to buy a bottle of booze for every xmas. I am going to start again this year, and want to get him something interesting. He is a proper food, wine and drink expert, and I am not, but I try and get something he might not otherwise have, and maybe something christmassy.

10 years ago I got a Flor de Cana 18 or 21 year old from Celtic Whiskey Shop, and the next year got him Green Spot whiskey from Mitchells. Another year I got Lustau something (not sherry, it might have been a port or brandy or something which used Lustau barrels), again from Mitchells. A few years ago I got him a Pineau de Charentes, on the basis that I was broke, and it was still the kind of thing he wouldn't buy himself. A couple of years I got different ports. All went down well (I helped him with the rum).

Any ideas? Budget approx €100, and will be shopping in Dublin city centre. I'd prefer one decent bottle, but might consider a tasting pack of some kind, and would tend towards the classic rather than the willfully obscure.

irish_goat

Was it Redbreast Lustau?

randomguy

irish_goat wrote: »

Was it Redbreast Lustau?

Pretty sure it was not a whiskey - might have been this - https://www.irishtimes.com/life-and-style/food-and-drink/drink/lustau-solera-gran-reserva-finest-selection-brandy-de-jerez-40-57-95-1.2347197

Any classy gift suggestions for around €80 to €100 come to mind? Limited edition or slightly obscure, so that he doesn't already have it. He was drinking old fashioneds and negronis the last few times I saw him, if that helps. Was even thinking maybe something Japanese, just to be different?

irish_goat

I'd take a call to the Celtic Whiskey Shop. They've a good selection of all sorts of spirits. Maybe a bottle of Calvados? Unlikely he will have many of these and they are nice at Christmas and are good with cheese/desserts.

chancer007

any recommendations in the €50 price range for a present?