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What Whisky/Whiskey are we drinking this month?

artanevilla

I know there's a thread on recommending Whiskeys/Whiskys but there's none on general tasting as far as I can see.

Similar premise to the beer thread, but we'll say month instead of week as drinking a €50/60 bottle of Whiskey/Whisky a week is probably not a good idea...

I picked up a bottle of The Glenlivet Master Distillers Reserve on my travels recently. No age statement.

Not the most complex Whisky in the world. It's quite nice though, smooth and fruity, very strong taste of pears, and a tiny bit of spice. Drank with a splash of water.

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smurfjed

After a couple of days in Dublin, i ended up with a bottle of Pearse Lyons Coopers Select that has a sherry cask finish and is supposed to have a nose of sherry and bourbon and a taste which is lingering and smooth.

I also got J.J.Corey GAEL, this a blend of 26 year old single malt, 15 year old single malt, a 11 year old single malt and a 7 year old grain. Its an edition of 7000 bottles.

Hopefully i will get to try both of these tonight.

BTW, the Pearse Lyons distillery tour is well worth the 20 yoyo's.

RasTa

Redbreast 21 was €8.90 a shot in Chelsea Drugstore the other day. Unbelievable price

limnam

In other news, Jameson black barrel is on in tesco for 36e

Steal

Don Kiddick

limnam wrote: »

In other news, Jameson black barrel is on in tesco for 36e

Steal

Great price, it's my fave whiskey under €50

um7y1h83ge06nx

Any catch with ordering from Masters of Malt? No issues with orders getting stopped by Customs for charges?

Prices look pretty good if you're ordering a decent amount to make the delivery charges worth it.

RasTa

Could someone going through Dublin airport find out the price of redbreast 21 for me. Cheers

BeerNut

Morgan Ugly Throat wrote: »

Any catch with ordering from Masters of Malt?

Sometimes. They don't seem to be legit.

EagererBeaver

RasTa wrote: »

Could someone going through Dublin airport find out the price of redbreast 21 for me. Cheers

They have a website. Look it up.

sceach16

RasTa wrote: »

Could someone going through Dublin airport find out the price of redbreast 21 for me. Cheers

https://www.theloop.ie/m/282/redbreast

Oafley Jones

Morgan Ugly Throat wrote: »

Any catch with ordering from Masters of Malt? No issues with orders getting stopped by Customs for charges?

Prices look pretty good if you're ordering a decent amount to make the delivery charges worth it.

Ordered from them at least a dozen times and never had an issue. Shipping is usually excellent, I’d often have it within 48 hours.

brokenarms

Side by side taste test. under 30 quid.

One clear winner.

EagererBeaver

A well deserved victory for the Black Bush.

Mellor

Hardy a fair comparison. You were drinking out of two different glasses

mik_da_man

Had some Method and Madness Single Pot Still this weekend.
Some from Batch 1 and some from Batch 2

Batch 2 is definitely a more finished whiskey, smoother and balanced.
Batch 1 has a edge to it, but I do like it too.

the beer revolu

Morgan Ugly Throat wrote: »

Any catch with ordering from Masters of Malt? No issues with orders getting stopped by Customs for charges?

Prices look pretty good if you're ordering a decent amount to make the delivery charges worth it.

Risk of bottles being seized, particularly at this time of year.

ZV Yoda

the beer revolu wrote: »

Risk of bottles being seized, particularly at this time of year.

This was the first time I've ordered whiskey online. I considered both Whiskey Exchange & MoM. The prices were more or less the same. I went with MoM in the end (no particular reason)

I'm sure the Whiskey Exchange quote showed a detailed breakdown that included a refund of UK VAT, but an additional charge for Irish customs. I don't see that on the MoM order, but it did say all taxes & duties included.

Either way, surely they would only be seized if the duty wasn't paid by either the shipper or receiver?

I'm expecting my order to be delivered tomorrow, so I'll know soon enough.

brokenarms

ZV Yoda wrote: »

This was the first time I've ordered whiskey online. I considered both Whiskey Exchange & MoM. The prices were more or less the same. I went with MoM in the end (no particular reason)

I'm sure the Whiskey Exchange quote showed a detailed breakdown that included a refund of UK VAT, but an additional charge for Irish customs. I don't see that on the MoM order, but it did say all taxes & duties included.

Either way, surely they would only be seized if the duty wasn't paid by either the shipper or receiver?

I'm expecting my order to be delivered tomorrow, so I'll know soon enough.

I got 2 bottles of scotch delivered from Amazon through parcel motlel yesterday. No problems at all. From the UK.

the beer revolu

ZV Yoda wrote: »

This was the first time I've ordered whiskey online. I considered both Whiskey Exchange & MoM. The prices were more or less the same. I went with MoM in the end (no particular reason)

I'm sure the Whiskey Exchange quote showed a detailed breakdown that included a refund of UK VAT, but an additional charge for Irish customs. I don't see that on the MoM order, but it did say all taxes & duties included.

Either way, surely they would only be seized if the duty wasn't paid by either the shipper or receiver?

I'm expecting my order to be delivered tomorrow, so I'll know soon enough.

Web sites routinely lie about this stuff.

brokenarms

Has anyone tried this.
Thinking of asking the missis for a bottle for xmas.

Love the butterscotch of the regular 12 year old. Does this one have the same lovelyness.
https://www.thewhiskyexchange.com/p/11946/glenfiddich-14-year-old-rich-oak#productReviews

um7y1h83ge06nx

Thanks for the response about Masters of Malt. I might wait until the new year and think about an order then.

mikeecho

brokenarms wrote: »

I got 2 bottles of scotch delivered from Amazon through parcel motlel yesterday. No problems at all. From the UK.

i've had issues with parcel motel and customs around this time of yr.
so.. i generally order mid summer, when staffing levels are reduced due to them taking annual leave.. , and having reduced man power. and less vigilant to alcohol imports.

Wh1skeyjack

Morgan Ugly Throat wrote: »

Any catch with ordering from Masters of Malt? No issues with orders getting stopped by Customs for charges?

Prices look pretty good if you're ordering a decent amount to make the delivery charges worth it.

I had the midrange whiskey calendar seized this morning, got a nice letter in the post. Ordered last year without issues, so caveat emptor

smurfjed

I purchased one bottle of Murphy’s Irish Whiskey from the USA a couple of years ago. The whiskey was $13.99 and shipping about $60, it came without issues so I decided to buy 3 more bottles for a wedding. An post showed up with a bill of €80 to release them as the VAT was also based on the shipping costs. So I never tried that again ðŸ˜€ðŸ˜€

nkav86

smurfjed wrote:

I purchased one bottle of Murphyâ€™s Irish Whiskey from the USA a couple of years ago. The whiskey was $13.99 and shipping about $60, it came without issues so I decided to buy 3 more bottles for a wedding. An post showed up with a bill of â‚¬80 to release them as the VAT was also based on the shipping costs. So I never tried that again Ã°Å¸Ëœâ‚¬Ã°Å¸Ëœâ‚¬

Am I missing something, why would you pay 60 for shipping on a 13.99 bottle?

smurfjed

Its a discontinued Irish whiskey that I could only find in the USA, I wanted to give it to someone called Murphy.

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ZV Yoda

ZV Yoda wrote: »

This was the first time I've ordered whiskey online. I considered both Whiskey Exchange & MoM. The prices were more or less the same. I went with MoM in the end (no particular reason)

I'm sure the Whiskey Exchange quote showed a detailed breakdown that included a refund of UK VAT, but an additional charge for Irish customs. I don't see that on the MoM order, but it did say all taxes & duties included.

Either way, surely they would only be seized if the duty wasn't paid by either the shipper or receiver?

I'm expecting my order to be delivered tomorrow, so I'll know soon enough.

My order arrived today with no probs.

SlipperyPeople

Ordered a few times from MoM with no issues. didn't even cross my mind regarding customs.

nkav86

smurfjed wrote:

Its a discontinued Irish whiskey that I could only find in the USA, I wanted to give it to someone called Murphy.

Ahhh that's what I wasn't getting, thanks for the clarification!

mik_da_man

Wh1skeyjack wrote: »

I had the midrange whiskey calendar seized this morning, got a nice letter in the post. Ordered last year without issues, so caveat emptor

Can you get back on to MoM and see why?
From their site they seem to be doing things legit, obv not though...

Big charge, or just seized and bye bye?

killbillvol2

hungoverbunny wrote: »

Ordered a few times from MoM with no issues. didn't even cross my mind regarding customs.

I had my first delivery from them yesterday - likewise customs never entered my head. I'd have been pretty p1ssed off if my 4 bottles had been seized!

Delivery was with DPD and the packaging very plain - sender was listed as Atom Supplies Ltd. (The bottles were very well protected inside).