What Whisky/Whiskey are we drinking this month?

CastielJ · 31-05-2018 09:40AM

I love Jack Daniel’s Old No.7 Tennessee Whiskey. If you prefer something a little sweeter, then perhaps the Jack Daniel’s Tennessee Honey would be a better option for you.

the beer revolu · 31-05-2018 01:32PM

CastielJ wrote: »

I love Jack Daniel’s Old No.7 Tennessee Whiskey. If you prefer something a little sweeter, then perhaps the Jack Daniel’s Tennessee Honey would be a better option for you.

Except that wouldn't be whiskey.

Padraig Mor · 06-06-2018 12:26PM

Have been humming and hawwing for a long time about buying a bottle of Bruichladdich Octomore. Finally got a chance to try a dram in London Monday and........while it's nice an'all, it just didn't seem as peaty as my fave 'big peat' Laphroaig 10, so it'll be 3 or 4 bottles of that instead for about the same price!

beardybrewer · 07-06-2018 05:14PM

I haven't found anything much bigger than Laphroaig 10. I would rate Laphroaig > Ardbeg > Lagavulin > Talisker > Bowmore or something like that. I love to add a drop to a neutral Irish whiskey like Bushmills.

Speaking of, Connemara are on a decent sale for €34 at O'Briens.

mik_da_man · 07-06-2018 09:27PM

Padraig Mor wrote: »

Have been humming and hawwing for a long time about buying a bottle of Bruichladdich Octomore. Finally got a chance to try a dram in London Monday and........while it's nice an'all, it just didn't seem as peaty as my fave 'big peat' Laphroaig 10, so it'll be 3 or 4 bottles of that instead for about the same price!

I thought the Octomore was a huge hitter on the peat scale? Not had it myself, but must get to try a dram.
Have the Laphroaig at home and do like it.

the beer revolu · 08-06-2018 07:01AM

I see Black's of Kinsale are releasing a 12 YO single malt.

mik_da_man · 08-06-2018 07:25AM

the beer revolu wrote: »

I see Black's of Kinsale are releasing a 12 YO single malt.

Yeah, seen that on social media yesterday.

Looks like there'll be less and less of that type of release coming...

https://www.irishtimes.com/business/agribusiness-and-food/industry-veteran-warns-of-possible-irish-whiskey-drought-1.3519154

RebelButtMunch · 08-06-2018 08:59AM

mik_da_man wrote: »

I thought the Octomore was a huge hitter on the peat scale? Not had it myself, but must get to try a dram.
Have the Laphroaig at home and do like it.

I've gone through 3 bottles of Laphroig in the past 5 or 6 years and I'll say that each one tastes less peatier than the last. I dont know if that's my palate or laphroig 'rushing' to meet the really big whisky demand right now.

L1011 · 08-06-2018 09:04AM

The 10 can't really be rushed; the QA/QC and other similar releases are very young though

The peat element of the flavour should really be from the distillation not the aging though

Padraig Mor · 08-06-2018 09:17AM

mik_da_man wrote: »

I thought the Octomore was a huge hitter on the peat scale? Not had it myself, but must get to try a dram.
Have the Laphroaig at home and do like it.

Yeah, 'technically' the Octomore is like 4 times peatier or something, but it doesn't come across in the glass. Definitely peaty, but missing that medicinal bite of the L10.

RebelButtMunch · 08-06-2018 09:47AM

A good tip I saw to help with the flavour; a year in the cask a minute in the glass.

So for a 10y I'd pour it out. Stick a saucer over the glass and leave it for 10 minutes. It really has a punch when you finally get your nose into that glass.

It is hard waiting though!

EagererBeaver · 08-06-2018 10:23AM

L1011 wrote: »

The 10 can't really be rushed; the QA/QC and other similar releases are very young though

The peat element of the flavour should really be from the distillation not the aging though

Huh? The peatiness is determined by whether/how long the malt is smoked for, not the distillation process.

Mellor · 08-06-2018 10:38AM

EagererBeaver wrote: »

Huh? The peatiness is determined by whether/how long the malt is smoked for, not the distillation process.

I think he means that the level of smoke is determined by the time the spirit is barrelled and aged. But technically yeah, it's prior to distillation rather than during.

EagererBeaver · 08-06-2018 10:50AM

Mellor wrote: »

EagererBeaver wrote: »

Huh? The peatiness is determined by whether/how long the malt is smoked for, not the distillation process.

I think he means that the level of smoke is determined by the time the spirit is barrelled and aged. But technically yeah, it's prior to distillation rather than during.

Possibly. No "technically" about it though. Distillation is a very clear, defined process like, not "everything before it goes in the cask".

L1011 · 08-06-2018 01:18PM

EagererBeaver wrote: »

Possibly. No "technically" about it though. Distillation is a very clear, defined process like, not "everything before it goes in the cask".

Distillation is usually accepted to mean the entire process until cask. Pointless pedantry

Choc Chip · 08-06-2018 01:35PM

L1011 wrote: »

Distillation is usually accepted to mean the entire process until cask. Pointless pedantry

Ah now. I don't agree with that. You're saying that you include barley growing, malting, mashing, fermentation AND distillation under the heading "distillation"?

I just don't agree that is the way "distillation" is usually used. Particularly in this case where peat levels are increased during the malting stage and then reduce in later stages, particularly during distillation.

I might have seen your point if you'd included mashing, fermentation and distillation together (although it's still not correct) but malting isn't even generally carried out onsite.

EagererBeaver · 08-06-2018 02:03PM

L1011 wrote: »

EagererBeaver wrote: »

Possibly. No "technically" about it though. Distillation is a very clear, defined process like, not "everything before it goes in the cask".

Distillation is usually accepted to mean the entire process until cask. Pointless pedantry

That's just demonstrably untrue. You don't get to label someone a pedant just because you were wrong. Which you were.

sceach16 · 08-06-2018 02:23PM

Hi to both of ye. I follow your postings regularly and regard both of ye as reliable and useful posters.

How about closing this saga?

irish_goat · 09-06-2018 02:20PM

sceach16 wrote: »

Hi to both of ye. I follow your postings regularly and regard both of ye as reliable and useful posters.

How about closing this saga?

Agreed!

Late to the party here but I had a Roe & Co for the first time the other night and couldn't believe how sweet it was. Is there a sweeter Irish whiskey out there?

osarusan · 09-06-2018 02:30PM

Just last night, I took the final sips of a bottle of Taketsuru 17. I'd been saving that last drop for a while, but in the end just had the urge and finished it.

I wonder will I ever drink it again.

Padraig Mor · 11-06-2018 08:09AM

osarusan wrote: »

Just last night, I took the final sips of a bottle of Taketsuru 17. I'd been saving that last drop for a while, but in the end just had the urge and finished it.

I wonder will I ever drink it again.

Been working my way through a bottle of Hibiki 17 for the last while - still have about a third or so left. Lovely stuff!

mik_da_man · 11-06-2018 02:21PM

Padraig Mor wrote: »

Been working my way through a bottle of Hibiki 17 for the last while - still have about a third or so left. Lovely stuff!

Only recently started drinking Japanese whiskey, got some Nikka from the Barrell and quite enjoyed it.

The Hibiki 17 is discontinued now and impossible to purchase for a reasonable price!

L1011 · 11-06-2018 03:22PM

Airport purchases today were limited to two 700s as I'm short on space

Naked Grouse and The Chita were the ones I went for. The old reliable Iberian airport option of Cardhu wasn't in stock!

Padraig Mor · 12-06-2018 09:05AM

mik_da_man wrote: »

The Hibiki 17 is discontinued now and impossible to purchase for a reasonable price!

I got mine for free from a chap from Suntory I did some work with! (Now there was a guy who liked his whiskey - drank it like water).

limnam · 12-06-2018 08:59PM

mik_da_man wrote: »

got some Nikka from the Barrell and quite enjoyed it.

Beautiful.

It would almost get me to try another blended whiskey. Almost.

EagererBeaver · 12-06-2018 09:10PM

limnam wrote: »

mik_da_man wrote: »

got some Nikka from the Barrell and quite enjoyed it.

Beautiful.

It would almost get me to try another blended whiskey. Almost.

What? Plenty of absolutely stunning blended whiskeys around. Why wouldn't you try one?

L1011 · 12-06-2018 10:32PM

There are some bloody awful NAS single malts and single grains going around the airport circuit; plenty of damn good blends - a general refusal to try a type is very odd.

Mellor · 13-06-2018 12:53AM

limnam wrote: »

Beautiful.

It would almost get me to try another blended whiskey. Almost.

Almost sounds like you are suggesting that blended vrs single is a measure of quality. Which is obviously nonsense.

smurfjed · 13-06-2018 08:07AM

Got some NIKKA Black Pure Malt as i passed through Paris for 52 euro / 500 ML.

Very different to my usual Irish whiskeys.

beardybrewer · 15-06-2018 12:30PM

Finally a decent sale on Connemara whiskey (€34 @ O'Briens). Got a couple bottles and a few Bushmill Blacks while I was at it.

What Whisky/Whiskey are we drinking this month?

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