Here it is Conor McGregors Whiskey!!

thelibertyboy · 17-09-2018 5:45pm #1

well here it is Conor Mcgregors proper whiskey
https://properwhiskey.com

c montgomery · 17-09-2018 5:47pm

Is the name so bad it's good?

marvin80 · 17-09-2018 5:54pm

Sh*t name, something like McGregor might have suited better (unless that exists already).

matrim · 17-09-2018 6:54pm

Calling a 3 year old whiskey "proper twelve" has to fall foul of some advertising laws.

oblivious · 17-09-2018 6:59pm

Would is making it?

the beer revolu · 17-09-2018 7:15pm

matrim wrote: »

Calling a 3 year old whiskey "proper twelve" has to fall foul of some advertising laws.

I don't think that name will fly in Europe.

wexie · 17-09-2018 7:25pm

matrim wrote: »

Calling a 3 year old whiskey "proper twelve" has to fall foul of some advertising laws.

was looking for some aging information on the site but couldn't find it anywhere.

It's a bit.....iffy alright

verycool · 17-09-2018 7:27pm

Like the man, I wouldn't give this p!ss any money.

sexmag · 17-09-2018 7:28pm

matrim wrote: »

Calling a 3 year old whiskey "proper twelve" has to fall foul of some advertising laws.

12 refers to Dublin 12 where crumlin is,not to the age of the whiskey

wexie · 17-09-2018 7:31pm

sexmag wrote: »

12 refers to Dublin 12 where crumlin is,not to the age of the whiskey

and it's not ambiguous at all of course.

mikeecho · 17-09-2018 7:31pm

The big question is...

IDL, Bushmills or Cooley

Dj Stiggie · 17-09-2018 7:39pm

It's a Bushmills three year old blend that's going to retail for $24.99 in the States, so at least it's not a rip off. But I also won't expect anything special from it.

Edit: He also couldn't call it 'Notorious' because O'Hara's own that trade mark. And they in no way used his likeness for their Notorious Red IPA a few years ago...

NasserShammaz · 17-09-2018 7:42pm

Meh

Chong · 17-09-2018 8:38pm

Surely a 3 year old would be junk no?

murphyebass · 17-09-2018 8:50pm

Dj Stiggie wrote: »

It's a Bushmills three year old blend that's going to retail for $24.99 in the States, so at least it's not a rip off. But I also won't expect anything special from it.

Edit: He also couldn't call it 'Notorious' because O'Hara's own that trade mark. And they in no way used his likeness for their Notorious Red IPA a few years ago...

Sorry to sound ignorant here but are you saying that this is a bushmills whiskey then?

When did he open the distillery or did he?

Is this like Teeling and Cooley all over again?

NasserShammaz · 17-09-2018 8:52pm

murphyebass wrote: »

Sorry to sound ignorant here but are you saying that this is a bushmills whiskey then?

When did he open the distillery or did he?

Is this like Teeling and Cooley all over again?

And if he hasn't then whats the point in not having it branded with his name or nickname,

wexie · 17-09-2018 8:55pm

murphyebass wrote: »

When did he open the distillery or did he?

I don't think he did, the tweet said he's been working on this for 3 years.

You can't open a distillery and produce a 3 year old whiskey in 3 years.

If I had to guess (and I am guessing so please correct me if you've better details) this is little more than a marketing exercise.

Whatever distillery (bushmills in this case apparently) create a new blend

attach mcgregors image

$$$

that's all it is from what I can tell, he didn't create this whiskey

NasserShammaz · 17-09-2018 8:55pm

Like David Beckham makes aftershave but at least he has his name on it

wexie · 17-09-2018 8:56pm

NasserShammaz wrote: »

And if he hasn't then whats the point in not having it branded with his name or nickname,

He was probably raging when he was told he couldn't use Notorious

https://www.irishtimes.com/business/media-and-marketing/fresh-trademark-blow-for-mcgregor-s-whiskey-plan-1.3232266

Chong · 17-09-2018 8:58pm

wexie wrote: »

He was probably raging when he was told he couldn't use Notorious

https://www.irishtimes.com/business/media-and-marketing/fresh-trademark-blow-for-mcgregor-s-whiskey-plan-1.3232266

At €45 a pop too is very dear.

I can't see it lasting long.

NasserShammaz · 17-09-2018 8:59pm

wexie wrote: »

He was probably raging when he was told he couldn't use Notorious

https://www.irishtimes.com/business/media-and-marketing/fresh-trademark-blow-for-mcgregor-s-whiskey-plan-1.3232266

Agreed, then ditch the idea. it only works if it has his branding proper 12 means nothing to anybody and implies its aged etc etc ....

NasserShammaz · 17-09-2018 9:05pm

sugarman wrote: »

It probably tastes better too

if its just Bushmills then sell it as such . Looks bad on Bushmills if this is just a quickway of bumping up the price on an average whiskey, it makes then look cheap and is more damaging to their brand than it will ever enhance mc gregors

L1011 · 17-09-2018 10:09pm

Crested 10 dropped the 10 due to confusion issues, the 12 will have to go here too I'd say

Ardent · 17-09-2018 10:24pm

McGregor and Bushmills cashing in on his popularity while it lasts. Will probably taste like piss.

whiskeyman · 17-09-2018 10:32pm

Order a crate and get a free trolley to hurl at a bus carry it to your home or manshed...

verycool · 18-09-2018 11:41am

whiskeyman wrote: »

Order a crate and get a free trolley to hurl at a bus carry it to your home or manshed...

Or it's intended purpose... brown paper bag in a field hurling abuse at passers by and finding your "true calling" by being paid for beating people up because you were a big enough d*ckhead around your own area.

Be the scobe, feel the scobe, drink the sco... ew, no.

artanevilla · 18-09-2018 11:44am

Chong wrote: »

Surely a 3 year old would be junk no?

Why? It probably will be junk, but not because it's 3 years old.

wexie · 18-09-2018 11:55am

I dunno, maybe it's just an entirely unfair prejudice on my part.

I just wasn't expecting a product that is supposed to reflect the true nature of Crumlin to be particularly refined or high class.

[Deleted User] · 18-09-2018 1:23pm

verycool wrote: »

Or it's intended purpose... brown paper bag in a field hurling abuse at passers by and finding your "true calling" by being paid for beating people up because you were a big enough d*ckhead around your own area.

Why don't you tell us how you really feel?

EagererBeaver · 18-09-2018 1:26pm

NasserShammaz wrote: »

sugarman wrote: »

It probably tastes better too

if its just Bushmills then sell it as such . Looks bad on Bushmills if this is just a quickway of bumping up the price on an average whiskey, it makes then look cheap and is more damaging to their brand than it will ever enhance mc gregors

Distilleries produce stock that is repackaged and rebranded and flogged by independent merchants the world over, all the time. There is no bad reflection on Bushmills in this.

gucci · 18-09-2018 2:58pm

NasserShammaz wrote: »

Like David Beckham makes aftershave but at least he has his name on it

Yeah you would never catch Beckham doing something to make a quick buck off whiskey.
Its a partnership

Here it is Conor McGregors Whiskey!!

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