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New/Novice whiskey drinker

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  • 19-12-2018 6:39pm
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    Johnny Drama_11
    Registered Users Posts: 280 ✭✭


    Hi all, I am relatively new to whiskey and am looking for alternatives to RB 12 which I loved.

    Is there anything on the market that tastes similar to it?

    Thanks,

    JD


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    L1011
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    Work your way through the other pot stills - Green Spot, Powers (the higher end ones, not just Gold), or some heavy pot blends like Writers Tears. They'll all have similarities to RB12 but all different too


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    Johnny Drama_11
    Registered Users Posts: 280 ✭✭Johnny Drama_11


    L1011 wrote: »
    Work your way through the other pot stills - Green Spot, Powers (the higher end ones, not just Gold), or some heavy pot blends like Writers Tears. They'll all have similarities to RB12 but all different too

    Have a bottle of Green Spot and Writers tears but yet to open either. Will give them a try. Would Powers John Lane be similar?


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    L1011
    Moderators, Business & Finance Moderators, Motoring & Transport Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 67,831 Mod ✭✭✭✭L1011


    Yes, it's the same style and would have the familial similarities. 3 Swallows is the cheaper / younger Powers pot still. Pot still is not that well represented as a style with most Irish being blends but there are pot heavy blends either identified (WT) or not.

    You may find you like other styles also so don't limit yourself to the pot still rexommendations - but you should like these.


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    odyssey06
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    Check out the miniature sets in Dunnes and Celtic Whiskey shop. ALDI have the Kilbeggan mini set.

    Jameson Crested is worth a try.

    "To follow knowledge like a sinking star..." (Tennyson's Ulysses)



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