What Whisky/Whiskey are we drinking this month?

Sirius Boner · 29-12-2018 11:31AM

Currently sipping Nikka Miyagikyo Single Malt... slightly peaty and a sweet almost treacle like aroma, very tasty Indeed,

EagererBeaver · 29-12-2018 11:55PM

Picked up what may well end up being the last bottle of Highland Park 12 I'm ever able to get my hands on at a reasonable price this evening.

Also picked up a new Japanese blend they I've never heard of before called Tokinoka. Second new Japanese blend I've found in a week. This one is apparently from some famous 400 year old brewery.

the beer revolu · 30-12-2018 10:40AM

Red spot.
Nice whiskey but I don't really get the step up from yellow spot.
Wouldn't be buying a bottle.

Wailin · 30-12-2018 11:00AM

Yeah i think for the price redbreast 15 is a far better choice and has more to offer on the palate and nose.

Kevin Finnerty · 30-12-2018 11:04AM

Where are ye picking up the Japanese Whiskey? I'd love to try a few More, had a Chita off the ferrylast year but don't want to wait til June for another one... I'm in Cork

EagererBeaver · 30-12-2018 11:53AM

Kevin Finnerty wrote: »

Where are ye picking up the Japanese Whiskey? I'd love to try a few More, had a Chita off the ferrylast year but don't want to wait til June for another one... I'm in Cork

Barcelona but all available online.

The Tokinoka was just sitting on the shelf in my local wine shop.

EagererBeaver · 30-12-2018 11:58AM

Wailin wrote: »

Yeah i think for the price redbreast 15 is a far better choice and has more to offer on the palate and nose.

Don't rate RB15 at all. Think the 12 cask strength a far better option around that price.

Wailin · 30-12-2018 12:40PM

I prefer the cask strength to the 15 as well. I was just comparing the two 15 year olds and out of the two, i prefer red breast. In saying that, i only did sample the red spot once....will have to give it another go soon.

rob316 · 30-12-2018 12:59PM

Drinking my favourite green spot but I got a bottle of Jameson Caskmates stout and its absolutely beautiful. Think I picked it up for 30 euro, really smooth straight.

Got a present of proper no twelve too, it's muck, really really awful stuff.
35 euro for the rawest whiskey I've tasted is a rip off, it needs a couple more years in the casks. Grand to mix with coke but if your doing that why not just get a jd or regular bushmills?

Whiskey Eire · 30-12-2018 02:17PM

Tried the Teeling Revival V yesterday. Wasn't a fan - cognac & brandy casks didn't work well for it imo.

gandalf · 30-12-2018 03:45PM

rob316 wrote: »

Drinking my favourite green spot but I got a bottle of Jameson Caskmates stout and its absolutely beautiful. Think I picked it up for 30 euro, really smooth straight.

Really big fan of stout Caskmates. Its my go to sipping whiskey. Always make sure I have a bottle in the drinks cabinet.

Got a present of proper no twelve too, it's muck, really really awful stuff.
35 euro for the rawest whiskey I've tasted is a rip off, it needs a couple more years in the casks. Grand to mix with coke but if your doing that why not just get a jd or regular bushmills?

I have heard no one give it a good review bar the fanboys who mix it with coke (ie clueless).

Sirius Boner · 30-12-2018 05:02PM

I haven't tried the Proper 12...and probably won't either.... but I don't get all the hate towards McGregor on this one... surely if it's rubbish... isn't this down to Bushmillse..and they should be carrying the can?

VW 1 · 30-12-2018 05:19PM

I havent and wont, unless its free, but i think the issue with it is its a 20 euro whisky being sold for 35,l due to his name being attached, if it was sold for 20 i doubt there would be any issues.

Kevin Finnerty · 30-12-2018 05:20PM

I had it on a visit with Coke and thought it was ok until I found out what it was.... that's how divisive the man is!

Cazale · 30-12-2018 09:34PM

I was out the other night and got one in the pub for science. Cost me â‚¬7 for the privilege. I wouldn't waste the bottle of coke on it.

blondeonblonde · 30-12-2018 10:53PM

Picked up a bottle of Ardmore on special offer on my way back from Scotland and having a wee snifter tonight. Surprisingly nice actually, no age statement so wasn't sure how it would be. It's a peated Highland malt, nice and sweet & not overpowered with peat.

Tasty!

higster · 30-12-2018 11:24PM

I’m a lucky lucky man.
21 Yr old redbreast for my 50th (provided strong hints). Love the 12yr old cask and did side by side. Yup it delicious.

Oafley Jones · 30-12-2018 11:26PM

Kevin Finnerty wrote: »

Where are ye picking up the Japanese Whiskey? I'd love to try a few More, had a Chita off the ferrylast year but don't want to wait til June for another one... I'm in Cork

Bradley’s in north main st. have an excellent selection.

daraghmack · 31-12-2018 12:07AM

I picked up a few of the Midleton Pot Still taster sets in O'Briens before Christmas for €25, not sure if they still have them but well worth it. Over the last few nights I have been really enjoying trying and comparing them all ....... I must say that I was very impressed with the Green Spot, light and full of flavour. The Barry Crockett was sublime, will be looking to add a bottle of that to the "collection" at some point.

Wailin · 31-12-2018 12:35AM

higster wrote: »

I’m a lucky lucky man.
21 Yr old redbreast for my 50th (provided strong hints). Love the 12yr old cask and did side by side. Yup it delicious.

I'd love to do a side by side comparison of those two. Last bottle of 21 long gone before i got the CS. From what i remember, the CS is more vibrant and 21 mellower but more complex. How do they compare for you?

Having Ardbeg 10 tonight for my troubles:<

rob316 · 31-12-2018 02:22AM

Cazale wrote: »

I was out the other night and got one in the pub for science. Cost me â‚¬7 for the privilege. I wouldn't waste the bottle of coke on it.

I have and could drink any whiskey straight, from supermarket own brand up to the best but I just couldn't drink this. The aftertaste alone was awful, 5 people I gave a drop to and they all hated it.

L1011 · 31-12-2018 02:26AM

VW 1 wrote: »

I havent and wont, unless its free, but i think the issue with it is its a 20 euro whisky being sold for 35,l due to his name being attached, if it was sold for 20 i doubt there would be any issues.

20? That's generous, it seems to be below Bushmills White in quality, which is a €20 whiskey.

Captain_Crash · 31-12-2018 08:11AM

L1011 wrote: »

20? That's generous, it seems to be below Bushmills White in quality, which is a €20 whiskey.

As a disclaimer, I haven't tried it myself but I've been told its pretty much the stuff that Bushmills wouldn't put in the white bottle. So that's a sign of the quality.

killbillvol2 · 31-12-2018 09:13AM

L1011 wrote: »

20? That's generous, it seems to be below Bushmills White in quality, which is a €20 whiskey.

I was given a taste of it by a friend whose daughter had bought it for him. (He's now disowned her and taken her out of his will!)

My uncle used to have a steady supply of poitin years ago and that tasted more smooth. It's pretty foul.

PowerToWait · 31-12-2018 02:39PM

daraghmack wrote: »

I picked up a few of the Midleton Pot Still taster sets in O'Briens before Christmas for €25, not sure if they still have them but well worth it. Over the last few nights I have been really enjoying trying and comparing them all ....... I must say that I was very impressed with the Green Spot, light and full of flavour. The Barry Crockett was sublime, will be looking to add a bottle of that to the "collection" at some point.

Had the Crockett out of that set as well and have to agree, even as a whiskey dunce, it's pretty extraordinarily tasty.

EagererBeaver · 01-01-2019 01:10AM

Homemade old fashioneds on the menu to ring in the new year so it's High West Bourbon for me this evening.

Happy whiskey year, folks!

Wailin · 01-01-2019 02:03AM

Old fashioned's here too...with Bulleit bourbon!

Have a good one all.

not yet · 01-01-2019 02:18AM

Dying with the flu but still managed to get half a bottle of Shirley Bassey into me..

L1011 · 01-01-2019 02:25AM

Filled the hip flask with whatever in the cabinet was cheap, lest it need to be emptied if noticed somewhere it shouldn't be before a midnight wander tonight. So Tullamore Dew.

New Year was rung in in a pub with a local IPA instead of in a field with fireworks so it wasn't touched.

Will probably finish off the evening with one or two of the premium Irish in the cabinet. Have a Jameson 18 distilled the year I was born; Bushmills 16 & Yellow Spot as the options there.

EagererBeaver · 01-01-2019 03:36AM

I thought you didn't drink blends?

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