What Whisky/Whiskey are we drinking this month?

Really enjoying some of these webinars so far. Introduction to Irish Whiskey is on now with 19 samples to try. Drinking whiskey at midday on a Monday after working a weekend of nights. What could go wrong!

Whiskeys so far are:

Quiet Man blend
Quiet Man 8 year old

The missus is from Derry so I've always wanted to love the Quiet Man whiskeys but they are a bit weak for me. The eight year old is the better of the two but nothing stands out about them. Had these plenty of times before so skipping them.

Glendalough Double Barrel
One of my favorite whiskeys in my collection is the mizunara Glendalough. First time trying the double barrel. A grain whiskey. Nice smooth taste with a spicy finish. Good introduction especially at 30 euro a bottle.

Powers gold label
In the chase for the latest this can be overlooked. At 30 euro a bottle again this is great value. Not sure about the new label.

Dingle batch 5
Have the deconstruction set of this to try so skipping this one. Graham Coull the master distiller talking about trying to increase the portfolio and not just being seen as a brand for collecting. Looking to have a core all year round whiskey. Waterford seems to have taken over it's crown so it'll be interesting to see what they do now the hype might be settling down.

xeresod wrote: »

For those of you that have ordered samples for Belfast Whisky Week, when were they delivered?

Mine were delivered to Dublin, from Louth, last Friday via DPD.

Cazale wrote: »

A massive bugbear of mine is having to listen to brands going on for ten minutes about some part of Irish history connected to their brand. Not interested in a story of pirate queens or some ancient battle. Another one is brands that started three years ago giving a 100 year history of distilleries names they hijacked.

Is there a list of these hijackers somewhere?

odyssey06 wrote: »

Is there a list of these hijackers somewhere?

Hijackers was probably too strong a word. Off the top of my head Roe & Co
Dunville & Co, Dublin Whiskey Distillery, JJ Corry, Velvet Cap, Lockes, Jack Ryan, Tyrconnell are all 'reborn' whiskeys. Bushmills was founded in 1784 but has 1608 on their branding. If you do the Middleton tour they bring you around a load of old buildings talking about Jameson even though Jameson was never made there. The Tullamore Dew and Kilbeggan tours are a bit liberal with their histories too.

Hi All,
signed up yesterday after checking this thread for BWW info as in the same boat as some of you. Got an email late last night stating tonight's Buffalo Trace experience has been moved to 10pm Friday due to delivery issues with the tasting sets. Dunno if that's also the case with other events but thought I'd share as there's no update on their SM channels yet. Ah well, at least they're on it, shame about tonight though..

FWIW, I wouldn't recommend contacting them from order page on eventbrite, the only reply I had from BWW was via the email address on their FB page.

brinty wrote:

I booked two events Friday and one Saturday.

Hogzy wrote:

Getting a bit worried that im not going to get my Bushmills samples for Belfast Whiskey Week. The tasting is on the 30th July and I havnt received confirmation yet that they have been despatched. Anyone get confirmation?

I ordered two Bushmills and a Sliabh Liag set on Friday. Got a text saying they are being delivered by dpd this morning. I'm in kildare. All hope might not be lost yet!

xeresod wrote: »

No dispatch confirmations or anything but I did get an email from DPD parcel wizard to say a package form Irish Whiskey Auctions will be delivered today - guessing that must be it, or else somebody decided to buy me a surprise present!!!

Yep that's it. My BWW samples came from Irish Whiskey Auctions in Louth also.

brinty wrote:

Yep same as you gents, DPD mail and text that my delivery driver will be here between 2 & 3. Even got his name. Are we all getting deliveries from Cemal. I'm in Navan so ahold get mine before you!!!

Mine arrived at 10. All three sets. The driver must think I'm an alcoholic instead of a whiskey hobbyist.

Cazale wrote: »

Hijackers was probably too strong a word. Off the top of my head Roe & Co
Dunville & Co, Dublin Whiskey Distillery, JJ Corry, Velvet Cap, Lockes, Jack Ryan, Tyrconnell are all 'reborn' whiskeys. Bushmills was founded in 1784 but has 1608 on their branding. If you do the Middleton tour they bring you around a load of old buildings talking about Jameson even though Jameson was never made there. The Tullamore Dew and Kilbeggan tours are a bit liberal with their histories too.

In defence of Velvet Cap; VC was never a distillery it was a whiskey bonder brand and we have been very clear about the history with "established" and "revived" dates on the label. It's also clear that it is a sourced, blended whiskey. We aren't trying to fool anyone.

I think JJ Corry are pretty transparent about what they are doing, as well.

Cazale wrote: »

To be fair neither of those were the ones I was aiming at particularly. I could listen to Louise McGuane and Peter Mulryan chat about Whiskey all day. Big fan of both of them and what they are doing. I was listening to Daithí O’Connell chatting yesterday about his W.D. O’Connell Whiskey Merchants and he was saying when he was setting up his brand he decided to go for a more modern Irish look rather than trying to make some link to an old legend or a defunct old distillery/whiskey. Personally I prefer that approach.

THose O'Connell whiskeys are very good - not just more of the same Irish whiskey. I found them interesting.