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What Whisky/Whiskey are we drinking this month?

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I know there's a thread on recommending Whiskeys/Whiskys but there's none on general tasting as far as I can see.

Similar premise to the beer thread, but we'll say month instead of week as drinking a €50/60 bottle of Whiskey/Whisky a week is probably not a good idea...

I picked up a bottle of The Glenlivet Master Distillers Reserve on my travels recently. No age statement.

Not the most complex Whisky in the world. It's quite nice though, smooth and fruity, very strong taste of pears, and a tiny bit of spice. Drank with a splash of water.

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illdoit2morrow

illdoit2morrow wrote: »

There was a few posts on the booze deals on the bargain alerts thread about it, but i can't find them right now.

It was mentioned that Dunnes were stopping the use of vouchers with alcohol purchases, its some new law, the same one that introduced those 'doors' into the off-licence section of supermarkets.

If they are still taking them, fair enough, but my understanding is that that's coming to an end pretty soon.

Found one of the posts on that thread, from Jan 11th vouchers can't be used for alcohol in Tesco, so you're grand.

I don't know when other supermarkets are kicking in with this.

odyssey06

thethinone wrote: »

I’ve used €12 off €60 vouchers in Tesco for the last fewu weeks and haven’t had an issue using them with booze. Yesterday the only things I bought were wine and whiskey and they accepted the voucher.
1L of Powers and Paddy on special for €25 there at the moment.
Now seems to be the time to stock up.
On a side note, are they banning drink specials and using the shop and save vouchers on drink in January?

From mid January.
No loyalty points or spend and saves.
No multi buy discounts.
Basically nothing that encourages you to buy more at a discount.
All retailers will be rolling it out.

Discounted price is ok for this phase until MUP if it comes in - that would put a floor on any discounts.

ednwireland

Dundalgan Single Malt Irish Whiskey IPA Barrel

havent opened it yet

made for lidl by west cork distillers

https://www.lidl.ie/en/p/christmas-drinks/dundalgan-single-malt-irish-whiskey-ipa-barrel/p54145

Insect Overlord

Made an Old Fashioned just now (because why the hell not?) but only realised at the last minute that I didn't have any bourbon. Probably not a good sign that I can't remember finishing the Jim Beam... :pac: Decided to use Roe & Co. instead. I'm pretty happy with my choice.

odyssey06

Insect Overlord wrote: »

Made an Old Fashioned just now (because why the hell not?) but only realised at the last minute that I didn't have any bourbon. Probably not a good sign that I can't remember finishing the Jim Beam... :pac: Decided to use Roe & Co. instead. I'm pretty happy with my choice.

Aged in bourbon casks might explain it.

Effects

the beer revolu wrote: »

Their distillery is well underway, I believe.

Yeah, I've seen photos, but wasn't sure how long exactly it's been running, or if they were barreling their distillate yet.

Cazale wrote: »

They have a Twitter account specifically for the build. Updates every few days.

Got a link? I think I've only seen their main account.

Cazale

Effects wrote: »

Yeah, I've seen photos, but wasn't sure how long exactly it's been running, or if they were barreling their distillate yet.

Got a link? I think I've only seen their main account.

https://twitter.com/ArdaraDistilled

Mellor

Effects wrote: »

My point is you should still be able to use a geographical name, if you intend to distill your whiskey there. You shouldn't have to trade under a different name until such time as you bottle the whiskey the came off your stills.

I wasn't suggesting they had to trade under a different name. I'm literally saying the opposite. That a geographical name shouldn't be any more restricted over a a different name. As in choosing a generic name shouldn't open up any loopholes.

I also wish there was clarity on original. But that applies separately to the above.

Mellor

Was at a whiskey match lunch over the weekend. A few new drops tasted, for me any way. All Glenfiddich as that was who organised it.

Glenfiddich - Fire and Cane - 43%
Slightly sweet and spicy, pair well with peppered venison carpaccio (spot the connection

Glenfiddich 15year old, cask strength, single cask - 58%
Heavy mouthfeel, very savoury, delicious drop.

There was a Glenfiddich 12 sorbet palette cleanser server at this point

Glenfiddich Project XX : Rob Roy - Project XX contains strong port cask influence, conbined with whatever a dry red vermouth this was almost like a dry aged red wine - intentional for the beef course.

Dessert was a honey and clove pudding. But the star of the show was the final dram. Glenfiddich Grand Cru - 23 year old scotch finished in French Cuvée casks. Apparently this is not yet released this side of the water, not sure what it retails at but imagine it won't be cheap. Very impressed.

murphyebass

ednwireland wrote: »

Dundalgan Single Malt Irish Whiskey IPA Barrel

havent opened it yet

made for lidl by west cork distillers

https://www.lidl.ie/en/p/christmas-drinks/dundalgan-single-malt-irish-whiskey-ipa-barrel/p54145

Was tempted by the this the other day. Let us know what it’s like.

Who’s the whiskey really by?

Cazale

Ralfy's comment on his latest malternative video. I've unsubscribed from his channel.

'Nobody seems to have a bad word for the Irish these days and probably because they're not going around bombing everybody and just messing everybody about'

thethinone

murphyebass wrote: »

Was tempted by the this the other day. Let us know what it’s like.

Who’s the whiskey really by?

I think I remember reading that West Cork’s 10 year old single malt was bushmills stock but I’m open to correction on that.

RebelButtMunch

Cazale wrote: »

Ralfy's comment on his latest malternative video. I've unsubscribed from his channel.

'Nobody seems to have a bad word for the Irish these days and probably because they're not going around bombing everybody and just messing everybody about'

Yeah I heard that comment. I'm not impressed but I could imagine an apology would happen over it.

the beer revolu

This Ralfy thing could be interesting (I don't even know who he is) after the whole Jim Murray thing.

There was a pretty strong backlash against the "cancelling" and vilifying of Murray over his sexist comments.
Will people be happier about a "cancelling" over derogatory, discriminatory, stereotypical language use about the Irish?

Time will tell, I guess.
Interesting.

L1011

Scottish / Manx whiskey youtuber, not quite as famous as his brother (Big Clive) who is a tech/electronics youtuber - has about a fifth of the subscribers.

2011abc

Cazale wrote: »

Ralfy's comment on his latest malternative video. I've unsubscribed from his channel.

'Nobody seems to have a bad word for the Irish these days and probably because they're not going around bombing everybody and just messing everybody about'

Surprised to read that , he seemed like a pretty chilled guy especially since starting fitness videos .Haven’t watched him for a while and wouldn’t be rushing back after that .But as stated I’d imagine an apology is imminent .

stimpson

Cazale wrote: »

Ralfy's comment on his latest malternative video. I've unsubscribed from his channel.

'Nobody seems to have a bad word for the Irish these days and probably because they're not going around bombing everybody and just messing everybody about'

Ralfy's an awful gob****e and always was. He spends 40 minutes padding out a video that has about 10 minutes of actual content in it. I've rarely seen him say a good word about Irish whiskey.

odyssey06

Cazale wrote: »

Ralfy's comment on his latest malternative video. I've unsubscribed from his channel.
'Nobody seems to have a bad word for the Irish these days and probably because they're not going around bombing everybody and just messing everybody about'

I totally misinterpreted this comment to mean how nice we look in relation to the trigger happy Yanks, Brits, Russians etc...

Can we not just respond with some offensive joke about sheep and family members and move on?

Rew

Mellor wrote: »

Glenfiddich Grand Cru - 23 year old scotch finished in French Cuvée casks. Apparently this is not yet released this side of the water, not sure what it retails at but imagine it won't be cheap. Very impressed.

£220 on MoM so a lot more then that here i'm sure

Cazale

Celtic Cask tasting â‚¬55

What's in the pack?
Â 5 x 30mlÂ
We are delighted to launch the latest whiskeys in our own award winning Celtic Cask Series. The range was born from our strong relationship with the Irish distillers and the European bodegas and wine houses. We've been able to hand-pick some of more interesting distillates from the length of the country, both single malt and single pot still, and mature or finish them in great casks from Spain, Portugal and Italy. This tasting will feature the upcoming releases of the Celtic Cask TroichaÂ (30), TriochaÂ Haon (31), TriochaÂ TrÃ (33), TriochaÂ Ceathair (34) & TriochaÂ CÃºig (35).

Â When?

Zoom tasting will take place on Thursday December 17th at 8pm with our very own Whiskey Specialist, Al Higgins and friends.

dobman88

dobman88 wrote: »

Plan to hit Tesco tomorrow to use my first €15 off 70 spend voucher. Getting 1 Black Barrel, any suggestions on something to go with it? Thinking maybe a 3 swallows as I haven't had it but the missus enjoyed it.

Think we have 6 vouchers to use which will be put mostly on booze so happy for suggestions

So they took the voucher and will be taking them until new year which is good news. So I can use them each week.

This week I got another Black Barrel as I was running low. They didn't have powers 3 swallows so I'll just pick that up elsewhere. Went for Roe and Co and a Tullamore since I've never had them and I liked the look of the tullamore glasses.

Black Barrel - €35
Roe and Co - €25
Tullamore DEW, with 2 branded glasses - €20

Knock off the €15 voucher and that takes it from 80 quid down to 65 which is fantastic imo.

odyssey06

dobman88 wrote: »

Tullamore DEW, with 2 branded glasses - €20

Any chance you could upload a picture of the glasses \ the set or dig out a picture online that match the ones you got?
Cheers.

Do they look like this one - 'rocks' style or where they more highball style?

ednwireland

murphyebass wrote: »

Was tempted by the this the other day. Let us know what it’s like.

Who’s the whiskey really by?

might be sunday before i get to it !

i assumed it was rebadged jameson Caskmates but lidl website says west cork distillers so who knows

dobman88

odyssey06 wrote: »

Any chance you could upload a picture of the glasses \ the set or dig out a picture online that match the ones you got?
Cheers.

Do they look like this one - 'rocks' style or where they more highball style?

They're the exact ones you've posted yeah.

Edit, the writing is slightly different. But the style of glass is the exact same.

Black Sheep

MoM advent calendar at the weekend...

1492 - pleasant enough, this is one of those occasions where yet again I find an American bourbon or whisky that is aged for a paltry 36 months (?) and we discover that it is perfectly drinkable.

Jack Daniels single barrel - Of course it's 'fine', but I think I would prefer its stablemate Gentleman Jack... Seems only fair to compare them.

Hogzy

Cazale wrote: »

Ralfy's comment on his latest malternative video. I've unsubscribed from his channel.

'Nobody seems to have a bad word for the Irish these days and probably because they're not going around bombing everybody and just messing everybody about'

Ditto! Quite an ignorant comment to make on his behalf. Was never mad on him anyway. He just shytes on and on and on to fluff his videos out.

stimpson

Hogzy wrote: »

Ditto! Quite an ignorant comment to make on his behalf. Was never mad on him anyway. He just shytes on and on and on to fluff his videos out.

I just watched the video there, and regardless of the dodgy comments, he doesn't even get his facts correct about the spot range.

It's a blend, no, it's a mix of pot stills (it's single pot still). Mitchell and sons are a grocers (wine merchants). Blue Spot has been hard to get (off the market for 50+ years). The man is an embarrassment. Maybe if he hadn't have drunk half the bottle before recording the video he would have been a bit less racist and a bit more coherent.

Tom Dunne

Cazale wrote: »

Celtic Cask tasting €55

What's in the pack?
5 x 30ml
We are delighted to launch the latest whiskeys in our own award winning Celtic Cask Series. The range was born from our strong relationship with the Irish distillers and the European bodegas and wine houses. We've been able to hand-pick some of more interesting distillates from the length of the country, both single malt and single pot still, and mature or finish them in great casks from Spain, Portugal and Italy. This tasting will feature the upcoming releases of the Celtic Cask Troicha (30), Triocha Haon (31), Triocha Trí (33), Triocha Ceathair (34) & Triocha Cúig (35).

When?

Zoom tasting will take place on Thursday December 17th at 8pm with our very own Whiskey Specialist, Al Higgins and friends.

I had a bottle of their 26 release and it took a long time for it to grow on me. Very, very syrupy, almost port-like and very cloudy.

Once I discovered it goes well with cheese, well that was the end of that.

I would be interested in trying a few of these, though.

Starlord_01

:eek::eek::eek:

https://www.thedrinksbusiness.com/2020/11/irish-whiskey-sets-new-record-for-a-new-release/

Tom Dunne

Starlord_01 wrote: »

:eek::eek::eek:

https://www.thedrinksbusiness.com/2020/11/irish-whiskey-sets-new-record-for-a-new-release/

What in the name of God is going on here? Have a look at their website. Are they selling whiskey or high-end fashion?

£10,000 for a bottle :eek: . Presumably Cooley sourced?