What Whisky/Whiskey are we drinking this month?

the beer revolu · 24-11-2020 03:53PM

Starlord_01 wrote: »

:eek::eek::eek:

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

I'm going to go out on a limb here and call this a high end third party whiskey!!

*runs and takes cover*:eek:

Electric Nitwit · 24-11-2020 04:51PM

Interesting read about the person behind that whiskey...

https://tripledistilled.blog/2020/06/06/james-bradley-whiskey-wealth-club-and-other-peoples-money/

"...sold to Jim Crane, owner of the Major Leage Baseball team the Houston Astros. The proceeds of the sale of the bottle will go to a charity founded by Houston Astros player Carlos Correa and his wife..."
That suggests the price may have been driven by goodwill and the cause, rather than by the liquid being auctioned!

BonnieSituation · 24-11-2020 05:50PM

Seems like Lidl GB are upping the ante:

https://www.thenational.scot/news/18891306.lidl-launch-super-premium-16-year-old-islay-single-malt-bargain-price/

FlicFlak · 24-11-2020 06:07PM

the beer revolu wrote: »

I'm going to go out on a limb here and call this a high end third party whiskey!!

*runs and takes cover*:eek:

According to their website:
"THE DEVIL EXACTS THE HIGHEST PRICE FOR WHAT IS THE FINEST IRISH WHISKEY EVER MADE, AS WE BRING YOU THE RAREST AND OLDEST TRIPLE DISTILLED AND TRIPLE CASKED SINGLE MALT IRISH WHISKEY EVER RELEASED, DISTILLED IN 1991, AND MATURED IN THE FINEST CASKS MONEY CAN BUY, AVAILABLE IN A VERY LIMITED INAUGURAL RELEASE OF JUST 333 BOTTLES"

Am i not mistaken in thinking the Midleton ultra premium release earlier this year was a 45 year old single malt?
Also this is triple distilled, so it has to be Bushmills or Midleton, wasnt Cooley double distilled back then (and still now)?

Also, and its not as important, but its called The Devils keep! And they only released 333 bottles!! Would they not half the volume and release 666 bottles??

cloudatlas · 24-11-2020 08:10PM

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'

You know I interpreted it that way and then I thought no he isn't referencing the troubles he's comparing Modern Ireland to U.S/U.K who are bombing everybody. Ralfy has Irish friends so I don't think he is ignorant.

Cazale · 24-11-2020 08:34PM

cloudatlas wrote:

You know I interpreted it that way and then I thought no he isn't referencing the troubles he's comparing Modern Ireland to U.S/U.K who are bombing everybody. Ralfy has Irish friends so I don't think he is ignorant.

It's a strange reference. He has deleted the video and uploaded an edited one without that comment.

Cazale · 24-11-2020 08:35PM

Got my glengoyne tasting set from Celtic Whiskey today. Some lovely colours and smells off them. Have tried the 25 year old before at Christmas and it was sublime. I'll have to settle for the 21 year old this time!

Insect Overlord · 24-11-2020 08:36PM

Looks like O'Brien's are doing Red Breast 12 YO for €55 in their whiskey sale. I'm tempted again.

Cazale · 24-11-2020 08:39PM

Insect Overlord wrote:

Looks like O'Brien's are doing Red Breast 12 YO for â‚¬55 in their whiskey sale. I'm tempted again.

Was in there today getting some Belgian beers and it's impossible to look at the whiskey selection if there is a queue or without the staff staring at you. I wish they would move it!

dobman88 · 24-11-2020 08:50PM

Insect Overlord wrote: »

Looks like O'Brien's are doing Red Breast 12 YO for €55 in their whiskey sale. I'm tempted again.

Lovely. Saw it in Tesco for 68 today and was going to use next weeks voucher on it but I'll just get it in O Briens and get something else in Tesco.

Shaping up to be a very merry Christmas indeed :eek:

janiejones · 24-11-2020 10:58PM

Bake off night so cardhu 12. Actually goes really well with galaxy salted caramel

DARK-KNIGHT · 24-11-2020 11:12PM

received my first real whiskey tasting glasses today. bought two tuath glasses by god the are gorgeous

dobman88 · 24-11-2020 11:19PM

janiejones wrote: »

Bake off night so cardhu 12. Actually goes really well with galaxy salted caramel

Decided to open the Roe and Co for bake off. I couldnt resist after a smell. I dont see it lasting until Christmas is all I'll say. Smooth and gorgeous and straight into what I'd use in regular rotation

Quackster · 25-11-2020 01:13AM

janiejones wrote: »

Bake off night so cardhu 12. Actually goes really well with galaxy salted caramel

€30 in Tesco from tomorrow today in case you've run out!

Mellor · 25-11-2020 03:18AM

Electric Nitwit wrote: »

That suggests the price may have been driven by goodwill and the cause, rather than by the liquid being auctioned!

The RRP is 10k GBP. The above was charity driven.

It's obvious work a fair bit at close to 30 years old. But even allowing for the crystal decanter and glasses, the "angels share, and the extremely well put together case. 10k is taking the piss a bit.

FlicFlak wrote: »

Am i not mistaken in thinking the Midleton ultra premium release earlier this year was a 45 year old single malt?
Also this is triple distilled, so it has to be Bushmills or Midleton, wasnt Cooley double distilled back then (and still now)?

Yes, a 45 year old was release this year. At 35k euro.
They will release some up to 50years over the next few years.

I think the above claim hinges on the '...and triple cask" tag, it's marketing.

Also, and its not as important, but its called The Devils keep! And they only released 333 bottles!! Would they not half the volume and release 666 bottles??

I've a feeling that this an initial release. 333
With another 666 to come in round too.

1 for auction. And one spare. 1001 total

Beanstalk · 25-11-2020 10:30AM

Ralfy just issued an apology:

I'm a big fan of Ralfy to be honest and i like his philosophy channel too. I found his wee book on his love of whiskey to be also brilliant. It would be very out of character for him to make a statement like that in the way that a lot of people interpreted it, to be fair. So in fairness, fair play to him for apologising, and he looked fairly upset and genuine about it there as well.

edit: link above not working:

https://youtu.be/xW3CZSsmB-E

killbillvol2 · 25-11-2020 11:02AM

Beanstalk wrote: »

Ralfy just issued an apology:

I'm a big fan of Ralfy to be honest and i like his philosophy channel too. I found his wee book on his love of whiskey to be also brilliant. It would be very out of character for him to make a statement like that in the way that a lot of people interpreted it, to be fair. So in fairness, fair play to him for apologising, and he looked fairly upset and genuine about it there as well.

edit: link above not working:

https://youtu.be/xW3CZSsmB-E

I'm not a huge fan as I find his reviews too rambling but i had seen the offending review and took the benign interpretation of it at the time. He has no previous that I'm aware of that would suggest he was suddenly going to attack us Paddies.

Cazale · 25-11-2020 12:15PM

Weepsie wrote:

My sister can't make my wedding for obvious reasons, so had a bottle of green spot whiskey sent to me last night. That'll do nicely

Happy days!

Midlife crisis man · 25-11-2020 12:36PM

Got Redbreast 12 on Amazon for £37 on a black friday deal. I used a NI address to get the deal

dublin runner · 25-11-2020 02:04PM

Looks like a decent deal to go along with all those bottles of Roe & Co....

4 glasses for 8 euro, using CYBERWEEK20 promo code. Especially good if you can collect, avoiding the 10 euro delivery fee.

https://shop.roeandcowhiskey.com/collections/glassware/products/4pk-spey-glass

No idea about quality though!

Starlord_01 · 25-11-2020 02:07PM

Blue Spot back in stock for anyone looking: https://shop.jamesonwhiskey.com/collections/spot-range/products/blue-spot

BonnieSituation · 25-11-2020 03:01PM

dublin runner wrote: »

Looks like a decent deal to go along with all those bottles of Roe & Co....

4 glasses for 8 euro, using CYBERWEEK20 promo code. Especially good if you can collect, avoiding the 10 euro delivery fee.

https://shop.roeandcowhiskey.com/collections/glassware/products/4pk-spey-glass

No idea about quality though!

Can't go wrong for 8euro. Cheers.

janiejones · 25-11-2020 03:16PM

did tesco click and collect for the first time. ordered 3 talisker 10 at the sale price to have for the year but i must have clicked substitute or forgot to unclick it. got 2 bottles but they subbed the 3rd for a glenmorangie. 10 year old scotch is all the same sure. i was initially going to leave it and just take the 2 but i've never tried it and it is a classic so... some night in 2021 i'll have to give it a try

odyssey06 · 25-11-2020 03:34PM

janiejones wrote: »

did tesco click and collect for the first time. ordered 3 talisker 10 at the sale price to have for the year but i must have clicked substitute or forgot to unclick it. got 2 bottles but they subbed the 3rd for a glenmorangie. 10 year old scotch is all the same sure. i was initially going to leave it and just take the 2 but i've never tried it and it is a classic so... some night in 2021 i'll have to give it a try

I didn't think they were subbing on non-essential items.
I hope they only charged you the Talisker offer price of €30 not the Glenmorangie RRP of €45?

killbillvol2 · 25-11-2020 03:35PM

janiejones wrote: »

did tesco click and collect for the first time. ordered 3 talisker 10 at the sale price to have for the year but i must have clicked substitute or forgot to unclick it. got 2 bottles but they subbed the 3rd for a glenmorangie. 10 year old scotch is all the same sure. i was initially going to leave it and just take the 2 but i've never tried it and it is a classic so... some night in 2021 i'll have to give it a try

It's a lovely whisky.

killbillvol2 · 25-11-2020 03:38PM

I've been deliberately avoiding O' Brien's due to my lack of willpower but had to collect something for my brother earlier. Came out with a Yellow Spot,. Blackpitts and Redbreast 15. Happy Christmas or Thanksgiving or something to me!

janiejones · 25-11-2020 03:46PM

yeah, 45 down to 30 on a price match

killbillvol2 · 25-11-2020 03:50PM

janiejones wrote: »

yeah, 45 down to 30 on a price match

Great price.

54and56 · 25-11-2020 03:53PM

Can't believe all this just arrived by courier for the £10 Black Bush & Hot Sauce online tasting Friday night.

Ivefoundgod · 25-11-2020 03:56PM

Is Three Swallows just gone in Tesco now? I've looked for the last few weeks each time I've gone there and never seen it, the SEL is there alright but no sign of it. Its €33 in Super Value and I've a €10 off €50 voucher so I think I might just get it there, just not as convenient as my local SV has all the spirits behind the express checkout and it can be a nightmare trying to see what they have when its busy.

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