What Whisky/Whiskey are we drinking this month?

odyssey06 wrote: »

Enveloped by (freezing?) fog here... ship foghorns booming from Dublin Port... time for some hot whiskey.
Tullamore Dew XO Caribbean Rum Cask Finish working well.

Fog rolling down the river here in Waterford. Whiskey Macs for the evening with my new supply of Stone's Ginger Wine. I'll use up some of the basic stuff.

Still finishing off a few of my open bottles to make space. Have some black bush on the go tonight. Another classic Irish whiskey. Not as nice as the Powers from the last few nights but it's nice enough.

The wee drop on its own used to be my vice, but now I've taken to having a few squares of dark chocolate with it also.yum.

Insect Overlord wrote: »

I was standing in the queue in Tesco with a bottle of Powers in my hand when I read this! I'll put it away for a while (far too many different whiskeys open at home already) but I figured that even in a worst case scenario it'll be handy to have at home to mix with Coke or for a hot whiskey.

this thread is dangerous

ZV Yoda wrote: »

Finally managed to get hold of Talisker 10 in Tesco. Been sold out the last 4 or 5 times I’ve been there. Perfect for a cold foggy night like tonight. Especially at €30!

Got one today too, and the bushmills 10 for 30 also. Need to stop now the press door can hardly close

Beanstalk wrote: »

Got one today too, and the bushmills 10 for 30 also. Need to stop now the press door can hardly close

Time for a bigger press!

Only got around to using the Black Bush cocktail kit last night, my first time making a sour and only my second time drinking one.

I will deffo be making these over the xmas.

sounds like something I'll have a glass of and decide to lash the rest into coffee or cocktails

thanks!

Just an observation

I dont see that anyone drinks Tullamore Dew here? The 12 yr old comes in at 48e which i find a lot nicer than the Redbreast 12 (60e). Redbreast 12 i find fiercely overrated but that for another debate!

Their 14 yr old Single Malt is one of the best Irish out there, its a stunner. Its cheap at 75 bucks.

They're not trendy but i gave the single malt a try once and since then i've always had them in my collection. I'd certainly recommend them.

(i do not work for Tullamore Dew!!! )

odyssey06 wrote: »

Tullamore Dew seems to have a bigger profile abroad than at home... but when you consider Jameson dropped their 12 year old, that's a pretty good price.

If you want to add another TD version to your collection, some Supervalus are selling the Tullamore Dew XO Caribbean Rum Cask Finish for €27.
https://shop.supervalu.ie/shopping/product/1727631000

TD is absolutely huge in the States.

In a lot of Scandinavia you'll be hard-pushed to find Jameson - its Tullamore everywhere. Irish is popular there, so you'll get Tullamore (and Baileys) in corner shops in Denmark for instance.

This months Pour and Sip selection has arrived. Five by 30ml samples each month. Decent enough selection and got a free Kyrö glass too.

Talisker 8 Year Old (Special Release 2020) Drinks giant Diageo bottles its themed Special Releases each year, and it’s always much-anticipated. The 2020 collection’s theme was Rare by Nature, inspired by the surroundings of each distillery and all bottled at cask strength – including this youthful Talisker. The single malt spent its entire maturation in casks which previously held pot-still Caribbean rum, which is the first release of its kind from the Isle of Skye distillery! Considering how well it’s turned out, we don’t know why these two seaside locations haven’t met in one bottle before. It’s all savoury coastal Talisker smoke and tropical fruit from the cask in this well-balanced whisky.

Darkness 8 Year Old If you like a little mystery to your whisky, Darkness has you covered, because the folks behind it will never tell which Scottish distillery they source the single malt from – though they sure know how to get the best out of a sherry cask! The whisky was initially matured in ex-bourbon barrels, and was then transferred to custom-made Oloroso sherry octave casks for at least three months before it was bottled. If you haven’t heard of them before, octave casks are much smaller than your usual sherry butt. This increased surface-area-to-volume ratio amplifies the cask influence over a shorter period of time, so you’ll enjoy heaps of chocolate, red fruit and spice in here!

J.J. Corry The Hanson – Batch 2 Over in County Clare, Ireland, you’ll find J.J. Corry. It isn’t a distillery, but a whiskey bonder – the first new bonder in Ireland for over 50 years! – which means that it doesn’t produce the liquid, but instead sources it from all over the country, then matures, blends and bottles it itself. This is the second batch of The Hanson, a blended grain whiskey, and this particular release was a blend of three casks from a selection of Irish distilleries. If you like your whiskies slightly lighter, full of buttery, tropical and vanilla notes, this will be right up your street!

Kyrö Malt Rye We look to Finland for our next whisky, more specifically an old dairy farm in Isokyrö, where you’ll find the Kyrö distillery! The folks at the distillery are even known to go by the name of the ‘Adventurous Rye Rye Gentlemen’ because they have such an affinity with the grain, and this is their newest release, Kyrö Malt Rye. It’s distilled entirely from malted Finnish wholegrain rye, and is actually the first Finnish single batch rye whisky. Its entire ageing was spent in new American white oak casks, and this particular wood type imparts some creamier notes to balance the more herbaceous, spicy flavours from the grain.

Jura 21 Year Old Tide Jura is one of Scotland’s Hebridean Islands, and the scenic destination boasts just one road, a larger population of deer than people (which is either awesome or terrifying, you decide), and just one distillery! This is Tide, a 21-year-old single malt that’s been through a dual maturation. First, it was rested in American white oak bourbon barrels, which is where it gets its oodles of vanilla and caramel flavours from, after which it was transferred to virgin American white oak casks, which is where the slightly spicier nuances come from. Proof that Scottish Island whisky isn’t always packed full of peat – though you will find subtle suggestions of smoke in here.

Another subscription on the way is whisky-me.com. It's one 50ml sample a month. This month is a single cask Glen Elgin.

Glen Elgin 2009 Bourbon Cask
From: Speyside

Fact: The distillery powered by paraffin right up until 1950! All machinery was driven by a paraffin engine and a water turbine and it was a full-time job to keep the paraffin lights burning

This month we have hit our milestone of 2500 members, so we have been out and purchased an entire cask of whisky. This months dram is a Glen Elgin 2009 Bourbon Cask. Glen Elgin uses non-peated malt, which is mashed in 8 tonne batches, producing a clear, fruity wort that is then fermented for 90 hours. This is the key to the distillery’s trademark fruity character. Besides being a component of the White Horse blend (as well as appearing in Johnnie Walker blends), Glen Elgin single malt is a popular export brand and has enjoyed a long standing following in Italy and Japan. Needless to say, we’re very excited to have our own cask of Glen Elgin!