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What Whisky/Whiskey are we drinking this month?

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  • #9092
    BonnieSituation
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 19,088 ✭✭✭✭BonnieSituation


    Finally made it over to Martin's and didn't get distracted by other Whiskey; went to the counter, asked for the Kilbeggan SG NAS...

    None in stock despite what the website says!

    I'm never getting it am I?
    1901Rory wrote: »
    Havng some lovely Redbreast 12. I’m gonna go out on a limb here and say a spike of Talisker10 makes it even better.:eek:

    Gonna have to do that now!

    After this bottle of West Kerry Carraig Dubh first though.


  • #9093
    newbie runner
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 135 ✭✭newbie runner


    Enjoying something local tonight.


  • #9094
    1901Rory
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 106 ✭✭1901Rory


    BonnieSituation wrote: »
    Gonna have to do that now!
    .

    I used the supremely scientific ratio of a glass of RB12 to a dribble of Talisker10. Interested to know what you think.


  • #9095
    1901Rory
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 106 ✭✭1901Rory


    Deagol wrote: »
    I'm an extremely unsophisticated whiskey drinker - I've hardly met a whisk(e)y yet that I don't like but having tried a Talisker on the urging of a German colleague - it's the first one I really hated, was like drinking whiskey with a tablespoon of salt :eek:

    So adding anything into it must be an improvement :D

    I don’t find Talister too salty but I know where you’re coming from. I had the same reaction to Ledaig10. It was like french kissing Lot’s wife.


  • #9096
    BonnieSituation
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 19,088 ✭✭✭✭BonnieSituation


    1901Rory wrote: »
    I used the supremely scientific ratio of a glass of RB12 to a dribble of Talisker10. Interested to know what you think.

    Don't you worry. I'll be straight in here anyway.


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  • #9097
    LollipopJimmy
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,246 ✭✭✭LollipopJimmy


    I've an RB12 poured and sitting next to my O'Haras barrell aged stout.... tgif


  • #9098
    Technophobe
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,094 ✭✭✭Technophobe


    Going to have first taste of Knappogue Castle 12 yrs old Marsala cask


  • #9099
    BonnieSituation
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 19,088 ✭✭✭✭BonnieSituation


    Weepsie wrote: »
    also if anyone fancies 100 off teelings 28, ive a code from drinks hero. Valid til midnight i think. If I had a spare 400, I'd be on it

    Got the same message. I briefly considered it. Then I thought about how I'd feel being homeless with my bottle of Teelings.


  • #9100
    newbie runner
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 135 ✭✭newbie runner


    BonnieSituation wrote: »
    Got the same message. I briefly considered it. Then I thought about how I'd feel being homeless with my bottle of Teelings.

    Did this just win World whiskey awards 2021 Category as best Irish single malt over 12 years?
    Not suggesting that it makes it more special,but trying to get a reasonably priced 24 year old is like pulling hens teeth.


  • #9101
    Cazale
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,908 ✭✭✭Cazale


    That 28 year old is mighty stuff.


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  • #9102
    Deagol
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,844 ✭✭✭Deagol


    Having a Drumshanbo, keep forgetting just how nice it is - would take it over the RB.


  • #9103
    LollipopJimmy
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,246 ✭✭✭LollipopJimmy


    Deagol wrote: »
    Having a Drumshanbo, keep forgetting just how nice it is - would take it over the RB.

    I'm on the John's Lane now and next up is a Drumshanbo.


  • #9104
    arodabomb
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 256 ✭✭arodabomb


    Weepsie wrote: »
    also if anyone fancies 100 off teelings 28, ive a code from drinks hero. Valid til midnight i think. If I had a spare 400, I'd be on it

    I've been debating pulling the trigger on this for a wedding gift. Would appreciate the voucher if it's still available?


  • #9105
    newbie runner
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 135 ✭✭newbie runner


    arodabomb wrote: »
    I've been debating pulling the trigger on this for a wedding gift. Would appreciate the voucher if it's still available?

    Ive just broken an unwritten rule,and purchased a bottle,whilst having a dram.Anyway...who cares ..life is for living..and whiskey is for drinking.😃


  • #9106
    arodabomb
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 256 ✭✭arodabomb


    newbie runner wrote: »
    Ive just broken an unwritten rule,and purchased a bottle,whilst having a dram.Anyway...who cares ..life is for living..and whiskey is for drinking.ðŸ˜႒

    Oh, I hear ya. I've bought half my collection after doing one of these online tastings.


  • #9107
    BonnieSituation
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 19,088 ✭✭✭✭BonnieSituation


    Carraig Dhubh done...

    Spideog time!


  • #9108
    dos29
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 540 ✭✭✭dos29


    arodabomb wrote: »
    Oh, I hear ya. I've bought half my collection after doing one of these online tastings.

    Ditto. A Spot tasting ended up in my ordering all 3 Greens, Blue and Yellow!
    Pairing Jameson Crested Black Ball tonight with 8° Black Ball stout. Both gorgeous.


  • #9109
    Technophobe
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,094 ✭✭✭Technophobe


    Technophobe wrote: »
    Going to have first taste of Knappogue Castle 12 yrs old Marsala cask

    Enjoying this watching Black 47 on the box..was getting ice for herself and said I'd try the first one with one cube..not that great..
    Next one was straight but slightly cool and was better and third one was warm and much nicer..

    Next up, some peat I think


  • #9110
    BonnieSituation
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 19,088 ✭✭✭✭BonnieSituation


    He's not wrong.

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    Though you need to get the ratios right. Just need a drop of Talisker to "freshen" it up.


  • #9111
    1901Rory
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 106 ✭✭1901Rory


    BonnieSituation wrote: »
    He's not wrong.

    Though you need to get the ratios right. Just need a drop of Talisker to "freshen" it up.

    Glad you found it a nice concoction. “Red Skye” at night....


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  • #9112
    Cazale
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,908 ✭✭✭Cazale


    1901Rory wrote:
    Glad you found it a nice concoction. “Red Skye†at night....

    Genius.


  • #9113
    BonnieSituation
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 19,088 ✭✭✭✭BonnieSituation


    1901Rory wrote: »
    Glad you found it a nice concoction. “Red Skye” at night....

    Top drawer


  • #9114
    odyssey06
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 35,910 ✭✭✭✭odyssey06


    Cazale wrote: »
    Enjoyed the Cognac and Port finish. Had the cask strength cognac finish before and it's worth seeking out. The new make spirit is good and promises a good future for Clonakilty if they get the wood and finishes right. The 15 year old is single cask Bushmills so enough said. The double oak was so so. Hated the Bordeaux finish. Sour red fruits and a bitterness on the finish. Not for me.

    This inspired me to open up the sample Clonakilty set I picked up in Supervalu.
    I actually quite liked the Bordeaux finish... but then I enjoy Bordeaux wines that my OH describes as sour.

    That said, in terms of wine cask finishes I'd put the Gelstons Pinot Noir or Green Spot Chateau Montelena well ahead of it.

    "To follow knowledge like a sinking star..." (Tennyson's Ulysses)



  • #9115
    Nijmegen
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,086 ✭✭✭Nijmegen


    Got a bottle of Jameson Crested over Christmas. Not something I’d think to pick up myself but a lovely drop. Single pot still meets Sherry cask in a really nice way. Have a bottle of redbreast Lustau I was going to crack open tonight but might sip on this a while longer!


  • #9116
    1901Rory
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 106 ✭✭1901Rory


    Not enjoying a Penderyn Legend sample from a Tasting.com set of World Whiskies. A bit of a tame dragon. It feels thin and artificial. For whatever reason, it resurrected memories of slamming cheap nightclub B52s fadó fadó. Bizarre!

    It’s my first experienve of Penderyn and unless I am back holidaying in Wales (hopefully sometime sooner than 2031 *fingers crossed*) I won’t seek anything else from their range.


  • #9117
    Slattsy
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 15,775 ✭✭✭✭Slattsy


    That's an awful way to treat Redbreast :(


  • #9118
    Cazale
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,908 ✭✭✭Cazale


    The Irish Whiskey Society have a 12 year old Cask Strength tasting going on sale tonight at 7pm for members. Skipping it myself as I've tried them all previously.

    Knappogue Castle 12YO Cask Strength (Airport Retail Exclusive)
    Bushmills Causeway Coast 2008 Muscatel (12YO)
    Dunville Single Cask Cask Strength 12YO PX
    WD O’Connell Single Cask 12YO Sherry Series CS
    Redbreast 12 Year Old Cask Strength B1/20


  • #9119
    BonnieSituation
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 19,088 ✭✭✭✭BonnieSituation


    Anyone got anything to say about the Hyde range?

    The 32euro single grain is looking tempting in cws.


  • #9120
    odyssey06
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 35,910 ✭✭✭✭odyssey06


    BonnieSituation wrote: »
    Anyone got anything to say about the Hyde range?

    The 32euro single grain is looking tempting in cws.

    I thought they were a bit over-priced, the €10 off in CWS makes them more reasonable.
    I haven't had the 1916 single grain, think the one I had was the single grain burgundy cask finish and didn't really stand out for me.

    iirc I enjoyed the rum cask finish the most, that's now €40.
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    "To follow knowledge like a sinking star..." (Tennyson's Ulysses)



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  • #9121
    BonnieSituation
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 19,088 ✭✭✭✭BonnieSituation


    The discounts are certainly making them tempting.


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