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What Whisky/Whiskey are we drinking this month?

artanevilla

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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Mellor

Ivefoundgod wrote: »

As speculated last week; 10 YO Red Breast CS

€100 is a tasty price for it

The 12 CS is cheaper. But the limited run adds a cost, and a value on the secondary.
Some will probably think the 12CS is better value being older. But I'm a big sherry fan. I rate the Lustau over the 12. I'm pretty tempted by this.

Mellor

Just noticed it’s on sale in 5 mins...

WLad

Did their website just crash :O

WLad

WLad wrote: »

Did their website just crash :O

Ah, might just have been while they were adding it. Seems OK now.

TheBigGreen

Pressing the buy now but nothing goes into my cart! Sold out?

TheBigGreen

TheBigGreen wrote: »

Pressing the buy now but nothing goes into my cart! Sold out?

Got one!

Mellor

TheBigGreen wrote: »

Pressing the buy now but nothing goes into my cart! Sold out?

Won't sell out that fast. Just need to give it a minute to load.

That was a bit on an impulse buy.

BonnieSituation

TheBigGreen wrote: »

Pressing the buy now but nothing goes into my cart! Sold out?

Looks like it was just when it was added alright

Mellor wrote: »

Won't sell out that fast. Just need to give it a minute to load.

That was a bit on an impulse buy.

Yup. I was complaining about the cost of something earlier on, and the Ulster Bank "You've been paid" text came through at 11.50.

Sake.

killbillvol2

There no way I can justify buying this.

But I still bought it.

Mellor

killbillvol2 wrote: »

There no way I can justify buying this.

But I still bought it.

I could justify it. As I said I was tempted above.

Now I'm trying to justify the extra bottle. :pac:

cloudatlas

Batch 1 is limited but batch number suggests that there will be more. I can't see what the abv is.

irish_goat

cloudatlas wrote: »

Batch 1 is limited but batch number suggests that there will be more. I can't see what the abv is.

59.1%

Hogzy

I suppose €100 isnt bad value when you consider what Dingle charge for a cask strength single pot still with no age statement. Even Waterford are charging €75 for their single malts.

Charlie 22

Does anyone know if the Teeling Single grain is any good? I really enjoyed the Kilbeggan 8 from Aldi. There's a sale on in O Brien's now.

I'm picking up two bottles the second I'm thinking either Drumshanbo Pot Still or Knappogue 14 tough choices. I've about 100e to spend on two bottles

Effects

cloudatlas wrote: »

Does anyone have experience with Sailor's Home? I see that a lot of bottles are on sale from master of malt.

Haven't tried any of them myself, but the guy who distilled it said that the Haven is his favourite in the range.

FileNotFound

Charlie 22 wrote: »

Does anyone know if the Teeling Single grain is any good? I really enjoyed the Kilbeggan 8 from Aldi. There's a sale on in O Brien's now.

I'm picking up two bottles the second I'm thinking either Drumshanbo Pot Still or Knappogue 14 tough choices. I've about 100e to spend on two bottles

Not tried but but let us know. I enjoy a nice single grain.

Must go see if they have green spot on sale, drank the last i had over the weekend

Effects

I'm another who couldn't justify buying the new Redbreast, but just bought two bottles of it.

killbillvol2

Charlie 22 wrote: »

Does anyone know if the Teeling Single grain is any good? I really enjoyed the Kilbeggan 8 from Aldi. There's a sale on in O Brien's now.

I'm picking up two bottles the second I'm thinking either Drumshanbo Pot Still or Knappogue 14 tough choices. I've about 100e to spend on two bottles

Teeling Single Grain is one of my favourites. I picked up another in O' Brien's the other day. Serious value for money.

Starlord_01

Anyone tried any the Spade & Bushel bottlings from Connaught Whiskey?

adrian522

Bought a bottle of the Drumshambo Inaugural Release from O'Briens, very nicely packaged, be interesting to see how it compares to the standard release. It's an extra €20 more expensive, partially I guess for the novelty/collectible value.

CosmicFool

Bought the RB earlier. Tempted to buy another one now. I hope they sell out quick before I do. ��

cloudatlas

Hogzy wrote: »

I suppose €100 isnt bad value when you consider what Dingle charge for a cask strength single pot still with no age statement. Even Waterford are charging €75 for their single malts.

Yes but I feel that we are asking the wrong question, is this pricing model okay in the first place?

I've had dingle and I've had waterford and I wasn't blown away and everyone I shared with the waterford with weren't blown away either and were schocked at the price. I spent 80 pounds sterling on the waterford.

Edit: Distilleries will chance their arm and price bottles hoping that the consumer will be willing to shoulder the cost. The price of young whiskey is shocking.

FileNotFound

killbillvol2 wrote: »

Teeling Single Grain is one of my favourites. I picked up another in O' Brien's the other day. Serious value for money.

Now I have to get one, sure why not.

adrian522 wrote: »

Bought a bottle of the Drumshambo Inaugural Release from O'Briens, very nicely packaged, be interesting to see how it compares to the standard release. It's an extra €20 more expensive, partially I guess for the novelty/collectible value.

Found I likes the standard one to be fair, let me know if you agree.

odyssey06

cloudatlas wrote: »

Yes but I feel that we are asking the wrong question, is this pricing model okay in the first place?
I've had dingle and I've had waterford and I wasn't blown away and everyone I shared with the waterford with weren't blown away either and were schocked at the price. I spent 80 pounds sterling on the waterford.

I have tried a few of the Waterford releases (samples) and the Ratheadon 1.1 was impressive.
The others, while v nice, I would not put in same league (Bannow Island 1.1, Sheestown 1.2, Gaia 1.1).
If I'd bought a full bottle for €75 of the Ratheadon I'd be happy enough, the others not so much.

FileNotFound

cloudatlas wrote: »

Yes but I feel that we are asking the wrong question, is this pricing model okay in the first place?

I've had dingle and I've had waterford and I wasn't blown away and everyone I shared with the waterford with weren't blown away either and were schocked at the price. I spent 80 pounds sterling on the waterford.

Edit: Distilleries will chance their arm and price bottles hoping that the consumer will be willing to shoulder the cost. The price of young whiskey is shocking.

I agree, non stop newer whiskeys are coming with higher and higher prices, it's like the ceiling price has been raised many times now.

I assume lots are really just cooley/bushmills etc with some finishing - which makes the price less justified in my opinion.

Give it to the drumshanbo guys/gals - they have been working on the project for some years. You can tell (sausage tree vodka first, Gin next and now the whiskey).

If its more than RB 12 and Green spot it would want a good story or to justify it properly.

Greg81

Silkie is teasing another cask strength whiskey.

Facebook post states: coming soon.....

BonnieSituation

odyssey06 wrote: »

I have tried a few of the Waterford releases (samples) and the Ratheadon 1.1 was impressive.
The others, while v nice, I would not put in same league (Bannow Island 1.1, Sheestown 1.2, Gaia 1.1).
If I'd bought a full bottle for €75 of the Ratheadon I'd be happy enough, the others not so much.

On the button

BonnieSituation

Jesus, that O'Brien's sale can go and $^^&"£*&*£&($("($&"$&"*"$("*%"&%"*%"(%"(!*$(!£&$ itself

Hogzy

cloudatlas wrote: »

Yes but I feel that we are asking the wrong question, is this pricing model okay in the first place?

I've had dingle and I've had waterford and I wasn't blown away and everyone I shared with the waterford with weren't blown away either and were schocked at the price. I spent 80 pounds sterling on the waterford.

Edit: Distilleries will chance their arm and price bottles hoping that the consumer will be willing to shoulder the cost. The price of young whiskey is shocking.

100% agree, I think the Irish whiskey market is massively overpriced for what it is, and one of the reasons its never going to get ahead of scotch for a long time to come.

To think the waterford whiskey range is competing at the same price as lagavulin 16 price wise in foreign markets is insane. How much will 10/12/15/20 year single malts be from the likes of Waterford, Dingle etc when the time comes to release them. Theres only so much the market will bare before consumers realise theyre being ripped off.

BonnieSituation

Hogzy wrote: »

100% agree, I think the Irish whiskey market is massively overpriced for what it is, and one of the reasons its never going to get ahead of scotch for a long time to come.

To think the waterford whiskey range is competing at the same price as lagavulin 16 price wise in foreign markets is insane. How much will 10/12/15/20 year single malts be from the likes of Waterford, Dingle etc when the time comes to release them. Theres only so much the market will bare before consumers realise theyre being ripped off.

The novelty of Waterford for the first few releases and how they were going about their business [sans gin etc], made it somewhat "worth the money".

I'm intrigued by the likes of the Hook Head terroir, but their stuff will only be sampled in 'sample' format going forward unless one of them truly is worth forking out for.

Speaking of Lag16... :P