Cazale wrote: » Tommy Tiernan fell down his stairs and hurt himself the other day. His anecdote reminded me of myself and a few others on this thread. I was wearing socks and carrying whiskey, and I had a book in me hand, a book about God. And I was gone, I went all the way down from the second step. I was delivered then out onto the floor, helpless like a baba, roaring.” He said he hurt his leg “all the way from the kneecap up to the top of my thigh. I broke nothing but muscle has come off bone or tendons are stretched, something like that. The ribs are done in as well. The ribs weren’t from being hit, the ribs were from some weird stretch that I did in the fall. He joked: “As I was falling I was just focused entirely on the whiskey.”
BonnieSituation wrote: » Out there somewhere the Kilbeggan Single Grain NAS screams... One day, one day... Just picked up a Púca there in Aldi Ballyfermot. Two left behind me.
dobman88 wrote: » Is that the 8 year old Kilbeggan from Aldi you're talking about?
Black Sheep wrote: » Waterford Ballycilcavan 1.1 tonight. I wasn’t sure I would enjoy, but I readily did! It’s young stuff, and it has strong new make flavours to it. But I love a lot about this... even the choice for 50% abv is up my street. I could see myself buying a bottle of Waterford.
odyssey06 wrote: » Ratheadon 1.2 is on offer at €65 in O'Briens at the mo...https://www.obrienswine.ie/products/waterford-distillery-ratheadon-1-2-70cl
Odyssey 2005 wrote: » Got a very nice present today.
ZV Yoda wrote: » I've had a bottle of Powers Gold Label in the cabinet for yonks. I've only ever used it in cocktails. I drank it straight with ice last night for the first time and really enjoyed it. I think I was expecting to be harsh, but it was actually quite smooth. I'd happily have it as a regular tipple. I bet I'd be rubbish at blind tasting, but after "exhaustive":D testing / sampling during lockdown over the past year, I've come to the conclusion that paying more for a whiskey doesn't always mean I'll prefer it to a less expensive one. I think I'll stock up on a few more of the standard Jameson, Powers, Paddy and Bushmills. Be interesting to see how they compare to the more expensive bottles.
Black Sheep wrote: » Powers Gold Label is grand to drink neat, as is Jameson, although of the two it's Powers all the way for me. It's funny in some ways that we've been marketed to believe that whiskies like this are only suitable for mixing, not true. Personal view, I think Gold Label is as good as Three Swallows for far less. Now, the discontinued Powers 12 year old special reserve... That was a step up.
athlone573 wrote: » Does anyone else think the flavour of Power's in the new design bottle (with the orange label) isn't the same? Or have I just been spoilt by drinking John's Lane?
BonnieSituation wrote: » Did you pick up a bottle of the "Old Fashioned Mix" which an orange label? Gold Label is Red and White.
