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What whisk(e)y are we drinking? (Part 2)

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  • #3842
    DARK-KNIGHT
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 10,278 ✭✭✭✭DARK-KNIGHT


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122641709#Comment_122641709

    Actually have you a link to this can't find it on Amazon



  • #3843
    con747
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 9,270 ✭✭✭con747


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122644316#Comment_122644316

    UK or NI delivery only on alcohol though. You need to change your delivery address to a UK/NI one for it to show.

    https://www.amazon.co.uk/Bushmills-Single-Whiskey-Bourbon-Finished/dp/B0D1SKG7BV

    Don't expect anything from life, just be grateful to be alive.



  • #3844
    FlicFlak
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 185 ✭✭FlicFlak


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122638027#Comment_122638027

    Picked this up last week and opened it at the weekend. Not a massive fan of the "original" Ardfallen, but this is completely different altogether! I assume its a heavy single grain blended whiskey, lots of creamy vanilla and butterscotch. Its really good, and even though its only 40% gives a very nice finish. Definitely getting another one just to have.



  • #3845
    ZV Yoda
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,457 ✭✭✭ZV Yoda


    Any thoughts on here about Hyde whiskey?

    At Taste of Kildare over the week-end, I tried a couple of small samples of the Single Grain cask strength & #4 President's single malt rum cask finish. Thought they were both OK, so picked up a bottle of each. They were €45 per bottle (not bad for cask strength). The guy said they were usually €60 retail (the #4 was actually only €51 when I checked online after).

    Haven't opened the bottles yet, but will post when I do



  • #3846
    the beer revolu
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 17,748 ✭✭✭✭the beer revolu


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122644582#Comment_122644582

    I really dislike their marketing and lack of transparency. I don't think I've tasted any of their products and I probably never will.



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  • #3847
    Black Sheep
    Moderators, Sports Moderators Posts: 3,372 Mod ✭✭✭✭Black Sheep


    Their site is pretty up-front that they are bonders, sourcing their whisky. That's better than some, I would have thought?



  • #3848
    FlicFlak
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 185 ✭✭FlicFlak


    I have tried alot of their stuff, and anything they have have that isnt single malt from West Cork distillers is really good. Their peated malt is really nice, their new blend is actually very tasty, and the pot still is good. But any of the single malts all i can taste is rubber and burnt plastic.



  • #3849
    the beer revolu
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 17,748 ✭✭✭✭the beer revolu


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122644692#Comment_122644692

    It certainly was not that way in their early days.

    I just looked there. They've certainly changed their marketing tune!



  • #3850
    fmul9798
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 773 ✭✭✭fmul9798


    I see Redbreast PX is back and now a regular stock item. At least this hits the exorbitant pricing in some places in the South….



  • #3851
    DARK-KNIGHT
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 10,278 ✭✭✭✭DARK-KNIGHT


    95 is too high IMO



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  • #3852
    Insect Overlord
    Moderators, Social & Fun Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 31,026 Mod ✭✭✭✭Insect Overlord


    Doesn't it usually fetch over €130 or more at the auctions? Been a while since I tried to pick one up.



  • #3853
    Citizen Six
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,097 ✭✭✭Citizen Six


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122650106#Comment_122650106

    Stuff often sells at auctions for above RRP. I picked up a couple of bottles of it in O'Briens, when it was going on auction sites for much higher. It'll clearly drop now that it's easily available again.



  • #3854
    Black Sheep
    Moderators, Sports Moderators Posts: 3,372 Mod ✭✭✭✭Black Sheep


    Given Redbreast's recognition among the general public as a "nice whisky", I'd say the odds of being gifted a PX this Christmas is not bad.

    I've gotten so many gifts of Redbreast 12, it has become one of those default picks for people, along with Green Spot.

    Of the core range, the PX is probably the only one I'd be interested to try at the moment. The rest are all fine (although I still feel like the 15 lacks an identity), but just had them too many times at this point.



  • #3855
    DARK-KNIGHT
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 10,278 ✭✭✭✭DARK-KNIGHT


    Ended up grabbing one more bottle of Paddys share before deal ended

    Have had black barrel proof and tbh between the two I would sway towards the Paddy's share

    Not amazing whiskey but solid whiskey



  • #3856
    samwise94
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 8 ✭samwise94


    The rugby lads in The Bridge have released a Two Stacks 10 yr old. Any thoughts?

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  • #3857
    SteM
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 7,247 ✭✭✭SteM


    I see the 8th edition of Dingle's Wheel Of The Year is out. I wonder how well they've sold. Most seem to be still available.



  • #3858
    samwise94
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 8 ✭samwise94


    Seems to be gradually less hype with each release. (I have the first 2-3 then stopped)



  • #3859
    EagererBeaver
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,712 ✭✭✭EagererBeaver


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122657746#Comment_122657746

    On principle alone, I try to avoid anything even tenuously associated with Jamie Heaslip like the plague.



  • #3860
    2011abc
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,775 ✭✭✭2011abc


    Feck it ! Finally found a SuperValu with Paddys Share to see it had gone back up from €25 to 46 at midnight .Still this €27 Tesco ( with Clubcard) BlackBush is going down nicely



  • #3861
    2011abc
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,775 ✭✭✭2011abc


    Folks can anyone enlighten me about Bushmills Red ? It seems to be the VERY poor relation of the range .Ive had literally every Bushmills product under €60 apart from it …Original ( white ) Black , Caribbean Cask , American Cask ,Malt 10 ….Why does it seem to have so little appeal ? I just imagine it’s ‘weird’ for some reason .Maybe sickly like / for American scene ( apologies I’ve only ever had Jack Daniels and an ‘Irish ‘ whiskey made in USA -‘Five Points ‘ ? - NOT Irish American which is mighty stuff .But I’m so put off American I’m not in a hurry to explore it - and while I’m in the rant scotch is ‘riskier ‘than Irish too in my opinion .EG Teachers is a far bigger ‘let down ‘than Tullamore …

    Anyway who drinks Red Bush and is it actually any good ?!



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  • #3862
    odyssey06
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 35,373 ✭✭✭✭odyssey06


    I tried Red Bush once when it was on offer... Black Bush much better. Wasnt weird as such ... unnecessary maybe.

    Its nicer than basic Bushmills but didnt justify the price versus Black Bush.

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



  • #3863
    head82
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 387 ✭✭head82


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122660851#Comment_122660851

    Likewise, I'm hesitant about pulling the trigger on the Bushmills 10 year old single malt. I'd only be picking it up because it seems like a good deal. But is it really a good deal?

    I know it's only €30 at the moment in the O'Briens whiskey sale but I'm wary of Bushmills.



  • #3864
    Beanstalk
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,236 ✭✭✭Beanstalk


    Bushmills 10 is lovely and for 30 quid is definitely worth it. Lovely juicy Apple bomb. It would probably be incredible at 46% bit it's definitely a cut above any normal whiskey you'd get for that price. E.g powers (which is class), Jameson stout etc



  • #3865
    2011abc
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,775 ✭✭✭2011abc


    Ah yeah Bush single malt 10 is grand stuff but in a tough price point .Teelings is better for a ( sadly increasing ) bit more while there are some nice Irish single Malts like Tyrconnell and Busker etc that are as nice or nicer and a bit cheaper usually .At 30 it’s unbeatable though unless something else is also on special



  • #3866
    Insect Overlord
    Moderators, Social & Fun Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 31,026 Mod ✭✭✭✭Insect Overlord


    Was just thinking about the cask strength edition of John's Lane. Didn't Powers plan to do annual releases of it? Any whispers of a 2024 batch coming out?

    I also thought we'd have had another Thomond Gate release by now. Think their first release made with Limerick-grown barley is due soon as well, but fairly sure those bottles were reserved for investors in the program.



  • #3867
    Citizen Six
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,097 ✭✭✭Citizen Six


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122711521#Comment_122711521

    Isn't the cask strength John's Lane just a part of the core range now?



  • #3868
    Insect Overlord
    Moderators, Social & Fun Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 31,026 Mod ✭✭✭✭Insect Overlord


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122711743#Comment_122711743

    Seems to be. It looked at one stage like they were going to release it annually in the same style as MVR.



  • #3869
    Beanstalk
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,236 ✭✭✭Beanstalk


    Just opened a stashed bottle of John's Lane there. **** it's gorgeous. The cask strength is waaaaay more sherry but still wonderful. Bit at the same time, you can't beat the OG



  • #3870
    2011abc
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,775 ✭✭✭2011abc


    In the hotly contested thirty something euro price range the €35 Busker ( Royal Oak Distillery , Carlow )Single Malt at 44% is a very solid performer even more so considering SuperValu have just pushed up Bush American and Caribbean Cask to €33.Nice honest , simple fruity , malty bite and American oaky notes .A very poor man’s Barry Crockett but nevertheless a clear step above most budget bottlings .



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  • #3871
    Mellor
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 40,377 ✭✭✭✭Mellor


    Finally settled on a wedding whiskey. The Celtic Whiskey Caoga-a-do cask. Wanted something that was a limited run, fine it’s done. Recommended by the Celtic Whiskey shop (staff are always fantastic in there).
    https://www.celticwhiskeyshop.com/celtic-cask-caoga-a-do-52


    On paper it sounds good, reputation is good. Curious if anyone knows who distilled this in 2007?



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