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

No, nothing like Islay, that would be interesting if it was, for me at least :)

Ive ordered from them in the past but only for deliveries within ROI. Never tried anything like that.

Thanks lads order placed.

My reaction to the inaugural release was very different. I thought it to be really elegant, well made and complex, in a similar way to some of the Waterford releases. Difficult to describe that quality, but I like it. Haven't tried it since, though.

Gosh. I thought the inaugural Dingle release was pretty awful - very harsh and not ready at all. I haven't tasted any subsequent releases but I believe they have improved immensely.

Here's a thing : I don't consider "young" to necessary be a bad thing. I love the taste of new make and if done well, can be classy and elegant, imo. If not done well, it's harsh and unpleasant. For me, that young taste can be a lovely element of a well balanced whiskey.

Also, Dingle released at 3 years and both Waterford and Drumshambo at 5 years, asaik.

I've liked pretty much everything Sliabh Liag have done to date, I look forward to their releases.

The early Waterford stuff was 3 years old and pretty rough. A triumph of marketing. I recently tasted some of their 6 year old stuff and the difference is massive.

I think that may have been the early one I really liked and had something like half a bottle of it so I really got to know it. (edit : it was the 1.1 that I had)

Tasting something once is a very different experience to tasting something several times for me.

I'd say I've tasted 3 of the waterfords, liked two and really didn't like one of them (one of the cuveés, I think).

I got a bottle of Goldthorpe recently and it's the best thing I've tasted from there. They gave us some at a tasting and quite a few of us bought a bottle. Pricey at €100 but we got 10% off.

So Ballykilcavan was aged for 3 years, 11 months and 18 days. So closer to 4 years than 3. But they had to call it 3 years old at the time. If you asked. It's no age statement. I'm surprised by the age of this as they said it was 3 when asked.

Bannow Island was 3 years, 7 months and 27 days. Same as above.

Ratheadon was 3 years, 9 months and 5 days. As above.

I don't have any Ratheadon as I drank it all. It was the best of the first lot. I'm rarely tempted to go back to the other two except to offer a taste to someone.

I still think they were all too young but releasing them was understandable given that they didn't go the gin route to create revenue.

I couldn't find the above info on their website but luckily a reviewer had it.

https://cask-strength.com/2020/07/07/the-waterford-distillery-single-farm-origin-a-trio-about-terroir/

Yeah, I think he stopped making poitin due to cost of labelling it as such or something. Didn't really understand. Think the whiskey is all almost 3 years off but they're selling casks. Limited bottles left of the 18 - 24 month stuff, https://www.baoilleachdistillery.ie/collections/products. I haven't bought this one or tried it. The stuff I've had has been hit and miss to my taste

Interesting, I think Dingle Samhain was the first one I tasted in the series and that was Single Malt finished in Muscatel casks. So this one is longer aged and is a Pot Still. I will look forward to trying it when it surfaces.