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

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  • #4832
    Basq
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 45,424 ✭✭✭✭Basq


    "Whiskey-adjacent" but had finally opened up one of last year's Christmas presents - Two Stacks Double Cream Liqueur.

    Dangerous stuff!

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  • #4833
    Insect Overlord
    Moderators, Social & Fun Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 31,221 Mod ✭✭✭✭Insect Overlord


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/124081147#Comment_124081147

    I remember reading the tasting notes on the first bottle I got when it was newly released. It sounded too good to be true, but was actually spot on. Fantastic when it's available at €30.



  • #4834
    tphase
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,478 ✭✭✭tphase


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/124081223#Comment_124081223

    Got one today for €25 in Tesco.



  • #4835
    the beer revolu
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 18,160 ✭✭✭✭the beer revolu


    I'm a big fan of the Powers rye. Great drinking for the price



  • #4836
    Citizen Six
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,555 ✭✭✭Citizen Six


    Yeah, when Powers Rye is on sale it's great value. I use it all the time for Old Fashioneds.



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  • #4837
    Hodors Appletart
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,924 ✭✭✭Hodors Appletart


    try it in a Vieux Carre, sensational.



  • #4838
    Citizen Six
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,555 ✭✭✭Citizen Six


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/124088326#Comment_124088326

    I've used it for those before. Only thing I didn't have was the correct bitters. Even tried Celtic Whiskey during the week but they didn't have any Peychaud's.



  • #4839
    L1011
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 75,483 ✭✭✭✭L1011


    I had to buy Peychauds from Master of Malt in the end because absolutely nowhere that should have stocked it, had it. That was a long time ago when MoM stuff never had customs trouble, though.



  • #4840
    Citizen Six
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,555 ✭✭✭Citizen Six


    Hoping to get into town tomorrow to pick up some Old Comber. Is the 200th Anniversary one worth the price tag over the standard? Might just get the regular one first, and see what it's like anyway.



  • #4841
    odyssey06
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 38,141 ✭✭✭✭odyssey06


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/124088669#Comment_124088669

    You might get lucky if its Celtic Whiskey Shop as it is one of the newest releases - suss out what bottles are open for tasting and put that question to them.

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



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  • #4842
    Citizen Six
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,555 ✭✭✭Citizen Six


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/124088742#Comment_124088742

    They had both in there, but didn’t realise they might have had it open for tasting. I’ll check again tomorrow.



  • #4843
    odyssey06
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 38,141 ✭✭✭✭odyssey06


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/124088886#Comment_124088886

    I remembered the latest Three Drams set had a sample of the Old Comber 7yo SPS anniversary edition... I knew I wouldnt hold out until the tasting on 8th January so this post triggered its opening.

    Have to say was expecting more from a €120 bottle. Very strong flavour of plums (least that's how I register it). Havent had the regular Old Comber 7yo single pot still so my point of reference is the Echlinville 'The Beginning' pot still which I thought was lovely.

    If you do manage to taste any tomorrow please share your thoughts!

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



  • #4844
    The Nal
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 15,400 ✭✭✭✭The Nal


    50% Knob

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  • #4845
    flended12
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 436 ✭✭flended12


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/124092910#Comment_124092910

    50% knob? I've a few relatives like that



  • #4846
    Black Sheep
    Moderators, Sports Moderators Posts: 3,522 Mod ✭✭✭✭Black Sheep


    Always had a soft spot for Knob Creek!

    I have a 10 year old Bushmills, Ardara at 46% and a basic Buffalo Trace on the go this Christmas. Normally I would have a really nice higher-end bottle picked out as a treat to myself for Christmas, but it just didn't happen this year, I lent towards wine instead.

    I was gifted, as seems inevitable at this stage, a pair of Redbreast 12s. Whoever just keeps steering gift-buyers in the likes of O'Briens towards Redbreast needs to take a break from it and branch out a bit!



  • #4847
    Hotblack Desiato
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2, Paid Member Posts: 41,282 ✭✭✭✭Hotblack Desiato


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/124092910#Comment_124092910

    50% Knob… 100% Balls.

    How's that for an advertising slogan? 😀

    BTW I'll happily take one of those excess Redbreasts off your hands Black Sheep…

    I'm partial to your abracadabra
    I'm raptured by the joy of it all



  • #4848
    Black Sheep
    Moderators, Sports Moderators Posts: 3,522 Mod ✭✭✭✭Black Sheep


    I got an Micil Inverin today! Happy to try something new.

    Very similar to the Dark Silkie and Midnight Silkie.

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  • #4849
    tphase
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,478 ✭✭✭tphase


    Starting this evening with an Aberlour Casg Anamh, hopefully finish with a Johns Lane CS.... maybe just a small one



  • #4850
    Electric Nitwit
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2, Paid Member Posts: 13,979 ✭✭✭✭Electric Nitwit


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/124068430#Comment_124068430

    Opened my Christmas Ardara this evening and I'd agree with your summation!

    The smell is quite fumey but the taste is surprisingly mature for a three year old. A little sharp but some very nice creamy vanilla in the middle, and charred wood at the end. Very happy with it, and excited to taste more mature versions in coming years



  • #4851
    Citizen Six
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,555 ✭✭✭Citizen Six


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/124089899#Comment_124089899

    They hadn't either bottle open for tasting, so I got the regular bottling. Managed to get the last one in the shop. Really nice whiskey.



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  • #4852
    DARK-KNIGHT
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 10,365 ✭✭✭✭DARK-KNIGHT


    Tried Jameson single pot still lads

    Just wow it's a stunning drop



  • #4853
    odyssey06
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 38,141 ✭✭✭✭odyssey06


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/124107120#Comment_124107120

    From the original bottle or the rebranded Distiller's Batch?

    It is supposed to be same liquid but I'm paranoid when bottles change.

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



  • #4854
    Mantis Toboggan
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2, Paid Member Posts: 19,580 ✭✭✭✭Mantis Toboggan


    Getting stuck into a Scotch single malt Ardbeg.

    Quite smokey, an acquired taste but very nice.

    Free Palestine 🇵🇸



  • #4855
    L1011
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 75,483 ✭✭✭✭L1011


    Jamesons dropped to the table at midnight, courtesy of the bar owner. It's so much nicer when its free.

    December purchases and gifts included Talisker 10, Chivas 12, Powers Three Swallows, Crested, Teelings Small Batch and Black Bush. Nothing particularly fancy, but the cupboard is stocked for the first half or so of the year; at least until the Easter sales.



  • #4856
    DARK-KNIGHT
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 10,365 ✭✭✭✭DARK-KNIGHT


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/124107128#Comment_124107128

    Its the first release batch 1 2022



  • #4857
    Black Sheep
    Moderators, Sports Moderators Posts: 3,522 Mod ✭✭✭✭Black Sheep


    I tried the original bottlings of Jameson Single Pot Still and agree it always felt like a premium, good effort at the style. I don't think it ever really got much traction in the range though, which could explain the rebranding.

    I'm not sure it was ever going to convert pot still fans away from elsewhere, and a lot of Jameson drinkers were never going to pivot to it versus other core offerings in the line-up.



  • #4858
    DARK-KNIGHT
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 10,365 ✭✭✭✭DARK-KNIGHT


    I picked up two spare bottles

    Yes I found it very tasty indeed



  • #4859
    Citizen Six
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,555 ✭✭✭Citizen Six


    The new Distiller’s Batch is on offer in Dunne’s at the moment. Can’t remember seeing it there pre Christmas, but I might be wrong. Picked up a bottle anyway.

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    Got a bottle of the 10 year old anniversary Green Spot in the duty free for €71. Have only tried a cask strength of it, so hoping the same tasting notes come through in the lower ABV.

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  • #4860
    DARK-KNIGHT
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 10,365 ✭✭✭✭DARK-KNIGHT


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/124108861#Comment_124108861

    Let us know what you think of the Jameson

    Same juice or different and if different any way good?



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  • #4861
    Citizen Six
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,555 ✭✭✭Citizen Six


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/124109089#Comment_124109089

    I got a bottle of the original when it was released, but to be honest, I won’t remember the details for an exact comparison after a couple of years.
    I liked the original, but it wasn’t as good as I was expecting, so I’ll see how this feels on first sip.



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