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

Cask strength 12 year old for 63 pounds

Jesus we get ripped off here in comparison

As far as I'm aware, it's the same price for all travellers when leaving the UK. There was only one price on the shelves.

But Ardbeg Uigeadail was about £58, which is a lot cheaper than you can get it here, at €105 in Celtic Whiskey. Lagavulin 16 was £65, which is €106 in O'Briens.

1 litre of Tanqueray was £14/€16, which in Dublin Airport is €31 duty free, €48 duty paid. O'Briens it's about €36 per litre.

Pick up a short string of white leds that can go inside - there've been loads on sale after Christmas. I've seen it done before and it works well

I have a rb27 bottle and case and I'm going to be doing this

I got bored last night and started working on my idea. Its still a work in progress but as soon as I can mount the birdcage properly I think it will look pretty decent. I want to add something inside to illuminate that cool red bottle, I ordered some LED coasters from Temu last night so lets see how they look when they come.

It's been a while since I had a bottle, but I think it is more for mixing if it's the basic "1858" blended version.

7up, ginger ale or something citrusy like club rock shandy.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Canadian_Club#Current_Lineup

yeah, it was a bottle belonging to my wife, I don't know how old the bottle even is, but it's definitely unopened and was stored at the back of a press in her dad's hosue since whenever it was bought.

She enjoys Powers and Ginger Ale, so we'll just use it in the same manner I think. I'll try a sample dram of course.

A new entry in the Redbreast Iberian series has just been released - Moscatel edition. €100.

Redbreast Moscatel Edition is the fifth entry in the famed Redbreast Iberian Series which celebrates Gilbey’s sherry history with a series of release across the Iberian Peninsula. Redbreast Moscatel Edition uses moscatel wine casks from the hills of Malaga to finish the signature Redbreast Single Pot Still Irish Whiskey. The wine is aged in American Oak for 24 months before being transferred to Midelton Distillery for where Redbreast Moscatel Edition has been maturing in since 2024. 46%.

https://www.irishmalts.com/irish-whiskey/redbreast-moscatel-edition/

Had to do a double take on it! It's actually the wine that was aged for 24 months, which is strange to mention that and not the whiskey's age.

The whiskey is older than that:

• The whiskey is a blend of 9- to 11-year-old single pot still whiskeys, finished for 16 months in Moscatel-seasoned European oak casks from Bodegas Quitapenas in Málaga, Spain.

https://www.foodandwine.com/redbreast-moscatel-wine-cask-edition-single-pot-still-irish-whiskey-11902072

As one of the ALDI Ardfallen 10 apostles I’m hopping in after the last comment with a post about my latest bottle .Im just home from OBriens with a Dunvilles PX 12 that put me back just North of three figures .Now I’ve always been on the tight ar5ed end of the whiskey budget spectrum but decided that considering the last swanky bottle I got was a €75 Teeling Brabazon I was well overdue another plush purchase .

Now many of us probably know that to enjoy whiskey at its best there are all kinds of constraints like , you certainly can’t be suffering with a head cold or flu and a heavy meal won’t help either usually so I doubly felt the time was right

Unfortunately the first sip ‘went down the wrong way ‘!!!:-( I ended up coughing like a whiskey novice and I’m well used to neat whiskey up to cask strength considering ‘mixers’ the devils work

I did realise from the moment of licking the finger tip with that little drop that comes off the neck after the first pour that this was going to be a beauty .Its my go to in some of Dublins whiskey pubs.

The inhalation and exhalation of its vapours was strangely vanilla- ey but a proper taste confirms it’s a grade A Sherry bomb .

Is it the best ever ? Well I’ve had a few of the Barry Crockett samplers in the Pot Still quartet and that far dearer but very different

Based on my first sub ideal tasting I’d say it’s not quite as good as the Teeling Brabazon due to less oily mouth feel .Id a similar conclusion on Bush 12 vs a Teeling wine cask airport special .The Bush felt too thin and watery compared with the moderately priced Teeling which had a higher abv too

Anyway back to my tasting :-)

Not to hog the ‘airwaves’ but I’ve partially changed from the traditional larger ‘Glencairn’ / Irish whiskey glass to the smaller single shot much more petite almost thimble like glass and I prefer it .I think you drink less and the nosing is more intense .This Dunville PX12 may have the best nose I’ve experienced .

how does it compare to the 12 cask which is my personal favourite of all whiskeys…….

I think at one stage there was a bit of debate here about RB15 vs RB12 CS .The latter is a bit cheaper and some said as good .To be honest I found both not particularly memorable compared with the Lustau or even standard 12 but opinions vary and of course mood / palate / fasting etc effect experience