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What Whisky/Whiskey are we drinking this month?

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  • #5552
    cycocycle
    Registered Users Posts: 507 ✭✭✭cycocycle


    Has anyone tried the Currach whiskey yet? It was recommended to me by a "good source" so I picked it up (against my better judgement). It was always going to struggle against the 6 Waterford whiskies that my friend and I had between us for a "tasting" but I have to say I did not care for it. Interesting initial flavor but the overwhelming seaweed flavor from the unique barrel charring process did nothing for me. As per the review below its quite reminiscent of a heavily peated Scotch, which Im also not a fan of. Should have picked up the Redbreast or Irishman 12 I went in for...

    https://potstilled.com/2020/03/13/the-currach-seaweed-charred-cask-irish-whiskey/


  • #5553
    Cazale
    Registered Users Posts: 2,906 ✭✭✭Cazale


    cycocycle wrote:
    Has anyone tried the Currach whiskey yet? It was recommended to me by a "good source" so I picked it up (against my better judgement). It was always going to struggle against the 6 Waterford whiskies that my friend and I had between us for a "tasting" but I have to say I did not care for it. Interesting initial flavor but the overwhelming seaweed flavor from the unique barrel charring process did nothing for me. As per the review below its quite reminiscent of a heavily peated Scotch, which Im also not a fan of. Should have picked up the Redbreast or Irishman 12 I went in for...

    Tried it a couple of times. I like it but not enough to buy a bottle. One of the tasting notes I have for it is roast chicken skin so it is a unique dram! There is definitely a smokey brininess to it so if you don't like peat it won't be for you. They also do a cask strength version.

    Writers Tears have a seaweed IPA Cask finish which might be a more subtle if people want to try whiskey with seaweed. The Currach whiskey is dried seaweed burnt in the cask to create a charring whilst the writers tears is a whiskey aged in a barrel that previously contained seaweed infused IPA.

    I was at a method and madness tasting with Midleton master distiller and former head of maturation Kevin O Gorman and he just laughed when asked about using seaweed with whiskey. He said they have no plans to ever use it.


  • #5554
    Cazale
    Registered Users Posts: 2,906 ✭✭✭Cazale


    Dtp1979 wrote:
    Would smoky be an accurate description of that whisky?

    I think the older a peated whiskey gets the influence of the smoke starts to lessen especially once it gets over 20 years. I'll post here when I try it.


  • #5555
    Cazale
    Registered Users Posts: 2,906 ✭✭✭Cazale


    BonnieSituation wrote:
    [All the Knappogue is from Bushmills though isn't it?]

    Yeah.


  • #5556
    Tom Dunne
    Registered Users Posts: 23,212 ✭✭✭✭Tom Dunne


    tyrconnell-maderia-cask-irish-whiskey-22.jpg

    Recently bought a bottle of this. Really enjoying it, sweet with a limited amount of spice.


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  • #5557
    EagererBeaver
    Registered Users Posts: 6,408 ✭✭✭EagererBeaver


    Cazale wrote: »
    I think the older a peated whiskey gets the influence of the smoke starts to lessen especially once it gets over 20 years. I'll post here when I try it.

    It's still an Islay and it's still a Laphroaig. Regardless of age, "smoky" will ALWAYS be accurate.


  • #5558
    Adyx
    Registered Users Posts: 2,997 ✭✭✭Adyx


    Jameson had a Seaweed based bitters available for a while. I use it to make Old Fashioneds every now and again. It goes nicely with Connemara.


  • #5559
    Cazale
    Registered Users Posts: 2,906 ✭✭✭Cazale


    EagererBeaver wrote:
    It's still an Islay and it's still a Laphroaig. Regardless of age, "smoky" will ALWAYS be accurate.

    Thanks.


  • #5560
    accensi0n
    Registered Users Posts: 2,738 ✭✭✭accensi0n


    I've liked the few moderately peated whiskeys I've tried so far, so thought I'd chance it.


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  • #5561
    Beanstalk
    Registered Users Posts: 1,212 ✭✭✭Beanstalk


    What did you think? :)


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  • #5562
    the beer revolu
    Registered Users Posts: 16,741 ✭✭✭✭the beer revolu


    Tom Dunne wrote: »

    Recently bought a bottle of this. Really enjoying it, sweet with a limited amount of spice.

    This is a whiskey that I keep coming back to.
    It often feels like my favourite Irish whiskey.


  • #5563
    2011abc
    Registered Users Posts: 1,657 ✭✭✭2011abc


    Tom Dunne wrote: »
    tyrconnell-maderia-cask-irish-whiskey-22.jpg

    Recently bought a bottle of this. Really enjoying it, sweet with a limited amount of spice.

    Nice but not worth double the basic Tyrconnel Malt which could be my 'if you could drink only one normal whiskey for life ' tipple ...


  • #5564
    2011abc
    Registered Users Posts: 1,657 ✭✭✭2011abc


    Cazale wrote: »
    Great post especially at 2am after drinking whiskey! I'm partial to a glass of Powers Johns Lane and think it's one of the best examples of pot still whiskey. There was a cask strength version sampled at the Belfast Whiskey Week which would have been interesting to try.

    I love the Scottish sherry bombs like the glendronach 18 and glengoyne 25. I can't think of any Irish Whiskey finished in sherry casks that come anywhere near those two.

    Teeling Brabazon vol 1?


  • #5565
    Wailin
    Registered Users Posts: 4,407 ✭✭✭Wailin


    2011abc wrote: »
    Teeling Brabazon vol 1?

    A lovely whiskey, I wouldn't fault it. But the two scotch cazale mentioned are aged solely in sherry casks, not just finished like the teeling. They are true 'sherry bombs' as they say, the natural colour in them tells the tale really.


  • #5566
    Cazale
    Registered Users Posts: 2,906 ✭✭✭Cazale


    Tasted some Indian whiskey the other night from Paul John and it was a revelation. Their Kanya and Peated select cask releases were both stunning. Looked them up in the Whisky Bible and they both scored 96 which says it all. Well worth a try.


  • #5567
    mik_da_man
    Hosted Moderators Posts: 9,926 ✭✭✭mik_da_man


    I've heard good things about their whisky, must get some to try.


  • #5568
    Cazale
    Registered Users Posts: 2,906 ✭✭✭Cazale


    mik_da_man wrote:
    I've heard good things about their whisky, must get some to try.

    The humidity means they lose 8% of the cask ever year whereas somewhere like Midleton only loses 1-2%. Both those whiskeys are only 7 year old but the humidity/temperature in goa speeds up the wood interaction and gives them a much more complex whiskey than the age suggests.


  • #5569
    Cazale
    Registered Users Posts: 2,906 ✭✭✭Cazale


    Whiskey Live 2020 has been cancelled.


  • #5570
    brinty
    Closed Accounts Posts: 8,333 ✭✭✭brinty


    Cazale wrote:
    Whiskey Live 2020 has been cancelled.

    Unsurprisingly so. Hopefully they try and do something like BWW last week


  • #5571
    Dtp1979
    Registered Users Posts: 12,716 ✭✭✭✭Dtp1979


    Where do you folks buy your whisky?


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  • #5572
    brinty
    Closed Accounts Posts: 8,333 ✭✭✭brinty


    Dtp1979 wrote: »
    Where do you folks buy your whisky?

    Supermarkets - when on offer in Ireland or when I'm up north (being close to the border helps)

    Off licence - when offers are on. O'Briens and Celtic Whiskey are useful spots

    Gifts- If anyone ever asks me for a gift idea I say a bottle of whiskey (just not the regulars Bushmills, Jameson, Powers or Paddy)

    Speaking of I'd my 40th in May and a close frined dropped me in a bottle of Drumshanbo whiskey last week. Looks interesting.


  • #5573
    Greg81
    Registered Users Posts: 1,222 ✭✭✭Greg81


    brinty wrote: »

    Off licence - when offers are on. O'Briens and Celtic Whiskey are useful spots

    As above. I was also buying quite a lot at the airports due to frequent travels.


  • #5574
    the beer revolu
    Registered Users Posts: 16,741 ✭✭✭✭the beer revolu


    brinty wrote: »

    Speaking of I'd my 40th in May and a close frined dropped me in a bottle of Drumshanbo whiskey last week. Looks interesting.


    People give out about the price and the age of this - usually without tasting the product.
    I tried it and liked it. Found it well made and refined.


  • #5575
    brinty
    Closed Accounts Posts: 8,333 ✭✭✭brinty


    the beer revolu wrote: »
    People give out about the price and the age of this - usually without tasting the product.
    I tried it and liked it. Found it well made and refined.

    TBF people need to taste before commenting

    I was at the Liberties event in BWW and their stuff is amazing. The master distiller is doing great work even though their own stock is still aging.

    The liquid they've bought in and mash bills and aging are superb.


  • #5576
    Dtp1979
    Registered Users Posts: 12,716 ✭✭✭✭Dtp1979


    Has anybody tried glenfarclas whisky? Or coopers choice? Yay/Nay?


  • #5577
    actuar90
    Registered Users Posts: 242 ✭✭actuar90


    brinty wrote: »
    TBF people need to taste before commenting

    I was at the Liberties event in BWW and their stuff is amazing. The master distiller is doing great work even though their own stock is still aging.

    The liquid they've bought in and mash bills and aging are superb.

    I missed the event and going to watch it back online. What's the last whiskey in the set?
    The card in the box says it's the murder lane 16 year old. I assume it is murder lane which is a 13 yo rather than the keepers coin 16yo?


  • #5578
    L1011
    Moderators, Business & Finance Moderators, Motoring & Transport Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 67,523 Mod ✭✭✭✭L1011


    Dtp1979 wrote: »
    Where do you folks buy your whisky?

    Tesco, which often has ridiculous offers
    O'Briens
    Indie in Marino - Sweeneys - bit dear but has stuff you won't find elsewhere at times
    Airports
    Tesco in Holyhead :pac: - they actually have slightly different products due to having less Irish and backfilling with more Scotch/American; and I've got mad offers like half-sized bottles of Chivas for £7.


  • #5579
    brinty
    Closed Accounts Posts: 8,333 ✭✭✭brinty


    actuar90 wrote: »
    I missed the event and going to watch it back online. What's the last whiskey in the set?
    The card in the box says it's the murder lane 16 year old. I assume it is murder lane which is a 13 yo rather than the keepers coin 16yo?

    i think they said that was a misprint on the card so its a 13yo as you said.


  • #5580
    accensi0n
    Registered Users Posts: 2,738 ✭✭✭accensi0n


    Dtp1979 wrote: »
    Has anybody tried glenfarclas whisky? Or coopers choice? Yay/Nay?

    Glenfarclas, tried it during the BWW scots whiskey session. Thought it was nice enough but preferred most of the others.

    Spicy and sherberty sweet on the nose. Spiciness drops off and the sweetness remains, a kind of artificial sweetness but nice.

    Not as much depth, or sweetness in the taste but still nice enough, slight bitter finish.


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  • #5581
    accensi0n
    Registered Users Posts: 2,738 ✭✭✭accensi0n


    Beanstalk wrote: »
    What did you think? :)

    I didn't dislike the laphroaig, but I was a little a disappointed. I was expecting to be blown away by the smokiness but didn't seem to be any more than the Connemara.

    Compared them there and the laphraoig does seem to be more of a rough, dirtier smokiness and I didn't really get much sweetness or other flavours.
    Really like the Connemara, makes me feel like I'm drinking more of a sweet, clean smoke, delicious campfire.


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