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    #4202
    Bazzo
    Registered Users Posts: 7,047 ✭✭✭Bazzo


    FACECUTTR wrote: »
    I picked up a bottle of Jameson that was aged in stout barrels in tesco at the weekend. Quite sweet but very nice. €25 if anyone is thinking of trying.

    I have the same one, don't drink a huge amount of whiskey but do like the odd one and found it very nice.
    Paul Smeenus wrote: »
    Laphroaig / Ardbeg / Highland Park / Redbreast / Woodford Reserve cheers.

    You could save yourself some money on the Laphroaig and just eat an actual sod of turf :pac:


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    #4203
    Paul Smeenus
    Registered Users Posts: 4,374 ✭✭✭Paul Smeenus


    Bazzo wrote: »
    I have the same one, don't drink a huge amount of whiskey but do like the odd one and found it very nice.



    You could save yourself some money on the Laphroaig and just eat an actual sod of turf :pac:

    Foolz always dissin my luv of the 'Phroaig.


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    #4204
    Podge_irl
    Moderators, Sports Moderators Posts: 25,609 Mod ✭✭✭✭Podge_irl


    Laphroaig is fantastic stuff. Though I would prefer a good Lagavulin


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    #4205
    swiwi_
    Registered Users Posts: 4,483 ✭✭✭swiwi_


    Podge_irl wrote: »
    Laphroaig is fantastic stuff. Though I would prefer a good Lagavulin

    Ardbeg uigeadail. Better than those 2 IMHO.


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    #4206
    dregin
    Moderators, Music Moderators Posts: 6,524 Mod ✭✭✭✭dregin


    Connemara, please.


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    #4207
    Yeah_Right
    Registered Users Posts: 5,970 ✭✭✭Yeah_Right


    Paul Smeenus wrote: »
    Laphroaig / Ardbeg / Highland Park / Redbreast / Woodford Reserve cheers.

    If you like Woodford Reserve, try and get your hands on Buffalo Trace or Eagle Rare. A couple of lovely bourbons.


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    #4208
    Yeah_Right
    Registered Users Posts: 5,970 ✭✭✭Yeah_Right


    Podge_irl wrote: »
    Laphroaig is fantastic stuff. Though I would prefer a good Lagavulin

    Lovely stuff. What do you all think of Dingle whiskey? Would probably be my go to Irish.


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    #4209
    dregin
    Moderators, Music Moderators Posts: 6,524 Mod ✭✭✭✭dregin


    Yeah_Right wrote: »
    Lovely stuff. What do you all think of Dingle whiskey? Would probably be my go to Irish.
    Wrong. Connemara.


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    #4210
    swiwi_
    Registered Users Posts: 4,483 ✭✭✭swiwi_


    I bought recently a bottle of writes tears. It’s not too bad. Wanted to try the Irishman but not in stock.


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    #4211
    Paul Weller
    Closed Accounts Posts: 251 ✭✭Paul Weller


    Yeah_Right wrote: »
    Lovely stuff. What do you all think of Dingle whiskey? Would probably be my go to Irish.

    I get a few free bottles a year...imo..there are better whiskey's out there at the same price point.
    Maybe try a Method & Madness Hungarian Oak... or a Redbreast 12yo cask strength...if you can get your hands on a Portmagee 9yo, it's a little cheaper and a fantastic dram... again... just my opinion.... we all like different things :)


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    #4212
    Podge_irl
    Moderators, Sports Moderators Posts: 25,609 Mod ✭✭✭✭Podge_irl


    Have to say, I am in general not much of a fan of cask strength whiskies. A drop of water to open them up helps but would generally just prefer a more aged one.


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    #4213
    Zzippy
    Moderators, Sports Moderators Posts: 14,166 Mod ✭✭✭✭Zzippy


    I rarely drink whiskey, but when I do it's a drop of Midleton or JW blue label. Keep the Jameson in the press for when the father-in-law visits. He drinks whiskey like coke and mixes a sh1t load of water in it. Good stuff would be wasted on him...


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    #4214
    CMcsporty
    Registered Users Posts: 1,593 ✭✭✭CMcsporty


    Zzippy wrote: »
    I rarely drink whiskey, but when I do it's a drop of Midleton or JW blue label. Keep the Jameson in the press for when the father-in-law visits. He drinks whiskey like coke and mixes a sh1t load of water in it. Good stuff would be wasted on him...

    Never tried this.
    Is it not very different to Midleton?
    Hand on heart i can say ive never tasted a scotch and said thats nice to drink


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    #4215
    Podge_irl
    Moderators, Sports Moderators Posts: 25,609 Mod ✭✭✭✭Podge_irl


    The closest thing you'll get to an Irish whiskey from Scotland is a nice Speyside like Aberlour.


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    #4216
    jacothelad
    Registered Users Posts: 5,911 ✭✭✭jacothelad


    Dog Botherer wrote: »
    centuries of the finest inbreeding. makes you proud to be irish.


    It happens in England too.......:D:D:D:D


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    #4217
    FACECUTTR
    Registered Users Posts: 1,514 ✭✭✭FACECUTTR


    Podge_irl wrote: »
    The closest thing you'll get to an Irish whiskey from Scotland is a nice Speyside like Aberlour.

    Glenfiddich is nice too.


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    #4218
    Yeah_Right
    Registered Users Posts: 5,970 ✭✭✭Yeah_Right


    Paul Weller wrote: »
    I get a few free bottles a year...imo..there are better whiskey's out there at the same price point.
    Maybe try a Method & Madness Hungarian Oak... or a Redbreast 12yo cask strength...if you can get your hands on a Portmagee 9yo, it's a little cheaper and a fantastic dram... again... just my opinion.... we all like different things :)

    I've heard good things about Method & Madness. Might pick up a bottle for the holidays. Redbreast (any age) tends to be very good. I'll keep an eye out for a Portmagee.


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    #4219
    [Deleted User]
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    Going to have to re-mortgage to pay for all this whiskey...


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    #4220
    Yeah_Right
    Registered Users Posts: 5,970 ✭✭✭Yeah_Right


    Deleted User wrote: »
    Going to have to re-mortgage to pay for all this whiskey...

    Just cancel your Leinster season tickets :D


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    #4221
    Neil3030
    Registered Users Posts: 17,016 ✭✭✭✭Neil3030


    Fish.

    That we (i.e., both UK and EU) will likely continue sourcing from farms in Norway anyway.

    I just....

    <sigh>


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    #4222
    Zzippy
    Moderators, Sports Moderators Posts: 14,166 Mod ✭✭✭✭Zzippy


    CMcsporty wrote: »
    Never tried this.
    Is it not very different to Midleton?
    Hand on heart i can say ive never tasted a scotch and said thats nice to drink

    It's very nice, yes different, but if I wanted something similar to Midleton I'd buy more Midleton ;)


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    #4223
    swiwi_
    Registered Users Posts: 4,483 ✭✭✭swiwi_


    Zzippy wrote: »
    It's very nice, yes different, but if I wanted something similar to Midleton I'd buy more Midleton ;)

    I’m halfway through watching the Gone Fishing Christmas Special. Not as good as the Detectorists but not bad. It’s a bit like The Trip but the 2 guys are actually mates.


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    #4224
    OldRio
    Registered Users Posts: 5,934 ✭✭✭OldRio


    swiwi_ wrote: »
    I’m halfway through watching the Gone Fishing Christmas Special. Not as good as the Detectorists but not bad. It’s a bit like The Trip but the 2 guys are actually mates.

    Its brilliant. I spent 30 years around that area. The ending is a joy.


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    #4225
    swiwi_
    Registered Users Posts: 4,483 ✭✭✭swiwi_


    OldRio wrote: »
    Its brilliant. I spent 30 years around that area. The ending is a joy.

    Why do they always put the fish back into the water. Are they tree hugging fishermen??


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    #4226
    OldRio
    Registered Users Posts: 5,934 ✭✭✭OldRio


    Tis sport to some and only sport.


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    #4227
    jacothelad
    Registered Users Posts: 5,911 ✭✭✭jacothelad


    Podge_irl wrote: »
    The closest thing you'll get to an Irish whiskey from Scotland is a nice Speyside like Aberlour.


    I live quite close to Aberlour. It is similar to Black Bush.


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    #4228
    jacothelad
    Registered Users Posts: 5,911 ✭✭✭jacothelad


    swiwi_ wrote: »
    Why do they always put the fish back into the water. Are they tree hugging fishermen??


    Many fisheries mandate catch and return, especially wild fish rather than stocked ones.


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    #4229
    Zzippy
    Moderators, Sports Moderators Posts: 14,166 Mod ✭✭✭✭Zzippy


    OldRio wrote: »
    Tis sport to some and only sport.

    I keep about 2 salmon a year, release everything else. There wouldn't be much sport left if we kept everything for the pot.


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    #4230
    OldRio
    Registered Users Posts: 5,934 ✭✭✭OldRio


    Zzippy wrote: »
    I keep about 2 salmon a year, release everything else. There wouldn't be much sport left if we kept everything for the pot.

    This.


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    #4231
    FACECUTTR
    Registered Users Posts: 1,514 ✭✭✭FACECUTTR


    Zzippy wrote: »
    I keep about 2 salmon a year, release everything else. There wouldn't be much sport left if we kept everything for the pot.

    Would you catch many more than that ?


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