My recent stint with Ireland’s Sextant had prompted me to continue my run with yet another Irish malt. Fortunately, during my run around the aisles at my local Dan’s, a shimmer of light bounced of this rather bold, somewhat macho yet minimalist bottling that stood comfortably amongst its more popular Irish peers like the Bushmills,…
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Review : Redbreast 15 YO Pot Still Whiskey
The Redbreast 15 is a bit of a leprechaun, rather difficult to get hold off at the local liqour stores – either out of stock, logistic issues due to Covid or pretty much close to being run out. This month I was rather fortunate, browsing online revealed the lil’ bloke was available and that too…
Review : Redbreast 12 YO Single Pot Still Whiskey
The Redbreast is an ever popular, award winning whiskey and for reasons unknown have slipped through my palms many a time. But it was a combo offer along with its older 15 YO sibling that got me reacquainted with this Irish tuple. The Redbreast like many prominent Irish whiskies carries with it a very long…
Review : Writer’s Tears Copper Pot Irish Whiskey
Think Irish and you are immediately taken to crowded pubs, euphonic songs, loud banter, alcohol over counter tops, thick accents, thick, long, brown-grey beards and beer fattened bellies! And it was these very joyous moments at the local watering hole between playwriters, poets and storytellers that gave inpiration to the distillers at the Walsh Whiskey…
Review : Bushmills 10 YO Single Malt Irish Whiskey
A distillery with a heritage that dates back over 400 years; situated besides the river Bush and Ireland’s oldest working distillery is the Old Bushmills Distillery, The 10 YO is their malt only expression, matured for the majority in ex-bourbon casks with a lesser period in sherry oak barrels. Introduced in the late 80’s, this…
Review : Connemara Peated Single Malt
If anyone were to tell you that all Irish whiskies were triple distilled and non peated, the Connemara would give you enough reasoning for a decent rebuttal. The peat bogs of the Connemara region were rich sources of heat and energy used by early farmers and distillers as fuel, which ultimately was used in peating…
Review : Teeling Whiskey Single Malt
The third and final sibling in Teeling’s premium range of NAS whiskies is the Single Malt expression introduced not so long ago. The malt in fact, is a fusion of whiskies young and some old, dated as far back as 1991. So essentially what you get is this odd combination of double distilled older whiskies…
Review : Teeling Single Grain Irish Whiskey
The month started on a high with the ‘Green Spot’ bringing an entourage of depth and flavour to the playing field. And considering we’re midway through the month and St. Patrick’s Day is pretty much around the corner, it only made sense that I too embrace March as the Irish month of malt. Open curtains…
Whiskey-Beer Appreciation – Jameson Irish Whiskey @Effingut
A massive face, curly moustache, a thick beard, and colored shades powered by neon lights looked down upon us as we made our way through the entrance and into the mezzanine. What stood before us was most pleasant and a sight for sore eyes. To our left lay this wall, all black and grey, packed…
Review : Teeling Small Batch Whiskey
Shades of red, orange and yellow danced around the creature; its final hours marked by smoke, dust and burning embers blemishing the skies above. What was once loud cries have now been silenced and all that is left is but a heap of ash, a few spots of gold and a dancing trail of smoke….
Review : Jameson’s Original
With Christmas and the New Year nearing by, I certainly didn’t want to pen a review on the usual Scotch or Bourbon. And it was then that I had realised something rather dumbfounded and to be quite honest …stupid! I kept telling myself how could I be so daft that I happened to overlook one…
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