drinking whiskey

[Matt172]

markomah said:

SwanJack said:

Matt172 said:

SwanJack said:

Matt172 said:

bought a bottle of this for special ocasions on our way back from honeymoon, I've not tried it yet, but the mrs says it is

Did you do the tour at the Middleton Distillery? I found it V good. Bought a bottle of the Middleton reserve. Didn't last long.

is that in Dublin or Cork, we went to the jameson distillery in Dublin were Very Rare is made

The Middleton distillery is east of Cork. There's the old distillery, where the tour takes place, and the new one which adjoins it (the tour doesn't go in there though). The whiskey I bought was only available at the Middleton distillery shop IIRC.

They don't actually make any whiskey at the Jameson Distillery any more - it's purely a visitors' centre now. There is a new distillery next to the visitors' centre in Midleton, East Cork where the whiskies are made.

Both the Midleton Very Rare and the Midleton Reserve are delicious, so who cares where they're made!

Edited by markomah on Tuesday 29th July 15:19

I don't care where they're made, I just assumed that they were made at the Jamesons' distillery, sorry for being wrong

[SwanJack]

I was quite 'green' when I went on the Middleton distillery tour and intended buying a good bottle to keep. When I asked the tour guide which one was a good one to keep she said just buy a bottle you fancy, drink it, enjoy it and come back for some more. Keeping a bottle hanging around the house doesn't improve it (something I didn't realise being a complete whisky numptie). Hopefully we will be back around Cork in the Autumn and a trip to get some more will be on.

[Matt172]

SwanJack said:

I was quite 'green' when I went on the Middleton distillery tour and intended buying a good bottle to keep. When I asked the tour guide which one was a good one to keep she said just buy a bottle you fancy, drink it, enjoy it and come back for some more. Keeping a bottle hanging around the house doesn't improve it (something I didn't realise being a complete whisky numptie). Hopefully we will be back around Cork in the Autumn and a trip to get some more will be on.

I only found out about very rare from an Irish guy I work with, his dad has every one they have done so far! we looked at getting it in dublin last time we were there, but was a bit pricey. Found it in the airport in Sri Lanka on our way home for $120 which was a bargain

[SwanJack]

Matt172 said:

SwanJack said:

I was quite 'green' when I went on the Middleton distillery tour and intended buying a good bottle to keep. When I asked the tour guide which one was a good one to keep she said just buy a bottle you fancy, drink it, enjoy it and come back for some more. Keeping a bottle hanging around the house doesn't improve it (something I didn't realise being a complete whisky numptie). Hopefully we will be back around Cork in the Autumn and a trip to get some more will be on.

I only found out about very rare from an Irish guy I work with, his dad has every one they have done so far! we looked at getting it in dublin last time we were there, but was a bit pricey. Found it in the airport in Sri Lanka on our way home for $120 which was a bargain

A bargain indeed.

[horton]

Malt - Lagavulin
Blend - JW Gold Label

[Papoo]

horton said:

Malt - Lagavulin
Blend - JW Gold Label

Absolute agreement, Sir. I do enjoy a Lagavulin with a dash of water.

Curiously, I'm half welsh, and my parents happened upon a malt from the valleys called Penderyn a couple of years ago. I'm by no means a whisky expert, but I enjoyed it greatly, it's very easy and balanced, and I've found it at my local 'large' Tescos for about £30 a bottle. I always have a bottle on the go, and as an expat in the US, it makes for great gifts, as it's 'WELSH SCOTCH', which is novel to Yanks.

Anyhow, thought I'd mention it, see what the PH wise think.

[Semi hemi]

A must for the book shelf of any PHer that has an interest in whisky is, "Raw Spirit" by Iain Banks.
It has been around a while, so apologies if I am preaching to the converted. It covers all the whisky areas, with tasting notes from the experts and the laymen (his own and his mates) add to this, one of the best descriptions of, in his words, G,W,R's, Great Wee Roads in Scotland. A bit of a petrolhead himself the crack is good and he doesn't hold back in the sgging off of Tony Blair GW Bush etc.

[OllieC]

black bottle and ballie nichol jarvie are my favourite cheapish blended whiskys

as i am rather fond of a drink i cant really afford to consume anything much more expensive (the time for this is when i visit my dad, cheers dad )

[Pot Bellied Fool]

Very partial to the Arran Malt, they do nice blends too.

http://www.arranwhisky.com/ProductCategories.aspx?...

[jollygreen]

Alex said:

First of all, Scotch is whisky, not whiskey.

Blended whisky is OK for mixing, but if you want to drink it on its own, it must be a single malt. There is a saying that there are no bad malts, just good malts and better malts. My preference is for Islay malts, particularly Laphroaig and Bruichladdich. Try a few and see which you like!

Sorry mate, I disagree. There are some bloody good blended whiskies out there and even single grains that are fantastic to drink on their own.

I also think that even blended whisky shouldn't be mixed eith anything, except sometimes with a wee bit of water to get the nose going...

Slainte!

[jollygreen]

Alex said:

Well I may get abused for this, but I think Teachers is the best of the regular blended whiskies.

Main malt in Teachers is Ardmore, my local distillery. A+++ stuff.

[deadslow]

OllieC said:

black bottle and ballie nichol jarvie are my favourite cheapish blended whiskys

Also 'Sheepdip', but have not seen it for a while.