Jameson

Jameson on ice was one of my first whiskey epxeriences, I don't mind it but it is light and a little bland these days

Try Jameson from 10 batches and you will get 10 different whiskeys, some very good, some ok, some horrible. At its best standard Jameson is about an 89 point whiskey to me. At its worst, and I have tasted a few of these too, I would rate it a lot lower than your 70 points. Jameson, like Jack Daniel's Old No. 7, is a crap shoot. You don't know what you are getting until you taste the bottle at hand.

@CaskTime it's ok as an intro to whisk(e)y but once you've experienced a few of the other whiskies on the market you realise how plain this is by comparison.

@Victor it's interesting the variation you can get from one batch to the next with whisky, I think people forget that just because it has the same name doesn't mean it will always be exactly the same. Hence distilleries like Dalmore using caramalised colouring to make them at least appear the same each time. But yes, I may have been a little generous with a score of 70 but then I never normally score whisky, I've only been doing as it's built in to the review system on here.

@GentlemanGrimm, the frequency of large batch variation is especially pronounced in the big mass-market whiskies like Jameson's, Jack Old No. 7, Bushmill's Original, Jim Beam White, etc. Those big brands are where the distillers put their "so-so" barrels/casks of whiskey. They have to do something with the lesser barrels.

On the other side of this observation is that if you stumble upon a really great batch of a mass-market whisk(e)y then you have the opportunity to put some into stock at a very reasonable price. I was delighted, for example, when @Maddie and I ran into a really delicious batch of Powers Gold Label at a tasting recently. She bought a bottle, at my urging. That batch tasted maybe 12 points better than I rated and reviewed a bottle of Powers Gold Label which I bought 7 years ago. Same label, but the whiskeys were as different as night and day.

i will likely be having plenty of this tonight where my band is playing. Happy St Patrick's Day!

@casualtorture , can kind of band are you in?

@casualtorture I might have a Jameson and ginger beer later. Have a good one tonight! Sláinte!