Irish Whiskey reviews

This is my first full bottle of an Irish pot still whisky. Must say I like the style as a departure. Could do with a bit more abv% maybe but as an entry level malt at under £40 I can't complain too much…

I got this bottle of Tyrconnell at a rare LCBO clearance sale. I really love the "standard" 16 Year Old Tyrconnell, as I generally favour 100% first-fill ex-bourbon maturation. But if fruit-forward…

My wife wanted to make some Irish coffee so I obliged to pick her up a cheap Irish mixer. I couldn't recall ever having tried Tullamore Dew so picked up a bottle. While the wife was making her coffee I…

I don't always get on well with Irish blends. Even as a guy who's accustomed to mild-mannered Canadian whiskies, sometimes the Irish ones just seem a little too austere for my tastes. This one gets…

The light music of whiskey falling into a glass; an agreeable interlude.I’ve got a bit of a soft spot for Bushmills since James Joyce mentions it by name in Ulysses. I’m a fan of everything Joyce wrote…

In July of this year I was in Calgary for a couple of days. We didn’t really have time to do too much shopping, but we did look around a little, and came upon a store with a number of minis and a dis…

This expression was brought to the party by @Astroke, who was kind enough to let me have a 2 oz sample for future review. Kind enough? @Astroke is very generous. He has gifted me with some great…

While Middleton’s modus operandi seems to bank on the historical names of Jameson & Power’s I would say that it’s had the most success with the brands It acquired from wine & spirit merchants. Both…

Every year Manny and I try to put an odd one out in our series. In the Animal Series it was the French Armorik single malt, in the Galaxy Series the Invergordon single grain, in the Antarctica Series the…

This review has more blab but feel free to skip ahead.The whisky formerly know as "Pure Pot Still" has had a tumultuous history. It was created as a middle finger to the government, who imposed a malt…