Irish Whiskey reviews

I tried the Jameson Crested Ten before: this is the successor, simply named Crested. It is composed in the same fashion, meaning longer matured Jameson (older than ten years, one of the reasons why the…

By chance I got the possibility to try to Jameson bottles with the same whiskey, but a decade apart. One from the 1980s and one from the 1970s, so both bottled over 30 years ago. The 1980s was much to…

An Irish whiskey… it has been a while. And by coincidence I got the chance to try to similar bottles of Jameson, albeit from different decades. One from the 1980s and an oldie from the 1970s. Let me…

What can I say: I'm a sucker for new whiskies. My local store didn't have my first two choices so I picked this up as a consolation prize, despite my reservations. Why reservations? Because I had a…

From what I understand, Black Barrel contains more Single Pot Still than standard Jameson. It contains some sherry-casked whiskey and some re-charred ex-bourbon barrels.Special thanks to @Victor for…

Happy St. Patrick's Day! Our third and final whiskey is the oldest expression of Redbreast single pot still available, at 21 years old, matured in a combination of sherry casks and bourbon barrels …

After braving the nerdy throngs of Comic-Con with my daughter (who totally discovered her groove there), I can finally come home to relax with an Irish malt.The Tyrconnells I've had were quite cask…

Nose: A rum forward nose (lots of alcohol) with a slight musty sherry smell. This is followed by fresh barley with notes of wood, unripe (green) banana and vanilla. Taste: Neat it's a bitter herbal…

Because I am boring and predictable, I present to you three Irish whiskeys through the three-day run up to St. Patrick's Day. Surprise, surprise, surprise.This is a new expression from Teeling, and they…

Picked this up today just out of curiosity. Jameson aged in stout barrels. Fresh bottle so dram has been sitting for about 30 minutes to air out. Nose: First impressions are typical triple distilled…