This past year (2018) I had lots and lots of plans. Finish my accounting schooling, find a new job in a new career space, teach a gorilla to love, and review enough Irish Whiskey to finally hit 100 total reviews. I’m happy to say I got most of that done, and someday Koko will come back to me. As for posting the reviews, I may… Continue reading Midleton Barry Crockett Legacy 2016
This past year (2018) I had lots and lots of plans. Finish my accounting schooling, find a new job in a new career space, move forward the timeline upon which the universe is unmade by Azathoth awakening, and review enough Irish Whiskey to finally hit 100 total reviews. I’m happy to say I got most of that done, and my mind has ascended from this… Continue reading Powers 12 John’s Lane Release
Thanks to /u/Throzen for pouring this as a mystery. I’m a big fan of Irish whiskies. What caused that? Mostly Green Spot, if I’m being honest. Each time I’ve had it, I’m impressed. And I’ll scream my eccentric thoughts from the belfry every chance I get. I’ll even write a review or two on it. The people at Mitchell & Son haven’t just sat back on one… Continue reading Green Spot Chatêau Montelena [MYSTERY]
Among my whisky geek friends, I am known as the one who’s typically wrong. This isn’t 100% because I say wrong things all the time. It’s also because, in my past, I worked in marketing, and in marketing, if you don’t say something with total confidence then you aren’t believed. If you wait to look something up, no one believes you. If you show any… Continue reading Redbreast Lustau Edition
Thanks to /u/cpfselfbuilt for this sample. It’s about time I got around to this dram. I mean, I somehow waited until after it was noted as one of the whiskies of the year, for all that means. I mean, it means that everyone who isn’t a whisky nerd is going to be asking about it and we’ll be explaining that one person who writes a book isn’t… Continue reading Redbreast 21
Thanks to /u/throzen for the sample Irish whiskey is an interesting gauge of how experienced a whiskey drinker is. Allow me to explain: I don’t mean that if you don’t like Irish whiskey you aren’t a true whiskey snob, whatever the fuck that means. What I mean is after experiencing a few different levels of Irish whiskey, my Irish scores changed. They increased, some decreased. Part of… Continue reading Green Spot Léoville Barton
Last whiskey reviewed in Ireland. Wanted to have more, but finally had to tap out. Hit my budget for the trip, ladies and gentlemen. And since I’m going out with a bang, and since we’re at the Bison Bar & B.B.Q., and since they were nice enough to give me a tour of their smoker in the kitchen (super cool!), I decided to do a… Continue reading Midleton Dair Ghaelach Tree 9
Still at The Palace Bar. Having my last dram before we go eat at a BBQ place that my wife and I would like to try. Don’t worry, they have whiskey too. Just not as much. And I’ve decided that for my last couple whiskies in Ireland, I need to go big before I go home. You know, that old saying that I didn’t just… Continue reading Midleton Single Pot Still Virgin Oak Cask 83785
And we’re back at Dingle Whiskey Bar. I mean, we already were there for the last review, but we’re here again because they have a whiskey I’d like to try. A specific one this time, not just “a third their stock”, like usual. Redbreast 1999 All Sherry Single Cask (cask #30088) is an interesting duck. Let’s not do the duck joke again though. Single Casks… Continue reading Redbreast 1999 All Sherry Single Cask (cask #30088)
So I’m in Temple Bar. Why am I there? Well first I should explain what Temple Bar is. You see, in Dublin, the Temple Bar district was the poor warehouse district. So what happened? The same thing that happens all the time. The Bohemians, or Hipsters, move in, and start making it a fun place. Anyone who has ever lived in a large city for… Continue reading Midleton Method and Madness Trio (Single Malt, Single Pot Still, Single Grain)
So I’m in Dublin. Or at least at the time of drinking this whiskey, I’m in Dublin. The one in Ireland. Not the one is Wyoming. Now that you’re done checking if there’s a Dublin Wyoming, let’s move on. I bounced around to quite a few bars. I even went to some distilleries, some whiskey sales places, a whiskey museum, and some of things that… Continue reading Powers Three Swallow
Had some time to kill. So what does a smart young businessperson like myself do when they have a few hours to kill before a whisky tasting? Why you go for a walk in the cold out to a bar that just got in Pappy van Winkle 20 to see the price, that’s what. I showed up to Rush Lane & Co. with the plan… Continue reading Redbreast 15
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