I've Found A Whole New Spirit In The Winter Of My Life

[sheepworrier 1]

me Myself having been living abroad in tax free heaven Spoilt rotten have become quite a customer of highland park, possibly the finest malt ever produced, having consumed enough to influence a small african village its a damn fine spirit.

[Guest MyDogsAGuire]

Potcheen! I swear to god, I've just this minute finished talking to my sister and damned if I didn't tell her I'm determined to sample Potcheen!

 

Further back on this very Thread is a link to commercially available stuff. But, as we both agreed; Once it has the governmental stamp all over it, ye somehow know it's become too sanitized.

 

No. Let the tourists buy that. I know a man who knows a man who knows a woman whose stuff carries the stamp of many happy imbibers down the years Drop of that'll do for me ~ one of these days.

 

Who knows though; Maybe if I mention my interest to enough people, in passing then perhaps someone will take me into their cow biar and fetch down something from a dark hole in the eaves! Now, wouldn't That add true authenticity to the great occassion?!

aye bonnie lad ,it's even better the stuff from the hills , that the goverment don't know about , it's about 140 proof , fuc--g great stuff , get mine at limerick when i visit friends

This stuff is STRONG I have a full litre botte of the PROPER stuff

[Guest Ditch_Shitter]

The Ditch Shitter plods his weary way up the learning curve .....

 

Well, What an afternoon I just had! Got paid early so shot into town. First thing I did was taste a drop of Guinness, just to cleanse the old pallatte. Then I asked for a shot of Jamesons Crested Ten .....

 

Know what? I was bitterly dissapointed! It was actually harsher (more 'Scotch' like) than the regular Jamie I so adore! Bang went the idea of trying a bottle of That then!

 

And that's when a mate of mine suggested I try a sip of his own Laphroaig. This being from his own glass, he just having emptied the very last dram of his own, dearly covvetted bottle into it ..... Thank F*ck he didn't have enough left to offer me a Glass of the damn stuff! :sick:

 

I'm sorry, you above Laffy fiends, but it hit my taste buds like something strange tied up in a condom and then I started breathing this weird 'smell / taste' out through my nose! I wondered what was going on!

 

That, he proudly pointed out, was the " Smell of peat fires. " Yeah? Well, f*ckin great! If I want to snort peat smoke, I'll burn the bloody stuff. When I want a smooth Irish whiskey .....

 

So then I went for a sample of Tullamore Dew! F*ck Me, Yes! That one hit the mark too! Smooth as ye like! If I put down a bottle of Jamesons and picked it up to find someone had took it and left their Tallamore Dew in it's place? I wouldn't try too hard to find them. It'd do.

 

Finally then, off up to the Offy for my bottle of straight Jamesons. And, while there, I spotted another Product of Eire mentioned above somewhere; Tyrconnell. Said to be made at the Tullamore dystillery and, furthermore, not that commonly found? Well; Bit risky. I'll try to find a bottle in a pub and try a shot of that.

 

I'll let ye know, as and when

[bshadle 5]

Ditch,

 

Now that you're becoming such a connoisseur, let me offer up a suggestion. It'll be considered blaspheme by some, but the next time you have a go with Mr. Daniels try adding a splash of water. About 1/3 is about right. But for Gawd sake, no ice.

 

It takes out the bite and allows the bourbon flavor to shine through. And for those times when you're drinking purely for effect, the lowered alcohol concentration is absorbed more efficiently.

[antg 1,816]

i was told of an old friend of mine that all that should be put into whiskey is more whiskey? must admit bshadle i like a little drop of water in to make it a bit smoother. got a bottle of jamesons of old santa and i think i will give it a try tonight

all the best.

[bshadle 5]

i was told of an old friend of mine that all that should be put into whiskey is more whiskey?

There's a lot of wisdom in that, and I agree with most whiskey most of the time.

 

I was told at a young age that if the whiskey is really good, you have to hold your nose when you drink it. Otherwise, if you smell it before you taste it your mouth waters and dilutes it too much. But some just seem to benefit from that splash, JD being one of them. Other bourbons are just fine neat. Wild Turkey, a particularly smooth one, won't even stand up to a splash IMO.

[Bagpuss 0]

Now this is a great thread, as really nobody is wrong its all just taste!!

I love the Jameson's ( origional ) and close 2nd is a 16 yr old Bushmills. However :sick: As I love Jameson's I went to the factory on a visit and bought their "Special Reserve "only available from the Factory.Got home and desided to treat myself to a taste......Urgh IT TASTES LIKE PEACHES!!! .Then my sister as a thank you for being the best and only brother she's got, bought me some 12? yr old Jameson......Urgh!!! So now when people come round I'm always mr Generous giving out expensive Jameson, while I hold on to the origional Jameson and a splash of water, which aparently is the proper way to drink it

is it tooo early to have one now?

[antg 1,816]

definatly not too early bagpuss.

i got the erge after typing my fist post on this and cracked open a bottle. first time ive tried the jamesons and must say its not bad at all

[Guest Macnas]

I find Jamesons to be a bit bland, but it is easy whiskey to drink. Tullamore dew is to sweet for my taste.

 

I usually take the harsher flavoured Paddy, or Powers sometimes.

I drank a bottle of Connemara whiskey and enjoyed it before I found out I could have sold it for 200 or so, as it was a one-off batch, ah well, it was nice anyway.

 

The nicest drinking whiskey in Ireland, in my opinion, is Redbreast 12 year old. Its a jameson, but much better than the usual.

Edited January 1, 2008 by Macnas

[Guest Ditch_Shitter]

Paddy and Powers? Bloody hell, I've decided not even to spend my money on testing those two. They appear to be the whiskey of choice. Yet, conversley, I'm told they're just typical blendeds and much like any optic scotch.

 

No, it would appear I do like smoother, more caramal whiskeys. And this faces me with a terrible dillemma; If You like Redbreast ..... No way am I buying a Bottle of the stuff to try then. I'll have to try and run it down in a pub. In fact, next time I'm in town, I must make a point of doing a crawl. I'll just pop into each bar and ask them which Irish whiskeys they have and see who offers me something new to me. That's six pubs. Three others won't be open and I've done the tenth one already.

 

Come to think of it; I'd better start at the top of the hill and work my way down then. In case I get lucky! Bonus is, there's an offy at the bottom of the hill too and he seems to stock a fair selection. I could buy my latest bottle of choice from him and save myself staggering all the way back up again.

 

Quite looking foreward to this. Obviously!

[Guest Macnas]

Ah now Ditch, just because my palate is tuned to the economical end of the irish whiskey spectrum, doesn't mean I can't discern a fine one when I come across it.

 

While we're on the subject of expensive whiskey, unless you're flush with cash, don't bother with midleton or greenspot, the amount you'll spend on a glass will only heighten the disappointment.