I was surprised by how much difference in character each expression had despite being from the same company

This was on clearance at my local liquor store. Got it $27 dollars on a whim. I thought the nose was wonderful with notes of honey, nuttiness and orange, but was honestly a little let down by palate. It was a bit harsh in my opinion, with an average finish. I think I’d get another at the sale price but definitely not MSRP. Does any one else agree, or am I missing something?

Re-posting this here as well as the Trader Joe’s page as I found it there in California.

“This is surprisingly good! I didn’t even know they made whisky in NZ but it’s turns out they make really good whisky. There’s no age statement so I would guess it’s on the younger side but I think it stands up against a 10 year old Scotch no problem. It’s sweet, rich and has a good depth of flavor. It’s quite nice balance between the vanilla and toffee notes from the bourbon cask and some fresh fruit (apple, pineapple maybe?!). Kiwi notes would have been nice but I couldn’t detect any 😊 I’m pleased with this. Would definitely recommend if anyone wants to venture outside the tried and tested 🥃

Hello. Looking for the recs re Tokyo whiskey bar crawl. I do consider myself a whiskey enthusiast. Please share your thoughts. Thanks!

Hey everyone!

A few months ago I went to Ireland and toured roe and co! Such a fun place! After the tour and cocktail class they have us a complimentary drink!

Do any of you know how to make it? It is not in the cocktail book they sell or on their website.

It was their whisky, either a champagne or white wine, grapefruit? I truly can't remember! But the group I was with- we all loved it and want to remake it now that we are home!

I have tried to call and reach out on Instagram but no luck!

If anyone has the recipe please share! Thank you!!!

Drumshanbo Single Pot Still Irish Whiskey review #7

Drumshanbo Single Pot Still Irish Whiskey 43%

From the Shed Distillery, Drumshanbo offer a wonderful selection of spirits to choose from, specifically Gin. The gin they offer is quite spectacular and comes highly recommended by me for any Gin enthusiast or occasional drinker of something a little more light and fresh. Back to whiskey. This is quite a new distillery as it has only been operational as of 2014 but has taken off quite effectively as I believe they have always had some intention of distilling whiskey, but had to sell something to help the period of a few years that they would be waiting to sell the whisky they are aging. The gin helped them do just that. I’ve had this bottle open for over a year and have just now finished it. It cost me 80 Canadian dollars. This whiskey is believed to be a blended from ages ranging from 3-7 years old so quite young and has been matured in both ex-bourbon and ex-oloroso casks, was distilled with barley, Irish malted barely, and Irish oats. From my readings and research this whiskey is supposedly natural colour and the light colour does indicate to me that there would be no reason to leave it this light to colour it , so good on them if that’s true.

Notes- Lemon, Banana, Malty/cereal/Grain, Coconut, Sour green apple, Roasted Sunflower seeds, pumpkin pie, buttery shortbread, vanilla, mild spicy ginger, sour lemon in the finish, brief apricot, full mouthfeel.

Score- 69

I think this is a perfectly competent whiskey. The is whiskey is certainly more enjoyable than something like Jameson’s, Bushmills white label, and Powers red label. Having said that it’s almost twice the price of all the previously mentioned whiskeys and I don’t know if this specific whiskies justifies that. I can pick up Powers red label for 37 dollars on regular sales which is half the price of this, and for that , I’d rather have 2 bottles of that than 1 bottle of this Drumshanbo. If this bottle was around 50ish CAD than I’d be much more praising of it and happily pay 10-15 dollars more for this quality than the usual suspects. This whiskey is a victim of its own circumstance of being a newer distillery with younger aged stock selling at above average prices. For 80 dollars we are looking at Highland park 12, Green Spot Irish Whiskey, Craigallachie 13, and Glenmorangie 12 amongst other notable whisky’s. If anyone is a fan of the gin made at this distillery, I’d recommend if your curious to buy a bottle of this to try seeing as it’s still a perfectly acceptable younger whiskey, but I’d caution anyone’s expectation that the money they lay down for this may not directly be “worth” whatever you personally think is worthy of the money =value=quality. Still, Shed distillery, well done, I understand you can’t sell whiskey at the price Jameson does seeing as they produce astronomical numbers in terms of how much liquid they pump out every year, but if there can be a slight price adjustment, I think more people could experience your good product.

Whisky that rates as the best I have ever tried thus far in my journey or have yet to try95-99/100

Whisky that is verging on some of the best alcohol that I have even tried, a must have, standout, uniquely special, wonderful 90-94/100

Whisky that is excellent, something I would take 30 minutes to 1 hour to finish, I make a point to try and buy more than 1 bottle when possible 85-89/100

Whisky that is great, always a pleasure to have a glass of this, would re buy without much hesitation and would take 20-30 minutes to enjoy the glass 80-84/100

Whisky that I would say is very good and would have no problem drinking, mostly neat, would only re buy on very few occasions 75-79/100

Whisky that is good, but nothing exceptional or uniquely different, usually neat 70-74/100

Whisky that I would start experimenting in drinking over ice or occasionally neat 65-69/100

Whisky that I would mostly still mix 60-64/100

This is certainly only mixing whisky- 55-59/100

I’d begrudgingly say yes to be polite- 50-54/100

I think I’d refuse a glass of this politely and ask for some water- 49 and below/100

as the title says

I’m currently in Kyoto Japan right now for a couple of days then back into Tokyo, I want to get a gift for my cousin whose favourite whisky is the one above.

the only thing i have to work with is that it has to be smokey.

i’ve seen some recommendations around

• The Yamazaki smokey batch (though i can’t find it anywhere)

• ichiro malt chichibu (but i’ve seen some people say it’s not smokey ?)

• hakushu (but there’s so many types and two bottles look exactly the same but one is $300 one is $600??)

i would love some help am happy to spend up to around 30,000¥ or $300 its not a hard cap though.

THANK YOU

• someone who has girly drinks and has never bought whisky before