LIVING THE DRAM
For this year’s St. Patrick’s Day post, I’m looking at something that, despite the usual celebrations, isn’t green. In fact it’s yellow - the older sibling to green, on this occasion. Following the recent years’ rise and success of the legendary Green Spot whisky, the Mitchell & Son company logbooks were scoured to resurrect the... Continue Reading →
The Redbreast brand has become synonymous with pot still Irish whiskies and is indeed the world’s leader in “ultra-premium” Irish whiskey. The classic 12yo has laid the ground for multiple age statement releases to follow with this 15yo being first released in 2005 as a special edition before then becoming a permanent edition in 2010.... Continue Reading →
This year sees Walsh Whiskey celebrate 25 years of championing Irish Whiskies, and so, for St. Patrick’s Day, I thought I’d recognise my favourite of their whiskies that I’ve tried to date. Walsh Whiskey have two distinct brands which look to replicate and enhance traditional Irish whiskey making methods: Copper Pot and The Irishman. Whilst... Continue Reading →
Here comes the annual St. Patrick’s Day Irish whiskey post and here we look at Sailor’s Home: a relative newcomer to the Irish whiskey game but with some real history and credentials behind it. The name itself is taken from a building made in 1856 as a refuge for sailors making it to the Emerald... Continue Reading →
As today is St. Patrick’s Day, it seems timely to delve into the WhiskyUnplugged selection and pick out a recent favourite Irish Whiskey. For this tasting though we are not looking at your traditional pot still or malt whiskey, but instead we are sampling a blended grain whiskey, and I have chosen a particular one... Continue Reading →
St. Patrick’s Day 2021. A very different sort of celebration this year. Usually one filled with lots of merriment and company. This year, not so much. But there is light on the horizon. This time last year, I received the instruction to return home from the office whilst we prepared ourselves for the first wave... Continue Reading →
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