Tag: irish whiskey
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October Black Box
It’s the month of Trick or Treat – and boy did my goodie bag overflow with treats! I’m quite amazed as the variety here: Irish, Danish, American bourbon, and Scotches from a bourbon, sherry, Sauternes, and even a closed distillery! St. Patrick’s • “Cask Strength” • 53% Irish Blend • Bourbon casks • Natural Colour…
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WC sniff & sip 2025 (Part 2/2)
We continue after Part 1 with the second batch of 12 secret samples. One can surely expect a special finale! Hercynian Whisky Co. | “The Alrik Limited Exclusive” | 55.1% | Official 🌐 German single malt 🪵 PX sherry quarter casks 💲 €130 (50cl) 🔗 whiskybase from a 2cl sample bottle tasted blindly 🗒️ Tasting…
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Feeling for Teeling
Some years ago my aunt gifted a “Teeling Trinity Pack” to my father for Christmas. Him being rather fixed in what whisky he would drink and when (sherried Speysider with a piece of chocolate for a scheduled movie night) these samples gather dust in cellar until I recently rediscovered them. My gut feeling was that…
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WC sniff & sip 2025 (Part 1/2)
No, no, I’m not taking a samples out of my toilet, but from my Whisky (advent) Calendar of 2024. Of the many calendars that one can find online, very few focus and small batch and single cask samples, but among those that do, none compares to the one from Brühler Whisky house. The 2023 totally…
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Bushy Irish diamond lady
Irish whiskey has thus far been nearly absent from this blog. Time to give a chance to the green island in the west. Irish whiskey was once the most popular spirit in the world. Then it crashed in the 20th century following domestic and world wars, trade wars with the UK, and whatnot, with only…
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