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Jameson Bow Street 18yo Batch 1 & 2

March 6, 2019 by Chris +

Since 1975 every drop of Jameson whiskey has been distilled and matured at the massive Midleton complex located on the outskirts of Cork in southern Ireland, after the brand relocated from Dublin. It’s only very recently that [...]

Red Spot Returns!

January 23, 2019 by Chris +

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After an absence of 50 years, Red Spot has returned to the Irish whiskey scene. The brand, along with the other ‘Spot’ whiskeys, was introduced in the early 1900s by the Mitchell family, a wine and confectionary [...]

Redbreast Dream Cask 32yo

May 26, 2018 by Chris +

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Last weekend amongst all the hubbub of a Royal Wedding, the FA Cup final, and World Whisky Day, a very exciting whisky was launched. I avoided all the aforementioned chaos with The Drinks Lady by escaping to the Scottish [...]

Midleton Very Rare 2017

March 7, 2018 by Chris +

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So, after the deep, dark Glendronach earlier in the week, the next sample waiting to be tasted is something quite the opposite. Midleton Very Rare is heralded as the pinnacle of luxury Irish Whiskey, and the latest release [...]

Green Spot Chateau Montelena

January 12, 2018 by Chris +

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January is a struggle. There’s no denying it. Those heady, festive, and seemingly endless, days around Christmas and New Year where having a gin and tonic and a mince pie for brunch is totally acceptable (just me…?) are [...]