Answering YOUR Irish Whiskey Questions
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- čas přidán 10. 07. 2024
- You've got questions, I've got answers! The community brought a number of Irish Whiskey questions to my attention and I thought I'd take some time during Irish Whiskey Month to discuss and answer!
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I got to chat with Neil Conway from Waterford about their peated whisky at an Ohio Liquor event. Doing a peated for them adds the additional pain of shipping their grain and peat over to Scotland for malting because of Irish regulations regarding the burning of the peat.
Neil is such an interesting man to talk to. I love their Waterford Fenniscourt. Reminds me of Ardbeg.
@@4LeafWhiskey Exactly! But it's young so there's a little new make funk in there that I really liked.
LOVED all the Irish Whiskey content this month!!
Great video!!!
Check out the Whiskey of County Down! It’s an Irish Whiskey hotspot! Killowen and Two Stacks are great smaller brands available in the US.
You get a bonus point for the word "zeitgeist" lol. Cheers!
I use it whenever I can!
I’ve tasted over 150 Irish whiskeys and my take away is that Redbreast 12 is quintessential Irish whiskey. There are many variations from Teeling to Jameson but across the spectrum Redbreast 12 specifically is the Irish whiskey. My favorite is also very un-Irish like and that’s Kavanagh.
Love this Q and A, Bill. I believe irish whiskey can be aged in wood other than oak. Pretty sure ive seen a chestnut aged irish whiskey. And the RB 15 blows the 12 outta the water. Well worth the extra investment. Cheers, Bill 🥃
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Town Branch puts out some pretty good juice with those glass corks that look cool but turn out to be infuriating to get open when they keep getting stuck. Bodes well for his Irish whiskey though.
Thanks for answering my question! This was helpful, I am more excited to try more advanced Irish whiskies!
May I recommend the Redbreast Lustau. :)
WOOHOO!!!!!!! My questions were first. Definitely a life accomplishment checked off 😎
I appreciate the answers, vagueties and all 😁
I looked it up, it's not a word
@@TheWhiskeyDictionarymakes sense to me within the context. I’ll try to fit it into some conversations and see if anyone notices 😁
Thanks for answering my question 😎 . Yes, now you have said it I am most likely referring to the smoothness of Irish whiskey. Whilst I do love Scotch, there are some rough edges to them . Who knows. Irish whiskey is awesome anyways
There are a lot of Scotches that have small quantities of peated whisky in them. Many people find that off-putting
Irish single pot still is far and away my favourite type of whiskey. Rye and Scotch being tied for second. Just depends on my mood which one I reach for.
Great video, Bill! I have been dipping my toes more into the Irish whiskey world in the last couple of years. Yes, Redbreast 12 is worth ha
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Redbreast 12 is solid but Redbreast 15 is still my overall favorite Irish whiskey and I will ante up when needed. I just picked up Teeling Blackpitts a couple of weeks ago and I love it!
Thats a fun whiskey! I was very happy with that purchase
If you’re ever in Ireland there’s a cask strength version of Teeling BlackPitts. Unfortunately it’s not available outside Ireland.
Ooh! That's good to know! I will be in Dublin and Cork in June for a couple of days, by chance. My first time in Ireland and the U.K. I will definitely look for the Cask Strength version. Thank you for the info!
Loved the video. A few more up and coming distilleries I would add that are doing some interesting things with finishes and things like that are West Cork, Clonakilty and Kilbeggan. Most of their stuff is accessible price wise too so another reason to search them out. Cheers!
Love the new content and information Bill. Always pleasure to watch!!!
For me I get the Redbreast 12 cask strength. In my area it's only $25 more than regular 12. I'm the opposite of one of your questioners. I love Irish whiskey and Ryes and American malts. I hate bourbon and most Scotches.
I totally agree with you, I'd pick up the RB:CS
Redbreast CS is a great one!
Cheers Bill! Thanks for answering my question. There's some interesting finishes on teeling bottles at my local shop I think I'll give them a shot. By the way I did manage to snag the new redbreast tawny port finish. If you are interested we could figure out a way to send you a sample
Ooo I've been meaning to try to buy that. It'll be worth secondary prices for me. Also there's a new one too! Cuatro Barriles
@@TheWhiskeyDictionary first I've heard of that four barrel but it looks awesome! I just grabbed the tawny port at a local shop in NJ for $99. Only place I've seen it so far
The biggest reason Irish won’t be as popular as Scotch is that it like Bourbon has a much narrower flavour profile.
Of topic, 6 years ago you did a video on mini barrel aging. Ids their a follow up where you tried the aged whisky? Thanks
The whiskey actually completely evaporated out of the barrel. Wasn't supposed to happen. I ended up not doing a follow up because it didn't work properly. The mini barrel instructions were good and correct. I just didn't put enough whiskey in, and I left it alone too long
The biggest thing that I think sets Irish whiskey apart is that the mashbill uses both malted and unmalted barley.
Potstill style whiskey, yes, but a lot of Irish is malt, grain, or a blend of the two much as it is in other producing nations.
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Oi... Next time give me more time than a couple hours...
I have seen the video posted before I have seen the YT question... Bad. Bad Bill... I had a question actually, but I am not gonna ask you now cause I'm buthurt :D
Just saying... I posed the question last week too and got like 3 responses....
@@TheWhiskeyDictionary Oh... YT never showed me that... It showed me the video and then an hour later - hey, did you know WD posted a question thingie... Sorry :(
Nah it's all good!
@@TheWhiskeyDictionary just a quick question - is Irish whiskey malted? I mean my guess is it is since grain on its own doesn't really have all that much sugars, but then I have not seen any Single Malt Irish whiskey.
Irish whisky will never be as big as scotch because for most of the world scotch is synonymous with whiskey. It's the reason why so much of Japanese and Indian whiskey is essentially scotch.
I mean, most Indian whiskey (at least in the domestic market) is actually rum. 😂
I can't think of a single Indian malt that uses Scottish distillate, that's more of a Japanese thing, and one they're trying to stamp out with recent changes to their regulations.
I totally disagree. I think Irish Whiskey will surpass Scotch and sooner than people expect.
@4LeafWhiskey is be excited to see it, but it’s tough to say
@@TheWhiskeyDictionaryVery true, the person who predicts it will bypass Scotch by 2030 is a member of the Irish Whiskey industry. 😂
Nah. Irish whiskey was the most purchased style of whiskey in every country in the world - including Scotland! - until the 20th century and Irelands conflict with the British empire.
It’s the home of the drink. The British pushed scotch, a loyal British version of the Irish drink, after the Irish revolution and that’s where it came to prominence. But the fact remains, whiskey drinking as we know it is a relatively modern phenomenon - even famous brands we view today as sophisticated, were all 40% and chill filtered as recently as the 1980’s, and most older whiskey drinkers are actually clueless about whiskey.
Irish whiskey, being the country of origin of the drink, is simply reasserting itself after the avalanche of assaults and issues it came under during the 20th century. And if whiskey continues to be popular, people will eventually ask why is Scotland, a place that isn’t even fully Gaelic the place older people have been associating with the Gaelic spirit, and not the home of Gaelic culture, Ireland.