Behind door #15 in our Drinks By the Dram, Irish Whiskey Advent Calendar, we have Tully’s long standing 12 Year Old whiskey. Continue reading “Advent # 15 – Tullamore D.E.W. 12 Year Old Special Reserve”
Potstilled’s Holiday Gift Guide
It is the time of the year that we are prepping the Christmas stockings with gifts for loved ones and work colleagues! It can be a difficult time of year to find the perfect gift, which is why, we here at Potstilled are bringing you our Christmas gift guide for that special whiskey lover in your life. Continue reading “Potstilled’s Holiday Gift Guide”
Advent # 14 – That Boutique-y whisky company 8 Year Old Single Malt
Behind door number 14 of the Drinks By the Dram Advent Calendar we have That Boutique-y Whisky Company‘s 8 Year Old Irish Single Malt, Batch 2. Continue reading “Advent # 14 – That Boutique-y whisky company 8 Year Old Single Malt”
Advent # 13 – Irishman Single Malt
Day #13 of Drinks By the Dram’s Irish whiskey Advent Calendar was good to me with a drop of Walsh Whiskey’s Irishman Single Malt whiskey. Bottled at 40% ABV this is the second Walsh Whiskey expression to make an appearance in the Advent Calendar, read our Writers’ Tears Copper Pot review here. Continue reading “Advent # 13 – Irishman Single Malt”
Advent #12 – Teeling Small Batch
Behind door #12 of Drinks By the Dram’s, Irish Whiskey Advent Calendar, is a firm favourite in the world of Irish whiskey, Teeling Small Batch. Continue reading “Advent #12 – Teeling Small Batch”
Advent #11 – The Silkie Blended Irish Whiskey
The Silkie Irish whiskey is the first independent bottling from the soon to be constructed Sliabh Liag Distillery in Co. Donegal. Plans are in place to have this distillery constructed at some point in 2019 and, here they will distill both single pot still and single malt whiskeys that will be triple distilled and peated, following the traditional peating of whiskey in the Donegal region. Continue reading “Advent #11 – The Silkie Blended Irish Whiskey”
Round 2 for McGregor’s Proper No. Twelve
Rushing seems to be the MO (Modus Operandi) of McGregor’s Proper No. Twelve Whiskey. The initial release of the whiskey was launched in a flurry of half completed and illegal decisions that, most notably, saw the whiskey released into the European market in 750ml bottles (EU legally requires spirits to be bottled in 700ml formats). Furthermore, their bespoke embossed green bottle was nowhere to be found and the replacement bottle was painted an odd green hue which did not bond with the glue of the label creating a very shabbily hashed together product. So, surely they can only go up from here? Continue reading “Round 2 for McGregor’s Proper No. Twelve”
