When my wife and I were in Ireland the last time we toured several distilleries. Kilbeggan, Tullamore and Dingle. Dingle is a new startup being only a few years old. They made gin and vodka to stay afloat while their first whiskey matured. Their gin has won world award. But their whiskey is outstanding. locally sourced barley and water distilled and matured in Dingle. You can find it online and it runs about $100 a bottle.
I lived in Utah for several years, back in the 80’s and it’s not difficult to buy liquor at a liquor store. Not sure if things have changed at the super market, but the beer (common brands too) had a lower % of alchohol.
It got bumped up from 3.2% by weight (4.0% by volume) to 5.0% by volume around 2019, but they're a few decades or another winter Olympics away from full strength. State liquor stores are overpriced compared to neighboring states, but selection is fine... Unless you're trying to buy between mid-November and New Years, in which case the lines are 30 minutes long and stock is nonexistent.
How is it? Passed on this bottle.. might try to find it at some of the whisk(e)y bars I frequent.
Very gentle, but you expect that from grain whisky.
You had a cool job with Diageo! If you want some samples of some new stuff i have let me know. I work at Redmond Ridge Liquors now and have some very good stuff here and in my personal collection! I love the Orphan Barrel stuff and have someone who will let me try this when she opens it! Cheers!
Nice collection! I'm pretty sure I hosted a Crown Royal tasting at your liquor store 100 years ago.
I haven’t had Dingle but the other 3 are all great!
RB27, pricey indeed - have to add it to the list. My bunch mark is 25 Year old Bunnahabhain - twas like drinking butter.
Yeah we lucked out getting to try it. The whiskey bar we were at had it priced the same as the 21 year on accident. Purely out of curiosity, I asked our waiter why that was.... he had a moment of panic and said it's definitely not supposed to be but he would honor it if we wanted. My brother-in-law and I split a pour, and it was absolutely unreal. The next time I went in there it was listed for six times the price that we paid, hah.
