OT An Irish whisky

What's s/he comparing Tullamore Dew to?! Jameson's is nothing to write home about but Tullamore Dew is so focus group inoffensive as to almost be the Applebee's of Irish Whisky.

The Ranger

There is a newsgroup alt.drinks.irish-whiskey, to which this post could perhaps have been more usefully addressed.

Did your friend not tell you about Bushmills?

Now, now. In the 8 or 10 years I've followed this group, diversions into other sorts of whisk(e)y have always been welcomed. I think there was even an FAQ once upon a time that spelled this out. We've discussed Canadian, Irish, American and Japanese whiskies at one time or another, and even gins, cognacs and beers from time to time. I see no reason to start drawing lines now, with so few posters still active, so long as the focus stays on scotch malts..

BTW, my news server doesn't carry the irish whiskey group you set for responses. Does it even exist?

There's not much to choose between Jameson and Bushmills. I don't mind either of them, but they're entry-level blends. There's not a whole lot going on with them. I've tried the Tullamore Dew only once and the details have faded away with the years, but I remember thinking this wasn't any better and quite possibly worse than the other two, and I haven't bought it since.

Two I've tried a few times that are quite nice are Green Spot and Red Breast, much more drinkable than any of the above.

And I currently have a bottle of the Connemara peated single malt going, which is not as complex as most scotch single malts, but a very comfortable little drink.

bill

Thanks for a very pleasant and useful post, Bill. When my wallet is a little fatter, I'll check out the Connemara, Green Spot and Red Breast.

Slainte Mohr from a Sichy kid (now 72) from da Bronx,

Indeed so! I apologise if I gave offence i simply thought that anyone with an interest in Whisk(e)y would have known about both groups.

I don't know where you're posting from but my cupboard contains an as yet unopened bottle of Bushmills 10 year old single malt, in addition to the more usual black Bush.

See:

Show me. The several Usenet news servers I have access to have never heard of alt.fan.irish-whiskey. The Google archive of everything that has ever been posted to Usenet has never heard of alt.fan.irish-whiskey. I smell troll. And a patronizing one at that.

bill

I'm posting from Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, and I'm quite aware there are several expressions of Bushmills, thank you. If you want to specify something other than the mass-market expression, please specify.

Yes, and?

bill

My news server (Individual.net) shows 'alt.drinks.irish-whiskey' in its list of groups.

Looks like it does actually exist but maybe isn't carried by everyone.

Jim

Bill, I do have Usenet access to alt.drinks.irish-whiskey

Slainte!

Hate to disagree with Bill on any whisky/whiskey topic but there is indeed an "alt.drinks.irish whiskey" forum. Unfortunately the current posts only feature: A Jack Daniels T-shirt "Deal" A post about Wild Turkey Rare Breed A SPAM link to "Youburp, The Movie" An actual Irish Whisky post about Knappogue Castle And -after all the static dumped on Nemo-his original query, curiously marked "OT".

Does ANYBODY care about single malt scotch anymore?

I'm planning on inflicting severe damage to a bottle of Talisker 10yo tonight, if that counts :-)

Jim

Agreed. They're both pure pot still whiskies, about eight years old, and very enjoyable -- to us, the best whiskies produced in Ireland. The Connemara peated malt is also pretty good, and slightly less of the prevailing sweetness of Irish whiskey in general.

FWIW, Green Spot is made at Midleton, one of only three operating distilleries in Ireland. It's also *very* hard to find in the US. Red Breast is broadly available.

Some people highly recommend the Midleton Rare, a blend which sells for two to three times the price of either Red Breast or Green Spot, but we find it quite bland compared to the pot still whiskies.

-- Larry

Right, my ISP once deleted this group from their offerings, I protested and immediately got it back. You should contact your ISP. Anders (lurker)

I use JD as a charcoal lighter in my offset BBQ. Good smelling smoke!

A fine Bourbon whiskey. Their barrels make a nice resting place for SMS!

And a very interesting place it is.

I marked my query re: Irish whisky as being OT on a.d.scotch-whisky.

Most assuredly! I don't have a large selection, but the ones I have were chosen based on sampling and recommendations from here and from quaffing friends, and I enjoy them immensely!

I stand corrected on that.

The part that ticked me off was that he wrongly criticized a poster here for posting off-topic, and that he set replies for the Irish group without saying he had done so.

That amounts to trying to highjack the conversation. I wouldn't have reacted the same way if he had simply cross-posted to the two groups by way of introduction.

I hadn't noticed that the first time I tried to reply, and would have been none the wiser if my software hadn't warned me that it couldn't find the Irish group.

Curious that Google Groups doesn't archive it, though. I thought they captured all the text groups.

However, when the topic of splitting ADSW into different whisk(e)y groups came up years ago, the consensus here was that there wasn't enough traffic to justify it. I think that's even more true now. But if some posters want a separate place to discuss Irish, that's their prerogative. And if they want to cross-post to the two groups, no objection here.

Oh, I'm sure everyone here does. But there's no harm in occasional dalliance with something Irish.

If you're referring to the lack of posts, that's lamentable. But with the elder gods of ADSW gone away to heaven knows where, Web forums most likely, I see nothing we can do about it. The problem is probably that there's not a big overlap between single malt drinkers and people who are aware Usenet exists.

bill

OK Bill. See you on Facebook!

;>)

Heh. Judging from the conversations I have heard about and around Facebook, it is too dreadfully cutie-pie for words. I would cringe until it hurt, and then melt into a puddle of ooze like a slug in a heap of salt.

cheers.

bill

Of the two, I certainly prefer the Tullamore. The first time I had some, it was over at a friend's house, in this awful plastic bottle, that they weren't sure where they'd gotten, and might have trash-picked. I guess the plastic was good for it, because when I bought my own proper bottle subsequently, it wasn't quite so good. Still better than Jameson's, however.

That said, it's still a fairly run of the mill Irish whisky, and I wouldn't get too excited about it. I drink it in something as often as I drink it neat. Sadly, it's hard to find any of the more interesting ones around here.