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St Patty's Day at Aly and Jim's

4/18/2012

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3/17/12
This was a fun night. Our bench for the dining room table seemed to work. Also working was Drew's charm and animal magnetism, literally. We tasted some interesting Irish whiskies and belittled Sterling simply for being Irish. He's a good sport and had a good time.
Here's what was tasted:
Tullamore Dew  Pot Still Blend William Grant and Sons
    Very light smell - pine wood
    Trails lightly
    Nothing much in the way of taste. I didn't add any water.
Tyrconnell  Pot Still Single Malt    Triple Distilled from Malted Barley 40% ABV
Cooley Distillery
    Smelled slightly flowery
    First taste is very slightly rubbery
    Slight vanilla/oak
    Trails alcohol
    I did not add any water.
Green Spot  9 yr 40% ABV Single Pot Still whisky - malted and unmalted barley
Irish Distillers in Middleton Distillery, Cork, Ireland
Blend with 25% aged in  sherry casks. 
    Smells vanilla cream sweet
    Very little alcohol burn/taste
    With water- very rubbery/bitter
    Trails rubber
Finnegan 8 yr old Blend Made for Total Wine by Cooley Distillery     40% ABV
    Smells very slightly caramel
    Very rubbery like the Glenfarclas 10yr I had in Scotland
    With water - VERY RUBBERY!!
    Bad flavor. How can I say that differently? Not to my liking.
Powers Gold Label       Blend of Pot Still and Grain whisky     40% ABV
    Smells slightly floral
    Bitter taste at first
    Trails sweet
    Easy to drink
Redbreast 12 yr   Single Pot Still (malted and unmalted barley)  40% ABV
    Smells oaky/sweet
    Tastes peppery/very slightly rubbery
    Trails slightly wood
Bushmills 16 yr     Aged in American Bourbon, Oloroso and then married in Port casks 
    Can smell the sherry
    Tasted slightly oak/sweet
    No trailing taste
Connemara Peated Single Malt  Cooley Distilery  Older Bottling-Possibly 70s or 80s
40% ABV 
    Smells slightly of cork/slightly salami
    Tastes subtly peat with salami
    With water slightly sweet at first
    Definitely has a whisky with peat flavor
Connemara Peated Single Malt  Cooley Distillery  More Recent Bottling
    Smells slightly band aid/rubbery
    Peat flavor at first
    Tuned to taste the peat and then the whisky. Are they concentrating on the peat 
    smokiness for the marketing side? Different palette for distillery powers that be?
    Both were excellent, whatever the case!!
    Thanks to Myra for allowing such a comparison to be made!!
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