Any Irish whiskey Drinkers Out There

[ForresterModern]

Those stated above are nice whiskeys, albeit mostly blends, and often all you can find here in the states for Irish whiskeys. Redbreast is very good. But for single malts try Clontarf, Knappogue, Michael Collins, and Old Middleton.

Most irish whiskey is somewhat smoother and lighter in flavor and color than scotch, as they do not typically use peat in the malting process in Ireland(rather typically oak charcoal) so not much if any peaty flavor, but still the smoky flavors come through.

There are far fewer distilleries in Ireland than Scotland, where nearly every little town used to have its own distillery, and many of those remain, albeit bought up generally by the bigger international conglomerates. They still bottle under their own names, usually, while also making batch whisky for use in the many scotch blends out there.

In Ireland there is basically all the varieties of Jamesons and Bushmills made by Jamesons, along with a few other brands made by them, then the dozen or so other smaller whiskey makers on the big island. The small town distillery concept got all bought up by the big guys a long time ago making Jamesons a near monopoly in the international Irish Whiskey market.

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[Ayin McFye]

If you'd like to try an single malt whiskey, I'd suggest trying Tyrconnell single malt. Good stuff and not that expensive, about the same as a bottle of bushmills.

[Cynthia]

I remember trying Redbreast before and liking it. Good thread -- I've been needing to get some Irish whiskeys, but wasn't sure what I wanted to try.

[The Thing]

Almost every town and region in Ireland had a distillery at some stage there is a fantastic distillery located in the Cooley Mountains of County Louth called "The Cooley Distillery" they have brought back many defunct brands of Irish Whiskey. www.cooleywhiskey.com
For my money it has to be Blackbush as it's not overly expensive and tastes beautiful.
I can see the Irish Whiskey industry becoming important again at with the rise of new markets and a good brand image.

[Kilted in Maine]

Green Spot

Tough to find...but worth the search!

Only 500 cases are made each year, all for the home market, with most of this sold through Mitchell’s shop at 21, Kildare Street, Dublin.

http://www.mitchellandson.com/green_spot.html

I had my in-laws bring me some home from a trip to Ireland.

Comments

This is a tremendous whiskey, sometimes giving a sweet-honey feel more associated with Perthshire malts from Scotland. But the pot still is confident enough to confirm this as Irish with a maturity greater than the age of the whiskey used. If you see it, grab it. It’s too much of a high class one-off to ignore.

[Old Hippie]

I'd be remiss if I didn't recommend Powers. My wife's a relative, so there's always a bottle open at our house. Moonshiners and cattle stealers, the lot of them -- but it's good whiskey.

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