Category: Irish whiskey

Dunville's 1808 blend

Dunville's 1808 blend

I've never written about Dunville's before on this blog, so let's do it. The main reason why I've never mentioned them is that I want...
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Dingle core range single malt

Dingle core range single malt

Core range. Some sweet words, aren't they? I love a good single cask whiskey. But do you know what I love more? Whiskeys that I...
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W.D. O'Connell 12-year-old all-sherry matured single malt

W.D. O'Connell 12-year-old all-sherry matured single malt

A while ago, I stated publicly that "I need to slow down my whiskey purchases for a while". But then the 5k travel rule was...
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Fercullen whiskeys revisited

Fercullen whiskeys revisited

In the autumn of 2020 I had tried many times to attend Tweet tastings but with no success, and wondered what an uninteresting person I...
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Teeling Blackpitts

Teeling Blackpitts

About a year ago, before disaster broke out in the world, I was invited to a Teeling whiskey tasting at Shelbourne bar in Cork. A...
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Flying Tumbler - The Bird

Flying Tumbler - The Bird

This whiskey was released in August 2020, and is the inaugural release by a new independent bottling company Flying Tumbler. It's based in county Carlow,...
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