What Did You Drink Last Night?

[John in Covina]

Man that is a large task. of course I would be willing to taste every one and see. There are over 26 brands that I know of and I have not tasted all of them but I have my favorites.
For around $20 and under you have quite a few interesting ones:Bushmills
Tullamore Dew
Clontarf blend
Power and Son
Jameson
Feckin
Kilbeggan
Finian's
Merry's
You can find Bushmills, Tullamore, Jameson and Feckin fairly easily but the others will be harder to find here.
For the $30-40 range:
Clontarf Single Malt
Black Bush
Jameson 1780
Tullamore Dew 12 year
Michael Collins Single Malt
The Irishman The Original Clan

Clontarf in the single malt version can be hard to find around here but I truly like it best. The Irishman is tough to find if you can find it all all here.

The stuff that is expensive but can be pretty darned good $50 and up:
Red Breast 12 year
Jameson 18 year
The Tyrconnell 10 year Single Malt
Greenore Single Grain
Connemara Cask Strength Peated Single Malt

Obviously the Redbreast is my favorite here and you can get it for under $50 around here if you look. Connemara is fairly peaty and that is not my thing so my tastes might have effected what I think of it. If you like peaty then give it a try. It might be the best for you.
Some of these are tough to find--especially the last three---around here. You have to go to specialty shops and that increases the price in most cases. [huh]
I have noted recently that Diageo has become a huge COMPANY. They own many Scotch Whisky brands but now they also own Bushmills. They are the big dog on the block. They now can effect the whiskey market with a blink of an eye. The good thing out of it is that they have so many brands under their ownership now that they are differentiating their brands with clearly different tastes and experimenting with others in directions where they haven't been before. This also means that some of these that I have tasted in the past may not be quite the same now so take that with a grain of salt too.

I like Bushmills and the Black Bush a lot, enjoy Jamesons too. I had a Bushmills that I think was a 16yo not too long ago that was very enjoyable.

 

[jamespowers]

I like Bushmills and the Black Bush a lot, enjoy Jamesons too. I had a Bushmills that I think was a 16yo not too long ago that was very enjoyable.

The 16 year old is a three wood having been aged in Sherry, bourbon and port casks. It gets quite a bit of complexity from the mix of woods. That one would be up in the $50 and over category.

 

[Effingham]

Gin and tonic, made with Hendrick's gin. Wonderful stuff.

 

[AtomicEraTom]

I've got a set of the glasses in my cabinet.

The Malt Liquor Bull! I was looking at my 1969 bar sign of it last night.

 

[Dan'l]

Had my first taste of Paddy Old Irish Whisky last night. I liked it but I do favor Irish whisky's. I noticed the bottle that I bought is labeled as one litre instead of 750ml.

 

[rkwilker]

I second that Red Breast nomination. Very nice whisky, especially when paired with a nice full bodied cigar.

 

[jamespowers]

I second that Red Breast nomination. Very nice whisky, especially when paired with a nice full bodied cigar.

Most definitely. The vanilla and other flavors are quite the foil for a cigar.

 

[jamespowers]

I've got a set of the glasses in my cabinet.

Don't break those by accident. You will be surprised how much they cost to replace.

 

[AtomicEraTom]

I think I paid a quarter a glass lol

Don't break those by accident. You will be surprised how much they cost to replace.

 

[jamespowers]

I think I paid a quarter a glass lol

Good luck finding them for that again.

 

[randooch]

Enjoyed some Tito Handmade Vodka from Austin, seeing as how I'll be there in 2 days: kind of an inoculation!

 

[Renault]

Same as I had last night. And again tonight.... The usual........ Pernod.

randooch, enjoy the weekend in Austin.

Renault

 

[mrtman]

Tonight for me..just miller lite...but ice cold!!

 

[mrtman]

Im really enjoying gin and tonic at the moment, I find it very refreshing Any other G&T lovers here?

I love gin and tonic!

 

[Mike in Seattle]

A pretty so-so cabernet called Fish Eye from Australia. It comes with that modern, state of the art screw-cap instead of those fusty, old-fashioned cheap cork thingies. The taste is a little watered down, but gotta say, after about 15 minutes, it is a bit more buzz-inducing than the higher-priced counterparts. A friend was supposed to bring a bottle of Steelhead Red to try and she got a little mixed up... My idea with Steelhead is that a portion of sales go to river conservation.

We were going to try out a couple area fish-named/related wines for a fly-fishing friend's upcoming birthday. "This is $5 a bottle. Screw cap. From Australia. And this relates to a nice gift for a Seattle area freshwater fishing fiend HOW again? Are you saying a bottle of Ripple or Thunderbird would be an appropriate gift as well for anyone's birthday? The idea is a nice gift - giving him this would result in us getting the fisheye in a bad way for a long time to come. I was hoping for a wine that listed the vintage as a year and not something like WEDNESDAY...Doesn't it come in a box? That would be sooooo much easier for you to wrap, would it not?" But it does make great story fodder for future parties.

 

[Black Dahlia]

A glass of sparkling wine, two glasses of Asti and a strawberry daiquiri. ;0
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BD

 

[Danny Ocean]

A bit of a "ginfest", with some Tanqueray Ten, tonic, & lime wedge; Hendricks, tonic, & cucumber slice; and Berry's No. 3, again with tonic, & lime wedge.

Also, a nice St. Emilion red wine.....which was very "moreish"!

Danny O

p.s. Hi BD, nice to see you back in the Club, the other night...! *waves*

 

[Black Dahlia]

A bit of a "ginfest", with some Tanqueray Ten, tonic, & lime wedge; Hendricks, tonic, & cucumber slice; and Berry's No. 3, again with tonic, & lime wedge.

Also, a nice St. Emilion red wine.....which was very "moreish"!

Danny O

p.s. Hi BD, nice to see you back in the Club, the other night...! *waves*

Danny O,

I had a fabulous time, as you know. And my, wasn't Clem in a silly mood? I can't believe what he got up to. Did you ever get your hat back? Drinks on me next time!

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BD

 

[BinkieBaumont]

I went to a "Cocktail Wedding Reception", and quaffed Champers copiously, and ended up in the photo booth that had been supplied for the Evening, as a memento of the occasion which was rather nice, lots of silly props were supplied and I decided to add a Mink stole to my Grey Linen suit!!!

 

[lolly_loisides]

I went to a "Cocktail Wedding Reception", and quaffed Champers copiously, and ended up in the photo booth that had been supplied for the Evening, as a memento of the occasion which was rather nice, lots of silly props were supplied and I decided to add a Mink stole to my Grey Linen suit!!!

photos?