Official PCF Whisk(e)y Thread (57 Viewers)

[Billy Baroo]

Now this one is interesting. Not sure about this yet but it’s growing on me.

 

[woodsy]

Friday night flight

 

[gopherblue]

Finally Friday. Cheers!
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How is it? I’m an Oban fan, but almost strictly the 14yo.

 

[TX_Golf_N_Poker]

A different kind of fRYEday

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Are these hard to find? I had a friend recently tell me he loves the rye. I've never seen any of them on the shelf.

 

[FestiveKnight]

Picked up a bottle of this too. Really enjoyed my first pour of it. Oban 14 is my go-to scotch so seemed nice to try at $150. Probably wouldn't spend any more than that on a second bottle but this will def get enjoyed

@gopherblue and see Irish op

 

[Hooligan350]

How is it? I’m an Oban fan, but almost strictly the 14yo.

It was pleasant. Definitely an Oban. Nothing particularly special though. I’m trying to think of a good way to bump it up against the 14 and 18. I typically like blind tests…but abv difference will be obvious and feel nerfing the bs down to 40 would remove one of its key qualities. So will probably just drink the 3 concurrently. A good exercise for this weekend

 

[wolfpack]

Are these hard to find? I had a friend recently tell me he loves the rye. I've never seen any of them on the shelf.

Yeah they are hard to find. Only 2nd time i have seen them drop

 

[Billy Baroo]

 

[Billy Baroo]

 

[Highli99]

Happy Saturday

 

[Irish]

I think this will be the last Bookers I buy. It's not that's it bad, but I just don't get the premium. Like, at all. This should be a $60 bottle.

 

[Hot Nuts]

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I think this will be the last Bookers I buy. It's not that's it bad, but I just don't get the premium. Like, at all. This should be a $60 bottle.

I prefer Baker's over Booker's. I know different proofs. Better value.

 

[Billy Baroo]

As good as this is, I still think the Redbreast CS12 is just a bit better. The fact that the RB is $40 less and easier to find puts it above the Blue for me. I really like what the Madeira finishing adds, but it really needs a few more years of aging to get to the level of the RB CS. Still a quality pour!

 

[woodsy]

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I think this will be the last Bookers I buy. It's not that's it bad, but I just don't get the premium. Like, at all. This should be a $60 bottle.

I like the Bookers. However, I don't have it in me to pull it out of the nice tight fitting box and store it as just another bottle on the shelf. Since I have to remove it from the box on the shelf every time I'd like a pour, it tends to have a very long shelf life in my house. I'm just a lazy whiskey drinker I guess.

 

[Irish]

View attachment 1513823As good as this is, I still think the Redbreast CS12 is just a bit better. The fact that the RB is $40 less and easier to find puts it above the Blue for me. I really like what the Madeira finishing adds, but it really needs a few more years of aging to get to the level of the RB CS. Still a quality pour!

Spot on. My cliffs notes is the Blue Spot may be a tad more complex/interesting (i sometimes get subtle sweet tropical fruit like kiwi, which is insane), but the RB is just more refined, balanced and delicious. It's very close, both are incredible.

 

[detroitdad]

 

[Highli99]

 

[Billy Baroo]

 

[Billy Baroo]

 

[Billy Baroo]

 

[Billy Baroo]

 

[TX_Golf_N_Poker]

Picked up the recently released 8 year WT101 today. I still have a bottle of the Anniversary Release that I put aside, so looking forward to comparing them head to head soon. Might as well throw Rare Breed into the mix as well to see which of the three is my all-time favorite WT product.

 

[Billy Baroo]

Lunch break was fruitful today! Lucked out finding the Tamdhu Batch Strength. It was way up the wishlist.

 

[MeridianFC]

View attachment 1513823As good as this is, I still think the Redbreast CS12 is just a bit better. The fact that the RB is $40 less and easier to find puts it above the Blue for me. I really like what the Madeira finishing adds, but it really needs a few more years of aging to get to the level of the RB CS. Still a quality pour!

Power’s John’s Lane is my favorite Pot Still Whiskey by far. Apparently, at some point, they did a cask strength version of that, but I don’t think it ever made it over here. The Blue Spot is great but for the money, I’m always gonna get the Ywllow Spot (I know it’s not CS but still).q

 

[Billy Baroo]

Power’s John’s Lane is my favorite Pot Still Whiskey by far. Apparently, at some point, they did a cask strength version of that, but I don’t think it ever made it over here. The Blue Spot is great but for the money, I’m always gonna get the Ywllow Spot (I know it’s not CS but still).q

I love PJL! It’s one that I’ll always have in the cabinet. I think it’s probably the best value pot still Irish you can buy. I’d love to see the cask strength here as well.

I can find Blue Spot for about the same price that Yellow is around here ($150). I like Yellow a lot, but at a similar or equal price, the Blue is a no brainer for me. Yellow is just hard for me to justify at a little over twice the price of John’s Lane.

 

[Billy Baroo]