Review #2 Jameson Irish Whiskey

Jameson Irish Whiskey: 

Triple Distilled to be sure, to be sure, TO BE SURE! This is the whiskey that I started drinking many years ago when i decided that i had had enough beer! This particular lovely green bottle was gifted to me by one of my best friends when he visited my family house when i was home in Ireland over a year ago on the event of my fathers passing. I brought it back to Melbourne with me and have since shared it with some good friends, drank it neat, over Ice and used it in hot whiskeys!  Jameson is the powerhouse of the Irish Whiskey revival that is going on at the moment which has seen the number of distilleries in the country skyrocket from 4 existing to a current 32 planned distilleries for the island, many of which are already built and producing spirit! Woohoo! Looking forward to the years ahead and considering Irish whiskey takes at least 3 years and 1 day of ageing i'd say that will be the next 5-10 years at least until I can get my hands on something worth having.

So this lovely whiskey comes from the new Middleton distillery in Cork in Ireland which has recently been revamped to increase production from a ridiculously large volume to an even more ridiculously large volume - fantastic I say! Thank you Pernod Ricard. Aside from Jameson they do make many other expressions of Irish Whiskey, many of which I have enjoyed and will be reviewing in the future as I have them in my cupboard waiting patiently ;-)

These notes are from the end of the bottle, which has been open for some time,

On the eye this whiskey is pale straw (in the light of my study anyway),

In the nose it's full of cereals initially with some underlying medicinal tones, maybe some marzipan

In the mouth i'm getting more cereals, some citrus, maybe some ginger with a very sweet finish

all up very pleasant for what it is - a decent blend, not special but very drinkable. I would gladly recommend this whiskey to a friend or gift it, good value for money here. 

I'm scoring it a 73/100.  

For those who want to know a hot whiskey made by me consists of:

a slice or wedge of lemon first squeezed into the glass usually a wine glass then stuck with 3 cloves and dropped in the glass, a teaspoon of honey,a pour of any whiskey of your choosing topped up with some recently boiled water. really good stuff for cold winter nights and for when you're stuffed up with a cold, cough or sore throat.

Cheers,

Kevin

whiskey Review #1 Jim Beam Black - I think

Jim beam black "Triple Aged" 6 yr old Kentucky straight Bourbon Whiskey:

So this is my first blog post, started on a whim, because i couldn't really find any notes on a whiskey (not this one) which i shall review shortly as i have been drinking and very much enjoying it. As for this one it's the last or most recent whiskey I've drank and well you have to start somewhere!

I out it in a localish bar the  Boundary Hotel on date night with my lovely wife attending a local council story telling festival event, so tasting notes are a little rough and I may come back to it in the future for a re-review. I picked this whiskey from the reasonable selection behind the bar because I hadn't tried it before and I always like to try something new and to be honest I haven't tasted too many American Whiskeys.

This whiskey is 40% and aged for six years or "triple aged" and it's described  by the makers as whiskey for mixing with gingerale or for the making of mint juleps whatever they are.... I generally like to drink my whiskey neat or with some ice if i have low or no expectations, if you're adding mixers to a whiskey in my opinion your no longer drinking the whiskey for its own sake, anyway..

Given the lighting of the venue I couldn't really comment too much on the color, no real nose to speak of other than a pleasant sweetness as i was drinking from a big ol wide mouth tumbler, to taste it's sweet upfront which seems typical of american whiskey from my limited experience, and has a sort of funny finish, sawdust / lots of wood, I suppose all that extra time in the barrel creates the woodiness! The mouth feel was nice not too thin as you might expect from a cheaper whiskey (It was reasonably priced at Au$ 7.50) It certainly wasn't bad but didn't overly impress. I'll have to give this one another try in the future from a decent glass, so for now i'll score this one provisionally a 65/100
 
I have a trip to the states coming up soon so maybe i'll look to try some more american whiskey while I'm over there - When in Rome! looking forward to picking up some duty free too!

Woohoo!

Cheers!

Kevin