Advent #1 – Tullamore D.E.W. 18 Year Old
They say, that in life you only have one opportunity to make a first impression. And even then, it can be a challenge to make a good one at that. When I received my Drinks By The Dram Irish Whiskey...
View ArticleGreen Spot Cask Strength Single Cask
Tonight saw the launch of the newest expression of the Mitchell & Sons/Irish Distillers Spot Range, Red Spot. The event took place in Mitchell’s old bonding cellars under the streets of Merrion...
View ArticleAdvent #2 – Paddy Irish Whiskey
As the second day is upon us, and upon opening the second door still giddy over our first day treat, Tullamore D.E.W. 18-year-old single malt, there was little that could really top that. Day two has...
View ArticleRed Spot – A Review
Unless you’ve been living under a rock recently you will be very aware that Irish Distillers just dropped the long awaited Red Spot Single Pot Still Irish Whiskey! The whiskey was launched in the...
View ArticleAdvent #3 – Teeling Single Malt
Day #3 on our early advent has gotten off to a better start than yesterday. We are solidly back on the single malt train and let’s hope that we are riding it for a least a few more stops, because...
View ArticleAdvent #4 – Kinahan’s 10 Year Single Malt
For any of you who are regular readers of Potstilled.com you may have seen me come across Kinahan’s Irish Whiskey before. This a copy and paste 10-Year-Old whiskey from the Cooley Distillery. For any...
View ArticleAdvent #5 – Writers’ Tears Copper Pot
This is a whiskey that every Irish Whiskey drinker should have on their shelves at some point in their life. Writers Tears Copper Pot is the flagship expression from Walsh Whiskey’s Writers Tears...
View ArticleThe Palace Bar – Redbreast 17 Single Cask
The Palace Bar, in my opinion, is one of Dublin’s finest Victorian public houses. Nestled on the busy corner of Fleet Street, leading to Temple Bar, The Palace Bar has been delighting Dublin’s imbibers...
View ArticleIrishman Single Malt – Coffee Stout Finish
Collaborations are becoming quite the thing in the world of whiskey at the moment. They are slightly more difficult to execute than collaborations in the beer world as the whiskey making process is...
View ArticleAdvent #6 – Glengarriff Series Peated Cask
This whiskey is a fun one out of West Cork Distillers. If you’ve been following our collaboration series with different whiskey bars around the country you will know that on our first flight with the...
View ArticleAdvent #7 – Roe & Co. Whiskey
The world of Irish Whiskey was shocked when Diageo made the announcement, in 2014, that they would be selling their stake in the Old Bushmills Irish Whiskey Distillery. It seemed that they would be...
View ArticleAdvent #8 – Sadler’s Peaky Blinders
This whiskey is an unusual piece of the Irish whiskey fabric currently. It is tied to the immensely popular, period drama, Peaky Blinders. The whiskey was produced as a licenced product of the show and...
View ArticleAdvent #9 – Hyde 1938 No. 6 Sherry Finish
Hyde whiskey has been hot on the release trail over the last few years adding a number of different editions to their already impressive family range of whiskeys. Today we are reviewing Hyde 1938 No. 6...
View ArticleAdvent #10 – Glendalough 13 Mizunara Cask
Well the guys at Drinks By the Dram aren’t sticking to the ol reliables when it comes to filling their Irish Whiskey Advent Calendar! Behind door number ten we have revealed a very exciting bottle of...
View ArticleRound 2 for McGregor’s Proper No. Twelve
Rushing seems to be the MO (Modus Operandi) of McGregor’s Proper No. Twelve Whiskey. The initial release of the whiskey was launched in a flurry of half completed and illegal decisions that, most...
View ArticleAdvent #11 – The Silkie Blended Irish Whiskey
The Silkie Irish whiskey is the first independent bottling from the soon to be constructed Sliabh Liag Distillery in Co. Donegal. Plans are in place to have this distillery constructed at some point in...
View ArticleAdvent #12 – Teeling Small Batch
Behind door #12 of Drinks By the Dram’s, Irish Whiskey Advent Calendar, is a firm favourite in the world of Irish whiskey, Teeling Small Batch. This is their entry level offering, the first of their...
View ArticleAdvent # 13 – Irishman Single Malt
Day #13 of Drinks By the Dram’s Irish whiskey Advent Calendar was good to me with a drop of Walsh Whiskey’s Irishman Single Malt whiskey. Bottled at 40% ABV this is the second Walsh Whiskey expression...
View ArticleAdvent # 14 – That Boutique-y whisky company 8 Year Old Single Malt
Behind door number 14 of the Drinks By the Dram Advent Calendar we have That Boutique-y Whisky Company‘s 8 Year Old Irish Single Malt, Batch 2. If you don’t know these guys, they are an independent...
View ArticlePotstilled’s Holiday Gift Guide
It is the time of the year that we are prepping the Christmas stockings with gifts for loved ones and work colleagues! It can be a difficult time of year to find the perfect gift, which is why, we here...
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