Jamesonn Black Barrel proof . Also the Roe and Co 2020 Cask strength 13 yo Single Malt Port cask matured flew under all radars and was incredible value and was a hit for me. Unfortunately the 40% Irish offerings leave me underwhelmed.
@@HostileButHonourable that Roe and Co is a real cracker. I found a bottle of it last year at a random small bottle shop. It's a 13 yo cask strength Bushmills with port influence, perfect!
If I'm sitting down at home and I want to pour an Irish and I have these five, It would be the Redbreast Cask Strength each and every time. If I'm having a boilermaker, it would be Jameson. Tullamore usually leaves me wanting more. Proper 12 is one to pass on and I haven't had a Bushmills in so long I can't even comment on it really. A solid list to be certain, Matt! Cheers to ya.
Great video as always. Shocked about Proper Twelve. I bought a bottle when it first came out under Conor McGregor. Absolute garbage. I know he sold it and it might be better but will be hard for me to part with my money to buy another bottle. The misleading "Twelve" on the bottle doesn't help either. Now for me I love Irish Whiskey. So many good ones to choose from. At the moment, Green Spot holds my top spot. Cheers from Canada!
Tullamore D.E.W. is my go to whiskey, and has been for ~25 years. Standard Bushmills is fine. Black Bush is much better. Paddy is another decent entry level Irish that is common and affordable here in northwestern Illinois. I do not care for the standard Jameson, but the Stout Cask finish really is quite nice. I recently acquired my first bottle of the Red Breast cask strength and, no surprise, I quite like it. The $95 price tag ensures that it will be a special occasion dram though. I have yet to try the Proper Twelve as I haven't heard a single positive review of it.
Yeah, proper 12 is not worth your time, and I agree on the Black Bush and Jameson Stout: a little more expensive than the "standard" but a big jump up in quality. If you're looking for another good one to try, Powers John's Lane is great and not too expensive
I can get that, it's lovely, but as you get used to bigger and bolder flavours, especially cask strength whiskeys, it can seem a little "gentle" by comparison
Mostly entry level offerings from absolutely stunning distilleries. As for proper 12, it’s not a challenging whiskey, but it has a challenging background. Best to leave aside any spirit that’s more marketing than anything else.
Cooley make some cracking stuff! And that's a good idea! Might add the condition that it has to be a "general release" bottling which can be found pretty much anyway
It makes me sad that proper 12 is what people think of when they think Irish whiskey in the usa, its commercial rubbish. Standard Jameson is miles better and redbreast is what people should think of when they think Irish whiskey
My favourite Irish whiskey-too many to mention 😊. Basically, I choose from those „6% of what remains” as You say, whiskies. Usually I stay away from 40ABV whiskies (exceptions are Writer’s tears cooper Pot and The Irishman The Harvest-those two are (very) good). I call core range Jameson whiskies “wasted potential”-they could be so much better at higher strength and no chill-filtration. No offence-just my personal opinion 😊.
There's a lot of good stuff in that 6%! And yeah, I can see what you mean, and that's why I was glad to see the Jameson Pot Still "Five Oak" release at 46%!
So far Bushmills Single Malt 10 years. Neat of course. It is sad that the most sold Irish whiskey is the only Irish whiskey I consider not drinkable. It really has a weird taste which I really don't like and it's not as smooth as other irish whiskets.
What's your favourite Irish Whiskey?
Jamesonn Black Barrel proof . Also the Roe and Co 2020 Cask strength 13 yo Single Malt Port cask matured flew under all radars and was incredible value and was a hit for me. Unfortunately the 40% Irish offerings leave me underwhelmed.
Powers Irish Rye. I fell in love with it, and can't bring myself to open the last bottle I have of it.
@@HostileButHonourable that Roe and Co is a real cracker. I found a bottle of it last year at a random small bottle shop. It's a 13 yo cask strength Bushmills with port influence, perfect!
@@mrsausage001 ah there'll always be more, as it's a core product now. Really nice in manhattans and things like that
Powers Johns Lane 👌🏼
My favorite Irish whiskey is Powers Johns Lane and Redbreast 12 Cask Strength, always on my shelf
Those are great whiskeys, the Powers John's Lane Cask Strength is also worth a try if you can find it!
oh cool list. I need to try more Irish Whiskey. thanks for sharing cheers
@@OldFashionedWays you totally should!
If I'm sitting down at home and I want to pour an Irish and I have these five, It would be the Redbreast Cask Strength each and every time. If I'm having a boilermaker, it would be Jameson. Tullamore usually leaves me wanting more. Proper 12 is one to pass on and I haven't had a Bushmills in so long I can't even comment on it really. A solid list to be certain, Matt! Cheers to ya.
Cheers! And yeah, Redbreast 12 CS is always a solid and reliable dram
Great video as always. Shocked about Proper Twelve. I bought a bottle when it first came out under Conor McGregor. Absolute garbage. I know he sold it and it might be better but will be hard for me to part with my money to buy another bottle. The misleading "Twelve" on the bottle doesn't help either. Now for me I love Irish Whiskey. So many good ones to choose from. At the moment, Green Spot holds my top spot. Cheers from Canada!
Cheers right back at you! And yeah, the only thing "Proper" about Proper 12 is the name!
Tullamore D.E.W. is my go to whiskey, and has been for ~25 years.
Standard Bushmills is fine. Black Bush is much better.
Paddy is another decent entry level Irish that is common and affordable here in northwestern Illinois.
I do not care for the standard Jameson, but the Stout Cask finish really is quite nice.
I recently acquired my first bottle of the Red Breast cask strength and, no surprise, I quite like it. The $95 price tag ensures that it will be a special occasion dram though.
I have yet to try the Proper Twelve as I haven't heard a single positive review of it.
Yeah, proper 12 is not worth your time, and I agree on the Black Bush and Jameson Stout: a little more expensive than the "standard" but a big jump up in quality.
If you're looking for another good one to try, Powers John's Lane is great and not too expensive
My favourite is redbreast 12. Iove it but sometimes I'm underwhelmed by it depending on the day.
I can get that, it's lovely, but as you get used to bigger and bolder flavours, especially cask strength whiskeys, it can seem a little "gentle" by comparison
Mostly entry level offerings from absolutely stunning distilleries.
As for proper 12, it’s not a challenging whiskey, but it has a challenging background. Best to leave aside any spirit that’s more marketing than anything else.
Well said! The marketing machine behind Proper 12 is whats making it a best seller, not the quality of the product!
My favorite might be Athru...or anything else from Cooley ;) Would love to see a "TOP 5 Most underrated Irish Whiskeys"
Cooley make some cracking stuff! And that's a good idea! Might add the condition that it has to be a "general release" bottling which can be found pretty much anyway
@@TheWhiskeyNerd cant wait!
It makes me sad that proper 12 is what people think of when they think Irish whiskey in the usa, its commercial rubbish.
Standard Jameson is miles better and redbreast is what people should think of when they think Irish whiskey
Yeah, there's a lot of people who will try out Proper 12 and give up on Irish whiskey because of it!
My favourite Irish whiskey-too many to mention 😊. Basically, I choose from those „6% of what remains” as You say, whiskies. Usually I stay away from 40ABV whiskies (exceptions are Writer’s tears cooper Pot and The Irishman The Harvest-those two are (very) good). I call core range Jameson whiskies “wasted potential”-they could be so much better at higher strength and no chill-filtration. No offence-just my personal opinion 😊.
There's a lot of good stuff in that 6%! And yeah, I can see what you mean, and that's why I was glad to see the Jameson Pot Still "Five Oak" release at 46%!
I like Bushmills and i am suprised that Teeling is not popular in the U.S.
I know, right!? But I guess it's really hard to beat the sheer volume of Jameson
So far Bushmills Single Malt 10 years. Neat of course. It is sad that the most sold Irish whiskey is the only Irish whiskey I consider not drinkable. It really has a weird taste which I really don't like and it's not as smooth as other irish whiskets.
@@KnutBluetooth yeah, I was so surprised that all of the lovely whiskeys coming from all the other brands only amounts to about 6% of the total!
I’d like to apologize on behalf of Americans for the popularity of Proper Twelve. We can clearly do better. 😂
Haha! The marketing machine has clearly done its work on college students
Is Paddy's completely gone?
Yeah, unfortunately it's not in the top 5!
But maybe after the news about Conor McGregor, Proper 12 will drop in popularity!