Context is King - Jameson Single Pot Still

[@WhiskeyCrusaders]

I agree the Tower classroom and Vault is what makes it special. You cannot recreate that anywhere else. Somm school is one of the best experiences you can have in life if you love whiskey the way we do. Cheers

[@kompressor740ify]

I can say for certain your not wrong, I just finished level 1! It's more than I thought it would be!

[@lancerhades971]

man Daniel. its like talking to a old friend. thank you

[@trentzimmermann2660]

I learned at the Guiness museum and read some article on the fact that Guiness has different recipes to match the taste profile of the market. Plus freshness matter in beer and so does the management of tap systems and how it’s poured. So while I agree Guiness in Ireland may not be “better,” it’s a different recipe, served fresher by people who take national pride in the care and service of it and drank by everyone so the flip kegs faster. Of course setting and context matters and that difference would be a lot less if we were to blind taste test an American Sports bar Guiness alongside an Irish pub Guiness in a blank white room. But with what I know about Guiness and restaurant keg management, I’d have to disagree that they’d be the same.

[@Deekthagnome]

Context and memory are everything. It's the human tendency of romance. One of my favorite Whiskey memories is burning through a bottle of Ancient Age with a few friends talking Freud and Jung until 6am. Ancient Age is terrible and the event was almost 20 years ago, but at the time, it was one of the best bottles I've ever shared.

[@TimHoekstra]

The best guinness was in an irish pub in galway ireland when ireland won a soccer match against england. Magical and unforgettable. The happiness in the streets was beautiful to witness. Context really does matter.

[@scotchandscripture]

Keep coming back to these videos. Love this series Daniel.

[@kkozak]

Some memories do last a lifetime and can be reminded.

[@schill58]

All I have to offer on this one Daniel, is Cheers, I’m really glad you’re here. Spot on.

[@itwasalladram...5657]

Very true. Atmosphere affects perception... experience is more than what's in the glass.

[@turnerjazz7872]

That Jameson single pot still is fantastic. I brought a bottle home from Middleton last year and loved every drop of it, Even when it was back here in the States. It was distillery exclusive at the time at least.

[@Robbie7441]

Good man daniel, Guinness and whiskey on a cold winters night in a pub in Ireland 👍🏻👍🏻

[@IanHutchison]

I had a similar experience with context making a huge difference. A year ago I had a couple friends from high school over to my apartment and I cooked dinner. After we ate, I asked them if they minded if I poured myself some whiskey (one doesn't drink and the other can't have alcohol). They told me they didn't mind and it was my apartment so I could do whatever I wanted. I had my drink and we were taking and having a great time. That was one of the best pours I've ever had because I was drinking with my friends, even if they weren't drinking themselves. Context can make a huge difference when it comes to an experience! 🥃

[@jeffbayer569]

What a very good point. Contact is almost half the story in some cases. I love these, thank you for another great conversation. Cheers 🥃

[@DForgea]

I do enjoy the running joke on my last name. I am shocked how much that bottle had been tried since the Somm gathering. Definitely picking up another bottle this summer! Totally agree that Wizard Academy and the Tower contribute so much to what make class special.

[@UncleSpam1350]

IDK why, but this series hits like Mr. Rogers chats for me (if Fred Rogers found his warmth from a glencairn instead of a sweater, maybe), and I love every bit of it.

[@6point5]

Good to hear your take on the Jameson pot still. I really enjoyed the Distillers Safe and was hoping this was going to be close.. but it's a whole different beast with the sugar forward. Still good tho - cheers.

[@mryan3123]

Daniel, thanks for another good video. I've been a fan of Jameson Black Barrel for a few years, and I'm always on the lookout for new things, so I'll give this a try. I just did a check and the nice thing is that my local LCBO, which never has any good whiskey in stock, has 19 (soon to be18 😁) bottles on the shelf. Cheers.

[@rjbachner2619]

They sell it at the lcbo in Ontario and now the saw in Quebec. It is one of my favourite Irish.

[@dbltime]

Drinking a Guinness in an Irish Pub cannot be beat. The environment adds to the experience. It just doesn't translate to anywhere else. The space and the people makes it special. Slainte!

[@ianreynolds494]

Looks like I am just going to have to go to Ireland for a proper pint of Guinness and this very interesting whiskey. Only way to really test your theory.

[@forlornHope]

Cheers 🥃

[@Charliepapa1]

It's all about how the Guinness is managed from keg to glass.

[@mistermom310]

Have you ever seen the movie Fast Times at Ridgemont High? I was thinking about Mike Damines's speech to the Debbie Harry cut out😂

[@heymulen1840]

I've liked and subscribed. And I'm so glad you're here 👍 🍸

[@Stephen_Curtin]

Of all the standard Single Pot Still whiskies coming out of Midleton, this one is my favourite. MVR Barry Crockett Legacy is probably my overall favourite, but it's also about five times the price of this. Also, I'm fairly certain that this started as an Ireland exclusive, but is now available in the US.

[@Roman_Carter]

spot on my man now I need to find how I would get a bottle of that five oak looks like its not available to use US rogues

[@chrismarshall4486]

I’ve been wanting this Jameson pot still but I can’t get it. Hoping I can when I go fly a few places next year. I love when a whiskey is effervescent and sparkles in my mouth. I feel like that’s how you were explaining how this one does. Yeah it’s crazy how location affects a whiskey. I absolutely love knob creek 9 just because of an amazing night I had with some good friends and it one night.

[@MadManohar]

Cheers

[@DrPhobosAnomaly]

I've had a shot of Jameson SPS when they were doing a marketing tour, and I was told that it was a somewhat limited release, but it was hard to find in stores at the time when they were here in town. But I bought some a couple of months ago that were the January 2023 batch, so it was definitely available in retail here in Ontario, Canada. It's hard to go wrong with a Jameson, but I've yet to try the IPA edition of the Caskmate brand.

[@larryhoop1294]

Good morning MB's. I too slosh in the direction of my whisk(e)y

[@TheRyguy79]

The best pint of Guinness I've ever had was in a pub a block from the Liffey with my dad and my grandpa (rip) in the 90s when I was just 18. But every pint I've had since then in the US and Ireland had tasted the about the same.

[@MortAllachie]

This is my favorite Jameson, and luckily it’s not a travel exclusive and it’s priced right even in Norway.

[@SKOENN]

The largest chain liquor store in the Netherlands has this on their webside as a regular release. So I would think it would be available in the US aswell

[@garygallagher3428]

An island west of England 😂 just lost all your Irish subs.I still love you ❤

[@neilmattos2756]

😁🥃🙌🏻 need to find a bottle🤤

[@Orpheus159]

Nothing like the tower, logic goes out the window in the magical space you’ve cultivated there. You’re not in Texas, you’re in a wizard’s tower that transcends time and place.

[@Venetianization]

90% of my Whisky collection is single malt. I have a single bottle of a single pot still, that is the Redbreast 12. I would love to try one of the Spot series, the Teeling single pot still. But next on the shoping list is the Jameson single pot still. Daniel, you said, that it is too sweet for your taste. I love too sweet whisky. What would interest me, is, if there is any other hint of the european virgin oak other than spice in the taste? Thaks for the video. Cheers.

[@-RONNIE]

Thanks for the video 🥃 the only Jameson I really like is the Caskmates Stout Edition

[@gyangearon8729]

Never heard of Jameson SPS! Wow

[@thegoatchild3545]

I love the Black Barrel, so I'm really curious about this one. Hope it'll be available.🤔🥃

[@011humphrey]

It's ready available in stores in The Netherlands (0,7L)

[@jquinlan]

INTERESTINGk

[@bideshicarvings2191]

The slosh is king?🎉 great episode

[@solidus784]

As an Irishman I have to say your wrong about the Guinness whats in the keg may be the same but the way the lines are routed and cared for and the way its poured make an ENOURMOUS difference, you can get different Guinness from one pub to another in Ireland nevermind abroad.

[@xiamengbaby]

If I were to make it to Dublin, I will be seeking out all of those Irish dry stouts that are more highly rated than Guinness that aren't available in the US, or Chicago area where I am.

[@JohnPulice-iy7sw]

2 things. ¹ 23 years ago I worked with an Irishman who wouldn't have a beer with us until I asked if they had any Guinness not I. The cooler. He loved it. ² Context or setting is so important. Anything cooked or consumed in a forest, or next to a river tastes better....

[@Thick_Soup_Stew]

Daniel , your videos and stories are always so in depth but yet not overboard , and still gratifying. Ya sell it well while still being approachable. I'd lo e to ha e a dram or 3 and spend an evening with you. You should do like a "weekend with Daniel" give away , your too humble to realized this could be amongst the best lifetime experiences for an Individual. Sell tickets for charity. So you have no personal interest.

[@petevj]

For me the diference between whisky being part of an experience and whisky being the experience is the context.

[@fergaldelaney254]

Guinness can vary from pub to pub in Dublin, never mind from country to country. And it can also vary in the same pub from time of day. There's dozens of factors that influence this. My dad won't drink a Guinness in our local unless he sees at least 5 other people drinking it, this ensures 'good flow' in the taps. I don't like to drink it unless 1 particular barman is working as his pour is slightly different. Guinness themselves say they have different recipes for different parts of the world. The Guinness that is brewed in Ireland doesn't travel well, so the line that you disagree with 'theres no Guinness like the Guinness in Ireland' is absolutely correct and we pride ourselves on it 👍🏻👍🏻

[@horacephistbump]

This!

[@steveboyd3455]

A lot of geese is a flock; a bunch of whales is a pod. A group of Guiness is a Darkness. Dunno really but I made that up and I think it works. 😆

[@WhiskeyVault]

I love this so much

[@steveboyd3455]

@@WhiskeyVault Thanks! My favorite is owls. A group of Owls is called a Parliament. Really!

[@festerallday]

Its about how close to the brewery you are. Even in NY the stuff from the brewery is better than the same stuff in the store. Its about freshmess, storage, and transport conditions

[@Usonian7]

0:49 "the book was better than the movie" same thing 😂🔪

[@lassekarlsson5385]

send it to sweden

[@ehudwolpe]

It’s like drinking a great bottle of wine in Tuscany, buying a bottle to take home only to find out what a disappointment it is. The experience of a vacation or tour should stay where the experience was experienced (or however you express it).

[@tusharmathur3542]

You didn’t had to call out Laquinta like that 😂

[@WhiskeyVault]

Yeah, it does start to feel a bit targeted :-)

[@j.g.6601]

I've always though there was a difference between Guinness that was produced by Sungei Way and Ireland. Maybe it's the water.

[@Venetianization]

Water is one factor. It could be, that the ingredients in Ireland are localy sourced.

[@WhiskeyVault]

According to a few people in the comments, they do actually alter their recipe around the world

[@dawson0000]

🍀🥃😎

[@Lawnshrooms]

Hopefully you’re not driving while drinking that black label 😂 unintentional DUI promo

[@sambruchh]

The only thing that would be different is the water used in that location which would impact the flavor slightly. They’ve probably considered this and have a specific process to purify and add whatever minerals needed to replicate the water in Dublin.

[@WhiskeyVault]

Actually, according to Guinness, they alter the recipe slightly across the world

[@couchpoet1]

Every February I buy about 35 cases of Guinness at Costco. I like it….

[@B1gC4st]

I feel like the 3rd Guiness I ever had which was on draft in France was way better than the bottled one I had in California. Or maybe it was the Irish Pub and the Ireland v Wales 6 Nations game...Wales won that one.

[@ScotianBlooded]

the water used makes a difference

[@paulbaker2895]

Do you think Jared Himstedt listens to death metal when he’s blending Brimstone?

[@Chief.919A]

Drinking a Guinness in a pub in Ireland might be the best way. But you can’t tell me drinking it on tap in a bar/pub in Tulsa ain’t better than drinking it out of a can. I’m wiling to fight over this. My inner Irish heritage will come out. Not everyone can make it back to our ancestral home. We take what we can get.

[@YoJimBo851610]

221👍

[@xxacidmv]

Welcome all Whiskey Vaulters to Story Time with Daniel!

[@bmac9936]

Blending in unpredictable. Until I added a little lemon juice to my tomato juice I would have never believed that two acids could cancel out the tart taste but it absolutely does. Of course too much makes it taste lemony but there is a neutral blend where you can taste the purity of the tomato juice. Try to avoid canned juice because nothing can cover that metallic taste.

[@silverdale6780]

My bottle was completely unbalanced, and came off brittle, simple sweet and alcohol-heavy. My personal biggest dissapointment of the year, and I love Jameson...

[@stefanschwalenberg8320]

It's the Liffey water, Daniel. It can't be copied.

[@kunzilla]

Food, alcohol, or other forms of art are ALL subjective. One person likes this particular whiskey but another person might dislike it, or even hate it.

[@force_majeure4070]

I prefer Murphy's... but Guinness is ok too.

[@johnsmartin1473]

la Quinta ballroom basher (Quinta means 5th)

[@AMPProf]

THATS A BAD INE.. IT just up and Disappears out the Bottle some how!!!

[@AMPProf]

drinking drank drank nooo Sooper

[@martinweyden40]

What happened to you best friend

[@axelhecht7945]

Reality only ever happens in your brain

[@kennethmiller2333]

Guinness in Ireland is better because you're in Ireland. Why is it better because you're in Ireland? Because, for the vast majority of the world, it's because you're on vacation.

[@horacephistbump]

Guinness is better in Ireland. Nothing to do with "atmosphere" or "environment". It's brewed fresh and the pubs know how to serve it. Fundamentally the further from Ireland, the worse it gets. When you get into Africa they have African Guinness, which is class - but a different product.

[@jmacri4489]

First

[@IndridCold.]

When it comes to Guinness,you have no clue about what you're talking about.

[@WhiskeyVault]

That's fair :) I was more speaking generally than an identical recipe. But you are right

[@Rassy649]

No need to be a d@ck about it though. Sheesh. Lighten up.

[@travisedwards9983]

The shipping does something to it, makes it more bitter.