Obviously I'm gonna like this one. | Redbreast 15

[@dustinzieg1950]

Great vid. I just started really getting into whiskey and building a collection, but this is my favorite whiskey so far

[@WhiskeyStraightAl]

An absolutely adorable dram. Love it too.

[@andrewmainprice2179]

I had the Power's John lane 12 recently and it was really good. The mouth feel was good and stronger than the 46 abv on the bottle. I got it for about £50 in the UK.

[@Gwhisky]

I've heard good things about that one. Sadly it's overpriced here in Taiwan.

[@WhiskyNeighbour]

Great layers. You pull so many notes from a dram! I love this one, very distictive Pot Still for me and the non-chill filtered/46% helps hold my interest. Thanks for sharing!

[@Gwhisky]

Yeah it's a beautiful 15! Cheers Jon! 🥃

[@011humphrey]

This is my first "older" Irish. I get butterscotch , vanilla, and spices(more of a cinnamon than nuttmeg), some sweet pepper on the side. compared to the 12 this is richer and smoother, I am glad I bought one. I put it up against the Jameson single pot still, although it's good, it can't live up to the Redbreast, both are smooth and rounded. They are to different whiskey's though

[@louisdanao]

according to thewhiskyexchange, it has added colouring

[@Gwhisky]

Ah, good to know. Thanks! 🥃

[@Alex-pr6zv]

according to my trusted whisky catalogue it contains E150 but is NCF

[@gordonlalor]

Tullamore dew is actually made in a very new and big distillery in tullamore. RB 15 is great, though my current bottle has a touch of sulphur.

[@Gwhisky]

You're right! I should have said the Tullimore Dew I had was the 10 year old, which would have been distilled at Middleton. Cheers!

[@shaunaweatherly]

Just bought a bottle of the 15 and have to agree….excellent stuff….btw…great choice of background music. Seems to fit your style 👍🏿 Keep up the great work. Love your no nonsense style. Very refreshing

[@Gwhisky]

Thanks Shaun! Glad you like it! Cheers!

[@farcue3325]

Love that nutty finish though.... reminds me of the bunna 12 nutty profile

[@paulfeery12]

Love it. Have you tried the Lustatu?

[@Gwhisky]

I haven't!

[@paulfeery12]

@@Gwhisky It's quite good! lots of sherry. Great bang for buck. Only slightly dearer than the standard 12. Might be an interesting review! On that note actually, any chance of a review of smoke head sherry bomb and laga 8?

[@Gwhisky]

@@paulfeery12 I'll keep an eye out for it, although I haven't seen it around. The Laga 8 will come eventually. Dunno about the Smokehead. 🥃

[@paulfeery12]

@@Gwhisky I’ve seen a couple of good reviews of the smoke head. I’m sure there's lots of sherry and peat so prob a pretty safe bet for me! cheers

[@richardagnew4959]

Rich in ON - an Irishman abroad. Great to see you review a wee Irish Pot Still. I'm with you. I love the Redbreast range. The 15 is a lovely lovely dram. I got a bottle earlier this year, and I have NOT regretted it. I'd gently disagree about the 12 year old. I think it's still worth a try. It's fruits are deeper and darker than the 15. Different, but lovely. I have a 12 Cask Strength waiting for my when I go home this summer. ;). Also, a small correction. Whilst Midleton would be flattered by the suggestion, Tully D.E.W is made in Tullamore, not Cork. 'G' keep up the great work, big man. Always enjoy your vids. :)

[@Gwhisky]

I'll definitely admit the 12 is good for a 40% offering. One of the best 40% whiskies to be had. But... it's 40%. 😉

[@revolvermaster4939]

Just got my first one today and I’m more of an Islay guy, but damn this is FANTASTIC!

[@lewisduffy675]

Total Redbreast fanboy now thanks to you bud! Wowed by the 15, blown away by the 12 CS then couldn't help myself just pulled the trigger on the 21. This stuff blows most single malt scotch out of the water IMO. Cheers mate!

[@Gwhisky]

I hear great things about the 21. You're a bigger Redbreast expert than me at this point. Cheers Lewis! Nice to hear from you! 🥃

[@lewisduffy675]

@@Gwhisky Hardly. Waiting for St. Paddy's to crack it. You doing a Bladnoch review soon?

[@Gwhisky]

@@lewisduffy675 Soon-ish, yeah. 🥃

[@howardbecdove9780]

Hi Geoff. “Skipping the 12” is sound advice. In my market red breast is hard to come by, and expensive. In fact the 12 was the only expression available at the time.It cost more than most scotch 15 yo and more than some 18’s. Conclusion, I wasted the AU$125 I paid. Maybe the message is getting through, as recently the 15yo has just been reduced in price by 25%.

[@Gwhisky]

Damn had no idea it was so expensive down under! Glad to hear the 15 is getting more affordable though. Such a beautiful whisky. Great place to start if you're getting into Redbreast whiskeys. Cheers guys! 🥃

[@gregb8824]

I'd love to see you review Glen Garioch 12. Your thoughts?

[@Gwhisky]

I've got a bottle on the go. It'll get reviewed at some point! 🥃

[@andreipuscarenco532]

Real question is! : RB 12 CS vs 15! Wich one would u pick if u can only take one with u!

[@Gwhisky]

That video is coming! 🥃

[@andreipuscarenco532]

@@Gwhisky omg u should call it Irish battle royale 😅

[@BanjoSick]

Love your phrase “low risk buy”. I feel risk towards every whisky purchase I do, since it‘s something that stays with you a long time and can be quite a pricy item!

[@Gwhisky]

Very true!

[@groberti]

Absolutely true! Nowadays I tend to go more with "low risk buys" if there is one. This means no NAS whisky, so preferrable age stated, at least 10 years old, no lower than 43% (but preferrably 46%), preferrably non-chill filtered. For now it seems that it is working.

[@jaceyang]

Thanks for another great review Geoff! I noticed that you gave a 89 on this and a 92(?) on the Redbreast 12 CS. I'm considering trying the Redbreast line and do you recommend starting with the 12cs or this one?

[@Gwhisky]

I'll be elaborating on that when I do a side-by-side tasting in April. That being said, you can trust the scores I've given already. Cheers! 🥃

[@darkoanton5]

I definitely taste some connection between Jameson and all the spot whiskeys I've tried including Red Spot.

[@Gwhisky]

Interesting! I'll be on the lookout for that when I get a bottle of Spot! 🥃

[@Nikolay_Nikolov]

My experience with Irish whiskey is very limited. Various widely available and affordable Jameson, Bushmills and Tullamore DEW expressions. And that's it. Needless to say I have no intentions to keep this status quo for too long :) I've been having Redbreast 15 at the very top of my "to buy" list for quite some time now. Goes for ~45 euros in Bulgaria which is very, very attractive price for 15 yo, 46% Irish whiskey, even by local market's standards. Got two bottles of 12 CS (~40 euros) in the stash, one old and one new, waiting their turn to be tasted though. The other Irish I'm aiming at is Powers 12 John's Lane (~23 euros). Cheers!

[@Gwhisky]

That is a great price for this 15! I'd pull the trigger. Excellent stuff! And I'm sure you'll enjoy the 12 cs as well. 🥃

[@xiamengbaby]

I thought the standard 12 year was quite good once it had a chance to open up. One of the better 40% abv whiskeys that I have had. I'd normally opt for the cask strength but I picked up the standard on a discount. I was disappointed at first as I generally prefer higher strength, but as the bottle got lower it turned out surprisingly good. It just needs some time. With all that said, the Redbreast line is rather pricey by me in the Chicago metro area, so they're not a frequent purchase for me. Plus my preferred 12 yr cask strength has been very hard to find and upto about $100. Just last year it was $75.

[@Gwhisky]

Damn that's a hell of q price hike for the cs. It's spectacular stuff, but that definitely stings. As for the regular 12, actually I do like it. I said skip it because it's 40%. It's actually one of the better 40% whiskeys to be had. But at that strength it doesn't get a recommendation. 😉🥃

[@Hingspiration]

Looking forward to taste it at some point in the future. Would you consider doing reviews of Taiwanese or Taiwanese exclusive whiskies? I think it would be interesting to gain some insight into those, especially since we can't get our hands on them.

[@Gwhisky]

I'll I'll doing some Kavalan reviews very soon. The exclusive releases might end up on a list video. Cheers.

[@mormorgranat]

Great! Huge fan of RB myself, but have only tried 12 and 12 CS. Looking for the next RB soon, and was eyeing Lustau. How do you feel the 15 differs from 12 CS, and the Lustau, if you have experience with them all?

[@Gwhisky]

I haven't had the Lustau, but I'll be doing a side-by-side video comparing the 12 cs and the 15. 🥃

[@mormorgranat]

@@Gwhisky Nice. I'll be opening and trying out Yellow Spot by St. Patricks as well. Looking forward to it

[@mormorgranat]

Tried Yellow Spot this evening. I like it. Compared it to the RB 12, and it has some similarities with the cookie-notes, but Yellow Spot has more of a sour fruit-note, and also a bit more bitey. RB 12 is a bit more round, and creamy. Still have RB as favourite irish, but I'll happily drink the spot and hope it grows as well. Cheers!

[@Gwhisky]

@@mormorgranat Very descriptive. Good to know, thanks buddy!

[@justinmaizeblue]

Bottle appearance 4, better than Tamdhu 15 at 3.5???

[@Gwhisky]

Yep. I love this bottle!

[@robhalford92]

Agree! Skip the 12. The nose it great, but overall the 15 is the perfect Redbreast

[@Gwhisky]

It's good for a 40% whiskey, but it's... a 40% whiskey.

[@RK-ll4ku]

Need to make an "on the finish" compilation video 👌

[@Gwhisky]

😂

[@DonnerPassWhisky]

That older bottling is what I had as well and absolutely loved it. $85 back when I bought it which made it a great value too. Saw the new packaging in the store and NCF has been removed from the label. That is never a good thing. The 12CS has become NAS to my understanding as well. Perhaps this is another brand that has become a victim of its own popularity and they are having trouble keeping up with demand? Cheers

[@Gwhisky]

Damn they removed NCF from the new one? Sorry to hear that. I haven't seen the newer 15 in my market. My bottle of the 12 cs is a newer version (2020), and it is age stated. I hope that doesn’t/hasn't changed! 🥃

[@scnullois]

Hey G when Kavalan?

[@Gwhisky]

Very soon!

[@BanjoSick]

Irish whiskey is really trending now. I feel like I see it everywhere.

[@Gwhisky]

Agree. It's definitely getting bigger these days. Luckily it's also getting more interesting.

[@BanjoSick]

@@Gwhisky Have you ever considered making a video about the business side of whisky, like about Diageo, Suntory, Pernod Ricard and the other smaller companies. Would love that!!!

[@catnapgee5357]

Funny, I started off loving this one, then it became more and more underwhelming as it went. The redbreast 12 Cask strength and 21 on the other hand, well, I seem to only love those ones more and more as I go. Yes the 15 is deeper than the 12 cask strength, but the sweet and lively exuberance just never tired, and the 21, well ..that is liquor gold .

[@Gwhisky]

Still haven't tried the 21. Definitely on the wishlist. While I seem to enjoy the 15 more than you, I 100% that the 12 is excellent. Cheers Catnip!

[@catnapgee5357]

@@Gwhisky You're in for a tropical treat with the 21!

[@juanmlsanabria]

I'm not much of a fan of Irish whiskys , having tried only a bunch from The green Spot, Redbreast 12 and Redbreast 12 CS among others, i don't know what it is, i guess it is just not my wheelhouse, i prefer single malts Scotch whiskys i find them more complex and love the intensity and variety on their flavours, besides, Irish tend to be quite more expensive and less available here too

[@Gwhisky]

Sorry to hear that. Broadly speaking I lean more towards scotch myself, but I've been lucky enough to find find few Irish expressions that I enjoy. Cheers. 🥃

[@farcue3325]

Man is it just me or are the red breast releases insanely sweet? Like the 15 is super super sweet

[@Gwhisky]

They are, but for me it's never been an issue. Sweet but not cloying - at least for me. Cheers!

[@farcue3325]

@@Gwhisky the sweetness seemed to drop a lot over night. I had just popped the cork. It was mega sweet first pour but day after a lot more rounded. Love the stuff

[@Gwhisky]

@@farcue3325 Glad to hear it! 🥃

[@malko5181]

Amazing nose for me but wicked palette and very sort finishd, sorry 😞 😔!!❤❤❤

[@Gwhisky]

Fair enough! 🥃

[@henrybeyle4649]

Oh breast :-) 고마워요 제프.

[@joekasiak921]

The tasting notes are out of control … no way you’re getting all that out of the nose … you named like 15 things. Fake, fake, fakedey fake.

[@Gwhisky]

I script notes in advance to pull out as much as I can. Lol fake how?

[@joekasiak921]

@@Gwhisky fake in that you couldn’t possibly be pulling all those notes off of one sip in rapid fire … if they are from a prior tasting- I’d say that - as you’re giving the impression that you’re getting that from the sip. I’m not an expert but I’m pretty good, and it came off as fake notes - caused me to turn off the video. Just my constructive notes for you

[@Gwhisky]

@@joekasiak921 All my videos are based off of notes made in advance. That's not something I've ever hidden, but I can see how you thought that. Regardless, thanks for the feedback. 🥃