West Cork Single Malt Glengarriff Series (Peat Charred Cask) Irish Whiskey Review

[@jimbokyzar8170]

I believe Mr. Harry Bauls donated that bottle. The bastard! Obviously magnificent.

[@leeteague8126]

I mailed that in, just before the cutoff last year. I was going to bring it to the ball last year, but that fell after the cutoff

[@leeteague8126]

Maybe i should have watched the full review beforw admitting that, lol

[@matthewsawczyn6592]

The Unnamed Bastard

[@danielwhittington826]

Sweet!

[@irishwhiskeyrebel]

You guys have got to get a bottle of The Midnight Silkie from Sliabh Laig distillery. It’s on around the same peat level as Connamara but it has so much more flavour thanks to the use of oloroso sherry casks, port pipes and bourbon barrels.

[@TheWhiskeyNerd]

Yeah, this definitely has that acrid, sharp edge of smoke, rather than the warm hug you normally get from peat. The bottle did improve after it was open for a while, but this is one of those bottles that doesn't see much use from me...

[@kosher5954]

I had covid and had complete synesthesia for months. When my pallet dropped out it was dramatic, and torturous. When it finally started spiking back, I used whiskey as one of the ways to re-teach myself how to taste something. It has been an awesome journey. Always love your tasting notes for anything I have tried, you guys are a blast. Still to this day it is like covid has deleted parts of my pallet, but they randomly come back the longer it has been. It was nuts to hear you guys say that. :D

[@RickTCPB]

Over a year after Delta, I still only have roughly 75% of my smell and 85% of my taste buds and it is SO frustrating.....it also regresses further with the slightest bit of congestion

[@singlemaltwhiskyenthusiast9248]

Das Leben spielt merkwürdige Spiele.... Ich hatte zwei Covid Erkältungen und ich habe keine Probleme. Ich bin nicht geimpft und werde es auch nicht nachholen....🦄

[@RickTCPB]

@@singlemaltwhiskyenthusiast9248 Had to google translate that, but I'm glad you didn't have any lingering side effects! I'll take mine (smell/taste issues) over what my mom has been going through; her stint with Omicron caused flare ups of heart palpitations that took a while to settle down.

[@itatane]

That's one of the most diabolically maddening things about that little nasty. I lost taste and smell for a couple weeks when I had it back in 2020, but my taste buds are still buggered up! Having to retrain the nose and the palate gets annoying. I got a bottle of Glenmorangie 12 for my sister's birthday (we give other people gifts on our birthday) and it took me forever to pull anything but spice out of the taste.

[@dannyweith8238]

Happy Friday all you MBs!

[@jangeertbruggink7040]

Imagine being me and having developed the reaction vocabulary on the same level as you guys have reached tasting vocabulary. I would rate this video acrimonious.

[@Cmonkey49]

Love this whisky

[@AndrasIstvan]

Had to pause the clip because I bought the exact same bottle in Dublin couple of months ago, so I poured a dram, and I smell the sweet fruit with hints of peat in the back and on the taste is oily peat with savory butterscotch! Amazing find for about 35€!

[@-RONNIE]

By far my favorite kind of whiskeys are Irish. I do like a couple West Corks but I really like Connemara 🇮🇪🥃 Sláinte

[@maraology]

I saw that devils river on the shelf and it made me take a shot my barrel strength devils river 😎

[@duckrutt]

You don't need an exact dollar amount but something to compare it to would be nice. It's 5 Wild Turkeys or 10 Big Macs or something.

[@richardlippert8309]

I personally enjoyed the west cork glengariff in this video. Granted… I was gifted it when I was first getting started on my whiskey journey. I’d have to go back and try it again now that my pallet has gotten a little more refined.

[@the_whiskeyshaman]

Love the Connemara it’s pretty hard to get as well.

[@DaireSheehan]

Waterford are about to release the first Irish whiskey made with Irish peat. Should be really interesting.

[@TheWhiskeyNerd]

Really looking forward to that, just hoping it's reasonably priced!!!

[@DaireSheehan]

@@TheWhiskeyNerd My local off licence just got them in. Selling for €90 which I think is a bit steep. I've had one of the single farms for 70 before though and it was really nice.

[@TheWhiskeyNerd]

@@DaireSheehan 90 is a bit steep, might see if I can try a dram before committing to a bottle!

[@robviousobviously5757]

GOOD MORNING YOU MB'S.... 🥃 TGIRWF... LOL

[@mjladd85]

@1:10 anyone else think Rex looks like Harry from Harry and the Hendersons?

[@Condor987]

We need to get you guys a better Connemara than that! I know a place with some old stuff in Mississippi. Connemara 12 year distilled in 2000. Fragile cork, phenomenal whiskey. Absolutely knocks the socks off the “original” bottling.

[@isaiasdocable]

That could be a tribe video check proof. I would be specially curious on the BIB and also on hazmat bottles.

[@robviousobviously5757]

might be very interesting, but sadly probably not in the end.

[@bobmarley2140]

Covid seems to have wiped out a part of my smell receptors i find it more difficult to extract the fruity and delicate smells from a glass of wine, i found that if i stand outside while smelling the same glass the aroma seems to be more pronounced

[@williamclose6978]

Rex's nose has been on a different wavelength ever since they tried to distill Cinnabun.

[@jamwheeler]

In Rex's defense to the sweet note. When I first had Brimstone I got zero smoke and 100% maple syrup sweetness. I had to check with the server that they poured me the correct thing lol

[@ck_distills8734]

I believe the margin for error regarding proof is much smaller than 2 proof. In my experience it is less than 1 proof.

[@StephsScary]

U MB's!❤️🥃✌️🥃

[@ronmercer7766]

As funny as it sounds, the 'rona smell/taste burn is a thing. I have a distant relative who has lost the taste of sweet milk chocolate , it tastes like icing sugar . A co worker told me a story about a relative who doesn't smell coffee properly anymore. It just smells burnt now.

[@VinegarAndSaltedFries]

Turn lock Waterford Glass Cork all the way. Opening it with your thumb is the best.

[@AmandaAcresHomestead]

It would be interesting to have a list of whiskeys that drink AT their proof... if something comes across as "softer" or "harsher" than, say, 107 proof, it would stand to reason there are whiskeys that taste like they're exactly the proof they're cut to. It'd be neat to know what your list of "Representative Proof Whiskeys" is!

[@jasonharris2343]

Jack Daniels says its 7. It kinda tastes like a 7 to me. The ooooooooold number 7, boyeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee!

[@Backroad_Junkie]

It was me! (No it wasn't, but I don't like the heavy smoke flavor (except in my BBQ), so I woulda given it to you guys, lol...)

[@leavesofgrass1917]

great day for irish whisky

[@chefprov]

Speaking of Andalusia,,,, they have a Heavy Peated out ! Pick ya up one ! It’s delicious 🤤

[@Kakiro_Miro]

Sadly in my state price points are worthless. The state can charge as little or as much as they want. Many whiskeys I will never taste due to the state not allowing them in.

[@indiefab]

This was only the 2nd sink pour I've ever had. Undrinkable. I like peat. I like charred wood. This was gross.

[@adamnoturfuknbusiness2367]

>gets into whisky "hey sweet look at this neat cork" >gets into cocktails "WHO THE F* THOUGHT PUTTING CORKS ON LIQUOR BOTTLES IS A GOOD IDEA WHY IS THIS CENTURY OLD HOLDOVER STILL AROUND"

[@WhiskeyVault]

hahahahha! what a divide between casual drinkers and those who need access at high speed in a high pressure environment

[@crusefitzgerald]

I know the guy who donated the bottle. His name is Mike Hawk.

[@jaredpruett2056]

Andalusia’s cork game is no joke lol

[@oldmantwofour5561]

Hate to break it to you, but Rona does do that. It did it to me. Snell and taste is totally off and has been for 9 months. Whiskey doesn't taste like it did and my palate is much worse than it was. There are flavors and odors I can't pick up anymore.

[@brandonscott2851]

speaking of smells being affected by the C word I had it almost 1 year ago and there are things I still cant smell or taste it sucks

[@Sman7290]

I was at a hotel bar looking for a decent drink. The best whiskey they had was a bottle of Henry McKenna with spout three inches left in the bottom. It was sitting on the wall with a pour spout in it. I asked the bartender how long it has been like that. She replied that it was the same bottle that had been there the entire two years she had been working the bar and that the pour spout had been in it the entire time. It was awful. It was disgusting colored water. The rest of the bottle got dumped.

[@geo5291]

Ha. Almost bought this 2day. I got 2 of their expressions... still not open.

[@alt5494]

Peet is probably just wrong for the process. A clean burning wood would be a better choice. Maple harvested while the sap was flowing would be interesting!

[@bullseye0112]

I thought I would like Connemara more than I did. It was a weird combination of Peat smoke with sweet Irish whiskey, I just couldn't get behind that at $40 a bottle. I'd much rather spend 50 for some Ardbeg Wee Beastie. If someone was to make a bourbon with smokey tones, like a sweet rib that had been smoked and get the right combination it would be amazing

[@AnarchyShogun]

Not trying to be mean or anything like that, and maybe this was a voice to text problem, but it's peat not Pete. Peat comes out of a bog and can be burned, Pete is a guy who will probably fight back if you try to burn him. lol

[@bullseye0112]

@@AnarchyShogun Yes it was a voice text thing and I didn't catch it Thank you. I 100% know the difference as I would not want any of Pete in my cup 😂😂. That's your inner whisky nerd coming through, love it

[@bmac9936]

The standard Connemara is lackluster but if their Cask Strength ever finds its way back stateside again, grab it. It’s a wholly different animal and worth the effort but I haven’t seen it in over a decade.

[@bullseye0112]

@@bmac9936 that always saves a whiskey, well almost always. Would love to try it. Redbreast Cask strength is the next one for me to try

[@Manofkp33]

@@AnarchyShogun Bwahahaha as a guy named Pete. I can verify this and would fight back quite a bit.

[@otakudibyan24]

try oaksmith gold

[@safeman33]

I think you should now report any unknown contributed bottles as gifts from Chaad the Magnificent. (all praise Chaad)

[@30Huckleberry]

I am Spartacus!

[@jakewhite4321]

Covid changed tart apples for me. Granny Smith has halitosis now.

[@cenobitetoastcrunch8803]

Creasote?

[@EmptyTheaterMask]

It's that liquid smokey sludge that builds up in the pipe of your woodstove through burning season. Has a very particular smell.

[@TheBradWhittington]

creosote

[@nikmabc]

Jedi mind trick. Peat, smoke, smoke, peat. Rex eyes glazed over.

[@MrFixIt79]

Eagle rare msrp in the dmv 35, 40 out the door. Guys juice it up though

[@kawbmxful]

Covid absolutely CAN just delete a chunk of smell and/or taste. I recently had it and still haven't gotten back all my sweet taste and can't smell blueberries. Also am a dude, but thanks for calling me pretty lmfao

[@bmac9936]

Lost 90% of my sense of taste a couple of months back. The taste of sweet left me entirely but acids like citrus and vinegar we very clear. My lovely peated Islays tasted like so much dirty ash. Tequila on the other hand never tasted better. Mostly back now but everything is just a bit off. Some tastes actually seem cleaner and more distinct but they’re still different.

[@TahaTaha-yf8hn]

I don't know what drunk is! I get confused if I drink too much

[@kompressor740ify]

I got scared when Jameson cask mates stout tasted bitter and ultra metallic.

[@WhiskyJason1]

Connemara is made with peated barley from Scotland not Ireland - sorry

[@WhiskeyVault]

And, since it's double distilled, it's effectively Scottish in every way except aging, yeah? Remarkable that it's so different give so much overlap!

[@JazznRealHipHop]

I donated it, my name is Hue Jazz

[@danchristopherson7515]

Loki Rona? Think I met her one night...

[@colibrispirits]

Ardbeg is also using those cheap plastic bar top corks... and after few years they break in pieces.

[@jangeertbruggink7040]

My grandfather worked with pete, they never got along.

[@andrewpatrick4776]

I'm not hearing any more cork pops.

[@thejoshman4883]

The grave of the unknown bastard .

[@mwmnmwm]

funny you mention smells,, buddy keeps having things smell like sewer gas and one thing that does it to him is vanilla. Lucky for him, he's not a whiskey guy, I would be broken over that.

[@YoJimBo851610]

171

[@stevethepirate2875]

"Looking for W..." Is the whiskey vault in alphabetical order?

[@kvetcha]

You can pronounce Ng as '-ing'

[@EyeCandyAthlete]

Don't be hating on plastic. You know all the best whiskey comes in plastic bottles.

[@Ivo--]

Had a bottle of it, didn't care for it at all.

[@karl_alan]

Dude...eagle rare is an accessible budget bourbon. I can get it year round for 30 a bottle. Literally saw it at the bar of a fish & chips place yesterday.

[@jeffbroemmel8003]

You are lucky. I live in TN and it is allocated and very hard to get.

[@PartyRockProfessional]

Very neat. I’ve literally seen one ever.

[@JazznRealHipHop]

Depends where your at. Michigan it’s everywhere like you said. Ohio it’s nowhere and a huge bottle flex for taters.

[@MrBARishel]

That cork wouldn't even kill an Ant! We shall name is the Inglorious cork of barely usefulness......

[@wasabista1613]

I guess if the whisky is called "Cork" you can't really use a screw top.

[@ColinRichards1]

An ant could carry that cork away

[@karlmccarthy4931]

Ya not a fan of anything West Cork do. Lots of fun ideas but not really hitting the mark in terms of finished product.

[@KevinG7098]

It pronounced Cun-a-mara

[@joe-e-geo]

sorry guys I hate to be a dick but the volume of your videos is so much lower than the average youtube video. I have to max out my laptop volume and the video player's volume. and I don't wanna hear that you are officially following all of the industry's best practices and observing all of the standard broadcast levels and RCIA curves blah blah. Just make it louder. Thanks. If you do I promise I will come out to visit. Love you humans.

[@zsoltvh]

big no no its very off

[@zimples1000]

Most of what West Cork Distillery produces is awful! Where is the love? Simply terrible products! 🤢🤮