A “dear anonymous profile” drinks mostly Irish whiskey. I buy it, try it and maybe tell you what I think. Was in Asia, now just visiting. Occasional aeroplanes.
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ALT Some bottle of Redbreast 12 Year on sale at Heathrow for GBP44 when it’s usually GBP60. Worth buying at that price these days, I guess, although I remember when it was twenty quid.
ALT A little cluster of Power’s Gold Label Irish whiskeys with the red label that some design consultant genius decided to stick on them a few years ago. They should be prison. But these are sixteen quid for a litre so you should buy one.
ALT Two bottles of recently released single pot still Irish Whiskey, the Drumshambo ‘inaugural release’ from the Shed Distillery and then the Five Oak cask release from Jameson. The first one comes in a lavish box and a very quirky bottle. The second follows the Jameson aesthetic and therefore looks smart too.
ALT I wasn’t too worried about opening the Drumshanbo because I didn’t have high hopes and I was right. The Jameson SPS though, surprised me. I’d previously only had one glass of this but the bottle was something else completely. This was the first release from January 2022 and I would definitely get another one.
ALT Lidl’s special Oktoberfest selection of 10 bottles of beer from Munich. I have no idea if any of them are any good but here we are, and just £25 with Lidl Plus!
ALT The box is open and all 10 bottles are intact. Only one weissbier, it looks like, so that’s a 90% success rate.
ALT A bottle of the Hohentanner Schlossbrauerei Märzen Festbier. I’m not sure how any of that gets pronounced when you listen to it but it has a lovely little drawing of the Oktoberfest carnival grounds on the label just to make it clear that this is the genuine Oktoberfest beer style and so far this is probably the best of the Lidl beer box.
ALT The keepers heart Whiskey bottle has a nice invoice label. The logo is a pair of crossed golden keys on something that looks like a clock with a little tower yoke on the top where the 12 should be. Fugit Hora (time flies).
ALT A little card around the neck of the bottle sets out the components of the blend. Four-year-old Irish grain whiskey, four year-old Irish pot still whiskey and four year-old American Rye, all bottled at 43%. Don’t let the young age fool you, this stuff is really good.
ALT A bottle of Wieninger Festbier in my Lufthansa Technik mini stein. I’m about halfway through the big Lidl beer suitcase and after a few quite ordinary beers this one is quite good.
ALT A bottle of Hibiki Blossom Harmony Japanese Whisky, bottled in 2024. It comes in a glossy, gorgeous box beautifully red and gold and shining with delicious Japanese design touches. Unfortunately, what’s inside seems to follow the Hibiki pattern of looking amazing and then tasting a bit meh. Such a shame. At least I didn’t pay for this one.
ALT The Teeling Single Pot Still Irish Whiskey, finished in virgin Swedish Oak casks, came in a fabulous blue and gold box that was almost too nice to open. But in the end I did. It wasn’t cheap either.
ALT Screen grab from the SWA auction site showing various expensive Teeling whiskeys now selling for £25 (current highest bid).
