Tastes

One of the best flavored whiskies I've ever tasted. Jameson Cold Brew is Jameson whiskey mixed with cold brew coffee made from Brazilian and Columbian Arabica beans. The result is a delicious dram that's pretty much the best of both worlds. On the nose I get coffee and vanilla. The palate is a mix of coffee, toasted oak and dark chocolate. It leads to a nice, dry finish. Smooth and easy-drinking, but not overly sweet. Personally, this is right up my alley. Another plus is that there's no added sugars in here (which I dislike in most other flavored whiskies).

Peaky Blinder Blended Irish Whiskey might be the worst whiskey I've ever tasted. Supposedly there's blackcurrent and apple on the palate, but the nose and palate is so vile that it almost tastes like sewage water. I don't know whether I've had the bad luck of buying a bottle from a bad batch, or if the whisky itself is bad; I tend to think the latter. Stick to Jameson if you want a good blended Irish whiskey. It's frustrating as I tried Peaky Blinder at a bar once and I thought it was pretty good, which was the reason I bought a bottle. Turns out that at that bar, I was drinking a version that was aged in Sherry casks; the bottle that I bought was aged in Bourbon casks (it also had a different bottle design). Unfortunately, in the Netherlands you can currently only get the latter version.