Tastes

This is my own personal ‘house whisky’, the workhorse of my home bar. Typical of basic blended Irish, it’s clean with a butter biscuity, malty character and a bit of bright fruit. This stuff does it all: cheap and easy drinking enough for shots or mixing but with enough character to drink neat or on the rocks—my preference. I like it enough to have tried many of the other more advanced variants and I quickly got my hands on the Tullamore stone crock, proudly displayed on my bar. I haven’t let it run dry since buying it, and it’s been refilled or spiked with every other DEW variant I’ve tried. My own all-Tully solera blend.

This is an amazingly good scotch, especially for the money ($32 in Oregon) and being a blended malt it packs a full rich flavor that a standard blend can’t touch. Typical Speyside scotch flavors of honey, floral, vanilla, butterscotch and plenty of citrus. Stands toe to toe with whiskies costing double this.

Good entry level whisky, an affordable way into HP. Just a hint of that delicious Orkney peat, malty and plenty of citrus vanilla. In Oregon, it’s usually $40 which is a little spendy for what else that buys but when on sale for $35 then its a decent buy.