Tastes

Green spot is my first real foray into Irish whisky a step above Jameson. I’m a fan. Perhaps I should’ve worked my way up to this as I fear it’s setting a high bar for the rest. I’m most of the way through the bottle and the review has gone down ever so slightly. The first dram I had from this bottle was Devine: creamy, shortbread, a little wood spice then sherry and orange peel aftertaste. Short but sweet. I’d have gone with 4.25-4.50 then. This tasting note has held up over the weeks but I’m not finding anything else and I dare say my biggest fear with these kinds of whiskies is that I’ll get bored with them compared to scotch. But for now I’m enjoying the ride. I’ll revisit this review once I have some proper comps. At $50 and in a post tariff landscape you have to respect the value here as well. Well done green spot!

Delicious. Well balanced. Smooth, especially at this ABV. Wish it were more widely available.

Sweet smoke. Spice. Vanilla. Cherry notes.

Note: prefer scotch and Irish whiskey in general so I regularly handicap bourbon. Think it’s too sweet and simple. That being said, This is a nice whisky. It’s pretty transparent about what it is and what it’s trying to be: vanilla, maple syrup, and spice. Warms you up.

Really enjoyed this. Could sip it all night. Can really taste the wood as soon as it hits the mouth. Spicy. Warm. Salty. Malty. Spice lingers a medium amount. I’m sure many would say this is boring and not complex. I’d say it’s pleasant. Going with a pretty high initial score and will revisit as the bottle is depleted to see if I change my opinion.

Very unique on nose and front tongue. Sweet and sour. Malty. Spicy and strong. Musty. Wanted to like this more. Will revisit as I drink the bottle down as I read it changes with oxidation. Also turns into a completely different whisky with water. Sour taste disappears and it becomes very sweet. I prefer it without the water. Update: chasing the 21yr Portwood with this and it’s holding up well. I’m upgrading the rating. The oxidation treats this well.

Seriously sweet. I’m not the biggest bourbon fan so that turned me off a bit. I have to admit it’s smooth for the proof. But when I do cross over to bourbon I prefer something a little more subtle. Russell 10 yr does the trick. Update: This does really well in the bottle and takes a teaspoon or two of water and opens up nicely. I can see why bourbon drinkers like this.

Some similarities to the lore, particularly the sherry influence. But there was something that just stopped it short of measuring up. I’d drink it again and enjoyed it but I’d rather pony up the extra dough for the lore or stick to the 10yr which is one of my faves.

Really enjoyed this. Compares well to ardbeg uigedail and lagavulin distiller edition. Probably somewhere in between in terms of peat/smoke and heat. The signature medicinal taste is muted by the blend of different casks and this hangs around for awhile on the palate. Top 20 whisky for me. Want to try against the 10 again to really compare to the flagship but seems to hold up very well indeed.

This is an exceptional whisky that I enjoy drinking almost as much as tasting it. I’d been down on the Lag 16 over the past 5-10 years, feeling like it degraded in quality. The extra maturation in the Px casks really allows the base 16 to thrive. The smoke is there, as is the salt and iodine but it’s mellow and layered with the fruits and sugars of the extra Px cask contact.