LouisianaLonghorn
The Dubliner Bourbon Cask Aged
Blended — Ireland
Reviewed
January 6, 2020 (edited January 16, 2020)
Time to begin reviewing all the bottles I received for Christmas this past year, starting with the "lowest rated" one, and moving my way up. This bottle came to me courtesy of a coworker who knows I like whisky but is on a budget. Regardless of how the tasting goes, this was a thoughtful and considerate purchase on their part, and I'm grateful to have it on my shelf.
As an added bonus, it's a great pour! Marketed as an Irish blend with not a ton of information available about it, this punches well above it's weight, kind of like the Irish version of Wild Turkey 101. The nose is shy, but inoffensive. None of the shiny, spiky metallic grain notes you find in Jameson or other budget blends. I'm guessing there's a high proportion of malt in this one. The taste really shines. Like warm honey on a hot, buttered roll at Thanksgiving with that biscuity, malty aftertaste you get in a lot of Irish whiskies. I'm digging this! And at $23 a bottle, I may keep this one around as a fine daily drinker. Unfortunately I feel like this pour has suffered from the infamous "Low Distiller Rating", and doesn't get a lot of traffic. This isn't a world-changing whiskey, but hardly worth the middling mid-70's rating it received here. I'd rate it at a solid 85-86 at least. Cheers!
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Yes this could be true...good point
...sourced malt and grain.
@Ctrexman @cascode I totally understand. @1901 said this was a relatively new distillery. Maybe I got a batch with more of their own malt rather than
Im with cascode, had a bottle of this a while back and was not a fan...will post review
@1901 👍 😊
@Scott_E yes I knew you would Spot it. It's Very Rare that we pass up the opportunity for a cheap joke!
Well, just to be contrarian, for once I agree with the Distiller rating. I didn’t like this much and wouldn’t buy it again
@1901 Are you referring to Powers Irish Whiskey or Powers to summon things? Lol (cheap joke)
@Rick_M I rish I had such Powers!
@Rick_M haha, when i click my fingers 🇮🇪
Lot’s of Irish being drank around here lately. I think @1901 is hypnotizing us. :)
@1901 interesting to hear that. Whisky Advocate gave it a 90 last year. People taste different things I suppose...
To back up your point about the distiller rating, i checked and this happens to be THE lowest rated Irish blend by the Distiller tasters, yet the user ratings place it higher than several better known such as Tullamore and Jameson
I haven’t tried it yet but i know it’s a newly opened distillery and all their offerings are currently sourced from an unnamed Irish Distillery, or distilleries for the blends, until their own distillate is ready. No bad thing because I think they know what they are doing. Even when they get up and running I believe they will continue to source the grain element for blends and plan on only making single malt at their site.