Soba45
Dingle Single Malt Batch No. 4
Single Malt — Ireland
Reviewed
January 29, 2020 (edited November 22, 2021)
What does a man do with an hour to kill before his flight? Work, catch up on paperwork or drink...definately the later. So after a brief detour to my mums I'm back at my favorite whiskey bar in the world Last Word.
6 whiskies: Dingle batch 4, Method and Madness Single Malt; Springbank 21, HP 14 Loyalty of the Wolf; GoT Talisker and Laga....now that is an eclectic line up to make me salivate!
Ah Dingle, Dingle little star how I wonder.. why the hell you weren't around when I lived in the emerald isles.
It's a dram I shouldn't really like - light and on the face of it simple...but it's not really simple and all components come together really well. Great balance.
It's definitely a dram that builds as you swirl in your mouth and go hmmm. Think batch 2 pot still was better but still very solid for a young dram.
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@Rick_M I'd say you'd have to visit the distillery and even then you'd be lucky. I think the first run only had 800 bottles or something!
@Soba45 - sounds like Batch2 is a good one. Unfortunately, it never made it to America, so I guess I’ll have to go back to Ireland to give it a try. :)
@Rick_M Ok this is why I keep ratings of everything I tried. I didn't try the Batch 3 it was the Batch 2 of the Pot Still. Apparently it sells out instantly and goes on the secondary market at up to 10 times the price. Single malt is lovely but man that pot still.
@Rick_M It could be because I had a fresh sample of the 3 whilst the 4 may have been open for a while in the bar. Also expectations impact impression. The 3 set up the expectation about the potential greatness of the 4. I really don't know why it's a dram that builds sticks in my mind so much. As an aside I'd say my favorite Irish distilleries would be: - Midleton - Spot, Redbreast, Method and Madness, Powers, Jameson, Barry Crockett, Tullimore dew...the list is endless! - Dingle - Bushmills - Connemara - Kilbeggan - Knappogue Castle
@Soba45 - funny, I rated them just the opposite. Bought the Batch3 recently and was disappointed. Rated it at 3.75 vs 4.5 for the Batch4. Didn’t think there was much port influence on the batch3.