![]() ![]() ![]() It has all the right recipe and I was eagerly waiting to get my hands on it. Most recently, I tried a 18-year-old Ballechin Port cask, generously given by Mike, which came top of a blind tasting it was incredible. I also have to mention The Liberator by Wayward Irish Spirit which is probably the top name in port-finished Irish whiskeys in the market. The best whiskey I’ve tried is a Redbreast 30 year-old all port single cask exclusive to The Whiskey Exchange. My favourite core release port-whiskeys are Redbreast 27 on the high-end and Bushmills 16 on the more achievable end. When teasers came out on social media and formal announcements came out via e-mails from the Birdhouse, people were back with posts and comments online contributing to the buzz. There were already murmurs of its release before the Dream Cask ballot so people rightly guessed that it will be the limited release alluded to for advance purchase as part of the apology. Whether that’s enough to cover for the error, I’d leave it to those affected as I didn’t even win the ballot.Įnter the ‘limited’ Redbreast Tawny Port. They were also given the chance to purchase the next limited Redbreast release in advance. A lot of these stickers were ripped, perhaps due to shipping and handling, and of course this angered a lot of its recipients claiming that the whiskey could’ve been tampered with but realistically because it’ll be harder to sell on. The box slides out to open and a circle sticker is taped on the bottom of the box. To compensate those affected, Redbreast sent an apology pack containing a 50ml sample of a 25 year-old whiskey packaged in a nice corked sample bottle (unsealed to comply with regulations) and an outer box. If you followed what happened this year, you’re aware that there was a massive fiasco about online payments where ballot winners couldn’t complete their transactions and eventually lost their chance to purchase. Just look at the yearly Dream Cask release and you’ll see social media awash with discussions from the time the ballot announcement comes out until it’s delivered or subsequently flipped. Nothing creates as much frenzy as a Redbreast release in the Irish Whiskey world. ![]()
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