Please help me select an Irish Whiskey

[Goatshoes]

I am running up to Casper in a week and want to give a gift to my host. I understand he enjoys Irish Whiskey, something which I know nothing about nor do I have anybody to turn to on the issue. Can somebody make a recommendation? I am sure that there is a wide spectrum of good but different Irish Whiskeys to choose.

My host is in his mid 60s and of Irish descent if that makes a difference and I have a budget of $100.00 (I hope that is adequate). I suppose that Casper is a big enough town so that a good Irish whiskey is easy to find but I am coming from Southern California where everything is easy to find so if there is indeed something harder to find up there perhaps that should be considered?

Thanks in advance.

 

[Tufrthnails]

I'm no Irish whiskey guru either, but I Liked the bottle of Redbreast 12 year my cousin bought last year for our annual family hunt/hangout.

 

[jryoung]

K&L Wines has amazing whiskey buyers and a store in SoCal. Check out their selection, I think you can ship for free to the store for pick-up. If nothing else this is a good starting point for selection.

http://www.klwines.com/Products/r?r=58+4294965190&d=2&t=&o=8&z=False

 

[Sytes]

Jameson's Irish Whiskey. I've tried the Bushmill's and others though Jameson's is the best tasting hard alcohol, hands down! I've purchased the 12 and 18 year select versions and find the standard is just as satisfying. I'm not a whiskey affection-ado - I simply enjoy Irish Whiskey and Jameson's fits that to a T.

Cheers!

Link added: https://www.jamesonwhiskey.com/us/ourwhiskeys

 

[Nemont]

Tullamore Dew 12 year old special reserve. It is as smooth as it gets IMO. Last one I bought was $65.

If you go Jameson, then get the gold reserve. It makes regular Jameson taste like Wild Turkey.

If want to impress get him a bottle of Burke's 3 Star 1920's, of course that would shoot your budget to hell at $850 a bottle.

Nemont

 

[bobbydean]

I enjoy an occasional shot of Jameson. Go with the higher quality. Definitely can taste the difference.

 

[brymoore]

Jameson if he's Catholic, Bushmill's is he's Protestant.

 

[Tufrthnails]

Jameson if he's Catholic, Bushmill's is he's Protestant.

Hahahaha I didn't realize whiskey was religion specific!!!

 

[Zach]

Not sure if you can find this in the states.

 

[Okbow87]

I drink my fair share of regular Jameson, but will say the 12 year is quite nice.

 

[Gellar]

TulamoreDew is what we drank when we were in Ireland and we still buy it, but it is about $50 for a bottle in Iowa.

 

[JohnCushman]

I knocked down a bottle of Jameson after everyone left the HT bear hunt and I was there alone and had no complaints

 

[wytex]

Tyrconnel single malt is great. If you knew which region in Ireland his family was from you can get a whiskey made there.

 

[Goatshoes]

Not sure if you can find this in the states.

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http://www.totalwine.com/spirits/irish-whiskey//teeling-single-malt-irish-whiskey/p/151841750

Looks like I can get it down the street. Was it good?

Thanks to all of you for your recommendations. I'll continue to take your recommendations, and truly appreciate it.

 

[DWarcher]

Redbreast 12!

 

[Graves14]

I'm a bartender and get to try just about everything out there. The Teeling whiskeys are really good. A Lesser known but incredible bottle is the Glendalough 7 year.

 

[Goatshoes]

I think I'll pick up a Redbreast and a Teeling.

Thanks guys.

 

[Sapper.dawg]

Redbreast 12!

Second the Redbreast 12. If you can get it, the Redbreast 15 is a great one as well...has the taste of the 12 with the creamy mouth-feel of the 21 year old version.

I am also a fan of the Greenspot.