Red Breast 12 Year Irish Whisky
I have longer entries about my trip to Arizona that are forthcoming, but for now, I must say:
I am going to find a place to get Red Breast Whisky, and I’m not above ordering it over the Internet. I thought the Crested Ten Jameson’s Irish whisky that Sean and Kat brought me back from Ireland after their honeymoon was good, but this is even better. [Read: Stephen, when I get a bottle of this, I'm bringing it over to your house for a tasting.]
I had lots of interesting stuff to drink while in the Phoenix area—including visiting Four Peaks Brewery—but this took the cake. Thanks go out to the bartender—whose name I now forget—at Rula Bula who suggested that Sean and I try it.
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August 24th, 2004 at 04:41Geof, you ought to know better than to say that it “took the cake.”
(I just couldn’t resist.)
I’ve never had whiskey before … is it stronger than Scotch?
August 23rd, 2004 at 18:05Well, Scotch is a kind of whisky.
August 24th, 2004 at 05:31Aha. My ignorance shows itself all too plainly.
August 24th, 2004 at 09:20geof, i think they sell it in our state stores up here. it’s worth a try, huh?
August 25th, 2004 at 10:55The word whiskey comes from the Irish “Ishk o tae” which means “Water of Life”. Scotish whiskies were considered second rate and very rough untill the US Prohibition, which coincided with the Easter rebellion in Ireland. With the large amount of British troops there, the smugglers (J.F.K Sr, Bronfman etc) were unable to export from Ireland. They started exporting from Scotland and christened the name ‘Scotch’ as a cover.
October 17th, 2004 at 05:39If you are looking for RedBreast in Atlanta area, you can find it at The Brick House, a great pub in Decatur
October 17th, 2004 at 05:42ishk o tae? you are talking the proverbial bollocks my lad, whickey actually comes from the irish uisce (ooshka) bretha (breath-a) which means fire water you dumb yank
September 15th, 2005 at 10:26go to Mitchells (A shop in Ireland) there web site and get it there…
October 15th, 2005 at 13:16Not hard realy, what is the point of this site??
also if you like Red Breast try Green Spot…
Thats a cracking drop.
Red Breast Whiskey is by far the best bottle you can buy for the money (50 bucks a bottle)…….and cutty sark is not far behind. Good call homey.
May 10th, 2006 at 18:21I had Red Breast for the first time in Dublin. I must say it is the best whiskey that I had while in Ireland and better than any whiskey I’ve ever had in the states.
June 2nd, 2006 at 13:17Lived for a spell in Europe. Red Breast is an excellent pot sill whiskey. Smooth. Potent. DELICIOUS!
August 17th, 2006 at 20:47“Uisce beatha” actually means water of life… from a native Irish (“Gaelic”) speaker…
October 28th, 2006 at 19:43Got a bottle of RedBreast, as payment for working on a notebook PC. Yummy!
I drink a lot of Crow Royal SR, but like a few single malt scotches, and some blends.
I find this not as smooth as my Canadian, but much more complex. It’s smother than the single malts I drink (Bowmore, Macallan 15, Balvenie), but not as full bodied.
Now I have a whisky/ey for any taste/occasion.
December 27th, 2007 at 08:09REDBREAST is the best whiskey on earth. If you are lucky to get a drop you are hooked for life. age 83
December 30th, 2007 at 19:37Actually, Ardbeg Uigedail is officially the best whisky on earth. It’s Scotch and it has a complexity and character which is second to none. I find Irish whiskey too samey TBH, Scotch Whisky comes from over 100 different distilleries with a massive variety of differences in the water, landscape and processes and this is what makes every distillery unique. Unfortunatley for Ireland and it’s handful of distilleries it can’t compete with these distinctions and can only compete with itself in trying to make one smoother than the last. TBH If I wanted smoothness I’d drink beer or a light Speyside single malt.
Scotch is the biggest selling spirit in the world for good reason, it is the best.
April 7th, 2009 at 16:23Friggin’ Scots.
April 7th, 2009 at 18:32Correct sir – tha sin ceart!
May 26th, 2009 at 07:50