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Whiskey living

VarinnVarinn Vancouver, BCRegistered User regular
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I'm not a drinker, neither is my fiance. We happen to be in Ireland for a couple days and I'm thinking if bringing back a bottle of something decent for a friend of mine back home in Canada but have no idea what to get. We are in Belfast for tonight and head to Dublin for a few days tomorrow (will have a car in Dublin). I've been thinking of doing either the Jameson or Teeling tours and getting something straight from the distillery but maybe someone can help guide me.

Budget $60 Canadian preferable, I'd like to get something he couldn't buy back home. We've been in Europe long enough that duty free is not a concern as we have plenty of exemption left over for our spending limits so I'm not restricted to buying at the airport.

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  • ceresceres When the last moon is cast over the last star of morning And the future has past without even a last desperate warningRegistered User, Moderator Mod Emeritus
    See if you can find a whiskey tasting. You can either bring one back and say "this is the one I liked best" or you can ask someone there who knows about local brands for ideas.

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  • zepherinzepherin Russian warship, go fuck yourself Registered User regular
    Distillery tours are great fun even if you aren't into whiskey, and they usually have some items not widely available.

  • JdNoaJdNoa Registered User regular
    If you grab the BC Liquor Store app on your phone, it stores the catalog locally so you can check if something's available and what it costs back home without data. Doesn't cover private stores like Legacy that bring in more variety, but it's a good first step.

  • spool32spool32 Contrary Library Registered User regular
    Rather than Irish whiskey (it's great but it's kind of their thing, you know?) I'd suggest you snag a bottle of poitin (pron: po-CHEEN). It's Irish moonshine, and not commonly found in North American shops.

  • Donovan PuppyfuckerDonovan Puppyfucker A dagger in the dark is worth a thousand swords in the morningRegistered User regular
    Auchentoshan Heartwood is meant to be fantastic (I'm a big fan of their Classic, their Three Wood, and I want to try their 12 y/o as well), you could grab them a bottle of that and it's almost guaranteed to be their new favourite.

  • ShimshaiShimshai Flush with Success! Isle of EmeraldRegistered User regular
    spool32 wrote: »
    Rather than Irish whiskey (it's great but it's kind of their thing, you know?) I'd suggest you snag a bottle of poitin (pron: po-CHEEN). It's Irish moonshine, and not commonly found in North American shops.

    Poitín is still illegal in Ireland unfortunately so it can be really hard to track down. It also tends to be somewhere in the 50-90% alcohol range! Aside from that I don't really have any advice, unfortunately I can't afford to be a whiskey connoisseur.

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  • spool32spool32 Contrary Library Registered User regular
    Shimshai wrote: »
    spool32 wrote: »
    Rather than Irish whiskey (it's great but it's kind of their thing, you know?) I'd suggest you snag a bottle of poitin (pron: po-CHEEN). It's Irish moonshine, and not commonly found in North American shops.

    Poitín is still illegal in Ireland unfortunately so it can be really hard to track down. It also tends to be somewhere in the 50-90% alcohol range! Aside from that I don't really have any advice, unfortunately I can't afford to be a whiskey connoisseur.

    ehhhh, you can get bottles of sanctioned stuff in the duty-free.

    It won't be like the ambrosia that someone had drawn "from a spring out the back, so. Yer man says it comes right out o' the ground." that I had when I was living there, but it's certainly going to be uncommon in Canada.

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