Devon Orchard Cider, Rosé, 4%, Devon I picked up a few ciders when last in M&S up in Dublin. This Devon Orchard Cider appears to be their own exclusive Supermarket Brand & what’s a little unusual is you get the cidery th…

My reservations about this Rosé #Cider were unfounded.
A lovely drink!

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A Non-Alcoholic Paddle Board Beer Fest! I picked up this Crofton Paddle Board in Aldi recently. Not having one at home I bought it on sight. The opportunity to try it out came with a varied selection of Non-Alcoholic Beers I’d main…

I tried out 4 #NonAlcoholic #Beers 🍺,
There’s a lot of variety!

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Super-premium-plus spirits fall 15% in 2025 - The Spirits Business Irish whiskey and agave-based products were the only bright spots for the spirits sector last year, as the super-premium tier struggled.

Sobering reading

, the previous trend towards premiumisation has slowed or, in some cases, gone into reverse

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I had Stewart St Giles Scotch Ale recently & found it a little too much on the sweet dark side for me.
Have you tried it yet?

Exploring the Cask Donor Drinks commonly used for Whiskey Maturation & Finishing, No 2, Cockburn’s No 1 Special Reserve Port, 20% Cockburn’s are one of the popular Port producers stocked in Irish supermarkets & drinks stores. Herself normally gets a bottle over the Christmas Season & I thought I’d give it …

I enjoy a Port Finished #Whiskey 🥃,
Yet didn’t find drinking liquid Port particularly attractive!

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Golden Brau, Calitate Premium, Romania & Stiegl Golbenbräu, Austria, 5% On reading a positive review of Stiegl’s Goldnbräu from a blogger who seemed to share my slight misgivings of their Helles offering – I spotted the former brew on my local off-licence s…

Which GoldenBrau #Beer 🍺 would you prefer?

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A Rum Story, The Adventures Of Joseph Holt, Editor, Peter O’Shaughnessy There is Rum in the story – of the liquid kind – but you’ll have to follow the adventures of General Holt to the other side of the World to get it. It all begins in the 1798 Rebellion i…

The origins of Irish #Rum 🥃 date back to 1798!

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Armorik, Breton Single Malt Whisky, 46%, France Another Flaviar sample that failed to find affection from my fellow whiskey fans – only to make my glass. I’ve enjoyed Armorik before – An Pucan bar had it in Galway, you can read…

This French 🇫🇷 #Whisky 🥃 c’est très bon!

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Irish Whiskey Around The World, No 117, 2 Gingers 2 Gingers Irish Whiskey has the distinction of being a Third Party Brand that didn’t have its supply cut off when Beam bought Cooley & Kilbeggan back in 2011. Jack Teeling had the unenviable ta…

2 Gingers #IrishWhiskey ☘️🥃 has an interesting back story!

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Saying goodbye to my M&S #Brandy 🥃,
Sunday night #BottleKill

Apple Tree, Irish Cider, 4.2% I’m beginning to find it harder to source new Cider Brands to sample. This Apple Tree Cider is marketed as a CarryOut Exclusive – yet I could only get it in a 2 litre plastic bottle. Th…

For #CiderSunday I picked up a CarryOut Exclusive 2ltr bottle!

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I’m #BlindTasting 4 whiskies 🥃 tonight.
1 age statement Single Malt,
2 NAS Distillery Single Malts & an,
NAS Blended Malt from various sources.
Which one was my favourite?

Claragh House, home to the whiskey firebrand who sent his workers a go go, is up for sale Claragh House, Ramelton, Co Donegal

Would you love me to live in a slice of #IrishWhiskey ☘️🥃 history?

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Zywiec 0.0% & Tyskie Gronie 5.2% I’ve not taken 2 big Polish proprietary beers before to do a back-to-back taste comparison between a Non Alcoholic & standard Alcoholic brews. Zywiec 0.0% is from one of the largest breweries i…

Doing a back-to-back #Beer 🍺 tasting & finding the Non-Alcoholic brew more agreeable!

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Really enjoyed this Lazy Ace #IrishWhiskey ☘️🥃,
#BottleKill Friday!

Exploring the Cask Donor Drinks commonly used for Whiskey Maturation & Finishing, No 1, Tesco Cream Sherry, José Estévez, 17.5% I always have a Sherry in the cupboard to use in a basting sauce mix when roasting chicken. My curiosity as to the flavours behind all the donor casks commonly used for Whiskey maturation & fin…

A new series on my #Whiskey 🥃 Blog exploring the drinks commonly used in cask finishing.
Today it’s #Sherry

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To Øl, Chugwork Orange, 3.4%, Orange & Vanilla Sour I originally picked up this beer thinking it came from Norway. It doesn’t- it’s Danish. Now that’s not a bad thing – & I do like a Sour – so my glass was filled anyway. Chugwork pou…

Finding this Danish Sour #Beer 🍺 a little on the sweet side!

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3 Things I Like About Belgium The 3 things that I like about Belgium are; 1) The Music It’s probably not what you expect from Belgium – but it made an impression on me as a young teenager – and obviously still…

Sad day for The Owl #Whisky 🥃,
My review from 2015

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Belgian whisky distillery seeks buyer - The Spirits Business The Owl Distillery in Belgium and all of its assets have been put up for auction following the company's liquidation.

Sorry to hear of the liquidation of The Owl #Whisky 🥃 Distillery in Belgium 🇧🇪
I’ve enjoyed a few of their whiskies over the years.

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P for Peruvian Whiskey I acquired this Flaviar sample of Andean Black Corn Whiskey from a kindly fellow whiskey drinker who had rejected the sample after taking a tiny sip. Clearly not to their tastes! As I’d not e…

I’m exploring Peruvian #Whiskey 🥃

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Tomorrow is #WhiskeyByTheWater night🥃🥃

Creyente Mezcal, 40% Being in Belfast means I’m in a different Country with different brands of Spirits offered in the bars. One of the first pubs I went in had a Creyente Mezcal I’d never tried before &#82…

When up in Belfast I found a #Mezcal I’d not tried before

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Irish Whiskey Around The World, No 116, Bank Note When I initially saw this image listed as an Irish Whiskey I thought there’d been a mistake. Bank Note is a brand I associate with Scottish Whisky. I picked up a miniature set from The A D Ra…

This Bank Note #Whiskey 🥃 has been around a bit!

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Dacic, Fresh Lemon Mint Cider, 1.9%, Romania Moldova Stores do some interesting Ciders from Romania. Dacic Fresh Ciders are available in an array of flavours including Lemon Mint, Wild Strawberry, Raspberry, Blueberry as well as Apple Cider. …

This #CiderSunday I’m exploring some flavoured Romanian 🇷🇴 Cider

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Yeats Irish Whiskey unveils inaugural release - The Spirits Business Brand Bridge Liquids has launched Yeats, an Irish whiskey brand with a first release titled The Lake Isle of Innisfree.

Yeats #IrishWhiskey ☘️🥃 launches Lake Isle Of Innisfree Whiskey 🥃

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Lough Gill Helles Lager & White Hag Ice Cold Lager, 4.2% When I was up in Sligo recently I popped into the lovely Foley Off Licence with the express intent of picking up a few local brews – as well as some whiskey miniatures – not normally av…

In this #Lager 🍺 playoff Sligo Rovers Helles wins out!

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Temple Bar, 17 Year Old Irish Whiskey, 43%, Single Malt I do like it when pubs do their own whiskey brand. Temple Bar are one of many Irish Pubs involved in this business – yet few release such a high age statement offering as 17yo. I picked up th…

Temple Bar might be seen as a Tourist Trap by the locals - yet they do some tasty #Whiskey 🥃🥃

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Zhiguli Beer, 4% & Volny Vik, 4.6%, Russia I picked up this pair of lagers in my local Moldova Stores mainly due to the bottle labels. The bright yellow of Zhiguli – western translation – with a woman scientist sat at an agricul…

Is it OK to drink Russian lager purchased in Ireland? 🍺🍺

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A Selection of Spirits in The Cloth Ear, Belfast, Bowsaw Bourbon, 40% & Los Siete Misterios Mezcal, 44% Herself acquired the Free Travel Pass & suggested a weekend away in Belfast to avail of it. We were booked into The Cloth Ear for a meal – handily near our hotel – & I’d browsed…

Tasting a #Bourbon & #Mezcal in Belfast

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San Martinez, Premium Cerveza, World Beer, 5% Popping down to Lidl for milk I also picked up a beer I’d not noticed before. Rather plainly labelled San Martinez World Beer – although on the back it says – Spanish style lager &#8211…

A decent Spanish 🇪🇸 style #Beer 🍺 that came from where?

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