[MM-MALTS-L] Green Spot 10yo & 12yo bottlings

[john marrinan]

It's an unusual one, because it's said to be a blend of pure pot still and
Midleton malt, which makes it unique. Especially as they have given it to
someone else to bottle. I agree that it would be nice to taste at 46%.

John

2009/11/4 Oliver Mühlmann <o.muehlmann at stendel-gmbh.de>

>  Hi,
>
> i´ve tried Writers Tears in a tasting last week, nice whisky. The only
> think in my view: could be better with 46% alc.vol.
> to flimsy but a perfect summer dram, so hope for sunny days in november to
> try it again.
>
> Slainte
> Olli
>
> Astrid Kathrine Ohl schrieb:
>
> Yes, both Writer's Tears and The Irishman are well worth their price. Good and easy drinking whiskys.
> The Irishman has a blend, a malt and also a limited edition with Cask Strength. The Writer's Tears is quite new at least in Germany. I tried it at the festival in Aschaffenburg two weeks ago.
>
> Astrid
>
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>  Datum: Wed, 04 Nov 2009 15:18:57 +0100
> Von: Dave Neary <dneary at free.fr> <dneary at free.fr>
> An: MaltManiacs operated former \'MALT-L\' Whisky List <mm-malts-l at grsnet.net> <mm-malts-l at grsnet.net>
> Betreff: Re: [MM-MALTS-L] Green Spot 10yo & 12yo bottlings
>
>
>     Hi,
>
> john marrinan wrote:
>
>
>  They're both very good, but not worth the money, in my opinion. There's
> even rumours that they will be rebottled and sold off cheaper. The 12 yr
> old one is a cask strength and it's superb. But €850 for a 12 yr old
> cask strength whiskey?
>
> The other is a 10 yr old bottled at 40%abv. Sure Redbreast 12 is two
> years older and sells for over €200 less.
>
>
>  Indeed - I have a couple of bottles of the 12 at home - I even have half
> a bottle of the 15 left, which I got at retail for €65 (a bargain, given
> the last bottles were selling for around €120).
>
> I also just recently learned about two other Irish bottlings from
> Middleton - Writers Tears and the Irishman. They both sound interesting
> & not too dear. I figure they're worth a taste, if nothing else. Anyone
> come across them?
>
> Cheers,
> Dave.
>
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