YELLOW SPOT "Our New - SPS Release - Is Coming Soon"

[Luke Gough]

http://singlepotstill.com/spslanding.do

Thoughts Gentlemen? (and Ladies!)

Yellow Spot? (Judging by the bottle neck in the teaser image )

[Good Whiskey Hunting]

That sounds spot on ,but you'd never know what they have ready for launch.
Great to see them expanding the range.

[IrishWhiskeyChaser]

If the cropped Bottle on welcome page is anything to go by it is a new addition to the spot family.

The early days line up was ...

Greenspot 5yo, Bluespot 7yo, Yellowspot 12yo, Redspot 15yo

But then the green was a 10yo for a long while.


As Greenspot is possibly regressing back to the Blue's age maybe they will come out with a Blue at 10yo.

I'd personally love it to be a 10yo as there seems to be a glut of 12yo's from IDL out there. However I suppose to neatly slot it into a category they could well stay with the 12yo. So the big question will be Blue or Yellow and what age statement.

Anyway I'll be happy no matter what it is

[Michael Foggarty]

Wednesdays single pot still tasting should be good then

[IrishWhiskeyChaser]

This is the landing page teaser by the way

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[IainB]

What's on on Wednesday?

[Luke Gough]

What's on on Wednesday?

Single Pot Still Tasting in W.J. Kavanagh's Dorset Street here: https://bookwhen.com/d25u8

[IGG]

Attending the unveiling in London tomorrow afternoon. Will tweet it @Iorwerth_G

Will also drop by here if I get a chance.

[TheWhiskeyBro]

Cheers Iorwerth,

A good pic and first impressions would be welcome....

[DavidH]

I'll have all the details and pics posted on my blog to coincide with the launch. After 6pm.

[IrishWhiskeyChaser]

I'll have all the details and pics posted on my blog to coincide with the launch. After 6pm.

Looking Forward to it ... 2 hrs 15mins and counting.

I hope you have the finger poised to publish as the Angelus Strikes one ...

[DavidH]

I missed the Angelus but it's up now...
http://www.liquidirish.com/2012/05/new- ... ellow.html

[IrishWhiskeyChaser]

Thanks David, sounds Scrummy, Bourbon, Sherry and Malaga casks in the mix and at a cheek tingling 46% for that little extra umph and if the €65 is correct not bad.

Now this is something to look forward to on Saturday

I'll reserve my congrats until Saturday.

[Fionnán]

anyone tried it yet? Im sure that, unlike me, it'll certainly be at whiskylive. let me know

[DavidH]

Leo's tweet is pretty spot on: "Lemon & Orange zest, red apple skins, wood notes & a treacle sweetness". I thought it was most comparable in effect to the Redbreast Cask Strength among the SPS range (we were trying them again tonight). It doesn't hide the fortified wine at all but where the Redbreast takes it too far, the sherry/malaga doesn't outpace the whiskey in the Yellow Spot. The effect is the zest Leo mentions. It's a good whiskey. I need to spend more time with it.

[Luke Gough]

It's a good whiskey. I need to spend more time with it.

..and so say all of us!

[IrishWhiskeyChaser]

It's a good whiskey. I need to spend more time with it.

..and so say all of us!

I was just about to comment on that comment also

I read onto it that as David is not yet sure of this whiskey. No proclaimations of a "great" or "wonderful" whiskey.

So I was looking for a clarification ...

Come on David don't be shy what are your initial thoughts ... the pressure is on

Can't wait to try this and I have a feeling it may be right up my street ... well I hope so any way

[Good Whiskey Hunting]

Here at last, after all the speculation. €65 a fair price too I think.
It's available in Mitchell's now, well it's on the site now.

http://www.mitchellandson.com/spirits/t ... skies.html

It looks like the Spot range will be returning, all it good.

[JohnM]

Tim from the Whisky Exchange is usually very good at evaluating whiskies...

He says of the general reception (hope it's okay to quote him)

Broadly speaking, I think most people I spoke to were much of the same mind as me - nice whiskey, good evolution of the spot, poss a wee bit too dry/spicy at full strength, but swims really well.

[IrishWhiskeyChaser]

Tim from the Whisky Exchange is usually very good at evaluating whiskies...

He says of the general reception (hope it's okay to quote him)

Broadly speaking, I think most people I spoke to were much of the same mind as me - nice whiskey, good evolution of the spot, poss a wee bit too dry/spicy at full strength, but swims really well.

I'm loving that even more I love big spice in a whiskey at times. And I think it is good to have a different slant on a whiskey from time to time. Hopefully it is as spicey as I hope it to be

the more I hear the more I go uummm

[DavidH]

Come on David don't be shy what are your initial thoughts ... the pressure is on

I had a lot of whiskey before it, y'know. My most coarse-grained evaluation of a whiskey is would buy / would not buy. It's definitely a "would buy" which means I already like it a lot. In the SPS range, I might not place it ahead of Powers John's Lane, my favourite, but I might place it ahead of Green Spot, my second favourite. It's distinctive enough that it's hard to make a snap decision on a small sample.

[IrishWhiskeyChaser]

It's a pity I can't just +1 the above comment ... anyway thanks David. Just looking to miniscule fragments from people to create an impression before I taste myself.

Basically teasing myself

[Good Whiskey Hunting]

Shanken News Daily have given it a mention already. They have their fingers on the pulse of the drinks industry all right.
http://www.shankennewsdaily.com/index.p ... y-24-2012/

They probably follow David's http://www.liquidirish.com/

[IrishWhiskeyChaser]

Opened a bottle of this last night ...

Some initial but very basic thoughts.

Wonderful sweet fruity nose on this. The big sherry fruitiness dominates but more from soft fruits like apricots and peach instead of the usual dried fruit cake mix of traditional oloroso. So I'm guessing the Malaga casks are showing their extra fruity sweetness here. Lovely there is no hiding from it

Again the taste is as big as the nose and in the same vein but with a sweet honey or syrup base . Very silky and coats the mouth but not cloying. However there is a grand big blast of wood spice in there which to me is the ideal off set to balance the sweetness.

The finish starts to dry quickly and even a touch of bitter but some of the sweetness repeats in diminishing waves in and out ... if there is a flaw in this whiskey it may be here. Flaw may be the wrong word but the finish does not live up to the expectation that the nose and taste deliver, maybe it is too delicate to what preceded it. I expected it be long and rewarding but it seems a bit half hearted in comparison to the rest of the whiskey.


Over all this is a wonderful flavourful whiskey and a perfect after dinner whiskey and despite my reservations on the finish is well worth the effort. Maybe my expectations were built up too much and are over riding what I should be getting from the finish and I definitely need to return to it. But be in no way reserved in getting a bottle of this if you can as it is worth the trouble. A wonder experience and already looking forward to having another asap ....

[JohnM]

I'll have to try this properly today.

I was reading about it and they said that it was kind of a recreation and they recommended it be taken with ice. This all makes sense. And Kobus from the Four Seasons was making a cocktail with it. It makes it all authentic. I look forward to having a good taste today.

Edit: Kobus is, of course, at the Four Seasons.