Single Pot Still Whiskeys

[Fionnán]

Hi all, in an attempt to start giving this here SPS book project of mine some spine, i thought it might be worth cataloguing all known SPS/PPS bottlings that are still floating around. I include in that list currently produced whiskeys, special releases from the near or distant past, and even the silent distillery fossils that're worth more than one should reasonably expect to pay for a small country. Here's the list that i've compiled. I've tried to organize it by distillery so let me know if i've made a mistake, especially between the old midleton distillery and the new. What am i missing? Thanks guys.

(New Midleton Distillery)
Redbreast 12
Redbreast 15
Redbreast 12 CS
Green Spot
Green Spot 10
Green Spot 12
Powers John’s Lane
Midleton Barry Crockett Legacy
Jameson 15
(The first CWS cask, dont recall the number, but am i right in thinking it was an SPS?)
3rd CWS Midleton Single cask 71578 (2010)
4th CWS Midleton Single Cask 74060 (2011)
Terminal 2 Whiskey Collection Midleton Single Cask

(Old Midleton Distillery)
Dungourney 1964 Pure Pot Still
Midleton 25 year old pure pot still
Midleton 26 year old pure pot still
Midleton 30 year old pure pot still

(Cooley)
Cooley Single Pot Still Poitín

(B. Daly Distillery)
Knappogue 1951
1949 Daly’s of Tullamore Cadenhead Bottling
1952 Daly’s of Tullamore Cadenhead Bottling
Willie Napier 44 Year old Pure Pot Still

(Old Comber)
Old Comber 30 year old Pure Pot Still

(Royal Irish Distillery)
Dunvilles Three Crowns Pot Still Whiskey

(Nun's Island Distillery)
Persse’s Galway Whiskey (now that we’re comfortably in the realm of monopoly money)

[JohnM]

There was
a Midleton single cask done for Glen Dimplex,
the Midleton 1973,
the Midleton done for Soho Whisky,
another Jameson 15
a 16 yr old PPS Jameson done for visiting American friends of Midleton,
that Kilbeggan sold on whiskyauction recently,
the Cadenhead anniversary bottlings - Jameson Bow Street 1963, Royal Irish Distillery 1951, John's Lane 1956, Jones Road 1942

I'm sure there's more I'm missing.

From further back, the old Jameson 7s, 10s and 12s. Old Comber 7. Powers pps, Midleton pps... Lots of old stuff.

[IainB]

The first CWS single cask, 95991, was a blend but the 2nd, 15738 was a SPS (PPS at the time).

[Fionnán]

ah! thanks for catching that Iain, I knew one of the four had been a blend. Thanks for the other midletons etc john. any and all examples that anyone can think of are helpful.

[matt]

just some small detail`s:

there are two bottles for T2. cask 48709 and cask 48710

and there are 3 cask of Midleton 25 y.o. number 86583,86584,86585

all the best with your project

[IainB]

ah! thanks for catching that Iain, I knew one of the four had been a blend. Thanks for the other midletons etc john. any and all examples that anyone can think of are helpful.

Twas no great hardship or insight on my part. By pure chance I was drinking them side by side when I read your post. And I still prefer the blend!

[Luke Gough]

I'm quite fond of that blend (Still have an opened bottle!)

[Good Whiskey Hunting]

Would you consider Writers Tears Pot,Writers Tears Cask Strength and the ill fated Redbreast Blend in your selections or will it be strictly the SPS's?

[Fionnán]

not sure about WT, might include them as a special category and note the malt element and the peculiarity of the idea etc. Definitely leaving out Redbreast blend though as the book really is meant to be an ode to sps specifically

[IrishWhiskeyChaser]

I say if you leave it another 2 years you'll have even more to write about ...

[Fionnán]

I say if you leave it another 2 years you'll have even more to write about ...

yeah, Leo and I were talking about that problem. Given the current rolling stone of SPS releases, any book on the subject will almost immediately become slightly out of date. Thankfully, i'm a slow worker anyway so it'll be a while before its finished And at the end of the day, i'd like to have done my bit to give that same rolling stone a good kick if nothing else

[DavidH]

If you make it an e-book the problem goes away. The factual books I buy these days, I get them before they are officially published with updates when they are published and to fix errors. There is no reason extra content can't be added in at any time, keeping it fresh for new buyers and adding value for previous purchasers. From time-to-time, a "new edition" comes out which everyone has to pay for all over again (if they want to).

Having a primary e-book version doesn't preclude having printed copies.

Personally, I'm not buying any more physical books unless that's the only option, or in certain other exceptional cases (some fictional books, say).

[Fionnán]

If you make it an e-book the problem goes away.

If you make it an e-book, the problem goes away. I've just about enough technical know-how to post things on this forum...

[IrishWhiskeyChaser]

What about an App ... now we're talking yearly updates for a few quid extra

[DavidH]

If you make it an e-book, the problem goes away. I've just about enough technical know-how to post things on this forum...

True enough, I spend a lot of time these days writing code to convert Word docs into ebooks. But I undertand Amazon, Apple and others have tools available for turning raw text into polished ebooks. Might be worth a look. Especially handy for self-publishing, if you were thinking along those lines.

[DavidH]

Not trying to persuade one way or the other here, but just noticed this upcoming online presentation on digital bookmaking tools:
http://oreillynet.com/pub/e/2141