Bargain Buys (whiskey, whiskey books, etc)

[DavidH]

O'Briens are selling the Bushmills Black Bush at a unbeatable €19.95 at the moment. Check it out

I couldn't pass that... and didn't. Thanks for the heads up!

(Why are they so desperate to shift their Black Bush?)

[John]

Just recently back from the Whisky Exchange in Vinopolis, London and travelled back through Stanstead. If anyone is passing through, the whiskey outlets have Midleton at £75 per bottle as well as a good selection of other offers. Well worth a look in my opinion.

On another note, what do members think of the new look duty free (etc) section in Dublin Airport. Decent range of Irish whiskeys available with a nice selection usually available for tasting.

All the best,
John.

[IrishWhiskeyChaser]

...... the new look duty free (etc) section in Dublin Airport. Decent range of Irish whiskeys available with a nice selection usually available for tasting.

All the best,
John.

Good to hear ... about time they started stocking a decent selection.


Ally have a few decent offers at the moment in the Celtic Whiskey Shop


Tyrconnell 10 Year-Old Port Wood Finish, Was €74.99, Now €59.99

Tyrconnell Sherry Wood Finish Single Cask 10 Year Old Was €74.99..now €69.99 inc. VAT

Connemara was €99.99 now €80.00

Locke`s 8 Year Old Single Malt Was €39.99... NOw €34.99

[John]

About time is right. I was surprised at how well laid out and well stocked it is. Prices are ok, nothing mind-blowing though. I seem to remember them having a decent number of Redbreast 15yo though!!
John.

[IrishWhiskeyChaser]

..... I seem to remember them having a decent number of Redbreast 15yo though!!
John.

An interesting observation ...

Unusual for travel retail to get their hands on that

How many more lost batches will they find of this

Can you remember the price?

[John]

As far as I can remember they had about 6 or so on display at around the €110 mark. Not 100% sure on that price; but it was there and there abouts. Like I said, I was surprised when I saw it and yes I would also love to have the exact figure for the remaining stock. Though stockists that I have spoken to always seem to indicate that they would be able to get their hands on it if they thought there was demand!! It's hard to know what to believe!

[TheWhiskeyBro]

O'Briens have the Powers 12 Year Old at €27.99 (normally €37.99 - €40) for a limited time only.

[IrishWhiskeyChaser]

Probably for Father's day

20% off at Tesco's at the mo ...

Jameson 12yo €30.39
Powers 12yo €30.39
Redbreast 12yo €35.99
Jameson Gold €60.00
Jameson 18yo €100.00
Midleton Rare 2008 €120.00

Also 3Euro off Kilbeggan 20.99

I personally think these should be the regular prices but Jameson 18yo should probably be closer to 80Euro mark.

[TheWhiskeyBro]

O Briens are selling the Glenmorangie 10YO for around €35 instead of normally arounf €45 specially for fathers day.
If your lucky you'll get the box with two free glasses for the same special price.

[TheWhiskeyBro]

Tesco have the standard Tullamore Dew blend for €19.99 at the moment, a very good price if you haven't tried it in a long time.

[TheWhiskeyBro]

O Briens currently have €5 off any of the Cooley premium range, Tyrconnell finishes, 15YO, Connemara Cask Strength and 12YO.

[TheWhiskeyBro]

The Celtic whiskey Shop have 10% off the premium range of Irish Distillers Jameson, Powers, Redbreast etc until Fathers Day 21st June

[IrishWhiskeyChaser]

O Briens are selling the Glenmorangie 10YO for around €35 instead of normally arounf €45 specially for fathers day.
If your lucky you'll get the box with two free glasses for the same special price.

Tesco's have it too but I did not see a price.

[DavidH]

Jameson 12yo, €28 in O'Briens.

[TheWhiskeyBro]

Dunnes Stores has a good special on the standard Jameson at the moment €19.99, now thats good value in this day and age...

[IrishWhiskeyChaser]

I also see that the Tullamore Dew regular is at 19.99 in various off licences here in Galway. Are we finally seeing a bit of common sense from IDL in actually doing some discounting. I'd prefer to see all prices drop 10% though and a restructuring of their price points to where the rest of the industry is at. i.e. Jameson Gold around the 50Euro mark and 18yo around the 75-85Euro mark.


P.S. O'Briens have opened a branch in Galway. I the Galway shopping Centre on the Headford road to be precise.

[TheWhiskeyBro]

€10 off the Tyrconnell Finishes at the moment in Dublin Airport duty free... shop and collect on the way back... dead handy

[IrishWhiskeyChaser]

The Whiskey Exchange has a £5.00 of various Cooley brands.

Check out here

[Michael Foggarty]

Bush 16 Gatwick airport £29.99

[TheWhiskeyBro]

O'Briens have a number of offers at the moment in the run up to Christmas, highlights include Redbreast 12yo at €31.49 and Jameson 12yo at €29.99....

[TheWhiskeyBro]

Dunnes have some good prices on the basics at the moment...

Powers & Bushmills Original €17.99
Jameson nas €18.99
Tullamore Dew €19.99

Also reduced afaik are Tyrconnell & Kilbeggan

[TheWhiskeyBro]

Tesco have 20% off selected spirits...from memory

Jameson 18 €90.00
Jameson Gold c. €54.00
Jameson 12 c. €27.50

and don't forget that 'free' plinth offer!!!

must check my old receipts!!! if I can find any

[IrishWhiskeyChaser]

After Brettie Vedder's post of getting a cheap Blackbush I checked the Tesco site.

Blackbush €22.36

Dunphys €14.19

Tesco's Special Reserve €16.19

Millars Gold €12.89 (Not technically whiskey but for any body bthat needs a bottle for down the park )

[jcskinner]

Just found a shop that beats that unbeatable price for Black Bush - the Bushmills Distillery shop!
They've been clearing stock with a rotating sale (that they failed to tell anyone about) up at the distillery. Before Xmas, they were selling the 16 yo at a markdown price, apparently.
Currently, it's the turn of Black Bush and the 1608 anniversary edition (the one with the fancy box and the crystal malt).
Two bottles of BB for £30 stg currently. That translates into under 17 euro, duty paid, per bottle. Worth it if you're filling the boot, but perhaps not worth driving 330 miles (Dublin-Bushmills rtn) for.
The deal on the 1608 is even better - currently £30 a bottle, down from £54 at the distillery. I don't think anywhere on the globe is going to beat that price, especially for a whiskey for which stocks are dwindling.
Normal Bush in the new bottle is actually more expensive than BB up there at the moment.
No price drops on the 21 yo, distillery edition or the 16 yo currently.
Another thing I heard is that the 1608 is actually a vatting of 12 yo to 16 yo whiskeys. Never realised there was such older stock going into it. Perhaps there wasn't initially, and they're stretching it out with some 16 yo single malt stock? I don't know.

[IrishWhiskeyChaser]

Hi Guys,

Was in Easons over the week end and noticed that they had 2 Whisky books on special offer.

Whiskies (Need to Know?)

by Dominic Roskrow (Of Whisky Mag)

Published by Collins (Paperback) 2008

Now €4.99 reduced from €13.00

also I think the other was


The Connoisseur's Guide to Whisky

by Helen Arthur (hardback) 2008

€8.99 reduced from €27.99

Plenty of colour pics in this one if you want a coffee book table.


Fairly bog standard books with basic information on all distilleries and a few of their signature whiskies but seem like good value and reasonably up to date especially if you just want a quick guide to a lot of distilleries.