Josh Peters

LATEST ARTICLES ( 1714 )

• Irish Whiskey Cocktail: TWJ’s Perfect Tipperary

  

  Here at TWJ headquarters (AKA my apartment in Los Angeles), we love a good Tipperary, but over the course of the the month I’ve been playing around with it and... Read more

  Posted on 29 March 2016 DRINK

• Redbreast All Sherry Irish Whiskey Review

  

  Redbreast All Sherry Irish Whiskey is what you get when you take some of that excellent triple distilled Redbreast Single Pot Still whiskey and age it in... Read more

  Posted on 28 March 2016 DRINK

• Wild Geese 4th Centennial Review

  

  Wild Geese 4th Centennial is a blended Irish Whiskey that’s supposedly sourced from Cooley and is a fairly standard release as far as Irish Whiskey goes. Read more

  Posted on 28 March 2016 DRINK

• Wild Geese Single Malt Review

  

  The Wild Geese Single Malt is a single malt Irish Whiskey that’s supposedly sourced from the Cooley Distillery. Is it actually sourced from there? Who knows..... Read more

  Posted on 25 March 2016 DRINK

• Knappogue Castle 1951 36 Years Review

  

  Knappogue Castle 1951 36 years is a Pure Pot Still (now called Single Pot Still) whiskey that was distilled in 1951 at the original Tullamore Distillery. Read more

  Posted on 24 March 2016 DRINK

• Nectar Of The Daily Drams 26 Years Irish Single Malt Review

  

  If The Nectar Of The Daily Drams 26 Years Irish Single Malt was made at Cooley then it comes from the distillery’s very first year in operation. Read more

  Posted on 23 March 2016 DRINK

• The Pogues Irish Whiskey Review

  

  The Pogues has long been one of my favorite bands and after reading the press-release about West Cork Distillers putting out a Pogues Irish Whiskey to honor... Read more

  Posted on 21 March 2016 DRINK

• Bushmills Millennium Malt Review

  

  Bushmills Millennium Malt is a series of single cask bottlings that came from whiskey distilled in 1975 and placed in ex-bourbon barrels. Read more

  Posted on 18 March 2016 DRINK

• Midleton Dair Ghaelach Review

  

  Midleton Dair Ghaelach (Dar Gaylock) takes its name from what it uses to finish this whiskey in – Irish Oak. That’s right, no sherry, port, rum or any other kin... Read more

  Posted on 17 March 2016 DRINK

• Green Spot Château Léoville Barton Review

  

  The first time I read the name Green Spot Château Léoville Barton I immediately thought of Kentucky. Being a bourbon fan, on top of a Scotch and Irish fan, I... Read more

  Posted on 16 March 2016 DRINK

• Egan’s 10 Year Single Malt Irish Whiskey Review

  

  Egan’s 10 Year Single Malt Irish Whiskey is neither a new whiskey nor a new brand in the Irish Whiskey vertical. The whiskey itself is sourced, most likely... Read more

  Posted on 15 March 2016 DRINK

• Teeling Irish Single Grain Whiskey Review

  

  Teeling Irish Single Grain Whiskey is a good representation of a changing attitude toward what’s historically been called Irish Whiskey. Read more

  Posted on 14 March 2016 DRINK

• Blackadder A Drop of the Irish Review

  

  Blackadder A Drop of the Irish is an undisclosed NAS Irish whiskey I tried at a recent Blackadder tasting. Being an Irish whiskey I made the conscious decision... Read more

  Posted on 13 March 2016 DRINK

• A Bevy of Blackadder

  

  Recently ERB in DTLA put on cask strength tasting featuring a lineup of new Blackadder releases. I’ve never fully covered Blackadder here on The Whiskey Jug, bu... Read more

  Posted on 11 March 2016 DRINK

• Single Cask Nation Cooley 13 Years Review

  

  Single Cask Nation Cooley 13 Years is basically a cask strength, non-chill filtered, 13 year old Tyrconnell aged in a refill Oloroso cask and is an awesome Iris... Read more

  Posted on 10 March 2016 DRINK

• When White Horse Crashes A Malt Nuts Glen Elgin Tasting

  

  Last week the Malt Nuts gathered once again to meet up with our old friend Glen Elgin. The first tasting of this distillery was interesting because I left with... Read more

  Posted on 09 March 2016 DRINK

• Jameson Cask Mates Stout Finish Review

  

  When I first heard about the Jameson Cask Mates Stout Finish I got excited. Not because I’m a huge stout fan, I’m not – though I do enjoy one from time to... Read more

  Posted on 09 March 2016 DRINK

• The Wild Geese Rare Irish Whiskey Review

  

  The Wild Geese Rare Irish Whiskey is a blend of Irish single malt and Irish grain whiskeys that were individually aged in ex-bourbon casks and then blended... Read more

  Posted on 08 March 2016 DRINK

• 2 Gingers Irish Whiskey Review

  

  2 Gingers Irish Whiskey “is a blended Irish whiskey that is inspired by the humor, passion and can-do attitude that come along with being Irish” according to... Read more

  Posted on 07 March 2016 DRINK

• Teeling Irish Single Malt Review

  

  Teeling Irish Single Malt is among the new breed of Irish whiskeys that have popped up in, fairly, recent years that buck the trend of the 80 proof... Read more

  Posted on 07 March 2016 DRINK