By D. Leilehua Yuen
This Christmas, I came across a style of whiskey that I found so repulsive I actually did a review of it to warn my friends. That inspired me to start a Booze Reviews page. More to come! Be warned!
Jameson IPA Edition
Jameson IPA Edition Whiskey finished in Craft Beer Barrels
Each year, I buy myself a bottle of Jameson for Christmas and treat myself to Irish coffee with breakfast for the Twelve Days, and then use the rest up in a big bowl of egg nogg on Epiphany.
So, I went to the druggist and bought my Christmas Jameson. There was the one I’m used to, and then there was another that was about $2 more. So, me being stupid, I figured it was $2 better.
Well, as least I was curious if it was $2 better.
I didn’t have my reading glasses, so I couldn’t tell WHY it was $2 better. When I got home, I noticed that it was IPA whisky. WTF is IPA whisky? All I know about IPA is that it’s a kind of ale that I think tastes worse than anything any of my horses or cattle ever slimed me with, and it smells somewhat akin to what my dog leaves on tree stumps.
But I’ll try anything I don’t think will kill me. Once.
So, having a bare shot of the regular, and a new bottle of the IPA, I set myself up a taste test. I opened the new bottle, and all at once the kitchen reeked as if my dog had done something naughty to the table leg.
Well, my granddam taught me never be wasteful, so I took a sip. Fortunately, I had poured the bare shot of the regular, so I had something with which to wash out my mouth.
I swiftly put the cap back on the offensive distillation and poured what was left of the shot into the whisky cakes I’ve got aging on the sideboard. I figure they have enough sugar and spices to kill the flavor, if mixed with sufficient brandy.
So, my question, to all of my friends in Ireland is: This brew being a “Product of Ireland,” do you people back in the Home Island actually drink this stuff, or do you just export it to America and laugh at us when we drink it?�