We held our annual Irish Whiskey tasting on March 21, 2007, the week after St. Patrick's Day. This eliminated all of the Shamus-come-latelies and left us with a dedicated group of afficianados to sample the eight whiskeys "blind".

As it turns out, three of the top four were already on our list and the co-winner, Tullamore Dew, was the lowest priced. Most of the attendees were impressed by the depth and range of different flavour profiles across the samples. It would seem that Ireland has a lot more to offer these days than just Bushmills and Jameson.