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Name: Jameson Caskmates – IPA Edition

Color: Golden Brown

Nose: Jameson, beer barley, citrus, lemon grass

Taste: Beer flavor, Jameson, lemon finish

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Jameson Caskmates – IPA Edition is a 40% abv, aged 3+ years, and finished in ex-bourbon and ex-IPA casks. The beer casks are provided by Eight Degrees Brewing from Cork Ireland. Eight Degrees bottles look familiar to me from my trips overseas to the United Kingdom, but I have not drank their brew. If you are not familiar with what “IPA” is let me help you out.

IPA beer is defined as: Hoppy beer styled pale ale and is an export style of pale ale. It was developed in England around 1840’s and became popular with East India Company traders because the brewery location was near their ships docks. Hence it became known as “India Pale Ale”.

At first sip the whiskey is nice and a has a smooth finish. It is medium bodied and surprising decent, but not amazing but good. As of this tasting this is the only Jameson I have actually enjoyed drinking. I am not a fan of Jameson Whiskey flavor profile. I prefer Scotch over Bourbon and Japanese Whiskey fights for second place with Kentucky mash. I have met many Irishman/women who do not like to drink scotch as it is too rough for them. To each their own.

Priced around $45 and decent stuff for Jameson at the price. These expressions are basically Jameson doing something to add more product to the market. I do not see them lasting forever in the market place.

If you like it, drink it! – Chris

If you like it, drink it!

Name: Jameson Caskmates – Stout Edition

Color: Light Brown

Nose: Jameson, stout beer, vanilla, chocolate, something odd

Taste: Jameson, stout beer, vanilla, sharp bitter finish

Review:

Stout Edition is bottled at 40% abv and is aged 6 months and uses Eight Degrees Brewery for the beer barrels as they do for the Jameson Caskmates – IPA Edition. I have drunk beer finished in whiskey barrels (KY Bourbon Barrel Stout) but I have never had whiskey finished in beer barrels until this month. If beer barrels to finish whiskey sounds strange to you it should not. Whiskey is finished in sherry, wine, beer, new, old, refurbished barrels all the time to create flavor.

On the nose of the whiskey I noticed something odd. I am not sure what the odd smell is, but I did some research and the words “odd and different” show up in several descriptions. I was not able to determine what it is, but it might be from the aging process in the casks. Compared to the IPA Edition, Stout Edition has a lighter body with respect to the oiliness in the taste and mouth feel.

I found the taste of Jameson Stout a little too harsh on the tongue. It has a snappy taste on the on the finish and it lingers in the mouth. It is a decent whiskey but the taste but is just ok. It’s good, but not my thing.

Priced around $45 and not my cup of whiskey. I do think this would go well as a shot and followed by a stout beer.

If you like it, drink it! – Christopher

If you like it, drink it!

Jameson Caskmates – IPA Edition

Jameson Caskmates – Stout Edition

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