Caskmates Stout Edition Irish Whiskey | 40% ABV | 70CL | Triple Distilled Whiskey Finished in Craft Stout-Seasoned Barrels | Sweet with Hops & Cocoa Bean Notes | Triple Distilled in Ireland

My first Irish Whiskey bottle, and judging by this experience...not the last! I first got wind of this dram when it topped a newspaper online experts’ poll of the best Irish Whiskey (I think it was the Guardian?) and was pleasantly suprised it less than £20! Jameson’s Caskmates is their standard whiskey (I believe) finished off in a stout cask (there is also an IPA version). It is recommended you drink it with a stout, I tried it with a pint of Guinness Original and it worked very nicely indeed! However, I drank most of it neat as that’s how I like and the only way, in my opinion, you can tell if a whiskey’s good or not, Coke or mixer or whatever can make any crap taste reasonable to good, and this whiskey on its own is unbelievably good at this price point! A nice, not overpowering smell, the stour finish is obvious an overall sweet taste I’d say and a subtle, almost liquorice style stout kick with a bit of hops and a rich, coffee like flavour after taste. Best £20 I ever spent!

Great tasting whisky which has a nice creamy smooth finish. Worth a try when it's on offer, not so much a bargain at full price.

Bottle empty 😞 will need to buy again 😀 a lovely smooth & peaty whiskey

Good taste.

I live in Scotland and I like whisky. That's my conflict of interest statement given now. I've tried many types of whiskies and too many different expressions to count. Despite this I'm no expert. I've always liked a sip of Jameson Whiskey. Smooth, sweet and tasty. Easy drinking. However, I quite liked my single malts and the complex flavours they incorporated. So fast forward to a weekend away in Cork(current home of Jameson Whiskey) for the Cork Jazz Festival (highly recommended, by the way) and an opportunity to taste some Irish Whiskey. All triple distilled and really very smooth. The stand out for me was the Jameson Stout Edition. Seems like a perfect idea! Why with all the different cask editions nowadays hadn't anybody thought about this sooner? Anyway, I drink it with a single cube of ice. It has the smooth and sweet characteristics of standard Jameson but you can taste the creaminess, hopiness, caramel and almost sherry like flavour! It really works. I finished the bottle I bought from Cork far too quickly. Thank you Amazon for stocking this. It now a solid favourite of mine. Original review 5*. Update: Christmas has come and gone but with it came an opportunity to try many different single malts. The jameson is less complex and lacks depth of flavour when compared with other malts. Still very easy drinking and costing less than half the price of others. I would still recommend giving this a try. Reduced to a 4 star rating.

Huge fan of Jamesons, the Stout edition as a slightly different flavour which is a very nice twist. Highly recommend

good value for money - a quality tipple

Cheap(ish) but very good whisky. Chocolatey notes from the stout barrel.