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Irish whisky
Is there a difference between irish whisky and other types?
I hate the taste but I just saw http://www.bbc.co.uk/food/recipes/ho...sh_cream_18863 and I want to make it at some point for Christmas presents. |
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It's spelled differently for a start. Scotch whisky, but Irish whiskey.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Irish_whiskey has some info, saying it's distilled three times where Scotch is distilled twice, and rarely uses peat in the malting process, so generally tastes smoother than Scotch. |
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Ok, thank you for that.
Could I substitute Scotch for the recipe do you think? |
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Ok, thank you for that.
Could I substitute Scotch for the recipe do you think? |
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I've had a go at these sort of recipes before and they work fine with scotch. Oddly, to my mind, the most important ingredient is the coffee - it tastes very 'flat' if you leave that out.
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Irish whiskey to me tastes a lot less strong. It has a sweeter, milder taste. More of a peat flavour than smoky, woody flavours. Scotch tastes heavy to me. Although as I live in Ireland perhaps i'm just more used to Irish whiskey and it seems easier to drink.
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