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Blue Spot 7 Year Old Cask Strength Irish Whiskey - Tasting and Review
Jul 13, 2025
I got my hands on a bottle of Blue Spot Irish Whiskey. This 7yr Cask Strength release from Midleton is the latest in the Spot lineup. Is this Single Pot Still Irish Whiskey better than Redbreast? Find out in my first impressions review. #WhiskeyTube #WhiskeyTube #RyeWhiskey
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We found the elusive Blue Spot
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Hey guys, and welcome to Bourbon Bites Whiskey Reviews with a gaming twist
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I am Clifton, and yes, you heard me right. I finally got my hands on a bottle of Blue Spot Irish Whiskey
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If you don't know, this whiskey was announced several, several months ago, maybe even almost a year ago
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and I have absolutely never seen it in Southern California. Literally within seconds, this sold out in my area
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So I am curious. Let me know in the comments below. Have you guys seen this in the wild
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Or is it just one of those bottles that you know exists but you don't think you'll ever find it
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Because that's how I felt until the other day. So I am so, so glad to finally be able to buy this, give it a try, and share my first impressions with you guys
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If you don't know, Blue Spot is a cask-strength Irish whiskey. It's seven years old from Middleton Distillery, which is the same distillery that makes a good chunk of Irish whiskey
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They make the Jameson, they make Red Breast, which y'all know is my absolute favorite Irish whiskey
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So I thought, you know what, let me give this spot another try because I've tried Green Spot and I've tried Red Spot
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I still tend to gravitate towards the Red Breast line from Middleton, but I think at Cast Strength, my opinion may be suede
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This particular bottle is 58.7% ABV, so 117.4 proof, which is right up my alley
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It is of course non filtered and it aged in bourbon barrels sherry butts and Madeira cast So there going to be a lot of that sherry fruitiness that I really love about certain releases of Red Breast
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If you missed it, I had a very special 14-year-old bottle of Red Breast
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I reviewed it. I'll put the video up here. Honestly, it was a game changer
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That's one of my favorite whiskeys I've ever tried. So we're going to see how this one compares because both of these were about $100 MSRP
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Red Breast also does have a new cast strength that's the same price. I reviewed that with my friend Ed over at the Rock Go Review
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We did a live stream, so if you missed that one, check that out as well. But now is the time that I get to try the elusive blue spot
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and see if I can get changed from a red breast lover to a spot lover
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Just get on with the review. So one of the things about a lot of these spot releases is
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I find there's like a coconut note that I'm not the biggest fan of
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So we'll see if it shows up here, but I've heard that this one is still very fruity
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Let's see how it does on the nose. oh wow I'm actually I really do like the nose on this one it's more of a green apple like almost
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the apple peel kind of note you can definitely tell this has some proof on it but it also has
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a little bit of like a citrus kind of zest to it as well but I'm curious to see how it
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does on the palate so let's go ahead and give it a try cheers guys oh wow that really changes it starts out with a similar like bright fruity note kind of like
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the green apple at the very tip of the palate but then it goes on like a journey it kind of gets really dark on the finish It dives into those deep sherry notes that I really love about again red breast I going to mention
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red breast a lot, but they're the same distillery. It's not like there's much competition, but red
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breast is what I've typically gravitated towards. But this, this goes a really similar direction to
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my favorite red breast, which was that 14 year I mentioned earlier. Doesn't quite have the oaky
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depth that that one has, because obviously that's double the age, but there's a lot of that sherry
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fruitiness on the finish that's honestly one of the most appealing aspects of some of the red
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breast releases. The apple turns more into like an apple cinnamon like a baked good note. There is
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some of those shortbread notes that are typical of Irish whiskey more so than I think I've ever
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gotten on a spot whiskey. I don't know maybe I should revisit the whole lineup now that I
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realize that like this is amazing. Let me know if you guys want to see me do a stream of green spot
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red spot, yellow spot, and of course, blue spot, leave me a comment below. And of course
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a thumbs up if you think that's a good idea. Um, would love to give it a try at they're pretty
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expensive, but you know, do a lot for you guys. But of course, I can't say that without mentioning
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perks like the bourbon bites challenge coin. So if you are curious about joining Patreon, you can do that at patreon.com slash bourbon bites. This whiskey is definitely something that
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I feel like it takes some time, so I'm gonna dive back into it. Yeah, the wood characteristics are kind of
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popping out of the glass now that I let it sit a bit Still that cinnamon that apple cinnamon but there a bit more of like a toasted element to it as well Yeah something about how deep and rich it goes when it nearing the finish is something
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that really stands out of the glass. I think it's worthy of that $100 price point for that alone
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My only wish for this is like, I wish that that intensity would stick around because it goes
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pretty quick. It hits you with the amazing rich sherry notes, but it dissipates pretty quickly
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but I feel like I wish that flavor would stick around just a little bit longer. I gotta get
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give this an absolute recommendation. I think for $100, it is pretty pricey. But when you look at
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the market, Red Breast just released their new cast strength. It's the same price. I would
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actually prefer this over the new small batch cast strength Red Breast. That's the one in the blue
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bottle, which, hmm, ironic that it's blue. But I would definitely pick this one up over that one
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I still think Red Breast's 12-year cast strength, while it sticks around, hopefully, fingers crossed
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is the best value in Irish whiskey. It's 12-year age dated. It is cast strength. So definitely buy
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that up while you can. It's still around $70-ish in my area. By the way, if you enjoyed this short
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review, please let me know in the comments below. I typically do my live streams, but when I find a
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whiskey that I get excited about, I always want to do a video on its own. So if you like it, let me
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know, but if not, I'll just incorporate it into a live stream sometime in the future. But until
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next time, this has been Bourbon Bites, whiskey reviews with a gaming twist. I'm Clifton, cheers
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and I'll see y'all next video
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