Bushmills Original
I’ve spent a decent amount of time in Ireland and I loved it. When I left that nice and weird country, I took two things with me. An everlasting love for Guinness, and a confidence that Irish whiskey is crap. To be honest with you, in those days of my past I didn’t know how to drink whisky. Being a Polish, I do terrible things to any alcohol by definition, and I’ve seen many of my fellow countrymen back in Green Island drinking whisky in so many weird ways, none of you would believe it’s possible. I tried a few local brands like Tullamore, Jameson or Paddy — the last one was a staple in a Christmas hamper given to all co-workers in the factory I used to work at. I didn’t like any of them. Too harsh for me and this burning sensation when going down the pipe was not really my cup of tea. I never tried any of the Bushmills. Eleven years passed and a friend of mine, Kash is his name, a big whisky fan, mentioned that Bushmills is one of his favourite brands (Bushmills 10 in fact) and ...