M&S Slieve Foy 8yr Irish Single Malt, 46%

[athlete cured]

This has hit the shelves here. $40. I'll be getting it if only to have an Irish at 46%...
Any thoughts on this one? Sounds a bit like the Sainsbury's one people enjoyed...

[Pete Smoke]

I always thought this was 40%. I'll have to go looking now.

[athlete cured]

this version is ncf and 46%...

[Pete Smoke]

The bottle on the M&S website - an L9108 - is def. 40% over here. I'll have to keep an eye out as maybe there is a later, different bottling.

athlete, have you seen the bottle with 46% on it with your own eyes? If so it would be worth a punt, ( FWIW JM seems to like the 40% version ) but i doubt anyone this side of the water can help.

[athlete cured]

have you seen the bottle with 46% on it with your own eyes?

yep. I'll grab a bottle tomorrow.

[athlete cured]

here's this:
http://www.preissimports.com/productsdetail.aspx?SLIEVE%20FOY%208%20YEAR%20OLD%20IRISH%20SINGLE%20MALT%20WHISKEY

[The Craw]

The M&S Slieve Foy (40%) is very good, not quite as good as the Sainsburys which I, and others, enjoy very much.

The only thing about these, probably fairly small, bottling runs is the issue of batch variation ie the latest Sainsburys batch is not nearly as good as the previous bottling which guys, like myself, on here were raving about, after the tip-off from Jim Murray scoring it 96 or whatever.

All I'd say is at 40 bucks for an 8yo Cooley 46%/NCF.....

Indeed, I'd say get one and if you like it, and can afford the outlay, go back for another

[athlete cured]

Just had a small glass of this. I'm not a note person, but...A great banana custard taste with a long dry finish. That kind of says it all. It has fewer tropical fruits than, say, Power's 12yr. Doesn't improve with water, it only gets sweeter and loses complexity. I will buy this regularly if it stays available!


*I should add this version is not marks and spencers...prior to posting I google searched 'slieve foy' and the first hit said "M&S Slieve Foy" so I called it that. I should not have included that in the thread name...

Apologies if that caused confusion Mr. Smoke.

[Pete Smoke]

Sounds good. Becoming a consistent and safe bet is Cooley produce. I hope this 46%er comes out over here.