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I hope it's not Kilchoman. No more money for me. it's smells like rubber tirees!
Love the history, Phil! Thanks for putting in the hard work to bring this story to life. Cheers 🥃
When distilleries had no choice but to use peat to kiln the barley, were those whiskies super smokey? If all they had was to use peat to smoke the heck out of the barley, it must have been very pronounced back in the day.
According to my taste it would be: 1) Tomatin Legacy 2) Glen Moray 3) JB Red 4) Proper 12 5) J&B so almost the same.
My journey started with Bowmore 12...sadly after 3 bottles and the last 2 tasting weird I no longer trust it. I loved the flavor, but there was a weird bitterness I can't get behind in the aftertaste. I will always be a lagavulin fan. I've enjoyed every bottling I've tried. Laphroaig is also a must on the shelf, but not an every day whisky. I also enjoy blends like Peat Monster and Smokehead when they go on sale - amazing bang for the buck even when not on sale. Basically I'm saying I have no favorite...but Port Charlotte might be a #1 if I could hazard naming one. In terms of peaty whiskies in general I also have high hopes for Benromach 10 if they stop that chill filter nonsense.
It’s smells like a doctor clinic
Pro tip: Whiskey > whisky
Very nicely presented, thanks Phil!
This was my personal gateway whiskey to Scotch so it will always have a spot in my bar. In the US, it’s 43% which is better. I still enjoy it pretty consistently even though I have much better options
Irish whisky is the best, and Redbreast is beautiful
Scotch whisky is horrible, just an opinion
Japanese whiskey… most of them are overpriced
Would love to see what other types of wood you found so far and your opinion on that. I have seen, mostly in Japan, pine barrel finishing as well as cedar barrel finishing. One Norwegian whisky, I think, was finished in tikka barrel and I saw that some New Zealand whiskies have been finished in manuka barrel.
What whisky has strong wood flavors ? Not sweet like a bourbon ?
My experience with Madeira matured whiskies has been very good until now. The supply of these casks is harder unfortunately.
In the last years I’ve been avoiding sherried whiskies. Of course it’s very difficult to skip it totally due to the amount of sherried whiskies available in market but the problem is that in the last 30 years sherry casks used to mature whisky are seasoned casks, mainly from new oak and not real traditional casks used to bottle the wine itself. Spain decided to forbid the exportation of sherry casks and to leave Spain sherry must be already bottled. So the industry created this type of “seasoned casks” and the wine used for it can’t be bottled and is discharged to produce vinegar or brandy. A few days ago I read that bodegas don’t want the wine to be bottled at all because they consider it a low quality wine and too woody, due to the new wood casks, not matching the standards of traditional sherry wine. This means the majority of sherried whiskies used artificial casks produced in large scale to answer the demand of the industry and this is why there are so many cheap sherried whiskies. I try to be very selective when choosing a sherried whisky - and don’t get me wrong, I like sherried whiskies (but not the wine itself) - but I try to vary with other types of maturation. For instance Madeira wine casks work tremendously and I know these are traditional casks wich aren’t so easily available. I just think the sherry industry surrounding whisky lacks some integrity
Glenmorangie Signet was nothing special to me..
Your 5 perma shelf are the same as mine, even the Glengoyne. Yes I have it & I enjoy it. But if you want to try the best Aussie single malt ( comparable to a sherry cask scotch) look up Amber Lane, the Apera 087 & Apera 100.
I hate bottles like the Bruichladdich Classic Laddie. I dont know when i need to start savoring my glass.
Nice to see Cape Byron mentioned. I've got 4 of their expressions open at the moment
“Proper twelve” is just grotesquely cynical marketing lmao
Thank you as always for the video
You missed the main point of this video, at least for me, Sherry is the pointing out to the type of grape used but what about the type of wood used on the cask?
Been watching your videos for few months, and now I’m a subscriber.Keep reviewing,
Really nice video. Have you delved into American Single Malt? If so, which ones are your favorite? Thanks so much for your insight. Cheers!
My last bore-bon was EH Taylor Barrel Proof... and I thought, really? that's it? that's the exact same flavor notes I get on regular old buffalo trace, just more refined. What a rip-off. Nice scotch is not only more refined, but get a half dozen extra notes than it's value equivalent, and the flavor keeps evolving as you sit with it for an hour, or add water, and is much more fun to home blend with different types of scotch. but it's like you said, the range of borebon is either candy made for kids with immature palates, or intensely bitter oak for grizzled old tobacco smokers who can no longer taste much of anything. am i being overly harsh, maybe, probably because 75% of youtube channels are borebon exclusive, and i dont even know what they have to talk about anymore, borebon is borebon is borebon. bookers is just refined wild turkey101, who cares. thanks for your used casks newbies, not trying to lick a tree over here. my apologies for this rant on your respectful channel, you're much more polite than I.
Such a fun idea for a video and so well executed as always. Surprised you picked the Amarone cask, only because I love that one to and I did not think it got much attention. Oooh, the Craig 13 is also a fav. Wow, This video hits. Thanks for all your thoughts here, I think I'll need to re watch when I have a little more time, I admit, I skipped around a bit ;) Thanks again!
Where I work JW Red is top shelf. You need to get into Black Velvet, Clan MacGregor, or Paddy's.
can you do a review on glencallum whisky
I would like to know your opinion on Canadian whisky. what is available to you and what us Canucks keep for ourselves!
Its hard to find( there are a couple) a bourbon that isn't aggressive and loud
Great video Phil and thanks to your followers for the brilliant questions
9:18 Everyone should visit the Cotswolds distillery. The thing about their tour that makes it special is they sit you down at the end in their nice lounge and you get to try _everything_ they make. All of their whiskeys are on the counter, all of their gins, as well as some of their limited releases that they're working on at the moment.
Lphroaig 10 35€ i can live just with this one: I tried Bourbon and American single malt but i don't like it, i quite sure is for the heavy impact of virgin oak barrel . outside Scotland i will go to Japanese (the real one , not the sourced from other countries) is leaning more to the scotch style that i like.
Is there any great New Zealand whisky to recommend and online websites to buy from?
Thanks!
Thanks so much Marko! 🥃🙏
Dalwhinnie 15yo is narsty, sorry Phil!
Love your five whisky to always replace, though :)
Well said answer to the question about scotch versus bourbon. Great video, Phil!
Great video ! Love the Clay distillery to from the Netherlands :)
Another interesting video, I really enjoyed the Q&A approach. I learn a lot from your videos and reviews, thank you. As a Canadian, I am partial to rye and bourbon, though there are several scotches that I enjoy (Arran 10 and Quarter Cask are 2 favourites along with the Classic Laddie and Aberlour 12) - I have found that I'm not a huge fan of peaty scotch, but, like wine, it's the variety. that makes it so good. If you have the opportunity to visit Canada, I'm sure there are loads of distilleries to sample that are unlikely to make it to your neck of the woods. Okanagan Spirits in BC has a range of single malt whiskies with some great varieties - tequila casks, rum casks, pinot noir, etc. Bourbon style as well. Thanks again! Slainte.
Great video. Thanks 😊
You need to try more Bourbon Phil! 😝👊🥃🥃🥃
I agree!
12:00 if you're ever interested in trying more Dutch whiskies, I would highly recommend the Millstone Peated PX! Its a very tasty whisky for its price, pretty spirit-driven (I've had their Newmake and you could really trace that back in the whisky). Its one of the most tobacco-y and spice-y whiskies I've ever had. Also great transparency with vintage dates, natural color and non-chill filtered!
Hi When you said you’d go blended whisky if prices rise. Are we talking about blends of single malt or blends of mixed grain. I’ve tried a few single malt blends and some are fantastic. Prices are great also.
Loved this one, mate!
Lagavulin as a beginner I fell in love with
Loved this speed round Q&A! Great stuff Phil. #discocow
Thanks mate!!