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Hi Jorg & thanks a lot for your interest....Great to hear that...I also have to visit many on my side...and there are so many now....Cheers !

Plutôt bien résumé, Guillaume, en tout cas pour cette année : J'ai eu l'impression d'une baisse considérable du nombre de stands de whiskies français, notamment l'absence de la Distillerie Bertrand qui m'avait impressionné l'an dernier (je dois d'ailleurs y revenir avec la chronique de pas moins de 5 bouteilles), mais il y avait aussi Warenghem (Armorik), Tessendier (Arlett), Lachanenche, Brana (autres spiritueux mais aussi whisky)...Oui et côté Cognac, le stand de Guilhem (Grosperrin) vaut à lui seul le déplacement, comme d'habitude...A suivre, ce week end, le Whisky Live Paris, le reportage vidéo suivra dès que possible...

@@GregsWhiskyGuide Oui c'est étonnant surtout avec le boom actuel des distilleries de whiskies françaises. Bon Whisky Live!🥃

@@GuillaumeLedoux-s4q Merci, et à toi aussi si tu peux y aller...(fais moi signe si tu me vois, c'est d'ailleurs valable pour tout le monde qui passe par ici ! 😉

@@GregsWhiskyGuide Malheureusement je n'y serai pas cette année. J'espère l'année prochaine 🤞

@@GuillaumeLedoux-s4q ah ok dommage oui l'an prochain peut être ! (sachant que de nombreuses marques ont fait des tirages au sort pour gagner des places sur Instagram et j'imagine sur FB aussi)

Hi Jorg, Leon did a great job on his new English speaking channel about French whiskies indeed ! Then you'll visit before me, as weird as it can sound, enjoy ! (I haven't had the chance to visit Brittany distilleries yet unfortunately), Cheers !

Thanks, Tom...the "G.L." mention (standing for "Gay-Lussac" a famous 19th century chemist), stopped in 1980...abv replaced it then...maybe this was a transitional practise during year 1979 ?

@@GregsWhiskyGuide Thanks Greg. That's great, I couldn't find any info myself but I knew you would know! I wasn't sure if the transitional phase could extend longer than that into the 1980's or not. The particular bottle I'm talking about had a transparent plastic pourer integrated into the neck (impossible to remove) but it was very fragile and shattered easily, as if perished. It broke a bit when pushed with only slight pressure, so I decanted and filtered out the tiny plastic pieces. I think the bottle was for the Spanish market, do you know anything about these plastic pourers? Maybe that could tell us something about the date?!? again, thanks in advance.

@@tjw21bath ah, those damned plastic pourers, made for bars & cocktails...(it is possible to remove but difficult) I have a Famous Grouse like that, and as surprisingly as it could sound, it is relatively recent, while it was rather a old practise...so I don't knowexactly when, sorry...

Thanks Christine....I have to say Rampur does quite different whiskies than the 3 other Indian export single malt brands I know (Amrut, Paul John, Indri),but in any case, this remains very personal...Besides, I know that Rampur did also some exclusive limited releases as storepicks for La Maison du Whisky here (all Bourbon) but they are way too pricey for me. I dont think Rampur has ever released a peated whisky yet but it should be interesting...Cheers !

@@GregsWhiskyGuide Awesome info/reply Greg! I always love connecting!

@@christinecamley Thanks, likewise !

@@GregsWhiskyGuide Thank you Greg!! 🙂

You're very welcome, Sanjeev ! Oh that's fantastic news, thank you, can't wait to try them ! Cheers !

Yeah, it is with my rating system, others might rate it lower (90 ?) but sometimes, like i said in the video I'm on par with the most famous reviewers, and I know all this remain subjective...I hope you'll find it maybe through an import platform, because for me it is a high end whisky, and, guess what, on a comment today the president of the company replied to me that 2 other expressions from the same series will be presented at Whisky Live Paris, so you'll definitively hear more about this distillery in my channel...Cheers & thanks for your support !

Thanks Gert, I guess passion for a whisky transmits to the viewer in a way...That one was worth every euro...a better value than my first ranked as Whisky of the year 2023 (in your last video you're rightfully wondering about prices going up, and yes I gave that Kornog 10 yo CS a red card for its 269 € pricing (La Maison du Whisky's fault also !). It wasn't easy to rare those 2 completely different whiskies, btw... Cheers !

Thanks a lot, Jeff. I didn't had time to develop all my thoughts about Mackmyra there, but maybe you're right (though I won't do that on my side, too many other distilleries bottlings on my wishlist already). Like I said, I struggled to find value & tasting opportunities about Mackmyra these last years & there are even new players like Agitator who seem to experiment too & bring some fresh air to the Swedish market...I would be curious, btw, to hear your thoughts about one of the weirdest seemingly simple design their bottles & labels have...Cheers !

Hi David, thanks for the great infos about several releases I didn't know, they sound great....Thanks for your support too ! Sköl (as the winner of my battle seems Swedish !) 🙏🥃

Thanks Andrew...They might not be happy with it, but it is my opinion, despite the gift/collab/press sample whatever you can call it. I would second you partly about other young distilleries feeling they have to release a peated expression to complete the range, but I do find the Filey Bay peated finished more satisfying (though not being too complex-btw, I'm late on my review of my 4 Filey Bay, but hope to do it soon), and for instance here in France, I found the Artesia "tourbé"' (tourbé meaning peated) very good...Also I liked the Cotswolds peated I tried once...but indeed I'll tend to favor a peated malt expression rather than the use of a peated cask only...as it comes across as less "superficial" ("surfaced peatsmoke" with no depth'). Cheers !

Indeed, well, if you liked their production, yes, some of their past whiskies might be hard to get though...Also I encourage you to try the other distilleries whiskies i mentioned, you might be pleasantly surprised...Thanks for watching, Cheers !

it is a nice one indeed, along with the Campbeltown Festival White Port cask imo, but alas haven't been able to get them for me yet, Cheers !

wow that is cheap, well done !

Thanks, Christine...!

@@GregsWhiskyGuide YW Greg!! Be well!!

Hi Andrew & thank you very much for your vigilance ! Indeed there are 2 mistakes you've seen & not me, sorry : Instead of 4481 it is 4181, and instead of 133578, it is rather 209271...the problem of having 2 lists to copy & paste & mix things a bit too. Well spotted & I just corrected it in the description, thank you 😅👍

Thanks for your vigilant check, Gert, it is now corrected, but you are now advantaged & hopefully curious about those 2), lol ! Cheers !

@@GregsWhiskyGuide I have a very short memory……. Cannot remember a thing

Thanks Sheldon !

Thanks, Benny, much appreciated. Cheers ! 🥃

Thanks a lot, Gert, you might be interested by the next one coming up ("S.W. Regions" challenge), btw !

@@GregsWhiskyGuide always interesting in your videos mate.

@@WhiskyLoversSociety Thanks, Gert, much appreciated, I enjoy yours too but can't compete with the amount of videos you make, but they are different and it is the beauty of the whisky community, I believe we are complementary rather than opposite, even if some do not think so.

Thanks, Sertug, yeah I think you should have a blast there...if it hasn't changed, take the tour with extra tastings (see my report about it on my website, I'll send you the link in DM), it includes some more tastings than core range, such as limited releases & distillery exclusives, and the good thing is that price asked for those bottle your own are often pretty reasonable, compared to, for instance Diageo distilleries ones...Cheers !

Thanks a lot, Sheldon, Cheers !

Thanks, Sheldon....hem for the price I have doubts (as I suppose they'll be obliged to align it on the Yoichi 10 yo new style (& it is sold around 150 € here), but we'll see...

Thanks a lot...I haven't had the occasion to try it yet, as the Nikka stand was too busy last year at Whisky Live Paris, but will try this year...

Thanks a lot, Menno....Lindores wise I just tried at a retailer nearby a special release for France (full STR, 49,4 % abv) rather nice but sold at 75 € in very few places, so didn"t choose it & went rather for the Clydeside Stobcross, less expensive...Yep Warenghem hasn't finish to surprise us, looking forward for their first 18 yo hopefully soon (Spoiler : other distilleries here told me they will pull out their very first 18 yo at Whisky Live Paris in September...more later on). Also I wish that Celtic Whisky distillerie will release a 15 yo with not crazy price soon...Cheers & thanks for your support ! 🙏👍🥃

Thanks a lot !

Oh no Andrew that's great !!! 👌Interesting choices & questions....Laphie 10 from the 70s/80s are killers but too expensive (not a fan of current ones, and would prefer the Quarter cask every day, but its me). Haven't tried the Tantallan...Yeah Bourbon options for Crowd pleasers are a good call...Wow you're older than me, lol...Haven't tried those 2 x 1961 but I'm raving bout them, especially the Ledaig which I heard of (& stunning packaging too). For the VIP pour I agree it has to be adapted to the guest...(I have a list of vintages in my collection that i like to browse in when I have guests, but of course can"t have em all). Your choice sounds great & rare...Great collection you have (you beat me on both criterias lol-btw, it's so cool to hear that Dallas Dhu is going to be revived). Yeah i had the chance to try that beautiful Port Dundas & love it, its on the wishlist...Thanks a lot for sharing your choices, this is awesome ! Slainte ! 👍🥃

Me getting older and it is going to be very difficult and expensive to buy something to reflect my birth date. Some really interesting drams you have

@@WhiskyLoversSociety What's your "vintage" my friend, and when is your birthday if not too indiscrete ? (its for a good cause !)

@@GregsWhiskyGuide 1967 My pockets are not deep enough to comply.

@@WhiskyLoversSociety ouh, tough, I have nothing from 1967 in my collection unfortunately...most of my collection is after 1978 & mostly bottled in late 1990s or 2000s...in fact I'd need a 1980 vintage to be able to do the junction between 1978 & 1998 (otherwise I have at least a whisky from each year between those dates, not too bad, lol).

Thanks, JD ! wow, unbeatable price, this, I'll say ! Slainte ! 🥃

haha nice choices, David, and this is no joke, your 3 last choices were in my mind too (the first two maybe as well, but I haven't tried the QC a lot since the rebranding), but as I talked about them often in the past & reviewed them already, I finally didn't picked them but like i said in the video I was spoiled for choice for many categories, especially in the Scotch challenge, Cheers & thanks for sharing your choices ! 👍🥃

ooh, that Balblair 1991 is divine!

@@maltymission Agreed, I wish I had 2 more bottles of it lol

Thanks a lot, Sertug, I tried the Rum cask finish only once & liked it but can't say more...i'm worried to hear several people say that more recent batches of the "Double Cask" are disappointing, I hope it's just a few one-offs & not a general decrease of quality, cask selection wise or recipe wise. The 25 yo sample I have is great (hope still ok now) & yeah will open the 14 yo someday but not in a hurry as it is my last bottle but I did like it a lot, more than the 12 yo that I bought in 2007...Cheers buddy ! 🥃

Discovered the rum cask on a shelf at the Edinburgh Fringe this month, delicious, then of course when you know you see it everywhere. Back in Kintyre later in the year - I have my Christmas shopping list sorted!!

@@nickmellors Yeah the rum cask is very tasty, enjoy!

@@nickmellors Well done, Nick !

Thanks, Ken, I hope that when I'll have to replace my Double Cask I'll come across a good batch then...Cheers !

Thanks, the poll will be set up soon...

Thanks, Matt ! sorry maybe I wasn't clear that I'll cover them in another series of videos...

@GregsWhiskyGuide you were clear buddy! Looking forward to when you get to them in another video 😀

Thanks, David ! Wow mid-30 € its a great price indeed ! Lucky Germans...Noted, but wait for the poll, lol...anyway be reassured they'll all be reviewed by the end of the year (why not all before, mind you, because and I forgot to say it in the video, in order not to frustrate too much people who can"t get any Springbank where they live, I'll try to alternate these videos with other reviews of whiskies that, at least for some markets, will be easier to get...Slainte ! 🥃

@@GregsWhiskyGuide hi Greg, but who is Andrew?🤔😉

@@davidowen2834 Lol sorry David, was answering to another comment of another familiar follower elsewhere so mixed up the two 😅🙏

Hi Greg First time texting you about whisky, which is your favorite Glen Scotia's that you just reviewed, I have a bottle of the victoriana and a bottle of the 15year old, I love what Glen Scotia does, it's one of my favorite distilleries, other than springbank, I'm trying to find a bottle of kilkerran 8year old cask strength that is not off the wall expensive, thanks for the great review, catch you next time !!!

Great video Greg! Personally, I adore Glen Scotia. The only Glen Scotia I've had an up/down relationship with has been the Double Cask. First time I had it it was rich and lovely. The next time, the bottle was corked. I really wanted my Glen Scotia Double Cask fix so I picked up the Double Cask Rum finish for $60CAD(€40). Looking forward to opening it. Cheers my friend 🥃

Hi Sertug & thanks for your comment...For the record & I mentioned it during the live but yeah indeed on my side this was rather an "educational" tasting rather than a classic "blind challenge", as I knew he couldn't try them elsehow...But, and it is a spoiler, we planned with Menno to do a "return match" soon, and this time I'll choose only whiskies from distilleries or companies he knows...About the Biersky, I'm impressed indeed & this distillery (distillerie Bertrand) does great things since 1874 spirits wise, and whisky since 2003 (a big video is coming, btw, with 3 of their single malts & 2 versions of the Biersky, the other being a cask strength rum cask one !). Artesia wise (T.O.S. Distillery) I talked a lot about it in my channel & I do recommend all the ones I tried (I have 4 different ones now). Belgian whisky wise, Menno will evoke them way better than me but I do have some Belgian Owl & tried others too, so rather recommend that single malt, in the wait of other brands to be available here...Yeah the Port Ellen was a treat also chosen for his vintage, Menno's one...Nomad wise, I had the opportunity to try a lot of Dalmore, Jura, Fettercairn & Whyte and MacKay over the years & met Richard a couple of times in shows...Besides congrats for your 7/10 on the quiz, it's a good score (& if memory serves Roy told me in private he also scored 7). Cheers ! 🥃

Thanks, Christine !

YW Greg!!

Hi Benny, well, it is getting less & less free, mind you, but I don't wanna talk politics here, it'll be worse....To go back to whisky reviews, not sure I was clear enough in the video but what i meant mainly is that while criticism is tolerated, overt call for boycott is less (I finally dropped the political example that was the more obvious lately here, because the topic is too sensitive), it also depends of your fame & the mediums you use...I'm a small channel, but if I was a big one & did a call for boycott for this or that product/distillery & also promote it everywhere & several times, there is a significant possibility the producer could legitimately complain of a campaign of boycott able to make him lose both money & reputation, then it is down to advocates & courts action...In some cases the complainant was dismissed, in others justice said he was right...Cheers & yeah yesterday and today were terrible, no whisky tasting or video until it gets more bearable....

@@GregsWhiskyGuide Thanks for elaborating, it makes sense. You'll just have to stick to rants towards the "industry" in general... ralfy style 😅

@@bennyfriis601 you're very welcome & yeah, indeed, even if sometimes I'm tough on rants too (check out what I said on my Instagram about Edrington's new policy regarding The Glenrothes core range...in fact I told them during the show, directly, that it was a shame & that they are losing me & and many other whisky fans as customers by suppressing every whisky reference under 18 yo, in "luxury repositioning mode"...They said "noted" lol...they said they "understood" (BA's aren't deciding anything, so...)

Thanks a lot, Menno, and great point I forgot to mention about "preselection" to avoid disappointment (even if it is far from a "perfect science"), and, btw, like I said on Instagram, great today's post about Grappa & that Nonino in particular, I send the link to Cristina Nonino, hoping she'll have a look at it, so "Salute" instead of "Cheers", is then de rigueur, right ? 🍹

Hi, well, if I have to do a negative review of something people are curious of, I will still do it, but, like i said, I'll have to be cautious. That said, a channel with millions of viewers might more be the target for censorship from brands than my modest one, and, as you said, tasting is subjective & down to each one's color & taste. That said N°2 obvious flaws (like a corked whisky) is for me hard to contest (i've experienced that for some whiskies & experts were agreeing with me each time). Cheers & thanks for watching !

Agreed, Gert, it's a complicated case...thanks for watching & have a nice sunday !

@@GregsWhiskyGuide you too.