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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 8 ก.พ. 2025
- I've got a single malt scotch whisky from Port Askaig today. It's whisky from an undisclosed Islay distillery that definitely isn't Caol Ila. I'll taste it and give you my thoughts. Cheers!
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Scores:
0-75 - Crap
75-79 - For cocktails & people you don't like
80-82 - Not bad
83-85 - Getting good here
86-89 - Delicious
90-94 - Awesome
95-100 - Cowabunga Dudes
Port Askaig is solid. Budget peat bomb. Fair rating. It is not supposed to be nuanced or complex. Just a decent, well priced peated whisky.
I have heard that the younger port askaigs are from Caol Ila and older ones are from Laphroaig. I had a port askaig 28 recently. Lovely stuff! Might suit your distinguished taste better. Btw, have you considered using a monocle while reading bottle labels? I hear that is essential among the upper crust of the Maltiverse.
Good one Geoff! We did a vertical of Port Askaig recently with 8, 16, 100 proof, 12 Autumn and 12 Spring. The 16 won the night and the second place was shared between 12 Autumn and 100 proof. I agree that this one is a bit too young but the 16 and the 12s are delightful. Cheers!
I'm a big fan of Port Askaig 110 Proof. Not complex, but the flavors (peat smoke, vanilla, citrus) are great and have a great punch.
I solely choose whiky by the inspirational messages on the side of the bottle. Great tasting notes as always. Quite a complex (mess?) dram...
Hah maybe not a mess. Just a bit too young. And yeah... gotta have the bottle poetry! 🥃
Hello Geoff,
unfortunately i never had a Port Askaig.
Thanks for Pointing my Eyes on this.
I definitly will try it this Year.
Greetings from Germany 😎🤘
Great review Geoff!! Please, please review Ardbeg Corryvreckan!!!
Corryvreckan is the best from the Ardbeg core range. What a great dram!!! Good pick!
...WoW...What?😎 Waste of time? No. Definitely Not this time! So much Fun 👍😁🥂🙋🏻♂️
Hah thanks buddy. Cheers! 🥃
Finished Askaig 8 a couple of days ago.
An excellent bottle, which was apparently aged in glass barrels 😁
Now I want to compare Askaig 100 and Barrel-strength Scarabus...
Shalom bro 👋🏻
I really need to get around to reviewing the 8. Cheers Ron! 🥃
I had bottles of the 100 Proof and the Scarabus batch proof and was able to A-B them. The Port Askaig was superior. More going on with it, with a little more age and less raw than the Scarabus.
"So, at the end of the day was this video a waste of time? Yeah... probably?" 😂 Nah, time spent watching your videos is never wasted Geoff
Hah cheers Peter. Appreciate all your support, buddy. 🥃
The 10YO that you showed was fantastic, I had a bottle a few years ago, almost cried when it became empty ;)
Seems I missed out on that one! I saw it around back in the day and I never pulled the trigger. 🥃
19y, 25y and 30y are amazing😋
In Holland I saw Askaig 25 for $250. After researching this, I found out that it is Bunnachabhain!!!
I've been considering the 19 for a while. 19 year old Caol Ila at 50%? Sounds great! 🥃
another great review. I bought a mini of this and gave it a pretty high score last October (3.9/5), but could only give it 2 reviews when I need 5~7 reviews just to feel more or less comfortable with my perceptions. All I can really say is that my tastes are evolving and there are a fair number of bottles that don't hit the same way.
Well to be fair... plenty of seasoned whisky drinkers swear by this stuff. Tastes don't always have to match... maybe this one suits you just fine. It just doesn't happen to be my preferred style. Cheers buddy! 🥃
@@Gwhisky no doubt. I bought my first 18yr with the Glen Scotia 18 and plan on buying a bottle of the Ledaig 18 and AnCnoc 18 later on through a UK website. After scouring your video's, I listed your scores for all 18 year bottles you reviewed and those last 2 bottles, you are very loosely "diametrically opposed" to the general consensus on whiskybase. (93 v 85 for the Ledaig 18 and 88/89 v 87 for the AnCnoc). I suspect you are using a greater part of the bandwidth of that '100pt' wine scale while Whiskybase aggregate scores tend to use a much narrower segment for a variety of reasons.
I can't wait to see how those will pan out for me.
@trainsar eevil Whiskybase in particular is a tough crowd. Very few whiskies ever break 90. For me, Ledaig 18 is easily a 90+ point whisky. I'm sure you'll love it! 🥃
I bought the US 110 proof accidentally a few years ago. Ralfy recommended the 10 year and I got confused.
To be honest it was $65 and that was a lot at the time for me (Ardbeg10 was $42) it was also the first of the genre. Now 55% is standard fare.
Alot cleaner that Ardbeg10 but no complaints. The 10 year special release is nice too. Nothing particularly special.
I think my favorite Caol Ila is Flaming Heart 6.
If you're trying out NAS Cask Strength unnamed Islay, you've got to try The Ileach cask strength. It's miles ahead of the competition! I had it on a tasting of huge heavy hitters like Lagavulin 12 and Laphroaig 10 cask strength and it held its own, with some lovely tropical notes to boot
I've reviewed the Ileach before. Can't say I was impressed with that one either. Ultimately, it's just not a style that I really connect with, it seems. Finlaggan is my go-to NAS cask strength. 🥃
@@Gwhisky I've heard good things about finlaggen, I'll have try a sample somewhere
I did hear Roy make a negative comment about the Finlaggan but so what if he’s moved on to Macallan or Dalmore! Finlaggan Cask strength is decent ant the red wine finish at 46% is better than most.
Thanks for reviewing Geoff.
Personally I love this one. The fact that it is tasting somewhat young appeals to me here... though I do love the older expressions as well.
Decent stuff... but hey, "Peathead" is not for nothing 😊.
Slàinte mhath
Thank you for the review.
Even though I have other whiskys I like more, I do really like this. I don't mind the youthness. I like coming back to this.
I like the mouthfeel, the flavour punch, the sweetness and the freshness together with the peat smoke. 😋
The original Caol Ila 12 is more balanced, but it lacks the umphf with only 43%, and feels thin and watery. Even The Ileach original with 40% feels thicker, even though it lacks depth.
I agree that it's better presented than the Regular Caol Ilas at 43%. Nice to have a naturally presented option with a decent abv. I don't love this one, but that's more. a result of me not loving the style overall. 🥃
Please review all the whiskys and score them exactly the same as you have in the past as often as you want. And thank you for calling out the youth in this one. Cheers!
The price in TW is actually a good deal thou. Just not my daily best whisk.
Caol Ila 12 ob and Port Charlotte are my fav daily peated dram.
I'll second the PC. Love that stuff! 🥃
Thanks for wasting my time with this one, Geoff! (joke)
I wonder how you’d re-review the Ardbeg Wee Beastie compared to this. Seems like they might be comparable despite one being a “mystery” Islay. I quite enjoy my WB and in my market I can grab a WB for ~$15 less than the Port Askaig. Seems like a no brainier to pass on this one for me.
Thanks Fabio. Yeah the Wee Beastie is good stuff. There's young and rough, and there's well-done young whiskies. I have no problem with younger whiskies. It's all a matter of execution. Cheers! 🥃
Hi Geoff, yes I enjoyed my bottle of the 100 proof but won’t buy it again. Generally I don’t buy too many bottles more than once anyway. A lot of whisky out there. Thanks for your honest opinion, slàinte Geoff.
That's a good approach, David. Whisky choices are basically unlimited, while budgets are not. Always more to explore! 🥃
Was this the same bottle as last review?
No, this is my friend's bottle. I can't say much has changed between the two bottles though. 🥃
@@Gwhisky so...what its mean? Your taste/palate is consistent or Port Askaig is consistent? 😋 pretty sure both. Someone in comment section says Port Askaig 8 is better because is more matured. I think its depends of personal preferences. I appreciate age statement(10+) in whisky but as a peat lover like young age and have no problem with young peaty whiskies when them arent too young and spirit driven drams. In other hand someone else said Port Askaig 8 is bit flat soft even mediocre(45.8%) Talisker? No. 101% No. All we know this is Caol Ila. When you go to online site MALT you find F2F review of Port Askaig 8 and Lagavulin 8 and John, man who done this review rates Port Askaig 8/10 but Laga8 only 5/10. So its very interesting. 😁🥂🙋🏻♂️
@PeatBüll Hah well my palate definitely isn't always consistent, but it seems to be consistent here, and the whisky is doing the same thing as my last bottle.
Just checked Malt review. Interesting results! I love the Lagavulin and I'd place it over the Askaig any day. Matter of taste! 🥃
Hi Geoff! I think you are just a little too harsh on this masked Caol Ila (did you know some other Askaigs, notably the older ones, can be Bunnahabhain?). It is a tad on the sweet side, but for me it’s a BFYB that is a favourite go-to as a punchy second dram, after I’ve had an older complex whisky and just want something to top it off, as it were. I love almost everything that Elixir Distillers puts out, it’s a great Independent Bottler! By the way: reading glasses? Really? At your age? Also: is that a Thomson Bro’s blended malt I spotted in the background? Cheers!
Glad you're a fan, Wouter. Not my preferred style, although I don't have an issue with a NAS CS peat bombs. I've had better luck with the likes of Finlaggan, which I found much more balanced than this. Yes... working on a bottle of Thompson Bros TB/BSW 6 Year Old. Not bad.
Oh, and those aren't just reading glasses... they're on all day! 🥃
I had a bottle of this (well, the 110 proof) at the time of your previous review. I’m going to make the same comment I made back then : this one is very expensive in Oregon, $79.95. More expensive than Ardbeg 10, Port Charlotte 10, Talisker 10, Ledaig 10, you name it. It wasn’t bad, I actually liked it towards the end of the bottle, but I don’t think it’s worth the money. One of my liquor stores has a 12 year old , bourbon and sherry cask, which sounds interesting but it’s $115 !!. It’s an easy pass for me.
Yeah this definitely shouldn't be more expensive than stuff like Ardbeg or PC10! 🥃
I enjoy the flavours and clearly, I am not as refined as you!! I am more on 88 I think. Always good to revist. Even if you say all the same sh$t!
Hah glad you enjoy it, Jon. I believe I'm in the minority on this one. And yes, always fun to revisit! 🥃
Port Askaig very good whiski , i like , but price not chip - 60-65$ . Cheers !
Ouch! Yeah that's a lot more than the price in Taiwan. Glad you enjoy it, buddy! 🥃
🤣🤣🤣 The best waste of time ever.
Hah cheers buddy! 🥃
Having gone past the no-name cask strength peated whisky phase, these types of beverage fall flat for me nowadays. But, these punchy bottles have their place and are certainly something to experience on anyone's journey. Sadly, this one sounds too similar to stuff I've had (and still have in the stash) so, apart from looking into age-stated expressions - based on your score, I'll give this one a miss. 🥃
Yeah it's a solid enough entry for the genre, but not anything special imo. Cheers! 🥃
port askaig and another IB of caol ila just make me lost interest to try a third bottle😂
Nice affordable $69 dram worth buying once, but not planning to purchase again.
Fair enough! 🥃
the port askaig 8 is much better, I found the 100 proof a little too young.
I'll have to review that one at some point. Cheers! 🥃
How dare you be honest and show consistency and intergrity! That won't get you any controversy clicks. But it will keep people coming back to you, so there is that
Wait, I can get more clicks if I'm controversial? Time for a change of tactics. 😂
Yes, yet another colossal waste of time, just like all your other videos I watch in their entirety!
Hah! Appreciate it, Andy. 🙏
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