Whiskey Review - Lark Single Malt Whisky with West Cork 10 Comparison
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- Today we taste and review Lark Single Malt Whisky and compare it to West Cork 10 Irish Whiskey.
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As an australian I can say that our whiskys are delicious but very much overpriced due to the ridiculous taxing of distilleries.
The same high taxes don't apply to the wine and beer industries.
If the australian government were to lift the high tariffs we would see a boom in australian spirits but it's just not viable
Great to see us Aussies get some points on the board 👍🏻 (Also Tasmania is a state of Australia 😄)
No we are not, we are Tasmanian, not Australian...🤣
So, I have entered the world of mooching. An old coworker had a birthday, and I thought it would be great to give him a bottle of whiskey after finding out he loved scotch. A bottle of Glenlivet 15 caught my eye, and I figured it would be perfect for him.
I promise I did not intend to mooch at first, but upon giving my coworker the Glenlivet, he was excited to try it right away. And that is where I saw an opportunity.
I warned him that if he opened it up right then and there, I would have a glass in my hand, asking for a taste.
The great person he was, he gave me well over a normal pour, beginning what would turn out to be a great night.
Thank you, Rex, for teaching me the ways of the mooch! You have guided me to this moment, and I am forever grateful. I plan to climb the ranks of mooches, and someday find myself with the best of them.
Oh hey Daniel...
(Kidding! You both a great to watch. I hope all is well.)
Loved this. Lark produce some exceptional whisky. I was there a few weeks ago and tried their latest classic and cask strength releases. Both are absolutely stunning. I will be ordering at least one of each shortly. In the full bottles of course.
Glad you guys liked it! Wish I could say I’m from Tasmania (that would be way more interesting), but Illinois just has some really awesome liquor stores.
Lark does make a full size bottle, but it’s tough to come by and for whatever reason costs about 7 times as much as the 200 ml bottle (something wrong with the math there I think). Great video! Cheers!
Dumb question, have you had this Lark? or did you just send it because it was different? If so, do you agree with their tasting notes?
heck yes! Thanks for sending it!
George Bevilacqua I haven’t tried it. I saw it in a Single Malt documentary and heard from a few sources that it’s a delicious whiskey. Figured I’d send it in as something interesting and hard to come by.
@Whiskey Vault: My pleasure!
Dan Thomases, we descend from convicts here in Tasmania, maths isn’t our strong suit. That said however, we are exceptionally skilled at fleecing people, haha. ;)
I am actually from Australia and can say I live about an hour drive from about 6 distilleries
Whiskey?
2 whiskey, 4 gin/rum/vodka
mattym996 lucky bastard
You guys have really become one of my favourite YT channels at this point. Since just a few weeks i have really started collecting whisky myself and your video's have really teached me allot about whisky in general( i can thank my father for the initial interest). If i had the money i would send you guys a bottle of Auchentoshan Virgin oak (as well as Glenfiddich Vintage cask and Highland Park Valkyrie) which has really become one of my alltime fav's, since i really want to know what your thoughts are on it hehe. Anyway keep up the good work. -A dutch fan
Have you considered trying Sullivan's Cove French Oak? I believe it won some impressive awards.
I feel like I need a motivational poster at my desk at work of Rex saying, "It's ok not to be amazing at everything!"
Nice to be back after the lunacy of Rex week, just when you thought it was too weird you guys knocked it out the park! Very clever. but it's nice to be back but the ids are shorter I need longer vids again P.S. I have so much whisk(e)y in my cabinet now thanks to you guys.. facepalms
I've been a fan of the channel for some time. Came across it a while back while watching Nick Offerman's "This is not Lagavulin". I haven't had the time to watch all the episodes until recently. Took nearly six days but I've watched every episode! You two have been my best friend since I got my wisdom teeth removed last Wednesday and I had to go back to the dentist Sunday, today and again Thursday (lol) due to some "complications". I am drinking vicariously through you two while my body rest and my whisky sits on the shelves waiting for me. Plus side to all of this, is at least I got some kick ass pain medication to substitute the whisky.
Glad to hear it! Get well soon, and sorry for the whisky desert you've been in.
Hi guys! As I told you a couples video ago I just started drinking wiskey and my girlfriend's father enjoys too, so for the first time I mooched two incredible wiskeys
makers mark and laphroaig four oak... I just fell in love again!
I’m toasting the riotous joy of Rex week with pours of Teeling small batch. An acquisition, by recommendation of this fine vlog. To be honest, my wallet needs some insane informational breaks to remain solvent. Salute! Continue the fun!
you guys know that Tasmania is part of Australia ?
WOOT! I won comment roulette!!! I had to sooth my soul with Laphroaig.
Just finished watching all the Whiskey Vault Videos. Just like everyone else I went from having maybe one bottle of whiskey in the house, usually a peaty scotch, now with at least 9 bottles of scotch, irish, bourbon, rye, and blends...Dern you magnificent bastards..... Keep it up and thanks for the education.
Just started watching your reviews and really liking them. I would really like to see you guys review Glenlivet Nadurra though
Hey guys, love your show. Do you think is there any chance you could do a video in which you explain broadly the tasting profiles in scotch, whiskey and bourbon ?
Holy crap I find it fascinating how you find all those scents, flavors, notes etc in that liquid. I smell whiskey/spirits and it makes my throat burn and my brain says 'ouch'. Then again, I may have only ever been exposed to the bad stuff ...usually comes premixed in a can with coke....soooo, there's that. I may have to go to the bottle shop (liquor store) to buy a small sample bottle of something 'good' just to smell it and see if I can smell anything other than burn-y. What have you done to me!! Another great video gents. :-)
More weird international whisk(e)y reviews!
Second that!
Lark is pretty good if you can get your hands on it
Hi Daniel and Rex, I'm new to the world of whisky but I've been watching you two for a while now. I got into whisky after trying Johnnie Walker Double Black and actually liked it. I'm from the Philippines and I was having a hard time finding the things I wanted to try out before I stumbled upon the spirits area of the supermarket in a mall. They had monkey shoulder, jaimeson, and even some bottles of laphroaig (at least from what I saw). I'm planning to get a bottle or two for christmas and I'd love to hear some recommendations from the fine gents.
Somehow every whiskey I own just vanishes. I guess that has something to do with the corks....they are not completly sealing the bottles, the whiskey evaporates just out of the damn bottle. Thats a serious issue...the producers of whiskey corks should fix that.
But thx to this show I never run out of new whiskeys to try. So job well done Daniel. You introduced a lot of us here to new and astonishing good whiskeys ( or should I say, ways to burn a lot of money).
Do you live on the Sun?
No not really. that's why this has to be a cork problem
Just in case no one has mentioned it in the (at this point) 159 comments:
Tasmania is part of Australia 😄. They are not seperate countries, despite what Daniel is implying by mentioning Lark as Tasmanian whisky and Starward as Australian (made in Melbourne, Victoria, where I live).
Love your work guys! It’s like Rex “month” never happened 😱
Yeah, I said "Australia" when i actually meant "mainland"
Starward is shit
got a bunch of whiskey and glencairn glasses for my birthday yesterday ! Now my family knows about my alcohol issues ...
"hobby" 😉
The lark distillery is legit just whacked in the middle of Hobart, a rather splendid surprise
Hey you mad blokes. Apologies, I know this is a bit old. I’m glad you enjoyed our Tasmanian drop. We have some ripper whiskies being produced here now, and a myriad of distilleries popping up. Might I suggest a trip right to the bottom of Down Under, to the Apple Isle?
Re your comment on colour. Correct. None of our whisky has caramel, or is chill filtered.
Thank you for the madness you bring to the wonderful world of whisk(e)y. Keep it up!!
Wow I need to try this
You guys should do a trio tasting of the Hellyers road 10 year, Pinot noir and the peated. They come in a box set and are another Tasmanian whisky.
I haven't bought a whiskey in nearly 2 years. After watching these videos for about a week, I kinda want to hit up Spec's or Total Wine... Thanks guys.
Found me a new favorite easy to like super affordable bottle, Islay Mist. For me it's in the Vat69 price range and for the price it is fantastic (considering it contains Laphroaig that's not surprising).
Oh and since subscribing I'm up to 9 bottles...
Super Long Somm Story post for Daniel! I've really been enjoying the channel and a while back i mentioned i used this as a basis for getting some Rye whiskey for a friend and even gathering some interest among us to plan a whiskey tasting of our own. Well over the long weekend we actually did our fist tasting. I brought about 11 different whiskeys and we decided to whittle it down to five different types for the tasting event.
Bourbon - Angel's Envy
Scotch - Longmorn 16 (the new one)
Japanese - Habiki Harmony
Rye - Angel's Envy
Irish - Teeling Single Malt
and at the end as a bonus we had some Russel reserve 6 year Rye (which I had given our host as a gift)
The whole process was REALLY fun. We kept detailed notes about all the different flavors we could pick out in the nose, then in the whiskey itself, then after adding a touch of water. If you have any interest I'd be happy to send you some of the notes we made to see what a bunch of first-time, untrained, amateurs can pick out during a tasting but I'll leave it off for now.
In the end i think the general consensus for most of us was that we enjoyed drinking the Angel's Envy Rye the most, but we also really enjoyed the Habiki and the Teeling because they were complex enough that we could get a lot more notes and a lot more variety of notes between the different people tasting them, which was really cool.
It was such a success I've already started selecting new whiskeys for another tasting event when we can all get together again. So far I've picked up some AD Laws as well as a new Basil Hayden's Dark Rye. I think I will look into the episode archives for something in the way of a beginners Islay as well. I would love any suggestions you might have for a good beginners level american whiskey (preferably not bourbon) and/or something maybe Canadian. One of our friend's fathers suggested Snake River Stampede as a Canadian whiskey but I don't know much about it yet.
Thanks for all the wonderful info on the channel and if Rex needs something out of this post he is more than welcome to join our next tasting which should probably net him 6 free whiskeys :)
this is awesome! Glad you guys are digging this all.
It was probably to expensive to send a 700-750 he bought a large for himself and blessed you with a 200 wit shipping it may have cost about the same
I've just located a bottle of the recently-released Shackleton whisky that came out (in the light blue box). I'm really enjoying it, but I would be interested in hearing what you think of it, compared against the first two limited versions of it.
Looks like im not the only one from Tassie 👌👍 Wooooo. Whiskey is expensive here 😂not much under $50 Aus
If you ever get the chance, definitely try and obtain and taste my favourite Tasmanian Whisky Sullivan's Cove American Oak. Sadly being an engineering student, I cannot provide this ~$300AUD as a gift, but I definitely think it would make a fine addition to the vault!
Hey. Great show! Cant you guys try the Glenlivet Nadurra or Laphroaig Port Wood!? I love those but i want to hear yours opinion. /The Swede.
Watching this the second time through, I was reminded of another whiskey I recently tried at one of my local whisky fests. It's the Cooperstown Classic American, and I got shortbread and lemon cake with butterscotch on the nose.
The palate was sweet with some sour and umami. I didn't sit with it for long, so I'm wondering if it might have some pepper (might be in the savoury flavours).
Overall, I didn't get a lot of complexity from it, but it was a tasty offering.
For those who can't find Tasmanian whisky, I wonder if this one might offer a similar experience...??? I'm not particularly experienced in Irish Whiskey, so not sure how Cooperstown would compare, but if you wanted to try something with biscuits & lemon cake, maybe give it a shot :-)
Thanx for you great vlogs! 👍😊
The 200ml (20cl) bottles is a gift, taste, test size version. You even have them in USA.
And please do the poor mans blends of expensive whisk(e)y, it’s a fun and a awesome idea!
Just don’t forget to tell us the amount of whisky/whiskey in ml/cl and oz you use from each bottle.
Sláinte or skål (cheers) as we say in Sweden.
/Anders.
Need to try Sullivans Cove whisky's
Australians in the house! They should try some more Australian whisky. I suggest Limeburners for the next one.
Not only is this whiskey great, but its expensive AND RARE! It's hard to find even in Australia. Great review though, glad you enjoyed it
What happened to trying Stranahan's diamond??? Also have you tried the Stranahan's Sherry cask? I was just wanting to know which one is the best. My local liquor store has all three.
Welcome to the Whisk(e)y Vault. I'm a level 3 sommelier.
Today I have discovered that there is such a thing as peat smoked bacon, I think you should get some and do a review.
that sounds more along the lines of whiskey biscuits than whisk(e)y vault, but i'd watch the SHIT out of that episode
hello... I am a level 13 mooch
You guys have a gift en route from me, as well as 3 other bottles eventually.
nice! looking forward to it, thanks Jeffery.
You should review the whiskies you dislike the most.
OR
You should review whiskies from various movies.
Just for fun.
Hope you saw my comment from yesterday... one possible new story line... "the people" come for Rex, Rex's wife comes on set and Daniel begins to teach her... we get periodic updates on Rex's recovery, him being at home watching the kids with his ankle bracelet that confines him to his home. (Have a female from the academy play the part of of Rex Wife, if real-wife won't do the assignment.) Meanwhile we somehow are shown the video clip of Rex Walking the Plank. Top of building, or find some water somewhere in Texas, or maybe the coast. Pirate ship, Rex walking the plank.
Other idea: Remember J.R. Ewing. Take ideas from the actual historic shows, and Rex needs to be a convincing J.R.
Cheers!
After coming from Cleveland Black Reserve I get biscuit in the taste from Johnnie Double Black. Is it common to get that from a semi-peated blended whisky?
Cool man, I just poured a Buffalo Trace on the rox (2 cubes) and kicked my feet up, checked my subscriptions and found this. Now we shall have a drink together.
Great channel guys! Can I visit the vault if I'm ever in Texas?
yep! Just bring a whisky as a price of admission
I have a question regarding whiskey sold as moonshine. Ole smokey has one for example sold in a jar. Is this (legally) whiskey?
Oh, Daniel, you mentioned ye whisk[e]y that shall not be named. Long live the mooch!
The Whiskey Vault located in Austin, Texas, has been declared a Safe Space. I'm feeling a little triggered so I need some safe space time in the Vault......
fair enough. Just for safety purposes.
As I am a bit of a hike from Austin....it might be not be relevant but in the my preparations for the possible zombie/orangutan leader inspired apocalypse...sort of like to need to keep all bases covered. Just wanted to check if you have a crazy mission impossible security where all the bottles in the horde go to some underground bunker or you are otherwised heavy armed (for some reason I cannot get the image of charlston heston a la Omega man firing at me with an M-60 while I am thisty for some lowland malt whisky). Texas is a big state so there needs to be a good reason to trek across it to get to the vault in a worst case scenario. 8^)
So I got and drank my first whisky the other day as a gift.. It's called Haig club. And long story short, I hated it :( It tasted like perfume. Is that normal for your first time drinking whisky or is that whisky just bad in general? If so what do you recommend I get instead? I really wanted to like whisky so this kinda bummed me out
Coming for Tasmania Lark is a fantastic Distillery, however, I think you should try Sullivans Cove Wishkey thats the sheeeiit
We know that Daniel has a special infinity for Longmorn 16 and Fettercairn Fior. What is Rex's favority reasonable affordable and accessible bottle?
There are some great Aussie whiskies....but as a previous comment stated SO expensive even for Australians! (I don't buy it even though I want to) Sullivan's Cove would have to be the best in my opinion. How much does Australian whisky cost in the States?
If you don't soon review some of that Springbank above Daniel's head I'm going to drive down there. It's only 39 hours according to Google maps.
Loud and long and clear!
R: I once knew a man with a wooden leg named Schmidt.
D: What was the name of his other leg?
;-)
Found it!
Anyone else have whisky pixies moved in ever since watching this fab channel? I do I buy whiskeys and the bottles either have a leak or someone is coming in and nicking it all... damn those pixies... *hic
I've noticed some whisky pixies have moved into my place too - they seem to favor the scotch and the Woodford Reserve...
damn those whisky pixies! my Bulleit and Bulleit 10 have suffered horribly... :D
Templar7832 started watching about 2 months ago, hadn't bought a bottle in months. Now I've bought 9... And there isn't much left in any of them.
Haha! Superb! Daniel and Rex are the true magnificent Bastards :-D
Tasmania is an Australian island. Not its own separate country lol Amazing place too. Totally different climate to Oz
I meant "mainland" when I said "Australia" :-)
Whiskey Vault I hope so😱
8 vary nices
Hey, boys - How about Bottom Shelf Whisk(e)y roulette? Once a week you spill the wheel and taste a BSW for the "peeples." And, I am not sending you a bottle of Triple A in order for you to do a tasting. You are my going to have to cross the tracks to find it, but you'll be better men for it. Ancient Ancient Age. Bottom Shelf Matters.
Lark Whiskey, 500 mls for $169.00 in Australia.
what is the best whisk(e)y to carry in a flask? And if in a flask does it change the flavor?
I just checked the price of the Lark Single Malt here in the US. Holy crap is it expensive for a 200ml bottle.
Australian (particularly Tasmanian) whisky is waaaaaay overpriced, and often very hard to get. They’re not produced in high volume.
Guys suggestion: Why don't you do a video on the best whiskey starter package to get into the world of whiskey. In many of your videos you often mention that a particular whiskey would or would not be suitable for beginners. Why not do a video on that concept? BTW I'm missing REX week!! Keep it up and thanks for the show
Try out our Top Ten most Recommended for beginners! We did it based on the most voted beginner whiskies from our community in the comments. th-cam.com/video/PoeIPrIXUOw/w-d-xo.html
Whiskey Vault cheers :) missed that one!
Nice gents. I am dying to try Aussie and NZ whiskies. When will you show off your infinity bottle(tanker?) I heard about? Or have you already?
Mark
WhiskyWhistle
Good luck getting your hands on any. I live in Melbourne and lots of Australian whisky gets snapped up by collectors or sells for ridiculous prices. High demand, limited supply.
Hey mark, if you really want some lark, contact me and I’ll see what I can do. It’s one of my favs.
I guess like these guys you could compare it to Irish stuff, I’d say it’s more like a speyside. It has fruity and honey going on. I love it.
Just try Bundaberg Rum small batch it's better then Lark
And Daniel pulls out the Mary Poppins reference - I LOVE TO LAUGH... Dick VanDyke would be proud.
I'd love some suggestions on Irish whiskies if you've got any.
I'd buy Irish but most distilleries are owned by foreign countries. I mean, I'll buy an Irish whiskey, Scotch, English (yes, at least one exists), Japanese, Taiwanese, etc, but I won't buy, say, and Irish whiskey from a distillery that's owned by a French or Japanese company or visa versa. Personal politics some might not agree with or care about, but there it is.
Also, I've heard that because of larger corporations snagging up Irish distilleries, they've gone down in complexity and lost a bit of native charm that gave them more uniqueness. Some places like Dingle are cropping up, but they're hard, if not impossible, to get a hold of and not very well known.
If you know about any self owned or newer, more craft Irish whiskies, I'd be all ears.
Hey love the show learned so much from watching. I live in Canada where our bottles are double in price. Would you guys be able to do a review on Gibson Finest 18. The bottle is 90$ and I was wondering if it is worth the purchase. Thanks for the great videos. From your fellow Canadian friend
Daniel has made commented a few times how Canada loves to hoard their finest whiskies all for themselves and how we only get the bottom of the barrel stuff. I live in Michigan an hour away from Canada and I don't see anything beyond a Canadian Club or Crown Royal. $90 for an 18 year old sounds like it'd be quite the deal though, if I were you - I'd buy it, try it, and report back here or find a bar that at least has it for a single dram to try it.
You've got me curious. I seem to think Gibson has a decent reputation. Not as commercial as CC or Crown, but generally palate friendly. I would guess that it's probably pretty good. Not sure it's $90 good, but I've found younger Canadian whiskies that were at least as expensive (in Alberta), so who knows...? :-)
I don’t know if you guys know or not but Tasmania is a state of Australia not a seperate country.
Tasmania is Australia. It's an Australian state, the same way Wyoming is an American state. Another interesting fact about Tasmania is that Tasmanians have two heads.
Get your hands on some tigersnake whiskey or possibly some limeburners you won't be disappointed
Straight out of Western Australia
Hey Guys I would like review on Johnnie Walker wine finish, thanks
Hey guys, I've just started my whiskey journey and was looking at trying Japanese whiskey. What would be a good starting point to open the doorway into Japanese whiskey?
Nikka or Hakushu
I think it would be cool to see a crowd sourced WORST whiskies.
Every one should just submit that one whiskey that had that one bad night with. Jack was my first whiskey and it almost ruined it for me.
Can you tell me what was in the $7000 blend? I'm trying to catalog all the blends you guys have created so far. I'll share once it's completed.
i think chad put it in the description of that video.
Ahh, so he did. Thanks.
Yeeeaaah!!!
I once went to a comic-con where a guy had dressed up as Judge Dredd and had a backpack/water bottle (camel back I think they're called), in which he had about 2 liters of cognac.
At Comic-Con.
Needless to say, it was a strange mix of "well of course, I'm in Russia after all" and "Just wow"
This is the only way I know to get in touch with you. Google just published an article that a famous store in exclusive part of Paris was burgled and 673000 euros worth of whiskey was stolen probably around $900,000.00 including one bot worth 195000 euro. Of more interest to me though wad the art. Said that French are consuming more whisky per cap and even competitive with Scotland thought you like to know.
This is terrifying, and yet truly interesting! Not surprised if the French drink more. Those damn French know how to party :-)
Is that bottle of Lark available in the states?
I think in limited qty
Starward is the "Australian" whisky we tried. Haha Tasmania is part of Australia guys bahahahah
Mine look like a normal 700 ml bottle, It's quite good though !
Top sweetest whisky
Daniel, I can only assume that any grain capable of being distilled has at some point had someone try to make whiskey from it. My question is, has any attempt at using one of these grains in the mash bill been successful?
We answered this on next week's episodes!
Thanks! I look forward to watching it!
Magnificent Bastard Eagle screech is great and all but it literally pierces my eardrums when I'm listening on headphones.
Majed Azouqah...I also noticed the Eagle screech seems particularly loud and unbalanced this week.
Rex, I’m looking for my Mooch score sir! I went to a friends house with two rather nice 6 dollar cigars and got to try the following whiskeys. How'd I do?
Highland Park 12&15
Scapa 16 Year
Caol Ilay Stitchell Reserve
Mortlach Rare Old
Compass Box The Lost Blend
Royal Lochnagar Distillers Edition
and
Yamazaki 12 year
damn good list. level 52.
Thank you sir!
U guys know Tasmania is part of Australia right?
How did the guy package the whisky, I'd be scared of it smashing coming all that way!
One comment suggested more international whiskey and I've got a suggestion: Three Ships.
It's somewhat new, South African, won a lot of awards and not widely available. They used to be sold in the UK but no longer for some reason. I''d contacted Three Ships on their main site and Facebook to no avail, but their SA distributor, vineyardconnection (site is vinoteque .co.za), was very helpful.
Unfortunately, they said America was difficult to get into, but there was a glimmer of hope. There are a handful of airports throughout the US they've had success getting into, of which they provided a list, and if you're willing to go through the hassle you might be able to score some, but it'd require calling the airport, filling out forms, and personally contacting vineyardconnection for a special order. It's something I plan on doing, but requires family in a different state to make the pickup so I gotta get the timing right.
It'd be awesome seeing someone I watch doing a review on this giant logistical nightmare. Did I mention they just released their 15 year?
Please Longrow 18 review!!!!! Help people, mooches, vikings, distilers, soms, help, like this, support me! I need that review from Daniel.... and Rex!
Just saying Daniel... after remembering something you said in #RexualTension I grabbed a bottle of Laphroaig off my shelf and apologized to it, put ice in my favorite mug and mixed up a glass of Smokey Coke and I hate how good it is. I’m drinking it now imagining the horrified look on the bartender’s face if I ever ordered this anywhere respectable.
Do Old Frothingslosh
Guys I’d be interested in the question (probably actually only Daniel... ) does the bottle matter? Either from taste and/or marketing point of view? Have you thought about what yours will look like? Cheers!
Nope! Glass is glass.
out of the "lark" whiskey and the "Starward malt" which one would be more entry level??
lark
Cask strength Lark is like a TOTALLY different whisky....bottles range from 100ml....200ml....500ml and now 700ml, I think mainly for the tourists for the reasons Rex stated (portability)
(I live in Hobart Tasmania....but Texan born and raised)
Thats quite a tree change.
Holy hell, you almost got back to a serious whisky review...
You guys are slipping 😀
I have an engineer friend who went over to Japan for work last week and I asked him to pick me up a few bottles of Japanese whisky and I would pay him back. Since then, he has been sending me photos of him in a whisky bar drinking Yamazaki 12, Nikka 17, Ardbeg An Oa, Caol Ila 12, and Blantons Single Barrel Japanese Bourbon (probably just relabeled with japanese).
Whenever I ask him if he picked me up a bottle of something like Hibiki or a rare Japanese whisky, he said he spent all his money at the bar for the day and can't afford to get it. Is this the definition of reverse-mooching?
Sounds like a Whisk(e)y Hoarder. Which would indeed be the opposite of a Whisk(e)y Mooch. :-/
Still waiting for the Kentucky Deluxe review.