whisky review 577 - Aultmore 12yo malt @ 46%vol
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I bought a bottle without having any experience with Aultmore simply because it hit all the right notes, non-chill filtered, 46%abv and so on. I was so pleasantly surprised that I immediately looked to see if you'd ever reviewed it and well here I am. Reasonably priced and a real gem that stands out from the crowd.
Aultmore 12yo malt, one of my favourite malts for some time now. Love the way you put the flavours to words. Thank you!
Reminds me of a 19 year old Glenkinchie lowland (amontillado finish) which after decanting and some time away, has blossomed to my great delight. I learned so much in my push-pull experience with the Glenkinchie 19 that I get the Aultmore's "morphing" process. WOW. Fantastic bottling. Many, many thanks for the tip.
Thank you for the care and thought that you put into sharing the malts with us. Always very useful and interesting information. As I go further with my whisky journey I am gravitating more and more to integrity bottlings like these which are not chill filtered, coloured, or bottled below 46%abv.
What a pleasure seeing you enjoy that dram! You are great, Ralfy, and you DO make us (Malt mates) better persons indeed!
Because of this sharp, knowledgeable & entertaining review, I ordered a bottle & received it yesterday through a friend. Just can't wait to get into it!
Very interesting Ralfy! Always a pleasure to join you in the bothy. Be well.
I saw this at a particular liquor store yesterday. Aside from the awesome presentation this looked up my alley. I must buy.
Discovered this myself a few months back and have been enjoying a nip of the buckie road ever since! Thanks for your malt confirmation
Ralfy, you are exactly right about the development in the glass for this whisky. This turns from a sweet whisky to a bomb of spice and cloves in the space of 25 minutes.
I learn a lot watching your videos
Love how excited you are getting with this one. I just bought it and I'll be sure to follow your steps with letting it open up.
Was lucky enough to have bought this early in my journey of malt Whisky and still love it. Fantastic stuff, cheers
Had one of these recently. It is an official bottling that certainly does have the character and style of an independent bottling. All good!
I've been enjoying a 2022 bottling of Aultmore 12 during the past week and totally agree with Ralfy's evaluation here from 6 years ago. This is still a fine, flavorful and wonderfully subtle malt!
Thanks for the recommendation. Finally opened it and what a delight
you have such an amazing pallet. all the flavors you can identify is amazing.
watching this one year later with the same dram thnx ralfie realy enjoy this one
This is a very quiet masterpiece. Small but perfectly formed.
This is a great whisky Ralfy! It has JUST come to our shores. My 'brung home" from a recent Single Malt only tasting.
Cheers and thanks again.
Great single malt, I have discovered it last year and loved it, than I bought 2 more bottles for later. Thanks for the (confirming) review.
I bought a bottle of this a year back Ralfy. I now look forward to opening it even more! I am enjoying a Ben Riach Sherry Wood at present.
Just bought a bottle, very nice. Needed some time in the glass to develop. Love the colour of this one.
God damn, Ralfly, your notes are dead on. I’m sitting on my front porch in West Philadelphia sipping a dram of this stuff and enjoying the ride on a warm summer night. Cheers from the states.
. . . happy to help !
This was a great review... I really enjoyed it.
It's early here but I went ahead and sampled a Dram along with you, comparing aroma and taste. Excellent. Thanks!
I have a dram of Aultmore 12 in my Glencairn while watching this video. I agree it's a great whisky! Cheers.
Fine Speyside whisky that deserves more attention by the whisky community. Just finished a sample of the new Aultmore 12 years Foggie Moss and I really enjoyed it. Thanks for this fine and entertaining review. Cheers from Germany
I've experienced this "bottle in a bad mood" with a few Ralfy-recommended malts, which are now favorites: Old Pulteney 12 and Highland Park 12. I think the subtle peat tricked me into tasting a strong, unpleasant, vegetal celery-like note at the time (having tasted both at once). I also initially hated Glenmorangie Quinta Ruban. But definitely love them now. Thank you, Ralfy.
I picked this up two weekends ago based upon the label alone. Haven’t opened it yet but excited for it.
thank you ralfy! I now know how blotto-ed is pronounced. just finished a bottle of aultmore 12yr and definitely noticed the second half had stronger flavours. all the best.
Great review. I am really enjoying my Aultmore 12 and just got my hands on a single cask Aultmore 20 which is fantastic. Cheers!
FWIW I bought a bottle of this without checking Ralfy reviews and without hesitation: 46% NCF, natural color for $50. I learned that here :) I'll come back and watch when I open it.
Actually got a chance to try this one at the Aberfeldy distillery of all places for a very reasonable price, it was quite amusing to have a malt from another distillery blow pretty much everything Aberfeldy produced out of the water and in their own distillery to boot! Though, I did also try a 28 Year Old Aberfeldy Cask Strength which was wonderfully complex and flavoursome.
I'm watching this after tasting (and buying) it at Heathrow. The sales guy swore there was no citrus notes, although I kept tasting and nosing it. Thank you!! I'm only 2 years in to my whisky adventure, but now I think I am starting to understand them.
. . . happy to help with the M-misison !
we need more whiskys like this!
This whisky sounds right up my street, it's a distillery I had heard of, but not really taken much notice of, thanks for your review Ralfy. Oh and watch your candle, don't want your piper to catch fire!
Great review, Ralfy. I couldn't find the 12 year old, but discovered Berry Bros & Rudd have their own label from Aultmore, a 17 year old, also bottled at 46%. Lovely stuff.
My goodness what a energetic review!
The only refreshing person to watch on youtube.
. . . thanks.
I don't even know the first thing about whiskey and I enjoyed this review.
Love this SMW, Thanks Ralfy
Thank you for the experience sharing!
I really appreciate your passion towards Whisky, Ralfy. You are very articulate when describing the flavours. I'm currently stuck indoors due to the virus here in China... Lucky for me, I have a 12yr sealed bottle of AULTMORE(!), so I will enjoy it that much more now. Cheers!
Also, I would appreciate it if someone could recommend a side dish to go with this
. . . good luck with your quarantine !
Ralfy,thank for the review,i like this dram.
just bought this one in Mexico. It is delicious the presentation is great
Just got the 18 year old. Very impressed with first taste. I like it more than glen grant 18, glenfarclas 25 even. Best of speyside imo so far. Can't wait to see how the next tastings go as the bottle settles in!
Thx for mentioning your wee brothers channel.
Like your own, informative and entertaining.
87/100 and that’s a” “Chic Murray” mark, Volt mates
got this for christmas.. not disappointed
Thank you Ralfy. Much like with foods, there are some better suited for different seasons. I think this is going to be my spring companion. 🥃🥃
In Germany we use a similarily sounding word, "geplättet", derived from "platt" = "flat". So if you drank too much, you are "geplättet" = "flattened" (you're lying flat on the ground)😆
Hi. Just having a wee nip of this beauty in Canada. Love your review! Lovely drop. All the best.
After a few drams of this one...I invested in another (backup) bottle. This is a superb whisky at $50 and to my palette is a bargain. I'm not sure whether I'd overlooked this on the local store shelves or whether it is a recent addition. I hope that this bottle remains readily available for years to come as this is worthy of my regular rotation. I was surprised after having purchased the first bottle that Ralfy had reviewed it. This one fits me like a glove. I seldom spend more than $50 to $65 on whisky....with this one I feel I am truly getting my money's worth.
Ralfy luvin. Eventually, might become the Clive Coates of whisky in Scottish drab. Lovely man. Cld watch him all day :)
Bought a bottle of this and had a dram. Great whisky!
Hi Ralfy, great review. I'm curious. Did this Aultmore 12, reminded you too, to the Balblair 02? The silky mouthfeel, the coconut touch, the sugary white cake feel to it...
Excellent excellent excellent review. Entertaining, educational, informative and warm. You know I started getting seriously into whisky because of Ralfy's vlogs but I have been watching a lot of other whisky review vlogs over the last year now and I must say that Ralfy's remains heads and shoulders above anything else out there.
It isn't until you have watched Ralfy's videos that you realise the sometimes complete nonsense spouted by other reviewers. I sometimes have to smack my head when watching some "expert" say that this this cask strength fifty something ABV whisky doesn't need water and then go on to say that it has an unpleasant burn at the back of the throat or tastes closed....or when they tell us that the peatiness comes from the water and that salty taste comes from the sea air getting into the worm tubs...that the orange glow of that Speyside is its natural colour....'..and the local cafe selling fish and chips and Watney's Red Barrel and calamaris and two veg and sitting in their cotton shirts squirting Timothy White's suncream all over their puffy raw swollen purulent flesh 'cos they 'overdid it on the first day.' (am I showing my age?)Ralfy. You are the simply the best!
We say blotto in Canada as well! Great review!.....this is my absolute favourite malt....in fact the only one I drink🤘
Just picked this up on a blind pick, never heard of it! But the price was right and Iv been wanting a good sweet speyside so the rest is history.
Really good on first pour so looking forward to the future......
How interesting Ralfy - in Australia the same word has come down from our early days of Colony as 'Blotto' which means the same thing ... essentially 'Blind Drunk' ... I was not aware of the Scottish origin of the word but it makes complete sense now that the Etymology is connected and a development from our nations Scottish ancestors ... mine own included.
Just drinking a superb 8yo sherry cask Aultmore bottled by whiskybroker......fantastic stuff
Rafly you're all class mate.
Picked up a bargain of a bottle. Looking forward to analyse it.
Very much enjoy the Aultmore 12.
Thanks for your great review. Thumbs up, and now subscribed.
On sale this week in my town, 36 euro is a good price. On the shelf for 18 years. Gonna drink it when i'm 68 years old
Ralfy: Any plans to review Jameson Caskmate, I believe it is Jameson regular blend aged in stout barrels. I have not really been into Irish blends but this is really good stuff.
You look trimmer than in review number 1! I'll save this for my morning drive.
Is it similar to Ancnoc 12? A decent whiskey in my opinion.
Ralfy, can I ask please. Why didn't the Aultmore 12 get that magic 90+? What kept it under 90?
great review
Ah, revisited the review having poppety Cork at the weekend. We thought it tasted peaty but I think (hope) that is what you described as the minerallyness on opening the bottle. Quite overwhelmed everything else.
Not sure where you can find this in the US. But sounds great. REALLY like Linkwood.
Thanks to my Ralfy catalogue on line I was able to grab this beauty for $33.45us no added tax here in Cambodia...
It was next to my recent favorite Craigellachie 13.
I grabbed them both...
Looks like I will have to open it up tonight and go grab another while they are on the shelf..
Thanks Ralfy!
Cheers
Thank you Ralfy! Do you have any insight on the 18 year old Aultmore?
Hey Ralfy, would love to see you review some Australian whisky's if they're available to you. I'm quite fond of Lark from Tasmania. Lovely stuff, but expensive.
Weird, isn't it. I know you're absolutely right about nosing from the bottle at 4:25, and yet I do it every time I open one. Just can't resist. :)
just a beautiful natural color
Chieftain also bottles Aultmore. Good stuff.
Ralphy likes this one!
I have been thoroughly enjoying this.. Ralfy what are your opinions on the 18/21/25 yo OB of Aultmore? Any good IB of this malt? Have you had the TBWC 11yo Aultmore?
Age doesn't necessarily mean better....it just means aged.
Amen.
Hey Ralfy, I am a huge fan of your whisky vlogs. Could you please make a video about how to let a bottle of whisky breathe? Thanks a lot.
So interesting this. I will be checking Aultmore out.
Ever had same whisky un-chill filtered and chillfiltered side by side?
I'd like to find out the difference.
Speaking of unfamiliar single malts, i've seen the Tullibardine 20 YO at a very decent price, what do you think of Tullibardine in general ralfy?
+FirsToStrike . . . I recommend you check reviews first ! see Whiskybase for opinions.
It’s funny, each time I come back to my bottle and taste it I come away with a different impression. At times it seems more herbal, at times it’s more sweet and fresh fruity, at times it’s more mild yet citrusy. Has anyone else picked up on this changing nature?
On the flip side of breathing and oxidation Ralfy, how often do you consider re-bottling a fine whisky in smaller bottles to delay the further oxidation of a bottle you intend to last a LONG time? How long after the initial opening and first couple of drams?
+swordsworn7 . . . I just use 'private preserve' argon/CO2 gas, it works.
Ralfy! Just picked up this whisky at the duty free, will be interesting to see how it holds up to your review(older...) =)
Maaan you're made my day 😂
This is a real good one
Ralf ... love it when you mellow out .. when you have something you really like to review:-)
remove the grapefruit rind .. in a blind test .. tasting two different whisky's ..
which one is the Arran 10 ? :-)
Slange frae Montreal
a nip of the buckie rd,ehhh Ralfy
Mildly buzzed, yes. Blootered, no. Thanks for a most enjoyable review...
Is this like Glencadam 10?
I'm three days into this bottle and the aromatics seem to have dissipated severely. I thought it might have just been me but when my wife tried it she asked me, "didnt you add too much water?". I hadn't added any. Is this a normal phase for a whisky? Will it continue to evolve and begin to show its character again?
A better person. Haha, ralfy yo
Hi Ralfy, have you got any tips for opening old bottles of whiskey? I recently tried to open a 15 year old bottle of glenmorangie 10 Y/O but when i tried to remove the cork, the part of the cork that you grip with your fingers came off in my hand leaving the other half of the cork wedged in the bottle. the cork is quite dry and flaky so I'm afraid to have a go at it with a corkscrew. If I just knock the cork through and put the whiskey in a new bottle will the cork harm it? love your videos and any help would be much appreciated. many thanks from a malty Manchester United mourner.
+Jonathan Young . . . this happens a lot ! soft-cork is just not made for long-term keeps. I recommend you remove all the cork as best you can and fit a new cork, dry old corks lead to spirit-evaporation over time.
+Jonathan Young I'd recommend a 'Screwpull' pocket corkscrew. It works for all types of broken and vintage wine corks.
Ralfy how com Br Isles still uses ,"pints" as a value of quantity wen u guys do the metric system. kilometers etc.
we do it mayB 20% of the time th othr way. like grams kilograms etc.
how'd it all get turns around??
intristin
+Radio Laboratory . . . Brits are eccentric !
Any plans for videos on Calvados or Pommeau in the future?
+Enrique Alfonso . . . no plans for the moment.
I just bought one bottle in Zurich Airport Duty Free which makes me wonder if Aultmore has gone in a different direction now.
hundreds watched and i still dont understand what malt mention is