whisky review 566 - An Cnoc 22yo single malt and Ph balance
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Hey Ralfy, just a quick comment regarding pH (for anyone who is curious about the more chemical aspects of whisky): an acidic whisky is actually a LOW pH, so by adding a more alkaline substance, like the bicarbonated water, you are actually RAISING the pH in the acidic whisky to make it more neutral. A pH of 7.0 is considered "neutral pH"; below that is "acidic" and above "basic/alkaline". Cheers!
+rockindrop if I might add to the good commentary, the little bubbles Ralfy mentions are most likely CO2 (carbon dioxide), very unlikely Cl2 (chlorine gas). Cheers
Another great review Ralfy :)
Thank you for an interesting view into the composition of a whisky. You always have an out of the box angle that makes me view whisky in a different way, and it always allows me to see anew just how complex such a simple thing can be. I love the depth to this hobby and you make it that much more enjoyable for me.
Thank you very much for that.
at last..a proper malt.was getting tired of filler content..but what can you do?? with the prices having reached unjustifiable levels...ralfy has to resist the marketng gurus and buy reasonably..as always...still the only reliable whisky reviewer online..with his finger right on the pulse of things.. keep it up brother.good luck with selecting this year's malt of the year.looking forward to it.may we enjoy your views and opinions for many many more years.
Thanks, Ralfy. I generally steer away from sherry maturation. I like the idea of working the water to add is great. My suggested malt mention: Moldy Malty Mitchell Making Meaningful Malt Emanations from a Mildly Moldy de-Minimus Bothy.
Ralfy, Thank you very much, I have been watching you adding water to your glass and have always wondered what type of water you were using.I am a water well driller and pump technician and know that water is all different in taste and quality.Last week I was invited to a customers house and had Johnny Walkers Red over ice and that ice was made from a limestone water well..... Excellent, It's all about the water.Merry Christmas To All.
Monongahela is one of the 3 rivers of Pittsburgh Pennsylvania from my home state thanks for the mention
Nose: slightly citrus, slightly acidic, dried fruit, fresh fruit, sherryish, fresh sherry, modern sherry Mouth: sharp, acidic sherry, cumin, scotch marzipan, lemon oil, vegetal, asparagus, cabbage Nose (with water): spirity, floral, lilies, honey, honeysuckle, sherry, brown sugar, chocolate, nutty, oily, wax, herbaceous, celery salt Mouth (with water): cask, sherriness, malt grain, acidity Mark: 83 Nose (with water #2): malt, bitter sherry, dry mineral note, old casks, vegetal, celery salt, clove, cinnamon, marzipan Mouth (with water #2): dry and sour, lemon oil, tea, peppermint, honey, vanilla, slightly stale sage Mark: 86
I always add water, to my Malt Whiskies. After I have had a wee taste of the Whisky. As just about all my bottles(not many) are cask strength. Merry Christmas Ralfy. As well hope you have a great time.
I've just tried the Sodium Bicarbonate trick with a bog standard Jim Beam. It really does make a difference. Thanks Ralfy.
Glad you tested water with different Ph. I have one btl of Highland Spring - Scotland spring water.
Glenelg Maryland USA
A big thank you for no Star Wars reference.
+jason f . . . . have I missed something !
+ralfystuff Ep.7 of Star Wars was just released... it's already made 250 million during the opening weekend, is a juggernaut that is crushing all box office records and is *everywhere* in social media. Be glad you've missed it. The attention it's getting is super-annoying. People are acting like Jesus Christ has returned (insert your favoured deity here)).
+TheJohn8765 Just saw Star Wars. Whoa. Very very not good but great movie!! I'm more of a Star Trek fan but do yourself a favour and go see it.
+TheJohn8765 Eff a bunch of Star Warz!!
Thanks Ralfy for another year of Whiskey Reviews from the Manx Bothy. Have a Merry Christmas and here is a dram to you. Cheers
Thanks Ralfy, you are helping me expand my malt whisky education. Looking forward to your next vlog.
I bought the Benromach 10 last year on your recommendation and it's one of my favorite whiskys, so excited for next week's Whisky of the Year video!
+RBCbomber I did the same last week and I'm looking forward to the next one.
When I was young, I used to carry pH strips on me (chemistry nerd) and would test pretty much every liquid I came across. I found almost all water (whether treated or well) to be at least slightly acidic, Not much, usually 6.8-6.5 ish, but def acidic.
And nearly all soaps and detergents are acidic (the non-neutral pH helps with bonding to 'dirt'), so rinsing is pretty important. In the old days, ammonia or sodium hydroxide were common cleaning agents (and are strongly alkaline), but are not very popular today.
Thanks for doing a real-world test, Ralfy! And happy holidays to you and yours!
Your reviews truly are great!
Another water expriment: tap water (rested of course as per Ralfy's recommendation) vs. room temperature calcified kettle-water which one uses to make tea; you mileage may vary.
Is a very good whisky,with or whitout water ! Merry Christmas
Ralfy, thanks for guiding me through this malt money minefield. I've recommended your channel to several mean malt mates. Cheers
+David McMahon . . . happy to help malt-mate !
Great review Ralfy. Interesting to see the many uses of baking soda!
Next vlog will be the 'Whisky of the year 2015'... Oh my... i can't wait!!
Was eating ice cream and must have missed the alert. Guess I'll have to retrieve my first next time bwahaha cheers Ralfy and malt mates. Merry Christmas!
Always interesting Ralfy! Really enjoying Tim Hanna's "One Good Run" thank you for the tip! Take care, Ossie
Incredible. I never figured about that alkali water! Interesting tip, I'll bring that to the whisky club at work!
sodium carbonate was used in the old times to make soda water, carbonised water, co2 bubbles that is.soda water was and is used with whisky by a lot of people.
Just ordered the 16 yo.two hours ago, spookie (as well as springbank 15). Merry Christmas me.
Greetings Ralfy. Hope all is well. I find that after having an oz. of whiskey with a few drops of water I enjoy drinking a second oz. neat.
. . . all is well !
Ralfy! Have you mentioned oak chips and DIY maturation of whisky?
I soaked some bourbon in American oak chips to get the "first-fill bourbon" effect, (also better bourbon), and aged a young highland malt, and I was impressed with my experiment!
I plan to soak Port wine in my French Oak chips to experiment with Port maturation :D
When you get to choosing your whisky of the year, please don't let it be a Crown Royal...
+foodquig . . . It will not be Crown Royal.
+foodquig If your looking for a whisky of the year i think you could do a bit better than Crown Royal lol
Hello malt Maestro :D Ralphy you talk about 'independent bottlings' from time to time - what's involved in the process, and how does it differ from what's normally available??
100 reviews away from the devil's malt mention!
Ralfy!!!
where is the best whisky of 2015!!!!!!!!!!
+B Das ..It is somewhere in Manx bothy..be patient.
Ralfy, love your reviews, man. I've been a Single Malt drinker for thirty years, but only recently have begun to educate myself on the intricacies of fine whisky. In my admittedly limited experience, I've found the 15 year old Laphroaig to be my favorite, though very pricey in my locale. Any recommendations for similar malts I might enjoy?
+John Stevenson I have 2 bottles of it tucked away but as their limited editions i'm too scared to open them lol.
Hey Ralfy, could you please review Label 5, a scotch blended whisky.
I own a bottle of this whisky and in my opinion I made the right choice, when I bought it for 13.99E
Best regards, you fan and a malt novice Frank from Slovakia
The Singleton is one I don't think you've reviewed Ralfy. Does it not make the 80/100 grade. I have a bottle the soon to be discontinued Singleton of Glen Ord and really enjoying it.
Dear Mr Ralfy.
I condone you for not reviewing NAS malts.
The industry treats the customers really bad.
Don't they believe that we are capable of enjoying a great malt, even if we know that they have used young malt ?
They sure ride on the wave of uncritizising high prized malts.
Shame on them.
I remember when whisky was unpopular and the complaint from the industry.
Mothballing, demolishing such greats as Brora, Port Ellen and many more.
Those days will be back sooner or later and by that time they will be out of quality stock.
I already see friends stepping of the single malt train and buying high quality rums, tequilas , cognac/armagnac.
I will stand by the likes of springbank that are genuine brands.
The downside is that Diaego and the likes won't hesitate to close down Ardbeg , Lagavulin when the profits drop.
To all independent distillers I urge you to NEVER sell out.
+Lars Nilsson . . . well said !
"Malt-i-plied" malt mention Ralfy!
Hi Ralfy! Love the reviews! Have you tried any Danish whiskies? and if so, are they worth buying? I'm a dane myself, and have never tried any of the Danish whiskies :D Keep up the good work! Best regards Mikkel :)
+TheMikkelfl1 . . . still to spend some time with Danish malts, they are on the List !
+ralfystuff I was just wondering if you would be able to review the Crown Royal Northern Harvest Rye whisky from Canada. It was just named whisky of the world by Jim Murray of "Whisky Bible". Being Canadian I would love an honest review from you in regards to the quality of this whisky
My 1st reaction was 83/100.
22yrs n prolly a wee bit of a whack pricewyz I'd Xpect a lot mor of a "tuned whisky".
howevr sum of yur comments belie th 83 Ralfy.
is this a "challaging whisky" or jus a low scorin SM?
Great Vlog as usual, Ralfy, but a man with your understanding of matters physiological must know that the myth of the tongue taste-map was debunked many years ago.
+William Mcintyre . . . it was, but we still use it for making sense of taste ! Better than no map at all !
Indeed
Ralfy, have you ever tried Glen Scotia Victoriana ? i watched another youtuber do a review on it and first thing i could think of was "I'd love for Ralfy to do this one"
This may be looking ahead a little too far but i would say it fitting to review some Jim Bean Devils Cut for episode 666.
+saterjason That's a really sweet idea. I'm just waiting to see what episode 600 will be
Hey Ralfy! Any suggestions on a good single malt I can share with my family over Christmas? I've been enjoying a bottle of Ledaig over the past few days, and have been thinking about picking up another non-Islay peated whisky.
+Hayden Smith . . . Benromach Peat smoke !
so bein th infusd acid of th Sherry cask is noticabl why not AnCnoc use a difrnt variant of h2O (w/adj pH) wudnt they conseevably up their game w/a highr score??
22 years? Crickey, that is only 3 years younger than me
Great video Mr. Ralfy! I have been watching your videos for a long time . As a young bar tender I am very interested in spirits especially whisky.I live at a very remote place, the whisky that are available to me are the popular brand like chivas ,johnnie walker(if I am spelling that correctly) mine experience about whisky isn't too much I had chivas royal regal 12 yo , Dalwhinnie 15 yo and Aberlour 12yo . I tried hard to taste it, but I just can't notice the scent of barley or grain in them mostly I can only smell toffee , vanilla and oak I have a relatively good sense on sweet and oak or peat compare to barley and grain. My question is how to sense it better? I have never had a chance to smell barley or grain I have no idea how they are supposed to smell like. Is it still possible for me to get a good taste or develop a better taste on whisky? Watching you videos really taught me a lot of things about whisky . Thank you , I wish you Merry Christmas and happy new year!
+Porthos So . . . simply patience, practice and perseverance with smell and taste. We all have our own journey to make and it cannot be hurried, . . . good luck malt-mate.
Love all the Anocks... Weird marks to this and the 18 yo imho.
So now you have to add 3 points to all your whiskies...?
Ralfy, have you tried Singleton of Glendullan or other Singletons? Are they good enough for your review?
+zadornov128 . . . no plans at the moment !
Another awesome tips Ralfy. Many thanks.
You should rename your channel "RalfyUniversity". Very educational.
Does bottled mountain spring water makes any difference ??
"The Whisky Professor"
+Dan E . . . nutty professor !
Islay Einstein!
merry christmas ralfy have you tried the tobermory coopers choice 1994 on 52.5 % 18yeas old cask 9545?
+grimarkråka77 . . . not seen that one yet !
Ralfy, if my pH out of the tap is 8.0, I'm assuming this isn't the product for me, yes?
+robotsongs . . . get some bicarbonate of soda, it's cheap.
Why not just use distilled water?
wat 'bout "Tams Dram" NE gud? cute lil story but wat 'bout the wisky??
+Radio Laboratory . . . Tams drams is now part of scotchwhiskyauctions.com
Tomatin12 has a prety bad overt sherry overcoat. thnk they do a "dip n a rinse" the Sherry is jus 2 prominent!...& it's very inexpensiv SM so th company must also know.
Ralfy I may be able to help with Bonneville I have friends in Utah that could maybe help transport gear if you need it/are interested.
+Adam Krepp . . . thanks and appreciated, but we are organised !
What you think about the GLEN MORAY?
+Daniel Saucedo Whisky Reviews 408, 448, and 449
Ralfy what is your favorite whisky?
In one of his reviews Ralfy answered pretty well: no one, they are all different. The same way as there can't be a single most beautiful plant in a botanical garden. They are just to different to pick favorite or best.
+ralfystuff Started watching your channel a few months ago, as I just recently got into drinking whiskey. I really enjoy your content, and would love to support you! Do you have a merch store with ralfystuff tshirts? I would definitely buy one. :) Keep up the excellent reviews!
+Benjamin Hubbell . . . no merchandise yet, but I do have a patreon page called 'ralfy'
Ralfy, any chance of some vodka reviews soon?
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+therapistznd . . . verified as First !
+ralfystuff Great video once again will try this out,, also going to try out a few different bottles of water and a ph tester will be an interesting little experiment. As always keep it up and I look forward to the next video :)