I do not taste any peaty smoke in the Glenfiddich 15. I tend to taste it more in Islay Scotches, and Highland Scotch. Not so much from many of the Speyside Scotches. I am a fan of Scotch, and Bourbon. I don't have much experience with Irish Whisky, but I'm eager to learn.
Glenfiddich has much more of a big oak flavour, at least from my Glenfiddich 18 and the other ones I have tasted. Glenfiddich uses unpeated barley. The peppery flavour is from the oak. Peat has more of an earthy flavour.
Personally I don't like bourbons at all. I find them too sweet. Irish whiskey tastes so smooth that it goes down as milk. I really enjoy it. My favourite is definitely scotch. I just love everything about it. The taste, the hit the smell.
So many things wrong with what you said in this video. Bourbon isn't only distilled in Kentucky. It can be distilled anywhere in the U.S. Not all Irish whiskies are triple distilled and not all Irish whiskies are pot stilled. Glen fiddich doesn't get peat smoked at all its sherry cask aged. Don't know where you got smoke from on that one.
A nice breakdown of some of the major differences between these types. Production-wise, go easy on those audio levels. I almost stopped watching after the first few moments of his mic peaking.
Would love to try the Glenfiddich, but as of now the best scotch I've ever had was johnny Walker 18 yr old platinum. I find that scotch is basically like sipping on liquid cigar. Or imagine sniffing an ashtray, yet throw in some nutty notes and that's what I get from scotch. Definitely an acquired taste, and I love it. Definitely a bourbon guy, but Man Scotch has its own character so much so that it's definitely noticable between the 3. As for Bourbon my favorite is anything Buffalo Trace distilled. I grew up in KY so it's always been a thing, but grew up on the wild turkey 101.
Glenfiddich distillery (Willian Grand) from speyside region is not a peated whiskey at all. Islay whiskey and some Highland region( Ardmore, Highland Park ,etc) whiskey are peated
Scotch can be made from lots of grains: wheat, corn barley... single malt is made from 100% barley, but that's only 1 in 10 bottles sold. Still, a cool overview video. Kudos.
Some excellent general info and guidance. Thank you. But I think you maybe picked the wrong whiskies to prove those points. The Glenfiddich 15 is a particularly sweet speyside whisky having been aged in sherry casks. Hardly any peat or smokiness at all. Smooooooooth. Perhaps an Islay, Talisker or at least a peated Speyside would have been better. I also think that's a particularly harsh/potent bourbon and not necessarily typical of sweet kentucky whiskey.
Thanks! Very Interesting! I'm a bourbon drinker - and I DON'T mean Tennessee sour mash whisky! Had not thought of the cooler climate as a reason/need to age Irish & Scotch whiskey's so much longer but certainly makes sense. I posted this on another video from the Teeling Distillery and would love to get your thoughts. "Just an observation from someone who knows just enough to be dangerous. And I haven't had any Irish whiskey is decades. I thought one of the effects of multiple distillations is that it removes the taste aspects of the mash. IE vodka is distilled down to what is defined as an "odorless tasteless liquid" So it seems they are triple distilling down to what is 160 proof grain alcohol then relying on the aging to impart the flavor. I'm not being critical just wondering if that's the "essence" of Irish whiskey." Also do you know of good recipes for Irish Whiskey and what type yeast do they use? Thanks again!
Well since you're talking about distillation there is probably no point in comparing bourbon to good scotch or Irish whiskey as they are both made in pot stills and bourbon in Coffey stills which strips the flavours from the wash. However if you can recommend a good American pot still whiskey I'd love to try it
I see three different bottles of Pappy Van Winkle and a bottle of George T. Stagg. All bourbons I wanna try. What is the name of this bar, and where is it? I would like to drink here.
I've had the good fortune to get to try Pappy 12 and 15 year, and they are great bourbons, the 15 was probably up as one of the top 3 I've ever had, but trust me when I tell you they aren't even remotely worth the absurdly high price that it goes for, it's just a marketing scheme by BT to be able to get more money for less bourbon
Hmmm...I quite appreciate Glenfiddich 15 Solera, but there is no peatiness to its character. Anything tasted as 'smoke' is probably 'maltiness'. I consider that Glenfiddich to be a sherried single malt. Scotches can vary from entirely unpeated and only aged in bourbon barrels, to various levels of peating, and various levels and different sources of finish barrels from fortified wines (sherry, port, sauternes), so that a bewildering array of flavor profiles is available. So, aside from ABV, unchilled filtration, and artificial coloring or not, a Scotch drinker attempts to ascertain whether the distillate is peated, and whether it is sherried, and to what levels and by what means.
Bourbon: go with some Eagle Rare it's a nice beginner bourbon and I'd be lieing if I said I knew anything about Scotch.. at some point you need to try Jefferson's Ocean bourbon, probably my favorite on the market right now
@Paul.J OLD CROW Bourbon Whiskey.people will laugh and scoff,but its a smooth mellow whiskey that goes good with everything.take it slow at first and then try it with a touch of water or over ice.even with a mixer.Enjoy!!
Glenfinick isn't smoky at all i know that for a fact lol Other Scottish whiskies are not all I'd actually say smokey whiskies from Scotland are in the minority of products
You mention Kentucky many times regarding the bourbon, but the geographic requirement for bourbon is that it’s made in the United States. Any of the sates, not just Kentucky. Great video, thanks for the lesson!
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Redbreast, Green spot, yellow spot, and middleton rare are incredible Irish whiskeys 👌
Red Spot also, if you can find it.
That Collection behind you is to die for
Great educational video. Thanks for posting.
excellent choices to represent each style! Well done!
You nailed exactly what I was looking for. Thank you
very informative and simple to understand thankyou
Greetings from Brazil. Thanks for your explanation.
Nice selection to compare.. all really good stuff..
Great video 👍🏽 big Weller fan🥃👍🏽😎
thanks alot!! great explaination... great clear accent to listen for foreigners :))
well done, thanks.
I do not taste any peaty smoke in the Glenfiddich 15. I tend to taste it more in Islay Scotches, and Highland Scotch. Not so much from many of the Speyside Scotches. I am a fan of Scotch, and Bourbon. I don't have much experience with Irish Whisky, but I'm eager to learn.
Glenfiddich has much more of a big oak flavour, at least from my Glenfiddich 18 and the other ones I have tasted. Glenfiddich uses unpeated barley. The peppery flavour is from the oak. Peat has more of an earthy flavour.
reptilianskin just keep drinking, you’ll get it.
Craig Keller Get what?.... alcohol poisoning?
Great video
Personally I don't like bourbons at all. I find them too sweet. Irish whiskey tastes so smooth that it goes down as milk. I really enjoy it. My favourite is definitely scotch. I just love everything about it. The taste, the hit the smell.
Irish is terrible, no personal offence to you. Just an opinion. I can't drink irish without nearly throwing up.
I loooove Bourbons :)
All equal just different flavour profiles. Perfect description here.
Very informative. Thanks!
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Great content, great video presentation but the audio made it difficult to watch. Gotta watch the clipping levels. New subscriber though. 👍
So many things wrong with what you said in this video. Bourbon isn't only distilled in Kentucky. It can be distilled anywhere in the U.S. Not all Irish whiskies are triple distilled and not all Irish whiskies are pot stilled. Glen fiddich doesn't get peat smoked at all its sherry cask aged. Don't know where you got smoke from on that one.
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who's bar is that? Can I come over?
Looks like a fancy bar I can’t afford to drink in!
A nice breakdown of some of the major differences between these types. Production-wise, go easy on those audio levels. I almost stopped watching after the first few moments of his mic peaking.
Would love to try the Glenfiddich, but as of now the best scotch I've ever had was johnny Walker 18 yr old platinum. I find that scotch is basically like sipping on liquid cigar. Or imagine sniffing an ashtray, yet throw in some nutty notes and that's what I get from scotch. Definitely an acquired taste, and I love it. Definitely a bourbon guy, but Man Scotch has its own character so much so that it's definitely noticable between the 3. As for Bourbon my favorite is anything Buffalo Trace distilled. I grew up in KY so it's always been a thing, but grew up on the wild turkey 101.
Glenfiddich distillery (Willian Grand) from speyside region is not a peated whiskey at all. Islay whiskey and some Highland region( Ardmore, Highland Park ,etc) whiskey are peated
That's what I was thinking when I watched this. I don't understand why he'd be smelling peat in Glenfiddich when it has absolutely none.
Scotch can be made from lots of grains: wheat, corn barley... single malt is made from 100% barley, but that's only 1 in 10 bottles sold. Still, a cool overview video. Kudos.
Some excellent general info and guidance. Thank you.
But I think you maybe picked the wrong whiskies to prove those points. The Glenfiddich 15 is a particularly sweet speyside whisky having been aged in sherry casks. Hardly any peat or smokiness at all. Smooooooooth. Perhaps an Islay, Talisker or at least a peated Speyside would have been better. I also think that's a particularly harsh/potent bourbon and not necessarily typical of sweet kentucky whiskey.
Jameson black barrel and stout surprised me.
Thanks! Very Interesting!
I'm a bourbon drinker - and I DON'T mean Tennessee sour mash whisky!
Had not thought of the cooler climate as a reason/need to age Irish & Scotch whiskey's so much longer but certainly makes sense.
I posted this on another video from the Teeling Distillery and would love to get your thoughts.
"Just an observation from someone who knows just enough to be dangerous.
And I haven't had any Irish whiskey is decades.
I thought one of the effects of multiple distillations is that it removes the taste aspects of the mash. IE vodka is distilled down to what is defined as an "odorless tasteless liquid"
So it seems they are triple distilling down to what is 160 proof grain alcohol then relying on the aging to impart the flavor.
I'm not being critical just wondering if that's the "essence" of Irish whiskey."
Also do you know of good recipes for Irish Whiskey and what type yeast do they use?
Thanks again!
Well since you're talking about distillation there is probably no point in comparing bourbon to good scotch or Irish whiskey as they are both made in pot stills and bourbon in Coffey stills which strips the flavours from the wash. However if you can recommend a good American pot still whiskey I'd love to try it
I see three different bottles of Pappy Van Winkle and a bottle of George T. Stagg. All bourbons I wanna try. What is the name of this bar, and where is it? I would like to drink here.
It's a place in Cape Girardeau Missouri
I've had the good fortune to get to try Pappy 12 and 15 year, and they are great bourbons, the 15 was probably up as one of the top 3 I've ever had, but trust me when I tell you they aren't even remotely worth the absurdly high price that it goes for, it's just a marketing scheme by BT to be able to get more money for less bourbon
If I’m not mistaken bourbon doesn’t have to be made in Kentucky right? It can be anywhere in the US?
Hmmm...I quite appreciate Glenfiddich 15 Solera, but there is no peatiness to its character. Anything tasted as 'smoke' is probably 'maltiness'. I consider that Glenfiddich to be a sherried single malt. Scotches can vary from entirely unpeated and only aged in bourbon barrels, to various levels of peating, and various levels and different sources of finish barrels from fortified wines (sherry, port, sauternes), so that a bewildering array of flavor profiles is available. So, aside from ABV, unchilled filtration, and artificial coloring or not, a Scotch drinker attempts to ascertain whether the distillate is peated, and whether it is sherried, and to what levels and by what means.
Irish is the only one of the three that I can take neat. Bourbon and scotch are both too harsh. I need a mixer for them. Irish straight!
what is a complex but smooth Bourbon or Scotch Whiskey
Freddie Slaughter that’s a complex question and it deserves a smooth answer...
Bourbon: go with some Eagle Rare it's a nice beginner bourbon and I'd be lieing if I said I knew anything about Scotch.. at some point you need to try Jefferson's Ocean bourbon, probably my favorite on the market right now
My favorite
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I discovered the other day that I don't actually like scotch, it's too subtle for me . I need something that has been aged in a new barrel.
stick with kentucky bourbon.you have hundreds of brands to choose from.enjoy!
@Paul.J OLD CROW Bourbon Whiskey.people will laugh and scoff,but its a smooth mellow whiskey that goes good with everything.take it slow at first and then try it with a touch of water or over ice.even with a mixer.Enjoy!!
Bad audio quality - fix that. Also, you didn't mention that bourbon barrels are typically charred.
I can't drink anything aged in charred barrels the flavor always makes me ill 😞
Mcallen for scotch in my opinion. Best overall....
Glenfinick isn't smoky at all i know that for a fact lol
Other Scottish whiskies are not all I'd actually say smokey whiskies from Scotland are in the minority of products
I love Irish whiskey! It is compatible with my physiology; I can't tolerate any Scotch or American Bourbon
Scotch is less sweet than bourbon but still very sweet?
This is his personal bar, the reviews are an excuse to give the wife so’s he can imbibe at odd hours of the day or night. Just my own take on it.
Hilarious!🤣
You mention Kentucky many times regarding the bourbon, but the geographic requirement for bourbon is that it’s made in the United States. Any of the sates, not just Kentucky. Great video, thanks for the lesson!
Most bourbons and the best bourbons are from kentucky.
@@xavier01110 Colorado specifically brekenridge makes some real good shit too
scotch/Irish immigrants invented bourbon thus best of both worlds I like Irish but goddamn I just love bourbon my fav spirit
Bourbon doesn't actually have to be from Kentucky. It does have to be from the U.S. though.
Redbreast is a excellent candidate
Irish whisky. not whiskey
In Ireland we spell it "whiskey".
The Irish invented it, they'll spell it whatever way they like!
I'm 20 why can't I buy myself a drink if I have all the responsibilities that an adult has
You should move to the UK. Legal drinking age is 18
AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH The audio is making me ears bleed.