Scarabus Islay Single Malt [Hunter Laing] Review
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Rex and Daniel sample a sourced Islay in a very cool bottle and compare it to almost every other young Islay they can find.
Big thanks to all of the folks who gave it to us all at once: Patron Saint Kurt Stroeters and the M.B.'s Gary Ferguson & Jordan Hertz. Cheers!
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the mooch was back in his game😊
Long time no see Mooch; came back with a vengeance 😎🧔🏽🥃
It is an honor to watch such mastery.
I see Emma has been in the vault.
Shhh, don't tell them :)
I loved how Daniel walked right past it and didn't notice.
To all you MB'S that served! Thank you for your great sacrifice! There are many who understand and appreciate with thankfulness 🥃🥃🙏
I bought this for 25 bucks at Total Wine. Inarguably the best budget Islay I’ve ever had. Went back and got another right after finishing the first bottle with my friends. Can’t beat that price
Texas thunderstorm followed by drinking an assortment of the best bottles of whisky from the best whisky region? Can't have a better day than that.
Watching this episode was like watching a replay of my brother and I tasting Scarabus a couple weeks ago after grabbing a bottle on sale for $29.99 (reg. $34.99) at Total Wine. We compared it with Wee Beastie, Lagavulin 16, and Laphroaig 10. We were beyond impressed with the Islay experience it delivers at that price point. Super fun to watch you guys have that same reaction. Cheers!
I was amazed how well it stood up to bottles twice it's price.
@@rurugby Wish it was cheaper here in Vancouver B.C. Scarabus is $79 before tax , might pick it up
@@rurugby on sale prices in Germany/Netherlands: Scarabus NAS €29, Caol Ila 12 €35, Ardbeg Wee Beastie €35, Lagavulin 8 €45, Laphroaig 10 €30. So here they are all kinda close except Lagavulin which on a whole is currently outrageously expensive.
All the comparisons!!! Yes! Very informative and a great episode in general!
One of the few times I can have a whiskey while watching. Cheers to you all
So glad to see you do this review! I love, love, love Islay whiskey -- Lagavulin 16 as a gift got me into whiskey years ago, and showed me what whiskey could be - but don't always have the $60-$120 to drop on Lagavulin, Ardbeg, or Laphroiag. Recently in Tampa stumbled on Scarabus, and was completely bowled over. Like drinking the above mentioned for a fraction of the price. I currently live in the whiskey desert of Alabama, but while traveling through St. Louis, stopped and bought 4 bottles at TW, on sale for 29.99. Hands down the best and least known value in Islay Scotch. Cheers!
Rex finally said fuck it and wore a black shirt anyway.
Good for you, Rex. Good for you.
Rex is becoming more and more like Daniel every week.
@@ElijsDima As Rex becomes more Daniel, Brianna becomes more Rex
But now... HEY TWINS!
Rex is being drawn to the dark side.🌑. Hopefully the Rebel Yell Alliance can save him. Maybe Luke Isle of Skye-Walker can lure him back with a neat pour of Talisker Single Malt. 🥃. May the farce be with him.😂🤣
Exceptional Mooching 👍🏽🥃
Nice slight of hand the Mooch had🧐🥃
Funny, I just picked up half of what they tried today and talked about. The scarabus, lagavulin 8 and 11 nick offerman, the ardbeg uagedail and wee beastie. All will be reviewed on my channel. I will review them this week but they won't post til like December. I think the scarabus compares to mcclellands but with more smoke. All are soooo good. Down the Isley hole I go....and taking my wife with me.
LOL, the Mooch is on his "A" game today. He got more than 1 whisk(e)y as an "AB" comparison and getting the Somm to agree to it.
Emma strikes again! Love it.
This is in my current top 5 Islay whiskys.
I have this in Batch Strength, and lawd do I love it. Peaty vanilla toffee goodness.
Where did you find that?
This one reminds me of the smell of my grandparents fireplace. When I was a kid, I would sleep on the floor in front of it in the living room with my grandparents sometimes, when it had burnt down to only embers, like we were camping inside. It was a very big stone and tabby fireplace with 2 civil war era cannonballs garnishing the iron wood holding arms. There was usually live oak wood burning (was in Savannah, GA) in it. It’s just kind of amazing how the nose and even taste on this immediately throws me back to when I was only like 5-7 years old….. Very good imo!
Picked up a bottle of this at Ardnahoe distillery on a recent visit to Islay. Also picked up a bottle of Caol Isla too from the Lagavulan distillery (Caol Isla distillery temporarily closed to the public while going through refurb). Both are excellent.
You guys crack me up. Love the show. Always check if you've reviewed any scotch I'm interested in. Thanks for the videos.
Picked this up for $30 at total wine a few months ago. At first, the initial taste was a bit offputting, but I tell you WHAT, it grew on me! Now I keep it in stock along with the Ardbeg!
Thanks guys for the review on the Scarabus, actually just bought the last bottle on the shelf at the TW @ $5 off! Mighty fine whiskey
I got my second bottle for $10 of with a discount on the sale price. Kung fu'd a little today.
2 videos in a row, Rex with the swipe! MOOCH!!!!!
Great episode! Will be picking this one up
comparing Shieldaig 14 to Scarabus... well, final verdict is both are delicious. Shieldaig is definitely less smoke but has a very nice carmelly, appelly vibe and Scarabus is definitely the deep, briny, peat. So good! Anyway, thanks for what you are doing. Having fun with the world of whiskey. Thanks to you guys!
Thanks for some old school mooching! We have missed you, Master Mooch.
:-D
Good to see Rex flexing some old fashioned Moochness.
It's nice to know he hasn't lost touch connection to the great power(s) of the *Mooch Lord*
:-)
Bought one yesterday for $29! Good stuff!
Perfect, I was waiting on this review
It's amazing for the $30 I paid
@@rurugby I had a trip to vegas from Hawaii so this was my 12th bottle I brought with me. I said why not get this cheap $26 bottle with a cool label , ha. Liked it a lot.
Likely Caol Ila, and using other distillery's casks to mask, or make unique. Love the bottle design, and keen to pick up the newer Cask Strength!
Love Scarabus. Budget Islay but with full Islay flavor.
Happy Holidays..
GOOD MORNING YOU MB'S... 🥃
2 MB's and a Patron Saint of Whisk(e)y
Deliver a nectar from an unknown distillery.
A solid taste forces them to think
And Rex leverages this to mooch another drink
This is one of my favorite Islay Scotches for the price. I’ve compared it to all the different Islay brands and I swear it’s a sourced Ardbeg, almost like an in between point of the Wee Beastie and the 10.
On the topic of weird tasting notes, I was drinking Glenfiddich 12 and my brain went “Las Caletas beach in Puerto Vallarta Mexico” now every time I drink Glenfiddich I go on a nostalgia trip.
Ardbeg 10 was my first scent memory with whiskey. Reminded me of driving past the oil refineries on I-95 in Philadelphia on summer night.
Stop planning dry weeks for the week our whiskey club meets each month!
wah wah, schedule your own if you feel you need to.
Just move your dry week.
I bought a bottle of this when I was in Islay a couple of years ago. Ardnahoe were selling it since they didn't have any of there own to sell yet. At the time I thought it reminded me of a peated bunnahabhain. I had just come off of a chocolate and whisky tasting at Caol ila and didn't get the Caol Ila profile from it at all
Hi MBs great review enjoy your day
Must have been a great day trying 4 different Islas 👌
Rex really showing his skills in this one.
Oh damn, i was thinking of sending this bottle. Found it for around 31$ at the store and it was really good!
Ok its on my bucket list to visit that fantastic vault (1 day)
I've had a couple of bottles of this and I think it might be a young Bunnahabhain. I've had a few peated Buna's recently and the Scarabus reminds me of them. Also, I've heard that Bunnahabhain has been selling more casks to indie's lately.
Laphroaig is back in its rightful place 😁
I picked up some Scarabus a month ago for shy of $30. Now I have to go back and get more before everyone else discovers it.
Emma seems to have been in the vault again.
Just said the same thing.
This is in stock in the total wine near me for $30. I will be picking up a bottle tomorrow.
Rex, That was a Moochtastic move , one more bottle and I would have been chanting, " We're not Worthy"
Try the Islay Single Malt from Costco. At 50% abv and $40 is hard to beat. Price to quality is crazy.
Just picked up a bottle from Total Wine. This is the first Islay scotch I have ever tried. I am typically a bourbon drinker or a 51% rye. When I tried Scarabus, my first thought was a cheap bologna and mustard sandwich that I would eat as a kid.
The festival is ACTUALLY pronounced "Fish Ale" and was named after a beer the local fisherman used to age in casks that contained fish. If you don't believe me just Google it or look it up on Wikipedia.
Touche
I made and blended a whisky that had a nose of an oak table top French polished with the best stone ground flour, finished with bees wax. Perfect.
Corn distilled at 50%
Aged in roasted not charred French red wine barrel oak and musket barrel oak.
Cheers.
This revue tempted me to get a bottle of Scarabus, which I have been eyeing in the shop for some time. Scarabus is the cheapest Islay in town at 126,59 Zloty or in pounds 24.27. :)
Yo! Happy day MBs and higher level whiskeyers!
I bought a bottle of the Caol Ila 12 and I have to say that I got that "bucket" note that Brianna has noticed in other whiskies. Mostly the Caol Ila came across - and not necessarily in a bad way - as if someone had a sponge mop soaked in a weak brine solution that they then proceeded to burn.
The Scarabus is a darn good Islay. Picked it up at total wine in Seattle 2 weeks ago for 31 dollars. However word got out, went back and of course it was completely sold out.
You were sent 3 bottles of Scarabus? Well if you need someone to help you with one of the bottles - I’m here 🙋♂️.
We will leave the door unlocked for you
@@danielwhittington826 To the whole vault? I may need to book my plane ticket 😂🥃👍
When this first came out I felt for sure it would be a Caol Ila, but having tried it its missing that briney note, also lacks a tcp note so I ruled out Laphroaig, it does have a meaty note so was wondering on the Lagavulin, but it also has a funky malty note which along with the fruity and meaty notes which for me surprisingly hints at Port Charlotte. If Bruichladdich has started sharing with independents such as Hunter Laing it could suggest interesting things ahead.
Finlaggan Old Reserve is actually quite similar to this. It's also a surprisingly cheap but high quality whisky that reminds me of Lagavullin.
I have to be that guy, feis ile is pronounced "fe-sh eel" but good effort 👏
Daniel eviscerated that pronunciation. It hurt my ears it was sooooo bad.
He's said it the right way a bunch before, I think Daniel's just taking the piss here
That Islay sounded pretty interesting. Total Wine here in Austin has it on sale for 30 bucks so i'm picking myself one up today, i'm also hoping to find Dewar's Ilegal Smooth
I enjoy both a lot.
👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻 good video 🥃
As the summer solstice nears the Mooch gains in strength it seems
Love the extra-level undercover mooching by the previous 10th-level Mooch 🤣 Cheers!
Omg Rex you're something else.🤣
Daniel you're too kind men..👍
I'm gonna have to pick this up next if its punching at the same level as a few of my favorites. Closest total wine near me has it at $25 but hadn't heard anything about it yet.
From the Scarabus single malt smell & taste; I'm getting a light beach side bbq in the background.
Good day MBs
My most specific was when I was tasting this local whiskey, And I was like... Aunt Rene's kitchen. And it was all these flavors of baking with her and my grandma in her kitchen while the two old sister would pick on each other. And it was like star anies and cinnimon and clove and nutmeg. It smelled just like the spirtz cookies. But the whiskey was Blue Commet American Single Malt made in Mt Holly NJ. Which is funny cause that is where my grandma and her sister grew up.
also says no artificial coloring or chill filtration on the back of the bottle so +++++ for the price point!
MB, Titan, Patron Saint...What do I need to send to be a Châd of Whiskey?
A big cask would be a good start...
@@atthebrink74 😂😂😂👏👏👏
Ive heard its Bunna... Not Caol ila
Caol Ila is the finest Islay whisky I've ever had.
I literally just watched the STD's review on this last night, because it's supposed to be a quality Total Wine Islay, and I'm going to TW soon. In fact, I should go tomorrow.
Black Shirts are like Highlander, There can ONLY BE 1!
Should be Ardnahoe distillery. Try the Batch Strength version!
Really wanna try this one.
I would love to see the inventory list for the vault interested on how many doubles and different blends of the same whiskeys that have been donated to the vault
On the topic of weird tasting notes, when I was digging as much as could into Macallan 12 Double Cask, I got a note that was exactly the smell of my Panama hat, a subtle vegetal grassy sweetness, so I put down Toquilla Leaf as the note. One of these episodes, another whiskey was described as having a barnyard hay-like note and I think that is precisely the family of smells that I was finding in the Macallan 12.
I find this curiously close to Caol Ila Moch in flavor profile.
Could be this...could be that....going to need a few more bottles to sample...lol.
Best breakfast EVEEEEER!
Casually watching this channel, with some moonshine rocket fuel and ginger ale. I generally do cheap liquor, but all this content has me interested in more quality hooch.
Nose is young and a bit harsh, almost like a blended malt. Taste is a young Ardbeg 100%. It's excellent and one of the best values out there! If you like Islay, but it!
Thanks for the review. For the price and overly ornate design I thought this might just be a gimmick.
Good morning Gentlemen.
The bottle has that same flare at the bottom as Ardbeg. So I think there is at least some Ardbeg involved.
Review was over at 6:34. Wondering what the next 11 minutes holds.
Someone recommended this to me at a liquor store a few months back when I was looking for Lagavulin but they were all out and mentioned that I wanted it for a Smoky Cokie which I’ve heard about recently. This is much cheaper and gives you exactly what you need in a smoky mixed Coke drink.
Yeah don't use expensive and complex Lagavulin in a mixed drink, to me that is such a waste. There are cheap peated whiskies like this one that are better suited for it. Other ones that come to mind are Islay Gold 10, Talisker 10, or a cheap Bowmore or Laphroaig. I can get those for under 30 euros.
Does anyone find it hard to pick up detailed tasting notes when moving from one grain to other?
Good morning MBs
that lagavulin rumor never really fades away when it comes to scarabus...
My wife gave me a bottle for Christmas 2021. Her goal was to get an Islay that I didn’t have.
Islay single malt? I'm automatically interested.
14:40 Did Daniel say, “malt balls”? 😂 That’s a proper Freudian slip.
Yeah Emma!!!
What's the bottle on the shelf with the big red maple leaf on the label?
What's the chance this is Bunnahabhain (second biggest distillery on Islay)? And have you compared it to some IB Caol Ila like Port Askaig 8?
Can you do an episode of the whiskies on the wall of magnificence?
Scarabs means ‘Rocky Place” in Nordic... it is also a mystical place in Islay.
For what it is worth, I did some research, scarabs could be some of the first product out of the new Ardnahoe distillery on Islay.
If it is, there’s some good stuff to come! I’m pretty sure it is from the Hunter Laing stocks of barrels from long established Islay Distilleries.