I'm fortunate that the Good Spirits Company is my local specialist, and all 5 Ralfy releases, personally signed are now sitting proud on my whisky shelf 🥃👍
Was a joy and highlight of my day to get the chance to shake your hand, grab a selfie and extend my gratitude for the several years of online guidance. You are a gentleman and a scholar. That Bruichladdich is calling me.
Thanks for letting me interrupt your conversation with Thomas so I could get a photo you two whisky stars! Enjoy your reviews and contributions to the whisky world and I always enjoy visiting the Bon Accord when I get to visit Scotland.
Was great to meet you Ralfy, along with finally getting to meet Roy and the many other barflies who were there at the first session. It was great to see and recognize so many other folk from whiskytube. Such a great weekend that sadly went far too quick. A massive thank you to Glasgow Whisky Club and everyone else that gave up their time (and festival also) to let us have an amazing day.
Ralfy my excentric Whisky Professor 😄👍. l just caught up with your reviews, its been a busy month. I will be looking farward to Wednesday live stream at the bothy because its one of the few times l can am able to watch you live and it will be my 50th birthday on Wednesday. I do attend whisky Festivals every year: Edinburgh Fringe Whisky Festival Edinburgh Whisky Stramash. Thank you Ralfy my whisky teacher. ❤️ Matthew a Patpal
Thanks to Ralfy, we learned about and later bought a bottle of Glencadam 15 yo. Unfortunately, because we had to pay shipping costs, because our local shop doesn't sell G15, we won't be able to purchase G15 again. However, we're enjoying this bottle!
Thanks for everything Ralfy. I wasn't going fly over for the festival so I appreciate your memories. Now I understand how your name came to be on this bottle of GlenAllachie 12 by Impex. It's a banger at 66.2%!!!!!
I was on a Whisky festival last weekend. I had so many whiskys, which are phenomenal on its own. A 27yo Ben Nevis, Old Perth 41 Yo., another 30yo. Blended Malt, a good Armagnac and I took some samples home, cause I wasn't there to get pissed.
I'd love for there to be a whisk(e) fest here where I live, but I'd think 99% of all the participants will be comprised of two categories: brand-fanboy bourbon snobs and full-on drunks, both of which spoil the experience.
There are way too many whiskies out there nowadays... Even just scotches are getting out of hand; then considering blends, euro-continentals, irishes, americans, etc.. it's impossible to keep a sense of what's good and what's worth "blind buying". A few years back, I bought Old Pultaney 12 based on seeing good reviews online, and it was one of the most disappointing blind buys ever. After watching a lot of your vids, I'm using a strict rule, only even consider a whiskey if it is 45%+, non-chillfiltered, and under €100 per 70cl. Single malt or blend, either works. Because prices are getting out of hand, and there's too many coloured chill-filtered 40%s with a name "GlenXYZ" or somesuch. And that's not even considering Rums which have an even broader range of highs and (really deep, bad) lows... It feels like we're in a kind of a bubble, with distilleries popping up and prices being jacked up across the board, I wonder when this will implode and crash back down...
The truth is that the price thing seems to me to be a bubble that will eventually burst. On one hand it is true that better whiskies are increasingly appearing in terms of presentation, NCF, NAC, ABV, etc. But it is also true that in the last 6 years prices have doubled or tripled. Relatively recently, an Ardbeg 10, Laprhoaig 10, Highland Park 12, Glenfarclas12, Lagavulin 16 etc. cost 30/40 €, today many of those "daily drams" are around 70/100€ Crazy. I only buy when I get considerable discounts. I recently bought a Port Charlotte 10 and a Kilkerran 12 for €74 for both bottles in a going out of business sale.
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I'm fortunate that the Good Spirits Company is my local specialist, and all 5 Ralfy releases, personally signed are now sitting proud on my whisky shelf 🥃👍
Was a joy and highlight of my day to get the chance to shake your hand, grab a selfie and extend my gratitude for the several years of online guidance. You are a gentleman and a scholar. That Bruichladdich is calling me.
Thanks for letting me interrupt your conversation with Thomas so I could get a photo you two whisky stars! Enjoy your reviews and contributions to the whisky world and I always enjoy visiting the Bon Accord when I get to visit Scotland.
It was good to see you at the GWF Ralfy. Always an incredible experience.
Was great to meet you Ralfy, along with finally getting to meet Roy and the many other barflies who were there at the first session. It was great to see and recognize so many other folk from whiskytube. Such a great weekend that sadly went far too quick. A massive thank you to Glasgow Whisky Club and everyone else that gave up their time (and festival also) to let us have an amazing day.
Just getting around to watching this. It was great meeting you at the GWF! My wife and I were the couple from Arizona. You are a gentleman!
Didn’t make the Glasgow festival unfortunately but did manage to get a bottle of your Signatory Glenlivet -16yr old from the Good Spirits Company.
Ralfy my excentric Whisky Professor 😄👍. l just caught up with your reviews, its been a busy month. I will be looking farward to Wednesday live stream at the bothy because its one of the few times l can am able to watch you live and it will be my 50th birthday on Wednesday.
I do attend whisky Festivals every year:
Edinburgh Fringe Whisky Festival
Edinburgh Whisky Stramash.
Thank you Ralfy my whisky teacher. ❤️ Matthew a Patpal
Thanks to Ralfy, we learned about and later bought a bottle of Glencadam 15 yo. Unfortunately, because we had to pay shipping costs, because our local shop doesn't sell G15, we won't be able to purchase G15 again. However, we're enjoying this bottle!
Thanks for everything Ralfy. I wasn't going fly over for the festival so I appreciate your memories.
Now I understand how your name came to be on this bottle of GlenAllachie 12 by Impex.
It's a banger at 66.2%!!!!!
great advice Ralphie
I have the 16yo Glenlivet on order. Tasted at Good Spirits Co. A most impressive dram.
Sincerest congratulations 🎉 thanks for sharing! Kindest regards, S.
I was on a Whisky festival last weekend. I had so many whiskys, which are phenomenal on its own. A 27yo Ben Nevis, Old Perth 41 Yo., another 30yo. Blended Malt, a good Armagnac and I took some samples home, cause I wasn't there to get pissed.
Tasting at all the tables will be fantastic…..😜
Hi ralfy great to meet at the Glasgow whisky festival can I add a malt mention .it goes hello you malty magnificent magical mouth feels thanks Chris
Nice to meet you there , even with that daft bunnet😂😂
Ahh if I were in the UK I'd be jumping right onto that rum 😢
Does Hampden Park stadium have Hampden Estate rum coming out of the tap?😂😂😂
I'd love for there to be a whisk(e) fest here where I live, but I'd think 99% of all the participants will be comprised of two categories: brand-fanboy bourbon snobs and full-on drunks, both of which spoil the experience.
There are way too many whiskies out there nowadays... Even just scotches are getting out of hand; then considering blends, euro-continentals, irishes, americans, etc.. it's impossible to keep a sense of what's good and what's worth "blind buying". A few years back, I bought Old Pultaney 12 based on seeing good reviews online, and it was one of the most disappointing blind buys ever.
After watching a lot of your vids, I'm using a strict rule, only even consider a whiskey if it is 45%+, non-chillfiltered, and under €100 per 70cl. Single malt or blend, either works. Because prices are getting out of hand, and there's too many coloured chill-filtered 40%s with a name "GlenXYZ" or somesuch.
And that's not even considering Rums which have an even broader range of highs and (really deep, bad) lows...
It feels like we're in a kind of a bubble, with distilleries popping up and prices being jacked up across the board, I wonder when this will implode and crash back down...
The truth is that the price thing seems to me to be a bubble that will eventually burst. On one hand it is true that better whiskies are increasingly appearing in terms of presentation, NCF, NAC, ABV, etc. But it is also true that in the last 6 years prices have doubled or tripled. Relatively recently, an Ardbeg 10, Laprhoaig 10, Highland Park 12, Glenfarclas12, Lagavulin 16 etc. cost 30/40 €, today many of those "daily drams" are around 70/100€ Crazy. I only buy when I get considerable discounts. I recently bought a Port Charlotte 10 and a Kilkerran 12 for €74 for both bottles in a going out of business sale.
Seems odd a Scottish whisky festival would have a lot of non-Scottish whiskies. I wouldn’t go there wanting anything but scotch, as a foreigner.
99% of the whiskies were from Scotland and you still wouldn't be able to taste them all if you were there for a week!
@@DavidUKesb what portion did they pour?