I wanted to try my first non-chill filter, no added colour whisky, and a rum cask. Found them both in the Glen Scotia double cask rum. Wanted to try and see if the spice flavours and sweetness comes through, it has no aged statement but I'm hoping that does not reduce the flavour profile. Will report more on this later!
Current favourites for at least the first four categories (the fifth I’ve not really explored). Glencadam 10 Bunnahabhain 12 Port Charlotte 10 Kilkerran 12 I wonder whether Nikka from the Barrel fits for category 5.
Hi Phil. Port Ruighe is pronounced Portree. Port ree. (It’s the traditional Gaelic spelling) it is the main town on Skye. Cracking dram, and as always great content.
I don't stick to a specific branch as I enjoy all the flavour categories. I also like whiskies and other spirits that incorporate 2 or more flavour categories. My picks are as follows. Floral/Fruity: Glencadam 10, Glenglassaugh Sandend, Compass Box Orchard House. Rich/Spicy: Bunna 12, Morris Muscat Barrels, Arran Sherry. Peaty/Smoky: Laphroaig 10 CS, Meikle Toir Original, Thomson's Manuka Smoke Full Noise. Heavy Funk: Benromach CS, Craigellachie 13, Signatory Vintage Mortlach (unchillfiltered, bourbon cask matured). Wood/Grain: Deanston Virgin Oak, Widow Jane Oak and Applewood Rye, Cutty Sark Prohibition. Cheers!
Nice category ideas! I was thinking about them while watching your video and they also work, to varying degrees, with other spirit categories, namely rum and agave spirits. Rum has your Light & Fruity with Spanish style rums (aged Flor de Caña expressions), your Rich & Round with demerara rum (El Dorado 12 year), there really aren't smoky rums but there's lots of Heavy Funk ones (Jamaican rum, Haitian clairin, and Batavia Arrack), and then for Wood & Grain, you get Wood & Cane (Barbados rums like from Foursquare and rums focused on the taste of the grassy sugar cane of the French rhum agricole variety)! For agave spirits, you have your Light & Fruity category with most tequila, your Smoky category with mezcal and sotol, and your Funky category with raicilla. Practically everything fits into the Agave & Wood category because the agave flavor is the star of the show and aged expressions show off some of the wood and how it plays with the agave flavor. For relatively heavily aged expressions, you have your Rich & Round.
Ive got 4 new whiskeys to try over Christmas. Arran 18, elijah craig barrel proof, knob creek 9 and blanton's gold. Just getting into burboun at the moment. Merry Christmas to you Phil and your family. 🎅🎄
Brother Phil, thanks to you I now have a full whisky-shelf and am aging my own whisky with a friend in a 5 liter barrel 😊.. I have a question though: how does one become such an amazing video editor? I want to learn! Many thanks 🙏
Phil! What an amazing surprise! I was watching your video for the purpose of the educational value you always deliver and boom! There we are 😂 Challenge accepted! Probably will be one of the first videos of 2025. Happy holidays!
The Arran Sauternes is lovely. My favourite funky/Campbeltown (apart from Benromach CS batch's) is one i never hear about: It's *Douglas Laing's Campbeltown blend The Gauldrons (esp. #2).* Has anyone ever tried it?? Like Kilchoman Sanaig as well too
I have a question regarding the Benromach Cask Strength: do you Guys think it's batchy or does the quality keep up every year? Thinking of buying one for Christmas 😊
Prices differ dramatically all over the world. New Zealand is generally quite expensive and there's also a lot of difference between shops to consider before buying a bottle. You can easily save a tenner by going online for 5 minutes.
I've said this from the beggining. This challenge should be about: can I fit all whisky flavours and styles in 5 bottlings. How? Which are in or left out? Which bottles fill more then one category? - it just does a better video instead of the 5 situations where you would drink whisky. Cheers!
Which whisky still has iodine flavours? Laphroig and lagavulin once upon a time had heavy iodine flavours, but the peat they use today seems to not have the same impact.
The biggest Lie in Scotch Community - Peated Scotch described as, the Bonfire, the Campfire, the smoke, the meatiness, etc... No! It's more like burnt rubber or ashtray full of cigarette butts!
What’s your pick for each flavour catagory? Or do you like to stick to a specific branch? I'm keen to see what you’re all sipping these hoildays!
I wanted to try my first non-chill filter, no added colour whisky, and a rum cask. Found them both in the Glen Scotia double cask rum. Wanted to try and see if the spice flavours and sweetness comes through, it has no aged statement but I'm hoping that does not reduce the flavour profile. Will report more on this later!
Peat & Smoke: Ardbeg 10, Heavy Funk: Longrow (or Springbank 10), Rich & Spiced: Compass Box Crimson Casks, Fruit & Floral: Arran Sauternes Cask, Wood & Grain: or Deanston Virgin Oak
@@robertmustard7715 I’ve just picked up a bottle of this today 😃
Current favourites for at least the first four categories (the fifth I’ve not really explored).
Glencadam 10
Bunnahabhain 12
Port Charlotte 10
Kilkerran 12
I wonder whether Nikka from the Barrel fits for category 5.
@@andrewdoerr6823 good calls there on the Ardbeg 10 and Longrow.
That Sanaig is so good! And the CS that came out this year is even better. Absolutely deserves to be in this video.
Great to know that I bought right with the CS. Can't wait to give it a go!
Sanaig Gang!!!!!. Love the Ledaig 10
You mentioned great channels, they’re 4 of my top 10! Geoff is great - Craigellachie 13 almost won my island of the year! (2nd)
Hi Phil. Port Ruighe is pronounced Portree. Port ree. (It’s the traditional Gaelic spelling) it is the main town on Skye. Cracking dram, and as always great content.
Briliant stuff as always! Thanks First Phil. Good picks and especially that BenRinnes. One I'll be more receptive to in the future.
Love that you mentioned the Port Ruighe. For a release from such a mainstream brand no enthusiast seems to talk about this great cheap whisky!
Totally agree!
One of my favorites too, but the new lable Ruighned it for me 😅.. Nah.. gotta get a new bottle!
Great list Phil - unexpected too! I love a variety so these tick all the boxes
I don't stick to a specific branch as I enjoy all the flavour categories. I also like whiskies and other spirits that incorporate 2 or more flavour categories. My picks are as follows. Floral/Fruity: Glencadam 10, Glenglassaugh Sandend, Compass Box Orchard House. Rich/Spicy: Bunna 12, Morris Muscat Barrels, Arran Sherry. Peaty/Smoky: Laphroaig 10 CS, Meikle Toir Original, Thomson's Manuka Smoke Full Noise. Heavy Funk: Benromach CS, Craigellachie 13, Signatory Vintage Mortlach (unchillfiltered, bourbon cask matured). Wood/Grain: Deanston Virgin Oak, Widow Jane Oak and Applewood Rye, Cutty Sark Prohibition. Cheers!
I picked up the Sanaig last week Phil, love it! So glad you spoke about Ledaig, I love their stuff so much, merry Christmas! 🎄
Managed to snag a bottle of the Sanaig CS recently. A buy on site Xmas gift to self. Excited to try it....
Another banger video full of banger bottles! The editing is Champions League.
So happy to see Glen Garioch 12, Ledaig Rioja getting love - add to that the Glen Scotia double cask (not the rum one) which is amazing value
Nice category ideas! I was thinking about them while watching your video and they also work, to varying degrees, with other spirit categories, namely rum and agave spirits.
Rum has your Light & Fruity with Spanish style rums (aged Flor de Caña expressions), your Rich & Round with demerara rum (El Dorado 12 year), there really aren't smoky rums but there's lots of Heavy Funk ones (Jamaican rum, Haitian clairin, and Batavia Arrack), and then for Wood & Grain, you get Wood & Cane (Barbados rums like from Foursquare and rums focused on the taste of the grassy sugar cane of the French rhum agricole variety)!
For agave spirits, you have your Light & Fruity category with most tequila, your Smoky category with mezcal and sotol, and your Funky category with raicilla. Practically everything fits into the Agave & Wood category because the agave flavor is the star of the show and aged expressions show off some of the wood and how it plays with the agave flavor. For relatively heavily aged expressions, you have your Rich & Round.
Ive got 4 new whiskeys to try over Christmas. Arran 18, elijah craig barrel proof, knob creek 9 and blanton's gold. Just getting into burboun at the moment. Merry Christmas to you Phil and your family. 🎅🎄
Brother Phil, thanks to you I now have a full whisky-shelf and am aging my own whisky with a friend in a 5 liter barrel 😊.. I have a question though: how does one become such an amazing video editor? I want to learn! Many thanks 🙏
Phil! What an amazing surprise! I was watching your video for the purpose of the educational value you always deliver and boom! There we are 😂
Challenge accepted! Probably will be one of the first videos of 2025.
Happy holidays!
Glad you enjoyed it!
Good Nominations Phil😂😂😂🥃🥃🥃Great Video Brother! 🌏🌏🌏🇳🇿🇳🇿🇳🇿🌿🌿🌿🥝🥝🥝😎🤘
The Arran Sauternes is lovely. My favourite funky/Campbeltown (apart from Benromach CS batch's) is one i never hear about: It's *Douglas Laing's Campbeltown blend The Gauldrons (esp. #2).* Has anyone ever tried it??
Like Kilchoman Sanaig as well too
nailed it-- -cheers
I have a question regarding the Benromach Cask Strength: do you Guys think it's batchy or does the quality keep up every year?
Thinking of buying one for Christmas 😊
I would love it, if you included the prices of what you are talking about.
Prices differ dramatically all over the world. New Zealand is generally quite expensive and there's also a lot of difference between shops to consider before buying a bottle. You can easily save a tenner by going online for 5 minutes.
@0oDaan12o0 I get that, but it gives context to the viewers.
Arran 10, Bunnahabhain 12 and Ledaig 10
Geez Phil!?! I have a collection of over 150 bottles. It would have saved me a lot of money if you recorded this video 20 years ago…
Lochranza (Arran) is my favorite distillery. So rare to find a distillery that can both make amazing distillate AND cask age well.
Agree. They do a great job!
9:40 that's my love forever
I've said this from the beggining. This challenge should be about: can I fit all whisky flavours and styles in 5 bottlings. How? Which are in or left out? Which bottles fill more then one category? - it just does a better video instead of the 5 situations where you would drink whisky. Cheers!
Which whisky still has iodine flavours?
Laphroig and lagavulin once upon a time had heavy iodine flavours, but the peat they use today seems to not have the same impact.
Only need 5! I hope my wife doesn’t see this 😂
What?!!! I need my 73 bottles 😂
The biggest Lie in Scotch Community - Peated Scotch described as, the Bonfire, the Campfire, the smoke, the meatiness, etc... No! It's more like burnt rubber or ashtray full of cigarette butts!
Have you had Talisker?
Dude, have you ever tried speaking English?
Laphroaig 10 sheryy oak , laga 16 , Glenallachie CS 10yo , Ledaig triple wood , Hazelburn 12 oloroso ,, Benromach 2013 , Edradour 10 60,4%. I'ts my favorite ))))
There’s an Edradour 10 with 60,4% abv?
@germantarapow9112 yes, Decanter..
Benro 2013 is my favourite year too!