ralfy review 978 - Speyburn 15yo @46%vol:
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Well said Ralfy…. That’s why I like your channel! You come straight with your true, always sincere and honest 👍🏼🥃
Love the sounds of the happy wee birdies outside the bothy. Must have been a nice day when you recorded this.
Well done Ralfy, your absolute unprejudiced opinion is so valuable. I have not seen this bottle at all but my stash will be amply used over the next 2 weeks with my returning son from South Africa on annual leave and my younger son as well!
Nick from York
After your Review 410 - Speyburn 10 YO, I bought the only 5 available in the entire market. Nobody in my circle of malt friends had even heard of it. All in dusty tin tubes and at a discounted price of GBP 30 then (GBP 20 today). Gifted two and guess what? The cork on three of those five bottles crumbled! It was delightfully light but loaded with flavour. I have a diminishing one-and-a-half 18 YOs now, 700 ml @ 46% and enjoy them on a summer evening, sitting under a fan.
I like the birds singing background. You are a lucky man Ralfy.
"if you pop back I'm going to talk about toasting..." CHEERS RALFY!.."of wood"....OH..that kind of toasting......lol
Thanks for mentioning my MM! A good dram and a good football match go hand-in-hand indeed!
Enjoy the bothy by the way! Perfect place for a nice well matured 15 year old single malt !! Looks appealing 😊
Can’t wait to see it on the shelves!!!
ye, I had 3 bottles of the 10 years old ,during the covid pandemic, I found it was absolutely delicious ... these were older bottles, but they had tropical fruit flavor ... reminding me of a Redbreast 24 ! That good !
They used to sell the 10 year old in sainsbury, they stopped selling it a few years ago , gutted .
It has that beautiful funk that all good Speysides have. Such a great value dram.
Glad you reviewed this. I bought this bottle about 5 years ago and havent opened it yet....
Ralfy! I laughed out loud along with you a couple of times on this one😂 Never stop being you! I really like Speyburn 15 for value, flavor, and quality. Speyburn 10, Anoc 10, and Old Pultney 12 were all important whiskys along my journey. Cheers!!
This has been on my list of whiskies to find for quite a while.
Nice review. I've always enjoyed Speyburn and I keep a bottle or two in my bar. I like their Companion Cask series. A nice dram at 46%, non-chill filtered and no coloring. It is very enjoyable and a very good value at its price point. Along with Loch Lomond 12, one of my go-to drams when I'm enjoying a quiet evening at home. Keep the top-shelf around for special occasions and the basic stuff for friends that aren't too familiar with Scotch. Cheers.
I do love Speyburn. I haven't been able to find the 15 year old near me in the US. However, I recently purchased a 12 year old cask strength single cask from SMWS called "Big, Complex, and Impressive" (88.28). It's lovely!
Ralfy, you are fantastic, absolute fantastic, love your channel so informative 😎👍 keep being the best spirit youtuber 👍 cheers from Sweden
I have enjoyed this bottle. I remember Roy discussing how much he liked it and I wanted to give it a try. I do want to try the 18 year old next. Thanks
I think Speyburn is a great value.
Hopefully things are picking up for Speyburn, so they can aim for something higher across the board. Thanks Ralfy.
And increase the price in the process probably..:
@@Soldano999 It's easy to have cheap things that never sell.
That would mean producing more "dirty" stuff - which counteracts their current signature.
The question is where the money is: How much growth is there in Single Malt? - not much in my personal bank account, I'm afraid. Or is it still possible to chug along without much rishk by simply selling to blending brands ...
@@pfalzgraf7527 - It's possible that minor changes might be enough like not clarifying - but it requires a review by a professional and some sense that it's needed because they want to aim higher. My impression is that blends (and those providing filler) are always going to take a hit when things get tough especially when the product you have has nothing distinctive to bring to the table when it goes into the mix. Will the single malt market be a better bet? Arguably the enthusiasts market is always going to be more robust than others, but yes it might only go so far.
@@MrLachlanmackenzie i find speyburn 10 to be the best whisky in the sub 30€ category. By far.
If the price and quality were to increase, it would be in competition with the arrans 10 and deanstons 12 and many others and would be invisible.
Speyburn - the Grain among the Single Malts 😅 Certainly high quality, but needs a cask!
Love this, got it on the back of Roy raving about it ! ( you two still mates ? ) Also Sir Clive (Mega MCFC fan ) says leave his catch phrases alone ;-)
Nice one as always.
Used to get Speyburn 10 for less than $25 in NW Arkansas and SW Missouri.
I just got a 1L bottle for 27€ in spain :)
Maybe 8-10 years ago I bought the 10 and it was not a malt light on flavor at all. It was back when they were still using metal tins. It was the most puckering sour and bitter citrus forward malt I have ever had. Such a strong flavor profile, I was shocked. Bitter Orange, Sour Lemon and a kick of lime at the end that lingers a long time. A very interesting malt but the kind that you have 1 dram and leave it for over 1 month. It took me a long time to finish that bottle.
In 2022 I did buy the 15 mainly because of Roy and yes it is much like Ralfy says it is. I do find it interesting how crazy citrus forward the 10 was that I had all these years ago. It was not just me, I let a friend try it as well. That bottle was a citrus bomb. I am guessing the 10 is no longer like that.
Always a friendly laugh. Carry on my friend.
I had the 10, the Hopkins reserve and a 16 waiting to be drinked. For the price i like it.
Personally I prefer whisky matured in one type of cask. Mixed casks messes it up a bit for me. So I prefer bourbon matured whisky as I think it is a more honest cask if you know what I mean.
Refill bourbon 12 years or more, let the spirit shine
Wow these 18mins flew bye cheers for the review, I also tried a blend of the 10yr with a House Of Glenroy 10 (46%) upped the proof & sorted the Unami IMO😊 You Should off been a Teacher, but I'm glad the education for a certain age is in effect ( You must be +18)😂in the UK.
I found this nice drop for 75 Aud which is very reasonable and I've been savoring it for over a year its very nice and for that price I would buy it again. Enjoy
Toasted barrel offerings of bourbon have become pretty popular in the states.
Their 10yo was 46% NCF and Natural colour and was very very good for 38 euros 💶 and a litre bottling at Schipol. Thanks for the review Ralfy. Kindest regards, S.
My understanding now is that it used to be as you describe, but it's since become 40%, chill-filtered and has artificial color.
Diagio just bought one of my favorite Texas Distilleries,, Balcones. A friend did a recent tour and asked if there were going to be any changes and they guide said it was just for distribution. But also they were changing the Texas Rye mashbill which is one of our personal favorites and moving from blue to yellow corn which is most of the rest of their mashbills. I'm stocking up on some of my favorites from them after hearing that.
Thanks for the heads up my friend. I'm one of the teeny amount of folk that's been buying Balcones since the Chip Tate days. Blue corn is a signature of that distillery. I just opened a 2017 Blue Corn Bourbon cask strength that I was sitting on. Baby Blue and Brimstone are Blue corn too. I think they will stick to it. Interesting about the rye. I have to confess to not being a fan of that (we're all different) and maybe the yellow will work or maybe the results will be the same but cheaper. I have a lot of faith in Jarred and I don't think he will let Diageo run down the company. WT
the Speyburn 15 is a good dram but it isn't selling in the shops around here. It was put on sale for $40 a bottle just to move it. I bought three bottles and its pretty good, I get a lot of honey and fruit plus the barrel taste.
My store has 3 Speyburn's:
10-yr = $30 US
15-yr = $70 US
Companion Cask Barrel Select= $42 US
Here the 10 is 27 Euros for 1 litre, the 15 is around 55 Euros. Never heard anybody of my Whisky-friends saying anything which males me want to get it. And this now also didn't make it better....
I have enjoyed the 10. Good bang for the buck.
Funny, opened this one a few days ago and would score it higher. I usually don't like very sweet drams but this one I like. I did get the impression on the neck pour that it's rather easy drinking, not something you'll dissect over the course of hours, but probably a good starting dram or a dram when you want a dessert whisky. The gingeryness and spicyness absolutely save this whisky because otherwise it would be really too simple and too sweet.
Ralfy is losing it. I scored this a 90! He’s just drumming up attention like a Drama Queen! 🤣🤣🤣
@heisenbergguy7772 do you have a link to your review?
Ralfy said that he’s awarding lower malt marks from this year onwards I think because he’s anticipating a general rise in standards from integrity malts… so a Laga 16 that might’ve been a 90 needs to drop down to 80-85 so that Port Charlotte can blow it out of the water.
I think.
I just bought a bottle of Speyburn 10 @ travel retail at the Spanish border.
For €27 (1L) i just can't think of anything available today that can beat this.
The same score as the Glenlivet 12?!? Come on ol boy, what’s going on? This must be better by most people’s measure.
I think this is a good one to introduce bourbon drinkers to Scotch. It's delicious.
In January 2024, a bottle costs $64.99 in the State of Virginia.
I guess flavouring of casks gets more and more important, considering the shortage of oak.
Yeah IDK about Thais mark……. This feels pretty well made
I wish I could find more Speyburn around here, cause a whisky that doesn't taste like window cleaner, at such a low price, that's a hot deal. 🥃
What about the Speyburn 16 travel exclusive at 43% abv?
. . . not on my List !
I had their 10 year old close to a decade ago and i was less than impressed. Maybe ill give them another chance some day.
Old bottle is worse in general according to most online reviews but you can always try the new bottling and see if you like it better or not comparing to the ones with old label. Usually have significant difference whenever they change the label.
Ralfy, I saw that thing flying by your nose at 15:48ish! ....please let us know you're ok!
I wonder Speyburn 10 (not 15) could be considered a good entry-level SM like GF12, GL12 or GM10. The price certainly is much better than those three.
Good to hear about birch. I also home-age some NGS myself, so at least I know birch is usable. Ralfy, if you haven't already I suggest you consider trying out red oak for your project. When toasted, it smells like cat pee (something I'm sure you know about) but the flavor is pretty good. Just can't make a cask out of it because it's too porous to hold liquor. Specifically I think what I have is Quercus rubra, but I suppose it could instead be Quercus falcata. Bought an unfinished piece at my local home improvement center, I can't find which one it really is. Considering where I live, it could go either way.
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Of the Speyside liquors I’ve tried, they’ve all seemed light, fruity, and rather boring
Just like you. A fruit.
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Some of what you state isn’t exactly correct in this review from what I’m led to believe, check your facts first before reviewing a bottle as post like this can kill a product with false information
Would be nice to know the specific concerns so that I as a consumer can be aware of it.
Not a criticism (necessarily) but this is the most significant disparity between a largely favorable review and an underwhelming malt mark that I can remember. Is this the lowest mark ever for an "integrity bottling" at 46 proof, no color, no chill filter? For the record, this is $65 US in Virginia USA.
I took a chance on this 15 a few years ago knowing nothing about it except what was on the label - 15 years, 46% ABV, non chill filtered, no color added and at a price that seemed really cheap, $47. I went back the next day for a few more.
Never realized this before, Ralfy but your kinda like a defacto life coach for us. Yeah , a life coach of sorts. Alright, back to the Whisky, then! 🙂
You’re losing it Ralfy! It’s a 90, not 81. Stop hating, start recognizing!
I went ahead and deleted this Bozo! That felt great 😊
Can’t you disagree with someone without unsubscribing and insulting? Just saying…
I went ahead and unsubscribed to this nonsense, ADIOS 😊