Bonjour Greg, je trouve ce format de vidéo très intéressant et pouvoir faire un live avec des personnes comme Menno est super. Le blind test montre qu'il est quand même de plus en plus difficile de trouver une distillerie avec toutes celles qui se sont créés ces dernières années et les nombreux styles. Le quizz est aussi très bien. Good job 👍
Had a wonderful evening, trying some lovely drams while chatting with you. As usual , a blind dram is a humbling experience. Especially when you're sure that what you're tasting is a 10 yo non-Islay whisky 😂
Thanks a lot, Menno for being my guest & play the difficult but always educational exercise of blind tasting, as it was for me too, you're a star ! Hope to do things better next time about the connection if i can, but also the quiz & let you more time to say your choices too (apologies if I did cut you too much, was not easy for me to drive this quiz, I'm not used to it like you & Roy, Cheers ! 🥃
Nice one guys a very hard but fun challenge! - Hah what is that Biersky? I'm intrigued, I'll check it out but that was hard one for Menno! - American Single Malts are very hard to pinpoint. You have bourbonesque notes but also the maltyness is there. -Never heard of Artesia but if it reminds Menno of Tamdhu 12 then amazing for them! - The only Belgian whisky I had was Filliers but I was not very impressed. - Wow Greg WOW!!! Putting a 1979 Port Ellen in a bling is nothing short of badass! Lucky Menno! - Damn Greg to call out Patterson's touch on Nomad is brilliant! My hat off to you sir 🎩 7/10 for the quiz, that last one was difficult! Cheers guys this was a fun one 🥃
Hi Sertug & thanks for your comment...For the record & I mentioned it during the live but yeah indeed on my side this was rather an "educational" tasting rather than a classic "blind challenge", as I knew he couldn't try them elsehow...But, and it is a spoiler, we planned with Menno to do a "return match" soon, and this time I'll choose only whiskies from distilleries or companies he knows...About the Biersky, I'm impressed indeed & this distillery (distillerie Bertrand) does great things since 1874 spirits wise, and whisky since 2003 (a big video is coming, btw, with 3 of their single malts & 2 versions of the Biersky, the other being a cask strength rum cask one !). Artesia wise (T.O.S. Distillery) I talked a lot about it in my channel & I do recommend all the ones I tried (I have 4 different ones now). Belgian whisky wise, Menno will evoke them way better than me but I do have some Belgian Owl & tried others too, so rather recommend that single malt, in the wait of other brands to be available here...Yeah the Port Ellen was a treat also chosen for his vintage, Menno's one...Nomad wise, I had the opportunity to try a lot of Dalmore, Jura, Fettercairn & Whyte and MacKay over the years & met Richard a couple of times in shows...Besides congrats for your 7/10 on the quiz, it's a good score (& if memory serves Roy told me in private he also scored 7). Cheers ! 🥃
Bonjour Greg, je trouve ce format de vidéo très intéressant et pouvoir faire un live avec des personnes comme Menno est super.
Le blind test montre qu'il est quand même de plus en plus difficile de trouver une distillerie avec toutes celles qui se sont créés ces dernières années et les nombreux styles. Le quizz est aussi très bien. Good job 👍
Merci Guillaume ! 🙏
Had a wonderful evening, trying some lovely drams while chatting with you. As usual , a blind dram is a humbling experience. Especially when you're sure that what you're tasting is a 10 yo non-Islay whisky 😂
Thanks a lot, Menno for being my guest & play the difficult but always educational exercise of blind tasting, as it was for me too, you're a star ! Hope to do things better next time about the connection if i can, but also the quiz & let you more time to say your choices too (apologies if I did cut you too much, was not easy for me to drive this quiz, I'm not used to it like you & Roy, Cheers ! 🥃
@@GregsWhiskyGuide not at all Greg, I really enjoyed myself. Looking forward to a future live you have planned 😉🥃
Nice one guys a very hard but fun challenge!
- Hah what is that Biersky? I'm intrigued, I'll check it out but that was hard one for Menno!
- American Single Malts are very hard to pinpoint. You have bourbonesque notes but also the maltyness is there.
-Never heard of Artesia but if it reminds Menno of Tamdhu 12 then amazing for them!
- The only Belgian whisky I had was Filliers but I was not very impressed.
- Wow Greg WOW!!! Putting a 1979 Port Ellen in a bling is nothing short of badass! Lucky Menno!
- Damn Greg to call out Patterson's touch on Nomad is brilliant! My hat off to you sir 🎩
7/10 for the quiz, that last one was difficult!
Cheers guys this was a fun one 🥃
Hi Sertug & thanks for your comment...For the record & I mentioned it during the live but yeah indeed on my side this was rather an "educational" tasting rather than a classic "blind challenge", as I knew he couldn't try them elsehow...But, and it is a spoiler, we planned with Menno to do a "return match" soon, and this time I'll choose only whiskies from distilleries or companies he knows...About the Biersky, I'm impressed indeed & this distillery (distillerie Bertrand) does great things since 1874 spirits wise, and whisky since 2003 (a big video is coming, btw, with 3 of their single malts & 2 versions of the Biersky, the other being a cask strength rum cask one !). Artesia wise (T.O.S. Distillery) I talked a lot about it in my channel & I do recommend all the ones I tried (I have 4 different ones now). Belgian whisky wise, Menno will evoke them way better than me but I do have some Belgian Owl & tried others too, so rather recommend that single malt, in the wait of other brands to be available here...Yeah the Port Ellen was a treat also chosen for his vintage, Menno's one...Nomad wise, I had the opportunity to try a lot of Dalmore, Jura, Fettercairn & Whyte and MacKay over the years & met Richard a couple of times in shows...Besides congrats for your 7/10 on the quiz, it's a good score (& if memory serves Roy told me in private he also scored 7). Cheers ! 🥃
Hey mate. Trying to do a catch up. Unfortunately the internet is way too slow. Could not even log in yesterday.
Hi Gert, no worries, I know you're on "World Tour" kinda...You'll watch it back to Belgium...It was great to have Menno on board...Cheers !