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Great video. I started about 1.5 years ago with a four roses yellow label. Almost a year in, I fell victim to the allocation hype and spent a ton on harder to find bottles, and usually being disappointed once I tried them. Now that my selection has passed 40 bottles, I’m finding that I don’t visit stores as often, and when I do, I will pass on things that I would’ve never thought about leaving 5 months ago. I’m to to the point now that private selects of standard shelf options seem to be the most interesting since they bring new light to some already stellar options without inflating the price to ridiculous levels like what happens with allocated products

Absolutely fantastic video. This is in line with the advice i give people in the store when they are new to whiskey.

I only buy whiskey as an investment. I actually do not drink. I buy three to four bottles a year. I buy only MacCallan. The 12 ,18,25 year old Cherry oak of that year. I normally can't swing the 30 year old financially . That's really it. I have a couple other MacCallan randoms but that's it. I am sure if I did drink I would have a lot more to taste.

This really hit home . Great topics. I too have spreadsheets of the bottles and fill levels, vintages, tasting notes etc. One tip is to decant to a smaller bottle when you open something really good. That way it’s saved and you dont feel bad drinking it. If you love it , buy two. This year I’ve purchased the fewest bottles I’ve ever bought (4) since starting my “hobby”. I’m in Florida and the bars mainly have bourbon and a crap selection of single malt scotches. For me FOMO is real. But even worse is fear of not being able to get that bottle that you prize ever again (discontinued /price). So many of these bottles sit in the dark. Now I just had my 25th anniversary. Did I celebrate with any bottle? No. Mainly because my wife doesn’t drink. I had my 50th BD. Didn’t open any bottles. I’m saddened to realize this . Like you say so many “special” bottles and none are THE bottle. I had way more fun in my early yrs of collecting. I have @100 SM bottles. And then there’s the blends , bourbons and rums. My wife can’t imagine why I still buy bottles and don’t drink them. I actually do. But I open cheaper ones. Of course I’ve had good bottles over the years but I’m reluctant to open one unless I have a “back up”. I think this kind of thing isn’t talked about by other reviewers. I find it fascinating that we all have one issue or another when it comes to our , yea excessive collections. Thanks guys for the video.

Some Weller special reserve that I have had has what people describe as an earthy note. It’s almost reminiscent of a mildew type flavor. Some batches are more prevalent than others with this note. There are certain batches that it’s barely there and these are the ones that get peoples attention.

Is (peated) that moldy barrel funk taste?

When I first started collecting, I would purchase things experienced drinkers recommended. I have realized now I do not like proof, and so I might take their advice on a brand however, I always go down below 100 proof. So I would say to new collectors know your happy proof point.

You're not wrong at all. A little cynical but but not qrong. I've got a decent collection of Scotch and ECBP and local NY 100% rye and American Single malt etc. My buting has dropped off in 2024 to 10% of what it was in 2019 and 2020. When yhey aniunced the tarrifs on Scotch I was a little worried. Today I continue to check out 2 or three web shops to see what's new and i take the drive to hunt when i have 2 hours to kill. If i get lucky yo find something new at MSRP great, if i find a store pick that's interesting, great. But i dont care anymore. Its just whisky and if my kids find the collection valuable when I'm dead, great. They could drink it or auction it off. My problem is that with so many bottles open i rarely find the need to open a new score. And if I do the chances of being disappointed are 50/50. It's never quite as good as the hype and its worth more sealed. The only solution is to buy 2. Its an interesting hobby and i got into it simply to learnabout the market. Why are there 250 different bottles of whisky at the store amd one is $25.00 and one is $25000? WTF? Thansk to whiskeytube I now know .

Jimmy Russell keeps his (personal) Rare Breed in the freezer. He also thinks adding ice or water to whiskey is a mixed drink. 🙂

I would suggest joining a Whisky Bottle Subscriber Club that send you a bottle a month as a good starting point as well... you get a variety of bottles styles and tastes thats how I started mine and im still in the Club but im also out and about buying what know and what to want try, plus watching WhiskyTube helps in what I want to try, and yes not finshing bottles is hard but smart

Great discussions. Really enjoy your disvussions. Reminds me of conversations I have with Whiskey heads.

Awesome video. Alot of great wisdom here. This is what more people need to talk about.

I agree with all of these comments. You guys gave great advice for new enthusiasts. When you first start out, it’s easy to feel like you have to try everything, particularly if you are researching via UA-cam, podcasts, etc. These are great guidelines to combat that.

Open bottles don’t go bad. Just decant them into an 8 oz bottle once its below 25%.

Great content with great insights. Too good to have less than 400 subscribers???

The first scotch i bought is a 14yr glen fiddich that has all the character of dish soap. Wondering if i should just stick with the japanese suntory/nikka’s instead of moving into scotch. Thanks from a very new guy, perfect discussion for us folk.

Kentucky Spirit is my favorite. I’m usually a high proof guy but in the Wild Turkey family I’d pick Kentucky Spirit and the Russell’s Single Barrel picks would probably be second.

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This was really awesome, thank you for posting this! 🥃🥃

I got into Whiskey about six or seven months ago. I get what you’re saying about not drinking an entire bottle so you can compare later. The problem I have with it is that I’m living in an apartment in Japan. That limits my collection size to maybe 40 bottles max. So I can’t really do that but I can have ten or so bottles open at any one time so that’s kind of where I have to go with it. Getting a new bottle means an old one has to go

@4:50 "If you like Speyside or Highland scotch you will probably like Irish whisky" Nope. I've tried multiple Irish including the "popular" Red Breast 12 and just don't like it. And I love the Speyside profile in particuler (which is a type of Highland by the way). I would say Irish is more like Japanese whisky, especially since some Japanese used to source from Ireland back in the day.

Of all the Whiskey videos I have watched over the last year, I am happy I stumbled on your guy's video. Thank you for sharing what I believe to be a very informative and helpful video. Thanks, you have earned a new subscriber.

This is a must watch for a new enthusiast. I started around January of this year. I stick to American whiskey. You have to make rules. I have around 30 bottles and I know what I like now. I'm lucky that I missed the hype. I'm not chasing hard to find stuff. I am now looking at small distilleries, and I'm finding some really good ones.

Enjoyed the content. The tips were solid from 2 whiskey guys w experience

I bought port Charlotte and lapghroig a while back thinking I needed it in my collection because it was on most peoples lists. I can't drink either of them lol. It's smoked bandaid and rubber tires. Why is that appealing to most? 😅 what am I missing?

I hate to admit it, but I find the lower proof alcohol to taste like soda pop also. Does that make us alcoholics? It's why I keep all my shine at above 100.

missed it live but loved this. Please do more comparisons like this. What are your opinions on spending $300 for redbreast 21?

I feel the simple fact this is that it sounds like you have access to a lot of top shelf bourbon when in some areas we don’t for my example I live in Kansas City Kansas and bourbon is not controlled by the state so people that sell it at liquor stores can put the price whatever they want so from a person looking from the outside and you can find it for that price at 35 $ dollars when a lot of people can’t

I really don't understand your take on Bruichladdich being a small distillery. You can find their whisky just about anywhere, and the fact that they use different terroirs of barley would speak to them being a larger distillery in my mind. Most distilleries don't bother differentiating Scottish barley from Islay or Bere barley. Also, what do you think about the J. Henry Four Grain Rye? How does it stand up to the cask strength bourbon? Would you just buy both?

You guys do a terrible job at promoting this podcast. 20-30 episodes in each season? WHERE? WHERE ARE THEY? Because they're not on UA-cam. Also, you have to remember that single casks, bottled at cask strength, in the scotch world most often go to independent bottlers like Signatory, Gordon & MacPhail, Scotch Malt Whisky Society, Archives, etc.

Apologies for the audio echo issue, skip ahead to 21:34 to get to the fixed audio. Sorry guys!

@21:34 and the Echo is gone.

Outch 20 min in and the echo is still there. 😂

Ha ha ha the echo at the beginning is funny. Turn off the reverb guys.

Love your format. Keep it up.

Eagle Rare is annoyingly difficult to get around here in KY, and I live less than half an hour from the distillery. Due to an INCREDIBLY stupid Kentucky law, the distillery itself (Buffalo Trace) can't sell product directly to consumers, as in KY you can't be a producer and a distributor at the same time. So they have to *sell* their product to a 3rd party, just to sell it at their own distillery. Stupid. Anyways... finding Eagle Rare these days for less than $50 in Kentucky is nigh impossible. But, at the MSRP of $30, I think it's really quite good. Fun fact : Eagle Rare is aged in the same rickhouse (Warehouse 'H') as the Pappy van Winkle line.

Apologies for the audio delay and other weird technical glitches with the zooms. This is our first real livestream attempt, but we'll get it right 🤞🤞

Love this episode. Of course, I may be biased. Is my Patreon membership still up to date?

In VA, Eagle Rare is a $42 allocated bottle. At this price its a fair pick up. Nothing amazing, but its an easy pick up for the causual or lay person.

Catching up on older episodes. Nice review and comparison. Those are the 4 Weller bottles I have. I rank them Full Proof first, then Antique 107, 12 Year and Special Reserve for my palette.

Nice review. I picked up the J Henry 2022 Limited Edition and was blown away. Great stuff. 🥃

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New subscriber. The 4 Weller bottles you show are the 4 that I have been able to find at MSRP. My favorite is the Full Proof. 🥃

Idk, I find ECBP to be way more complex than Stagg Jr. Sure, there's going to be some batch variation, but I've always thought Stagg Jr was pretty one note. You get some grape and maybe a little cinnamon and that's about it. It packs a punch and the flavors that are there are pretty concentrated, but I just don't find it to be very complex. Then again, I've only had batch 14 of Stagg Jr thus far, but I've found that most of the time, I'd rather have either ECBP, a Four Roses Barrel Pick, Wild Turkey Rare Breed, or a Russell's pick. If I want a grape bomb, then I'll go for Stagg Jr, but if I want complexity, then I'll go for just about anything else.

I really enjoy your discussions!

It’s sourced from MGP. It’s their exact mash bill. Regardless of the different heirloom variety of rye. Yes it’s good but so are all MGP mash bills. Redemption Bulleit and many others use their mash and just relabel it.

This type of conversation is not of interest to those that listen to these podcasts so for that reason 5 mins 20 seconds into this conversation I am clicking thumbs down and exiting this crap, none of you are right opinions are opinions not facts like you seem to think you are reciting just your opinions

I haven’t heard of two souls whiskey. I have had still 630 however

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