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I'm seeing these (and more relevantly the Fumare) around the 40-50 euro range, and I wouldn't and didn't pay more than that. But at that price I don't think it's obviously losing to the Finlaggan crowd. They bring more Islay character and maybe even a bit more complexity, but (at least from my last attempt) they also have the "raw" issue much more than this Fumare does. I suppose they do have the advantage of a less obnoxiously tall bottle! 😅

Well trutina's a noun and fumare is a verb ("the balance" versus "to (give off) smoke"), so even that doesn't really make sense - I guess they didn't want to release a whisky called "fumus." 🤷

@@differentspirits4157 Long ago Benriach released "Fumosus"; it exists + sells well (Importanticus)

I'll try to throw a stewing video together one day!! 😁

I mean, I should emphasize that I don't find the Trutina terrible, just unbalanced by the new makey notes. I'd guess this is a batch thing, but who knows - I'll give this a little time and make a note if it comes together.

There's an idea there! Maybe I'll put a few ounces towards stew, then come back and see what happens... 😁

@@justwhisky "What's the distillery Elixer just bottled?" "No, but What's just been bottled by Archives." "I'm not askin' you who Archives bottled!" "Who's the Elixer release." "That's what I'm askin' you!!"

@ 🤣Love it!

No contest, nerdy agave from small producers and importers. Canada and its huge distilleries will still be around at the other side of this and you can get whiskey elsewhere, but there's nowhere else making weird cheesy raicilla and pickly clay-distilled mezcal.

I mean, I don't even want _all_ privileges limited!! I just want less Rock Hill Farms going to climate-controlled storage so that more people can win a bottle in lottery, taste it, and say: " I spent $70 on this?"

Totally slept on. Put it this way: just because someone's playing in the minor leagues doesn't mean they can't smash it out of the park and into the parking lot on occasion. 😂

Thanks for a great comment, and for watching and appreciating! It didn't make the cut of this (already too long) ramble, but there are of course a lot of folks - perhaps yourself included! - who absolutely address the concerns of folks like Anscombe (and myself). But then I'm always left with a question, because of course the term "consequentialism" was invented precisely to define a whole bunch of accounts which _failed_ to address such concerns. In Anscombe's sense, a consequentialist with hard rails (if you accept my phrasing) just isn't a consequentialist. I get that it keeps the ring of an orientation towards results, but it still feels to me like a term that's better left to the side in that case (the same as it just doesn't help much to talk about "deontology" once you've moved beyond Schmant). But how do you feel about bourbon flipping, though? 😁

@ I think that would be the hope of any thoughtful interrogation of those fields of thought, is that ultimately ‘deontology’ and now ‘consequentialism’ become dead terms left to the wayside (I mostly will use consequentialism because it has more recognition/intelligibility to some and because it indexes some fundamental orientation to weighing appraisals against their intermediary and eventual effects but in many cases that’s where I kind of leave off), but if those terms end up serving as foils or at least jumping off points for those conversations then maybe they retain some modicum of residual value? Obviously I’m not entirely convinced, but I’m also looking for better shorthand’s that approximate where I land on these things… speaking of dead things though, when it comes to bourbon flipping, I have to admit that if I won the ability to buy something like a PVW23 in a lottery I would probably sell it at auction and get several bottlings from ghost distilleries with the proceedings… read into my ethical frameworks however you will based on that 😂

Bro I ain't gonna judge. 😅

Yes! That's actually a very old tradition, going at least back to the old days of folks trading regional craft beers and stuff. One way is community trading between enthusiasts, while the other is rent-seeking pure and simple.

I don't need to accuse flippers of immorality (although of course their business is illegal, avoids taxation, etc.), because it's not a question of punishing them. They will say that they're performing a service of selling to willing buyers at the actual market value and taking their cut from that, and if that's all and everything you care about then I suppose I don't have much of an argument. But the side effect of what they do is a drain of the normal market supply - facilitated, no doubt, by some on the inside - into a black market dominated by investors and the ultra-rich, one which isn't available to many ordinary customers. If the goal is, as DeMora says, to "give a fair chance" to regular Ohioans (and again, I can't force you to care about that), I can see two ways the black market gets deflated and the supply restored. One is if producers, distributors, and/or retailers _vastly_ bump the shelf prices of these products, sometimes by a factor of ten or more. That has the side effect of regular Ohioans still not having access to them, now because they can't afford them, but you could say it's more "fair" in some sense. The other way is to reduce demand on the black market more directly, which is what DeMora is going for (he's for poisoning the supply, I'm suggesting something targeting whiskey investment). And either way involves modestly stepping on the toes of the flippers and the investors - not because they have a lower moral standing but because of that "fair chance" goal.

@differentspirits4157 I would say a first come first serve or an auction approach is more "fair"in a way.

Thanks! Wait, on everything?? 😂

I'm all for that, and in fact that's very much the spirit of the channel! But in the medium term, that means you're still playing a kind of reverse whack-a-mole game against the investor class where anything that reaches a critical mass of hype gets snatched off the shelves. It just feels like we can do better.

@differentspirits4157 Part of my Midwest GenX self wants to keep the goods under wraps. Not everyone is worthy. Remember when going big was so lame?

I should say that I only even discuss the trolley problem here (and at such length) to head off the thought that _all_ moral dilemmas - including the one I want to talk about - basically take on that form. I find it has a way of trotting itself out, whether we want it to or not... 😅

I'd need to find a booze-related occasion, but sure! I'm not sure how much more I have to say in substantive fashion on these particular topics, but booze and materialism and Hobbes (and Hobbes' take on Tertullian), that could be fun...

Kant stop won't stop. 😁

Thanks for watching! So many videos, so little time...

In what sense? I do find the finish awkward, but I don't necessarily find it more dry than (say) the Appleton here. (Thanks for watching, by the way!)

@differentspirits4157 Before discovering the interesting world of rum, I mostly drank beer or some sweet cocktails so I find many rums a bit harsh and dry for my palate!

@omppuplays7147 That's normal! Welcome to the game. A lot of folks find just making increasingly strong drinks (=cutting down the simple etc.) over time helps.

@@differentspirits4157 Thank you! I like making cocktails and also sipping neat and sometimes I add just a tiny bit sugar to make it a bit less harsh.

@@isaacbindman7559 I was thinking of that mild tomato curry it's served in. Ghee I know, it's a staple here at Casa Different Spirits. 😁

@differentspirits4157 haha my bad!

@@keyfinder257 It just came out! Give it a little time to filter around. 👍

@@hordeum-vulgare The shirt's a cheap AliExpress grab, I'll report soon if it actually stands up to a wash! 😅 In the meantime, keep an eye out for other new Scapa reviews, I'm curious what everyone else's reaction is...

@@none_remaining Sometimes it really is about the way you present what you've got, rather than having something big and shouty to present. 😁

@@josephjvr6509 Thanks! I mean, I'd normally say, "but Scotch drinkers already have a ton of channels to rely on!!!" But in an important sense, I'm a lot less convinced of that right now...

Jason, would you mind explaining how that works and what costs are to buy and have shipped to you 3-4 bottles? My wife and I visit Cali annually and I buy and haul back a bunch of bottles. It would be nice if this new method provides affordable shipping.

@@jasoncoates1835 I too would like to hear of these secret paths.

@@권혁근-h6l I mean, if you like Scapa - or just want to taste a good example - I'd call this a must-try. It's not perfect but I'll take it!

@@therumrevival I spent _years_ looking for a proper licensed one!! And when I saw some random store on AliExpress selling a less proper one, I broke. 😁

Yessss! For the price they're asking, it's absolutely insane.

More on this in tomorrow's video! The short version: yes, but it gets complicated.

Oof, of course it is. Not to be confused with Van Wees! 😅

That's always tricky because prices are highly variable just across the US, even before we get to the global market. For example, at the present moment - long past this video's time - the Deanston and Arran are both pushing $70 here in Chicago, while the GG is still... well, nowhere to be found.

Oh, I know the Last Rites very well! I honestly tend to avoid it because at the standard spec it will absolutely put me on my ass. 😂 If you're inclined towards madness a bit, find a Le Galion bottling and try a split base with about .5oz of grand arome. And thanks for watching!!

I mean, if I were over there I'd _definitely_ be giving these folks a visit. Maybe not when it's this cold, of course... 🥶

I see from their website, they do tastings for $22 at a little gin bar in Hermann (kind of Missouri’s version of Galena, in my opinion) that is only open from 2-6 on Friday and Saturday. More quaintness. Would be a nice outing for my wife and me….when the weather warms up.

Indeed, it's still polar vortex season here, batton down those hatches...

@@Beezee-ph9wv Yes, I think the two I reviewed are absolutely worth it as malts in themselves, of course bearing price in mind (I got lucky, I think I paid 70€ for the Ardnahoe and 60€ for the Raasay). Ardnamurchan has had a huge amount of hype recently and... I see it and I don't. I can tell the potential is there, but the examples I keep trying are always these very loud, super cask-heavy kinds of efforts that I consistently put in the mid-80s. Whereas what I'd really love to try is an Ardnamurchan at 14 or so in like a third-fill sherry hoggie.

@@Watchman999 To be honest I'm not much of a fan of XAs, even from the really good houses. I just think it's a lot of money for spirits that have been proofed down within an inch of their lives. (The one I'm personally keeping my eye out for is the Terralta XA 110 😁) That said, for folks who are more into the conventional style the Excellencia does have a good reputation and I really love the house.

@@TheSurgeHunter Thanks! I was less of a fan of that Ben Nevis (if it's the one I'm thinking of) but for the price I really can't be mad.

@@hordeum-vulgare I'm not the one I'm really worried for, to be honest... What's really beginning to baffle me is, where are the big channels with their reviews of this kind of thing? I'm doing a little roundup and it's like they refuse to leave the safety of the leading twenty or thirty producers. 😑

@@iangendler Yeah the Raasay really has nothing on that name. 😂 And the thing is, the casks _are_ scary, but in context it kind of works...

@@jasoncoates1835 Lochlea soon! Maybe! I hope!! 😅

That Guyana is on the menu soon! Hopefully next week, if I can arrange things. Thanks for the info on the mark, I had my suspicions...

@@rellorellin7544 It'll definitely be good, but that's also an awfully optimistic price for something that's been sitting on that shelf for the better part of a decade.

@@jasoncoates1835 Haaa, I did not! I've had a list of these things I've wanted to do for a month or so, Serge scooped me.

Thanks! Go grab one and have fun. 😁

Oof yeah, that's a long way from any of the major US Chinatowns. You can still do mail order of course, but then the dilemma is - well, how much baijiu do you actually want to buy? 😅

@@differentspirits4157 And that speaks to the broader question of "how much money do you actually have?" which... then puts the whole endeavor on the back burner while I chase more '90s Ben Nevis.😅 Thanks to the university we do have an outsized Asian community in town, and accordingly an Asian grocery that punches far above its weight. Liquor laws being how they are in this state, though, alcohol is pretty much off the table there. I had hoped the community would have at least one of the liquor stores in town stocking a little bit of the stuff, but I even had to go online for the Ming River, and that's a pretty accessible product. Even my usual online stops only have a handful of bottlings at best. I'm obviously not entirely traveling in the right circles.

@jasoncoates1835 Dude those '96 Ben Nevises will break you. 😂 Uncle Fossil has probably become my primary source outside of Chinatown, but do be warned about the shipping costs...

Yep. It's an enormous category and there's a ton of stuff in there, and a lot of it is excellent. That said, do not fear, there's also tons of bad baijiu out there! 🥲

Go for it! The nice thing is that, much like unaged rums, you can get a good one for a super reasonable layout - like the Tequ, say. (Availability can be a problem, of course...)

Always happy to review some! Trust me, there's always more out there to taste through... 😅