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Sipping the same bottling and watching your review right now! Slainte!

Hope all is well, any update on the future of Malt Reviews? Great reviews over the years of phenomenal whiskies, wish you the best🥃

I guess malt reviews is over. I hope you guys aren't suffering from the thing that started being advised in 2021, or the other thing

So want to get my hands on one of these beauties

i did a blind test with 6 friends... dewards 32, springbank 21, macallan 18 and 25, bowmore 21 ... 5 out of the 6 chose the dewards

I've got 3 bottles of this amazing liquid headed my way and I'm excited! I've got 5 bottles of the 12 year and it is absolutely amazing stuff! Thank you for the review!

Tupelo Honey

its awesome

Hey boys, it's that time of year! Grab some bottles and a couple of cubans and tell us what you've been up to!

My local Total Wine just got this for $200 USD before tax so it’s on my wish list. It is labeled as spirits direct so there’s a chance I could get 10% off on it. it’s $180 before tax. In this day and age for an 18 year old scotch, I guess that’s good but still kind of pricey.

Would you grab these at 1100 out the door? If im a mostly sherry person would I prefer this or 5 and 8?

1959/21yr Italian import for Father’s Day tonight, this stuff is amazing

The guy with the glasses does not have a clue

Really appreciated this top 5 of the year list because even though I've got about $35,000 in my personal scotch bar, I haven't tried a single one on this list other than the Bunnahabhain 12 year cask strength.

SO would you buy again, or settle with the Macallan 18 Sherry Cask finish?

Fantastic scotch! I love the peat! Delicious!🤤

the latest hunting trip to a backwoods town in the northern US mountains: Port Ellen 37 17th release 750ml still priced at the lowest initial 2017-2018 release retail price 2500-2600usd. Yes, very high price but still far below current ~ 4000+usd prices at UK auction or US retail. This 17th release is equal to my favorite OB Port Ellen (10th release is equal good but a different style). A couple bottles for backup and/or investment.

I wish I could get it for $40. 😂 I am looking forward to trying it. Even though I have to pay a lot more than that. Ha

Is this Satire?

Outstanding expression! Love this beauty!! Cheers!

Just picked up a bottle. Tasty.

Silvano Samaroli is my grandfather, how nice to see young people who are interested in and appreciate my grandfather's work. My grandfather was a very spiritual person and his spirits are pure magic. Thank you for keeping my grandfather's memory with you and above all for sharing it with others. my grandfather Silvano Samaroli died on a plane flight over Japan just as he told me he wanted (his father was an aeronaut for the Red Devils)

Miss you guys. Hope you're both keeping well

Still watching these oldies in 2024- just so you know! You guys are the kings of whiskytube. Hope to see you back soon. All the best.

So good very quality casks

That’s right oloroso powers bbb booooooommmmm

Of the various versions of the Bunna 18 bottled in the past 20 years, I like best the 46.3 abv versions from the 2010-2018 range (XVIII). These best versions are 89-91 pts score for me depending on where in the bottle the evolution is at. The other Bunna 18 versions, including the 43% abv from the pre-2010, are very nice too but a notch or two lower in score. Along with the best versions of the Talisker 18 from the same +/- 2015 vintages, the best Bunna 18 is on the podium of my fav. of the 18 blind line-ups. The best batches of Longrow 18 (2018 is a good one) are also on the podium along with the Bunna & Talisker. I have the Batch 02 Ledaig 18 as an honorable mention coming near to clawing its way on the podium as a unique wild card. SpringBank 18 can mix it up with the Ledaig, but these both are just a notch lower off the podium. Behind these for me are the Laphroaig and Macallan 18s of various more modern vintages since mid-2000s.

Hi. Trying to decipher bottle code on my 40. Please let me know if you understand it. It’s. L 17 06 19 and the next line. 1 07 04 BB (or B8)

$150 is a great price. The cheapest I can find in my area is 235$.

Didn’t love it …. Suppose to be something special just don’t dig it .

Great review Narbe. Totally agree that this Ledaig 18 is a great one for the money. I like the uniqueness of Batch No. 02 release (cool sliding-door wood box too). It has a nice note of roasted peppers (like a delish roasted pepper in a cheesy nacho blend) that I don't get in any other whisky. This note adds a savory element along with the other Sherried/Peat/farm notes. I don't see Batch No. 02 at auction much, but was able to get a few bottles stateside before it went away. The Batch 02 has been 88-89 pts for me on most days---but after lots of air and sitting at 1/2 fill level over 2 years it gets as high as 90 pts for me. I poured off 1/2 of a backup bottle into small bottles and it's been sitting for a couple years to see what other magic can happen. Can then compare that to both the neck pour juice in the sample bottles and the natural volume decline with time in the standard dram bottle.

Great review Mike. My fav. Flaming Heart is the 2012 bottling (91 pts for me). This 2015 is my 2nd fav at 90pts.

Have you guys acquired and gotten to know the Bruichladdich Bere Barley series? It's one of my fav. Islay series--so unique and farm/field/grain/bakery forward. They take water amazingly well to really brings out additional complexity. For the uniqueness and quality, the Bere series is one of the great values in Islay whisky IMO.

Have you guys acquired and gotten to know the newer version of the Bunna 30?

Have you guys acquired and gotten to know the Ardbeg 8? I really like that one. IMO the 8 is def. better than the 5 and better than most 10 batches---but the good 10 batches are equal to the 8 and sometimes a bit better. The 8 is a great Add-on bottle to throw in with an auction order to reduce the shipping cost per bottle. 🙂

Nice run down, thanks! Any thoughts on Batch 11 American whiskey or Bourbon?

This Macallan is pretty darn good. Finally tried it recently! I want to try The Macallan M next but it is tough to get my hands on one or even a sip of the M or M Black.

Miss more frequent reviews. Stay well

Sounds tasty

You sound fairly congested in this video. Doesn't it affect the evaluation?

Great review as always, absolutely luv the passion! My good friend is getting married down in OC this summer and would love it if you could give me some spots that you think are bucket list worthy level whisky joints in the area would be so much appreciated. Thanks as always for your great reviews, legend!

Of the newer and generally a bit lower quality vintages--2017 to 2022--my favorites are the 2018 & 2021 with the 2017 just behind due to its lower complexity. I know that many love the 2017, but it's just not as much my style. I prefer the bottles with more heavy but balanced coastal/farm/savory notes with good complexity in the smaller ephemeral notes as support to these. As I stated in my earlier comment below, it's really hard (or just not possible) to beat the quality of the 2013-2016 bottlings. The variety and number of quality bottles at various age statements released from Lagavulin in 2013-2016 is maybe the best run of batches released since the old days with 60s/70s juice. It was a good run. Maybe someday we'll get another 3-4 year run of great bottlings stacked up . . . . . . . . .

We gonna see the boys back together again soon??

Hoping we didn’t lose you guys for another 6 months😅 patiently awaiting more content! Cheers boys.

Keep drinking. It gets better. 😁

Weird

UA-cam loves to favor “my collection” videos, and you guys should consider a peak into the collection (as vulnerable as that could be). It’s been a while since last cigar chat…..the people want what they want 😅

My local store has three bottles at 168.00 plus tax? Undecided! It’s hard for me to get that many flavors out of a ten course meal! Not sure how you guys get so much? Master distillers say you only get 3-5 things usually. I guess my nose and pallet are weak at only a year into my journey:) nice review!

The things I would do to have a sip of this cognac.

Better than the 18 in my opinion. Price jump to 21, 25, 30 is ridiculous. 15 is best value in my opinion or the 12 CS if you can find at retail.