Thanks for the review. An interesting factoid that I recently learned is that the most alcohol tolerant animal is the Hamster. In their natural habitat, they store grasses and grain in underground burrows. The grains ferment so their natural forage is high in alcohol. Apparently, researchers have determined that a hamster can consume the human equivalent of drinking 1.5 gallons of Everclear in one hour with no untoward effects or signs of intoxication. So the next time Rex brags about his ability to hold his liquor ask him how he compares to a hamster.
My favorite Macallan was an 18 Year Old from 1989 that I had several drams of up in Banff, Alberta Canada at the Fairmont Banff Springs Hotel. The upper lobby bar, overlooking the valley. There was snow in those days too. Spectacular Macallan is extraordinary stuff.
I've got unopened editions 2-6. The resell value on these is insane since they were all limited. Saving for either a grand celebration or a rainy day that I need some money 😅
I still have an unopened 40 I bought many many years ago and the price has just skyrocketed over the past two years, I think I bought it for around 900 pounds in duty free over two decades ago and they're going for near 60 THOUSAND dollars now. On one hand I really want to open it but I don't know if I can justify drinking that much money. My 70th birthday is coming up soon so maybe will have to crack it open for that!
I was hanging out with some friends last winter. We where outside near a lake and hade made up a fire to rost some hotdogs and burgers. Nice cold day and alot of snow! I had brought a bottle of Redbreast 12. To share with some of them that claimed to like whiskey. So i poured some for them. Turned around and when I turned back they had poured it down their hot coco... -oooh it was so good they said... haha well well.
I had a friend that would mix my fine Irish whiskey into Coke while I just silently wrung my hands because as the fellows say: The best way to drink whiskey is the way that you like to drink whiskey.
@@georgeorwell126 Ouff! Yeah I have had a similar situation. Chivas 15 year old finiished in grande champagne cask. My friends boyfriend asked to mix it with coke. But there i drew the line haha. Even if the quote goes as you say ;)
Just finished my bottle, what a great journey it was. Macallan was holding a public event in town advertising the launch. Got to the meet the brewmaster for Macallan briefly. What a nice experience that was.
Daniel is describing the flavours of American oak - which is generally what is used in the production of sherry butts for the Scotch industry. Not European oak as many people have erroneously been led to think. American oak is more frequently used because it generally imparts more flavour than European oak, is easier to work with and, most importantly, is much cheaper than European oak. "Until the 1980s, the whisky industry primarily used transport casks, relatively new casks that were filled with sherry and shipped to the UK. The motion of the ship made them soak up a good deal of sherry. Once in Scotland, it was cheaper to sell them to the Scots than to take empty casks back to Spain.
Daniel "They tell us what's in the bottle." Rattles list including sherry. Also Daniel "I don't know if there's sherry in there." The Mooch takes the point this round.
Rex and Daniel have changed roles. Today Rex spends much of the episode watching himself on the monitor, that is normally Daniel's thing. Daniel was the chipper one as well.
If I'm not mistaken, almonds and cherries derive their scent from the same base compound: cyanide. Some people say that cyanide smells like cherries, others say almonds, so it could be that you are both smelling smart notes on that, just perceiving it in different ways?
I'm really hoping you guys get a couple butt casks for the distillery. Just for the scene of Danial explaining the advantages of the butt size barrels, while Rex bites his lip trying not to laugh.
I met someone once who had a "stunt liver," a friend who would drink all the alcohol that the person couldn't (can't remember off the top of my head why they didn't drink, but it was something health-related and they missed alcohol a lot).
Remember that old gag of putting shoe polish on something like binoculars to give the person a black ring? Rex's facial hair looks like he put his face in a jar that was shoe polished.
As a self proclaimed alternate on the US Power Drinking Team, I offer my services as Official Booze Hound for the Whiskey Vault. Just doing my part and taking one for the team, MBs. I’m doing it for y’all.
I enjoy what you both do. You both know how to market yourselves and make content that is appealing to watch by others. I am however disappointed in How Daniel often comes after someone who doesn't smell/taste the same things he does; and plays it as they're wrong.. Guys, taste is subjective. We're all going to taste and smell things others can't. There's no wrong answer when it comes to tasting notes.
Thanks for reviewing something that MBs can get their hands on @rex - there are definite fig notes in there; since I have a bottle, I'd say more along the lines of baked fig than raw or ripe fig
Wondering if you guy organize the vault other then by category? I know Daniel talked about getting rid of the almost empty bottles when Rex isn't around. But wondering if different level shelves represent your favorites. Rex put his on the top self where Daniel has to get a ladder and fear of heights if he wants one and Daniel put his on the bottom self where if Rex really wants it, he might have to risk throwing his back out to get it.
Good morning gentleman. Can you shed some light on why scotch whiskey comes in those neat little box containers and why bourbon or American whiskey doesn't do the same? I have so much fun collecting the boxes of scotch as decorations, especially when I buy an expensive or rare whiskey so I can show off to my friends.
I remember them talking about it in a previous video (I think it was for a glenfiddich product or something, as they were one of the first brands to do that), and they said it's entirely a marketing thing to make things seem more fancy (yet still be recyclable/disposable for people that aren't collectors). Where when a bourbon or American whiskey is trying to do a special box to be more fancy in their marketing, they tend to use wood boxes, trying to lean more toward the "rustic charm, made in America by hardworking..." type of marketing that tends to be used more with American whiskeys. I would love for them to go more in depth than that though, as it was a blink and you'll miss it conversation in the middle of just one video.
I think it's pretty well known that Macallan seasons their barrels with sherry rather than using actual ex sherry barrels, which means just because it's a bunch of American oak doesn't mean they didn't season it. Drinking this alongside the episode and I'm definitely on Rex's side. There's a lot of sherry influence in here. I get a vague impression similar to almond, and the sweetness is more honey, but there's definitely a lot of fig and dark fruits.
I have all 6 unopened & I've only tried the 4th edition at a bar, but man it was tasty. Then everyone started catching on. 6th addition came out near me for over $200. It's dropped since but no one was saying how much was made so I made sure to grab one.
It is strange to hear the mooch try to override the som. It is also interesting how arbitrary the senses can be in some cases. Of the videos I have seen this is the most that you guys have disagreed and I like it. I like it not because of contention but because it revises some of my early impressions on reviewer‘s that confirm each other instead of standing their ground. It feels more honest.
Good review guys. I would like to offer my services as stand in booze hound, OK I live in the UK but I'm willing to relocate for this position. Will work for food.
Along with rare whiskey friday, you should do a common whiskey Monday where you review whiskies available everywhere. i.e. makers, jim beam, Jack Daniel's, etc.
Can I make a list suggestion for the other channel.. The whiskeys if see them on a bar/restaurants list you should try them. Just for things like this next year where it is harder to get whiskeys. To the other MBs, would it be better if they did one for each major category?
@@karl_alan nope, or at least not that I know of. But Rex and Daniel said a couple of vault videos ago, that just about everything that is left of the donated whiskeys for review are hard or impossible to get bottles.
Macallan is no longer maturing in Sherry cask they are infusing the Sherry cask flavor and since they started doing that the flavor is artificial not as good as before
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Thanks for the review. An interesting factoid that I recently learned is that the most alcohol tolerant animal is the Hamster. In their natural habitat, they store grasses and grain in underground burrows. The grains ferment so their natural forage is high in alcohol. Apparently, researchers have determined that a hamster can consume the human equivalent of drinking 1.5 gallons of Everclear in one hour with no untoward effects or signs of intoxication. So the next time Rex brags about his ability to hold his liquor ask him how he compares to a hamster.
Wait.. isn't the insult in Monty Python's Holy Gail.. "And your mother was a hamster"?
@@JAF30 Mom drank quite a lot of Elderberry brandy.
@@JAF30 To be honest, I don't recall but any animal that can sustain itself on Everclear at 190 proof has my respect.
@@JAF30 ..and your father smelled of elderberries.
EPIC science!
Yay back to normal upload time
My favorite Macallan was an 18 Year Old from 1989 that I had several drams of up in Banff, Alberta Canada at the Fairmont Banff Springs Hotel. The upper lobby bar, overlooking the valley. There was snow in those days too.
Spectacular Macallan is extraordinary stuff.
Have a great day all you MBs.
Love it when Rex hams it up for the camera! $250 present. Nice! Wish I had friends like that.
I really really
Enjoy the editions. 3-4 were may favorites. 1 is now impossible to find even secondary
Good Morning all you Magnificent Bastards :)
Greetings
Stunt- boozehound... Briana? 😄
Heyyyyy back to the old release time. It was getting a little odd to watch y'all at midnight instead of in the background at work.
Why does Daniel look like a weird whiskey genie with his hat, beard, v-neck, and medallion? Can’t unsee it now.
Hey Daniel and Rex love the show.😁
Sure love those Big Brand Mondays
Wife bought me a 16 yo lagavulin and I like it. First sip is a bit tough but it settles in quite well. Maccallen is still my favorite scotch period.
I've got unopened editions 2-6. The resell value on these is insane since they were all limited. Saving for either a grand celebration or a rainy day that I need some money 😅
I’ve got an unopened edition 4, but I drank and enjoyed my edition 6
I still have an unopened 40 I bought many many years ago and the price has just skyrocketed over the past two years, I think I bought it for around 900 pounds in duty free over two decades ago and they're going for near 60 THOUSAND dollars now. On one hand I really want to open it but I don't know if I can justify drinking that much money. My 70th birthday is coming up soon so maybe will have to crack it open for that!
I needed the sensible chuckle today. And on that end note, I'll pour a dram of Classic Laddie and drink with you today!
Finally some bigger brands , feels so fresh!
I was hanging out with some friends last winter. We where outside near a lake and hade made up a fire to rost some hotdogs and burgers. Nice cold day and alot of snow! I had brought a bottle of Redbreast 12. To share with some of them that claimed to like whiskey. So i poured some for them. Turned around and when I turned back they had poured it down their hot coco... -oooh it was so good they said... haha well well.
I can imagine that rich vanilla flavour playing really well with cocoa or hot chocolate
I had a friend that would mix my fine Irish whiskey into Coke while I just silently wrung my hands because as the fellows say: The best way to drink whiskey is the way that you like to drink whiskey.
@@jasonmackintosh1253 I could not deny the fact that it tasted pretty great. 😁
@@georgeorwell126 Ouff! Yeah I have had a similar situation. Chivas 15 year old finiished in grande champagne cask. My friends boyfriend asked to mix it with coke. But there i drew the line haha. Even if the quote goes as you say ;)
"stunt booze hound" = my new title and chosen noble profession.
Just finished my bottle, what a great journey it was. Macallan was holding a public event in town advertising the launch. Got to the meet the brewmaster for Macallan briefly. What a nice experience that was.
Daniel is describing the flavours of American oak - which is generally what is used in the production of sherry butts for the Scotch industry. Not European oak as many people have erroneously been led to think. American oak is more frequently used because it generally imparts more flavour than European oak, is easier to work with and, most importantly, is much cheaper than European oak.
"Until the 1980s, the whisky industry primarily used transport casks, relatively new casks that were filled with sherry and shipped to the UK. The motion of the ship made them soak up a good deal of sherry. Once in Scotland, it was cheaper to sell them to the Scots than to take empty casks back to Spain.
I will be your "stunt booze hound" resume to follow.
Way to bring in Sir Mix-a-Lot.... Wonderful.... Now just need to incorporate new animations :) Get on it Dan
BEARD SPARKLES!!!!
@@robviousobviously5757 Or Barrel Butt Romping! Bung-holes Kissing? :)
Finally a brand I recognize!
GOOD MORNING YOU MB'S.... 🥃
This bottle sounds fantastic, I'm sure I can find one locally....
Online will be your only option. They only bottled it in 2019 or 2020 I think.
Daniel "They tell us what's in the bottle." Rattles list including sherry. Also Daniel "I don't know if there's sherry in there." The Mooch takes the point this round.
thought the same xD
My face 🤨 when he says there might not be Sherry influence in this one. 🤦🏻♂️
@@LitoCortes yeah. Plenty of american oak which has held sherry (sirup) and then whisky. The mainstream sherry barrels are like these afaik
I sometimes think reading the box or bottle greatly influences Daniel's nosing and tasting notes.
Rex and Daniel have changed roles. Today Rex spends much of the episode watching himself on the monitor, that is normally Daniel's thing. Daniel was the chipper one as well.
If I'm not mistaken, almonds and cherries derive their scent from the same base compound: cyanide. Some people say that cyanide smells like cherries, others say almonds, so it could be that you are both smelling smart notes on that, just perceiving it in different ways?
I'm really hoping you guys get a couple butt casks for the distillery. Just for the scene of Danial explaining the advantages of the butt size barrels, while Rex bites his lip trying not to laugh.
Rampur review awaiting
After hearing the barrels they used, I feel I need to kick some butts.
Finnally some bigger brands recently!!
Collected 3 of the 6 editions I found them all to be pretty nice explorations and worthy of their price. Shame I couldn’t grab all 6 though lol
Daniel! How can you not like fig newtons? Now real figs are a whole different story. Very different tastes. Goodness what a crazy episode.
“Third wave ska”? Great list.
The Macallan 18 is mind blowing
I will take the stunt tasting job. Thank you!
I hope you'll do a review of the Macallan Harmony Collection.
please get Daniel a new hobbit ladder for 2022 please
my heart missed a beat thinking whisky was dying with all that noise
Daniel made a perfect dad rap "come on kids" joke and Rex just left it hanging. The betrayal.
I met someone once who had a "stunt liver," a friend who would drink all the alcohol that the person couldn't (can't remember off the top of my head why they didn't drink, but it was something health-related and they missed alcohol a lot).
Remember that old gag of putting shoe polish on something like binoculars to give the person a black ring? Rex's facial hair looks like he put his face in a jar that was shoe polished.
Would love to see them compare the “new make” to the finish product …. And see their notes
Not long reviewed the Macallan edition No 6. Pretty much nothing to rave about, especially for the price. It was also nice colour no figs...
Hey look ma I'm famous! Thanks for the reviews gents!
Looks like fig wood is a thing, i request that y'all use it for a whiskey
As a self proclaimed alternate on the US Power Drinking Team, I offer my services as Official Booze Hound for the Whiskey Vault. Just doing my part and taking one for the team, MBs. I’m doing it for y’all.
Wait, we back on normal schedule now ?
Rex needs start teaching Whiskey Mooch classes as the Academy so he can host Whiskey Mooch hangout events in the Vault.
I enjoy what you both do. You both know how to market yourselves and make content that is appealing to watch by others.
I am however disappointed in How Daniel often comes after someone who doesn't smell/taste the same things he does; and plays it as they're wrong.. Guys, taste is subjective. We're all going to taste and smell things others can't.
There's no wrong answer when it comes to tasting notes.
"May you steal your lovers fig..." You know what, I'm game.
Thanks for reviewing something that MBs can get their hands on
@rex - there are definite fig notes in there; since I have a bottle, I'd say more along the lines of baked fig than raw or ripe fig
Wondering if you guy organize the vault other then by category? I know Daniel talked about getting rid of the almost empty bottles when Rex isn't around. But wondering if different level shelves represent your favorites. Rex put his on the top self where Daniel has to get a ladder and fear of heights if he wants one and Daniel put his on the bottom self where if Rex really wants it, he might have to risk throwing his back out to get it.
I am a former patron member and I'm just trying to find out if my whiskey is still available to me. I am going blind and cannot see very well.
Where is the discord link
Good morning gentleman. Can you shed some light on why scotch whiskey comes in those neat little box containers and why bourbon or American whiskey doesn't do the same? I have so much fun collecting the boxes of scotch as decorations, especially when I buy an expensive or rare whiskey so I can show off to my friends.
I remember them talking about it in a previous video (I think it was for a glenfiddich product or something, as they were one of the first brands to do that), and they said it's entirely a marketing thing to make things seem more fancy (yet still be recyclable/disposable for people that aren't collectors). Where when a bourbon or American whiskey is trying to do a special box to be more fancy in their marketing, they tend to use wood boxes, trying to lean more toward the "rustic charm, made in America by hardworking..." type of marketing that tends to be used more with American whiskeys.
I would love for them to go more in depth than that though, as it was a blink and you'll miss it conversation in the middle of just one video.
They do it so they can charge more of a premium for it. I have always thought it silly as hell.
I think it's pretty well known that Macallan seasons their barrels with sherry rather than using actual ex sherry barrels, which means just because it's a bunch of American oak doesn't mean they didn't season it. Drinking this alongside the episode and I'm definitely on Rex's side. There's a lot of sherry influence in here. I get a vague impression similar to almond, and the sweetness is more honey, but there's definitely a lot of fig and dark fruits.
Fig Newtons are my favorite pairing with Scotch
Yo!
Nice video 🥃
How much time do you spend re-wetting corks in the vault? It must be an hour of just flipping bottles.
I have all 6 unopened & I've only tried the 4th edition at a bar, but man it was tasty. Then everyone started catching on. 6th addition came out near me for over $200. It's dropped since but no one was saying how much was made so I made sure to grab one.
That's the one with a little bit of Monica right?
Not going to lie, you sold me at the Pantone color wheel!
If you watch closely in the mirror behind bottles on the left, you can see bottles falling by Daniel 7:13
The fig note is a figment of Rex’s imagination
If you need a booze hound your best option would be a Devil Dog...
Oorah
Emma strikes again!
I was fortunate enough to try this last night. Obviously this one is now hard to come by. What would you recommend that is comparable in flavor?
New video series, Rex going thru somn training.
It is strange to hear the mooch try to override the som. It is also interesting how arbitrary the senses can be in some cases. Of the videos I have seen this is the most that you guys have disagreed and I like it. I like it not because of contention but because it revises some of my early impressions on reviewer‘s that confirm each other instead of standing their ground. It feels more honest.
I could see what happened in the reflection
Good review guys. I would like to offer my services as stand in booze hound, OK I live in the UK but I'm willing to relocate for this position. Will work for food.
Dan and Rex, I always look forward to your daily videos and weekly email. Who writes the intro on the weekly email?
I'm thinking that there should be a scale value at the beginning of the review. For example, a 1-5 scale where 1 = Average Store and 5 = Act of God.
If you fight may you fight for a fig
probably would be better if you mixed with ginger ale
I would like to apply for the booze hound job
Oh dear, missed rare whisky froday. Tut tut tut
Finally some scotch again
Figured
Along with rare whiskey friday, you should do a common whiskey Monday where you review whiskies available everywhere. i.e. makers, jim beam, Jack Daniel's, etc.
Ones that we can get here in Toronto would be nice too. It sucks a lot, whisky wise for some things.
Except they've already reviewed most of those and they are trying to work through the backlog of donated whiskey
Wait there is an after school drinking program?
Wait ... THE Jim Leighton?
Can i get into the 1st class of mooching?
OK, how do I apply for the stunt boozehound job? Getting close to retirement and I need to keep busy lol
Emma haunts that place now.
J&B review please :D
Can I make a list suggestion for the other channel.. The whiskeys if see them on a bar/restaurants list you should try them. Just for things like this next year where it is harder to get whiskeys.
To the other MBs, would it be better if they did one for each major category?
Did I miss some sort of news? Why is whiskey going to be harder to get next year?
@@karl_alan nope, or at least not that I know of. But Rex and Daniel said a couple of vault videos ago, that just about everything that is left of the donated whiskeys for review are hard or impossible to get bottles.
Soo need a school of mooching
Pause this at 8:34.. to see the distain of dislikes of mr whittington
10:00 Secret Somm Hangouts Revealed!
He said "butts."
Macallan is no longer maturing in Sherry cask they are infusing the Sherry cask flavor and since they started doing that the flavor is artificial not as good as before
Where can one find this discord link? Is it Patreon exclusive?
My you fig with us or may you feague with us? ... don't look it up 😳🤣
Funny enough i am drinking Macallan triple cask as i watch.😂
At £230 a bottle, and that's the cheapest I can find it, its not a bottle of scotch I'll be picking up anytime soon!
I would like to state here and now...Figs...that I am applying for the position of...Figs...Stunt Booze Hound.
May you fig with us ! 😂