ralfy review 819 - Macallan 10yo @40%vol: (circa 2001)
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"In a time of crisis, pour yourself a large one..." Amen, brother.
I think we're on a treble at this stage.
Ralfy the undertaker. This man continues to be the most interesting man in the world.
I could listen to him talk. I'd love to see the rest of this property within his privacy obviously.
RALFY!!!!! Do a Q&A during this lockdown. We need more material!
Agreed! Over 10 years without a single Q&A or Ask Me Anything. That needs to change
@@Tomislav_B. A Zoom video conference with Ralfy and all of you fellow fans would be pure delight....
@@RebMordechaiReviews Why not? You don't consider yourself "fellow fan"?!
@@Tomislav_B. ....what I meant was a Zoom with Ralfy, ME and other fellow fans of Ralfy...
Ralfy is the man! He helped get me expand my experience with whiskey. One of my objectives, now that I got my own thing going. Thanks for the inspiration and stay safe! Use the whiskey to sanitize your insides!
Amen
I'm now into the islay scotches. Took a while to get there.
LOL
Plenty of bourbon to keep me straight!
Ralfy, we all love to hear that you're still having a good time reviewing for us! I've been watching you since 2014, all of the previous stuff too and I'm still delighted every time you put a new vid out there! You rock!
Edit: I'm also glad you now have the time for longer malt moments. I missed the half hour ramblings :D
Ralfy is tops to me, I love your videos !!!
That would take a lot of will power leaving a bottle in the cupboard for 10 yrs.
Or 20 even. I reckon the archives go deep though! Any Black Bowmores in there Ralfy?
. . . it can be done !
Ive only been at this 3 years and i have so many bottles not opening some is easy
@Alan Doyle 10 bottles isnt enough
Considering the size of Ralfy's collection and the fact that he regularly (!) enjoys very fine drinks - it's not that hard at all. It's not like you have one bottle and you just sit there and wait to open it for 10 years.
Ralfy, you give off that funny uncle vibe the whole family loves, especially the kids... I enjoyed your reviews for quite a while now, and based most of my purchases on your advice...Keep doing a great job, congratulations for your aniversary...
My father took me on a journey in the 90’s which started with Glenfiddich, via Glenmorange & Highland Park & culminated with Macallan. We had 10 year old miniatures as favourites when my wife & I married. Sadly my affair with Macallan has come to end, don’t think they’re interested in folk like me anymore.Thanks for reminding me of the good old days, Ralfy. Stay well & safe.
Bourbon from an ancient Egyptian tomb? Mummy Van Winkle?
There is the 100 plus year old whisky from Scott’s expedition the New Zealand archaeologists discovered in the snow under / behind the hut , still drinkable
Bishopburn Boy Probably good over ice.
@@bishopburnboy416 Yep, blended malt, Paterson made a reproduction of it.
@@bishopburnboy416 I think you means Ernest Shackleton Antarctica expedition. 1907?
Is that the bottle with the label with a stuck on stone carving of a barrel and a muscle flexing arm, meaning "Single Cask 100 Proof Strength" in hieroglyphics?
Wonderful preamble and introduction, Ralfy. Enjoyed this one very much.
I love the disclaimer to check carefully before drinking 5,000 year old tomb booze. Cheers Ralfy!
I bought a bottle of Ardbeg Uigeadail, then when Boris closed the pubs I bought a second bottle!
The only guy who can fill me with optimism, excitement and positivity when he says in a very serious tone "we've got a rainy day". Keep up the good work, Ralfy. Your content is so informative.
Your sacrifice is duly noted, Sir.
I had a friend who mentored me in the practice of law. He was single malt aficionado, well before I got into it. Macallan was his gold standard. Ralfy: Your colleagues must think very highly of you, to present you with such a gift. Thank you sir for sharing this.
You might explore Glenfarclas if you like the Macallan
@@bbb462cid You're right sir. Maybe He could try Highland Park too.
@@un.uomo.assetato Highland Park 12 is my usual! Very good suggestion.
@@bbb462cid thanks. I like the 12 too but, at 40%, I like more the 10 yo.
Have Glenfarclas 10 and 12, they are really nice. I admit I've never had Highland Park, will have to remedy that.
Ralfy, my heart skipped a beat when you says "This is the end".
+ 1 ...I thought he was going to say "this is my last review" but thank God he didn't !
Weirdos of the world unite!
A neighbour gifted me a bottle of this stuff for fixing his computer a year or two back. When I got it home I realised it had been uncorked but it looked like only one dram had been taken. Not sure what era it was from but it was at least a decade ago. I concur: 40% and chill-filtered on the down side, on the upside all those fig and dried fruit notes from proper sherry casks. Smooth stuff, and the foundations upon which the current empire is fashioned.
Work colleagues!!! Comrade Ralfy, you never looked like a man who works. What a deception. Hahaha.
Sorry your event got canceled, Ralfy. But event or not you’re the toast of town my friend. Stay safe, stay cheerful.
Thank you for sharing these stories, Ralfy! It reminded me a play by the Irish playwright Conor McPherson, Dublin Carol. Have you read it? It's about an undertaker in Dublin on Christmas Eve. Fantastic play!
Congratulations on your (now) 11 years of whisky reviews, Ralfy. I am toasting to you with an Auchentoshan 12 as I watch. Love your stories and reviews. If you still have an Oliva cigar left, I promise it will taste much better if you let it rest at proper temperature and humidity levels for several months to a year. Cheers!
Congratulations on completing 10 years of reviews. You are a treasure to the whisky community, Ralphy. I enjoy your mix of deep whisky knowledge and life wisdom in your reviews. I have learned a great deal about whisky from you, and share many of your views on the lessons life has taught us.
Thank you so much Ralfy., you have helped gin drinker become a whisky collector
As my father always used to say (I come from a long line of undertakers but never went into the family business) "Funerals aren't for the dead, they're for the living." You truly do get to see families at their best and absolute worst. God Bless to you Ralfy.
WOW! Blast from the past. Macallan was a completely different single malt. Hopefully Macallan comes out of it's rut. Cheers Ralfy and stay safe
Hi Ralfy, I am probably your newest subscriber! I have watched most of your reviews and I was wondering, will you ever do blind tastings (not sure how you will do it practically given that you are alone)? The reason why I am asking is, as you may very well know, one’s eyes do a lot of tasting as well. For example, if you know you are tasting Springbank, you expect it to be of better quality (and maybe you “taste” better quality as well), whereas Dalmore (I get this funny feeling that you are not quite fond of it - with good reason :)) you expect something shite, so you may “taste” something shite as well. Anyway, I think it will be a good experiment to do some blind tastings because I have surprised myself many times with blind tastings. Keep up the good work!
Every day is Boxing Day at the undertakers ...
. . . brilliant ! love it.
I began my malt journey with The Macallan 10 around 2001. I can just smell and taste that original malt. Nowhere close to the colour expressions that we can only get in Canada now. The older ones were much better.
"Who wants to be normal? I don't recommend it" AMEN
"In time of crisis, pour yourself a large one..."I am with you my brother! Thanks so much for bringing so much insight to us malt mates growing in our understanding and appreciation of good whisky.
Ralfy, I just started watching you channel and want to say I thoroughly enjoy your reviews. Very interesting to hear your perspective compared to other reviews I have watched. Thank you so much and look forward to the next one. Slainte !
Ralfy, I used to pastor churches. One of the churches that I pastored was a cross the street from a funeral home. On occasion, I would conduct a service for the funeral home. One of these services was of a local man in 50s. The local practice was to have not only an open casket during the service, but to move it out to the narthex after the service, with the casket remaining open. The pastor would then stand at the head greeting each person as they paid their last respects.
As people filed by and paid their last respects, near the back of the line was a woman who I was told, right before she step to the casket, that she was his mistress. She was in line about five people ahead of the his wife. As the girlfriend arrived at the head, she burst into tears, and tried to climb into the casket. The wife was not pleased as you can guess. I told the funeral home director that would be the last open casket service that I would do in this church. I needed a dram or two after than experience. Slainte'.
. . . It happens in real life !
Will you be reviewing North Stars new Sirius 31 year old Ralfy? Great value Highland blended malt. A spooned Clynelish apparently... www.masterofmalt.com/whiskies/north-star-spirits/sirius-31-year-old-north-star-spirits-whisky/
Wow that was a very special moment in every sense ... thank you for sharing this ‘On Days like These...’ Macallan 12 was my first trip in to Maltopia.... back in 2004 ... sadly we can’t enjoy these trips anymore on the spiritual journeys they offfer now... God Bless You! 🙏🏻
Now £200 off Amazon...totally outrageous price for 40%,coloured,chill filtered whisky.Paying for the name and rarity,not what is actually in the bottle.My father drank this in the 80s...maybe £20 a bottle then!🤨💰💰💰💰💰💰💰
I unfortunately drunk everything at the time. But loved everybit of it. Memories
Congratulations for completion of successful 10.years ...
My small quality whisky collection is inconveniently at my parents' place, who have been self-isolating for 3 weeks now. Luckily happened to have a bottle of Ardbeg 10 with me, but otherwise I would be very concerned about my mental well-being over the next few weeks...
A barmaid in country pub in s Wales 🏴 sold me old Mac10 for famous grouse price £3.25 a double as she didn’t know anything about it and there was no price for it at the till. I was on holiday there so I drank 3/4 of the bottle over the course of 2 nights 👌 All the best Ralphy and good health 👍🏻
mind working in the pubs years ago '87 - '91' when we'd have bottles like this in the shelf. Sure it was round about the time buna was making an appearance alongside Macallan and Highland Park. Favourites o mine were black bottle, which is totally different now, and OVD Rum.
Macallan is fine example of scottish whisky industry making it's own downhill. Growing volumes = lower quality. I have empty bottle of Macallan 12 yo from 1999. Sometimes I'll open the bottle and just go to the memory lane. You can't even compare traditional Macallan with modern day Macallan. It's like comparing expensive Swiss watch with cheap plastic chinese what ever. I wish this whisky boom ends very soon and main stream Scotch distilleries have to go back to quality. Small craft distilleries are doing a good job already.
Ralfy disregard nasty trolls please. They are miserable and love to try ruining your day.
Thank you for all the quality info you have given us!!
I haven't seen any trolls in Ralfy's comments, save for the occasional deranged teetotaler 😏 (typically an alcoholic).
@Harry Herman Nothing. But what is not wrong about being a teetotaler who visits whisky reviews and then trolls about the danger of alcoholism? I won't respond to the second comment because you had zero basis for it, pure speculation.
You'll also observe that I was not referring to all teetotalers - only the deranged alcoholic trolling sub-category ;)
675 pounds on the Internet today? Yowza. But the old Macallan bottles are very good. In Texas maybe 6 years ago you could still find Macallan 18 in the old bottles for around a hundred dollars in a small old liquor store in a less trafficked area. Imagine finding a dusty Macallan collection now!
I’ve just picked up a bag of whiskey’s that someone just left, and this bottle was one of them. That’s for the video, amazing and will be watching rest of them!!
You might be better placed to understand the nature of time, loss, and change, more than anyone I've come across. From your former profession and whisky hobby.
Question. I've always taken my Scotch / Whiskey, neat. Does adding a splash of water elevate the flavor?
DEFACED!?! RALFY!!! … I don't think you realize your true influence yet...that should sell for MORE with your notes and an autograph!!...stay humble, honed in and healthy!!
Hard to do but you shouldn't even read the comments. A man like yourself should now you're putting out top quality content and teaching the masses the real deal ! Keep up the good work ! Onwards and upwards !
Well it sure is a treat this malt moment that you elected as a special occasion. Thank you so much.
Could you please give more context as to what was available on the market in the early 2000? I came to know that Murray McDavid did some integrity bottlings of Macallan 1990 vintage at 9, 10 years at that time.
thanks for helping navigate these waters !!!
Yesss, this is my personal moment of enlightenment three decades ago. My father was a big scotch Single malt fan back in the days , when nobody over here knew about that and i as a curious youngster liked to take a sniff and just a wee sip from dad's bottles. Not really my cup of tea though, until he came across a bottle of this, and I thought: wow, this is the real McCoy, if that's what scotch whisky is all about, I finally understand you like it. Those were the days of good old Macallan. I've been hooked on Scotch single malt ever since.
My mum used to say You can pick your friends but you cannae pick your family.! She was born in Glesga
for reasons beyond anyone's control....the communist party of china has entered the chat
I went on a tour of Gonzales Byass sherry producers in Spain a few years ago. I asked who got their old sherry casks and was told they went to Macallan.
I believe you can overthink whisky drinking. Just relax and enjoy a dram.
As for the descriptions, I have hardly heard of some of the things people claim to taste. It’s getting like wine tasting now -‘cats pee on a gooseberry bush’ and such like. I only know two types of honey - set and clear. Even then I would be hard pushed to distinguish between the two as an element in a particular whisky’s tasting notes.
Try manuka honey. Different creature. I agree with you though there is a difference between "Pompous ass that likes to hear himself talk" and "Enjoy a glass in quiet contemplation" Cheers brother stay safe
I've only had a McAllan 10 in a bar once. I really didn't like the nose - all I could smell is smell of cheap milk chocolate. Why is that?
Thankyou Ralfy. Cheers.
I had a dram of this just after a visit to the distillery and compared it to the 12 year old Double Casks and 15 year old Triple cask. The 10 year old blew the other two out of the water.
Sad to see Macallan become what it has.
I enjoyed this review ,don't know why ,it's like a mile stone job in you life whitch if it was most people ,they would keep to them selfs , nice !!
I hear Twinkie Bars are quite long-lived too. Wash it down with whisky.
I love Macallan - (from that era!) atb ralfy - snack.
Hey Ralfy, I just finished you book. I enjoyed it quite a lot! Looking forward to the next one!
such a great video! thanks
Happy ten year anniversary Ralfy I hope we get to see, listen and vicariously participate for another ten years at least which brings a great deal of enjoyment, thank you.
Really enjoyed the review. I have a older Mac 10 (next generation label to this one) really liked it. I thought it was better than the same generation 12 year olds at 43%. Love seeing auction worthy bottles open! Whisky shouldn't collect dust, cheers!
Stay weird Ralfy. Never change ;-)
I have bottles, unfortunately, they are now empty. :(
I wonder, since it's a Ralfy bottle, if the writing wouldn't reduce the value of the bottle?
I think it seriously increased the collector's value of this bottle. Macallan 10 YO that once belonged to Ralfy himself - this is something else.
If there was somehow waterproof evidence that it actually is a bottle that belonged to Ralfy, and the tale that led to the writing would be exposed, it surely would increase the value.
But, aside from that, the bottle itself looks like it is in mint condition, with top notch fill level and all labels seem to be flawless. The only minor flaw really is the writing on the box, which is, apart from that, also seems to be in mint condition. I'd say if he would've decided to put in into auction, it would've reached the total maximum value, minus 50 quid for the writing on the box.
But let's stop being theoritacal about it and be let's be grateful that he opened it for a review to share with all of us!
I love your work Ralfy. You've taught me so much. Thank you!
Great stories and whisky, thanks for sharing.
>save it for a rainy day
>scotland
isn't that every day over there? :)
Only a very nasty person could troll you Ralfy.
I know, I know its not all about the money, but how much would that bottle cost at auction?
This fucking guy.... keeps me going
Very interesting, the undertaker lol
I am a student so I don't have a place to store a lot of whiskey neither can I afford many bottles. But...I have a whiskey archive box where I put 100mL (little glass bottles with screw caps) of every different new whiskey I buy and label it with what it is and when it was bought.
Enjoying your videos Ralfy!
. . . that's the way to do it ! Historic archive.
Collecting whisky?
Poignant, a great insight at this time we don't recognise all the people doing jobs we would not do. Thank you so much, informative and enjoyable.
I had a 3-month break from watching - heart attack christmas day, 40-minute h'copter dash to hospital, incarcerated 1 week while 'stuff' done - all good now, lost some weight and am now back to enjoying a small nip each day, Glen Grant 10 year at present, as a result of your review of same.btw, I was not troughing it on the 25th! Feeling too poorly for that!
. . . take care, and moderate your malt-moments. Quality before quantity. Keep soldiering on malt-mate!
Ralfy, I wanted to tell you that I have finished your quite remarkable book. As a dedicated fan of many years, I would really like to send you my thoughts and make some comments, which I feel are not suitable for the public comments section on UA-cam.
Is there anyway I can send you a private email? Perhaps if you go to my whisky blog:
Reb Mordechai Reviews
and leave me a comment, then I can reply?
. . . thanks for buying my book, and glad that you enjoyed it !
I currently have Covid19, mild case but annoying as fuck nonetheless. Really looking forward to treating myself when I'm feeling better, going to have a cigar and dram out in the garden.
. . . get well soon !
Happy 10 years! Cheers to the next review.
Do you dream of whisky
I would defy anyone to give an accurate description of 'Normal' Keep it unreal Ralfy!!
. . . will do !
a big pour for a big situation
We WANT THE STORIES !!!!!!!!!
I'm on a budget when it comes to buying my drams unfortunately (60€ max) I've been looking at the Macallan 12 double cask as a possible purchase.But is it worth the money ?
I love my sherried whisky (Aberlour 12,Glenfarclas 15 and Springbank 15 being my favourites) but my head seems to tell me I need a Macallan in my collection again (just recently finished the NAS Amber)
Any thoughts Ralfy mate ?
Hi Ralfy ! I have a bottle of Macallan 18 years old 1989 / 2007 and a bottle of Macallan Speymalt 18 years old 1988 / 2007 by Gordon & McPhail in my collection ! I am afraid to open this both ... :-) cheers , Chris from Bremen /Germany
Have you ever tried Moutai ?
Hi Ralfy! Long time fan here from Brazil! I am a big drinker of Macallan, specially the sherry cask ones. Not a fan of the triple, double casks at all... Would you please review the 18 years old Sherry Cask, or give me your impressions? Slainte Mhath
. . .it's very decent but for drinkers, no longer good value, being expensive to review at todays price of £300. Bottled at 43%vol.
@@thewhiskybothy Thank you Ralfy! I have a bottle from 1996 millesime!
i remember THIS 10yo bottling well, it used to come along a tri-pak of 333mL each : 10yo + 10yo CASK STRENGTH + Elegancia = 1,000 mL for just 65$CAD in Canada (~ 35 British Pounds...)
And...don't tell me the ancient Egyptians had MacAllan 10
. . . I bet they wish they would have had a good malt. They did distil, in the temples, and they were very big beer drinkers. The ancient Egyptian word for beer is. . . . booze.
Congratulations on your 10th anniversary! Any chance of a quality NAS whisky review? I'm sipping an 'Ailsa Bay' while watching this. I really think it's a great malt, which deserves an informative Ralfy review!
Do you drink or review any cognacs. I mostly see you do scotch reviews
I have a lot of your reviews to look through so not sure about all the different kinds of spirits you have reviewed
How may we get in touch with you? Im a university student stuck at home right (for covid related rational reasoning) now trying to find a way to move from "pass the time" drinking to "get to know the bottle" drinking. I've got nothing but time on my hands, and plenty of whisk(e)y stored up to experiment with given the years of reviews I've been watching. I hope to hear from you! I was just back in the UK recently, before all of the shutdowns, and I got the opportunity to finally find a slightly more affordable dram of Laphroaig 25!
As always agreat entertaining review , I tip my hat to you sir . I’m in day 5 of 28 at home (nz)so think I’m gona start from review 1 and work thru 👍👍👍🥃
Ralfy, I'm glad you're safe an' sound). In the times of a crises and pandemia while got locked down in our homes (here in Moscow pepople are self isolated as well) it's pretty good to see ya, Bro! I just gonna pour myself a dram of 20 y.o. Nairi armenian cognac. Who knows , maybe for the last time. Today I've turned 59) Up to now as strong as a bull, but who knows what happens tomorrow) The ways of god are inscrutable as you know) I wish you were in my company!))) Always thanks for your reviews. I got a question: Do ya think it' s worth getting a stock of spirits? Meanin' to say that we are sure to expect another rise in prices for alcohol.
You have no idea how happy I am to see you open that bottle and pour yourself a huge dram. I've been sitting on some 1976 Knockando. I'm gonna drink it within the next week. BTW, I wish we had some bothys here in the 'states. Or, at least, I wish I had a bothy. I may have to go build a facsimile of one in my newly found spare time.
An "emergency moment" indeed as you called it :) Inspired me to pop the one i've had sitting around unopened the longest (glendronach 12y bottled april 2013 (i.e the may-be-way-older-series)) because why the heck not. Taking into account your lessons about transposing the experience, it's been years since I've experienced this one. Thank you Ralfy.
Ralfy, do you also believe the bourbon casks were better way back when? If so, why is that?
. . . generally yes, because better quality wood preparation (air drying for several years) was mainly used. Less so now.