ralfy review 738 Extras - cost and value of aged whisky.
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Ralfy, you are without doubt a rare Scottish treasure. This was one hellof an eye opening and brilliant sobering vide. My decision now is that instead of buying three very good whiskeys a year, I'll go for one great and outstanding whisky instead. Long may you live and prosper!
Great video as always Ralfy, really sage advice - and a sensible way to weigh up a purchase decision. Thanks for sharing, Ed
Ralfy, as per normal, you make all excellent points.
Almost all 18 Year olds (and older) demand a lot of patience, knowledge, experimentation, preparation and care to get the most out of them. If you are going to treat them like a standard 10 YO bottling then you are simply waisting your money. In my opinion, you should never order anything older than 16 years in a busy bar/pub. Again, the environment is not conducive to enjoying old whiskies.
£120 for a standard low abv/chill-filtered Glen Grant 18, is frankly bad marketing.This should be targeted at around £80 maximum to compete with similar age statement malts within the same market. I would't buy the Glencadam 18 for the same reason. Far too expensive for what it is!
Ralfy, something which you really should have mentioned in your video is regional market competition and awareness considerations and of course, the snob facture. Marketing will artificially raise prices to increase snob value. If a product is too cheap the perception is it can't be that good.
For instance, why is it that most single malts are more expensive in Israel than in the UK yet there are quite a few more up market or specialist whiskies which are actually cheaper here? Because here, we don't pay SNOB Tax!
It's because the marketing guys in the UK will artifically raise the price of their whisky in order to price match their product range against a rival's in order to get punters to percieve these products in the same league. In Israel, where that competition does not exist, the prices will be lower. These whiskies are in the premium range, usually being hyped in the UK and USA but no one (apart from me and a few others), have ever heard of it here in Israel!
This means that many older whiskies such as the Deanston 18, Glencadam 15 or 21, are all cheaper here. I suppose the biggest example I have come across is a Rum, the Appleton Estate 21 Years which is around £120 to 150 in the UK but only 420 Shekels (£90) in Israel. Why? Because there is no hype/awareness!
Great analysis Reb, well said. Thanks for sharing, Ed
Thank you for these extras Ralfy. Most of the bottles you review are very hard for me to get, both because of my location in the Nordics and my financial situation. But these extras give me a lot of valuable and interesting information. Carry on!
. . . happy to help with the Extra malt-moments !
I am glad I caught this "extras" video. Brilliant stuff Ralfy.
ALL age statement whisky has gone up because they're the only ones Ralfy reviews!!!
If it continues at this rate, Ralfy may switch to only reviewing NAS's instead of age stated stuff in a few years! ;)
Also, trying the younger versions of all distilleries is an amazing experience, more rewarding than jumping into the "ye olde" whiskey category, because some distilleries can so amazing work at a young age, take springbank 10 for example! Amazing stuff that I tried because of ralfys recomendation!
As always your honesty and wisdom will definitely not fall on the deaf ear.To you Ralpy!!, you are 'THE REAL DEAL' in the whisky world.
I enjoy seeing the whiskeys I'll never have the chance to try! I think every review of yours teaches me something new :)
Very honest and wise advices. As usual, thank you my friend.
Hello Ralfy, Thank you as always for the time and information you provide. If I may be so bold, and please pardon my presumption to suggest you a whisky, I have come across an independent bottling of Mortlach, Cadenhead's Sherry Cask 1988 29yrold 55.1%. For the full 70cl bottle the price requires some extra budgeting, but I think it is a good value all things considered. I found this in the Edinburgh Cadenhead's shop after a full morning walking over Arthur's Seat this past April. That malt moment after a good morning's walk, sitting in the shop, slowly sipping this while talking to the staff was by far the best expereince with whisky I have had. They had a 20cl bottle that was more budget friendly and I handed them my money no problem. If you happen upon this, give a pause.
Thanks Rafly, this is an important video that I enjoyed rewatching. Could you do a rerun of this now we're a few years down the line? There's an interesting story to tell and likely without a happy ending. Cheers!
So much truth in your statements, Ralfy. I had the ability to sample some higher end and expensive whisk(e)y's at a bar in Seattle known for having an extensive collection. My impression of Pappy Van Winkle, for instance, was it is very nice, but not worth the the hassle and inflated expense.
nobody duz it lyk u Ralfy. ur a great frend of th peepl & lyk th "4th estate" u keep n honest chek on the industry. bravo
Ralfy says something pretty radical here - that the whisky industry and whisky consumers have different interests - and it's something many people miss and that the industry would prefer if consumers remained asleep to. Big age statements matter to collectors who believe that age and provenance is what matters on bottles that will never be opened anyway - just traded and speculated upon like whisky trophies and doorstops. This leaves a lot of young product to service the masses who actually drink, and who then have to be sold on the complete nonsense that age doesn't matter to what they consume. Taken together, it gives you a paradoxical situation that age doesn't matter to whisky - until you're at the checkout - and that producers actually "create" whisky physics though labeling, "deciding" when age matters and when it doesn't.
But the problem is, eventually even the 12 year old whisky's will be expensive...
folkmarcmetal and then they'll be cheap again. Ralfy has said it many times, it's cyclical. And many distilleries have been expanding capacity. Costco's NDS (no distillery statement) single malts of very good value tell me that there's more stock out there than they can sell (or admit). And people are getting poorer, so they'll switch to budget options. There are good reasons why smart businesses are loath to raise prices.
There's also the issue of whether age statements themselves will become expensive - as NAS is set up as an underclass of whisky in many cases, there is less stock going to age-stated products at all price levels, which serves to make them more "rare and exclusive", so just knowing what it is you're buying is becoming a more rare and premiumized event. Collectors aside, those who won't be fooled that age doesn't matter to what they're buying can expect to pay more for the information, and it's another reason that the big current NAS trend was never the cute and harmless move it was let on to be and why consumers should have nipped it in the bud.
Malt454, I hear you and that may happen to some distilleries, but then others who have plenty of stock will offer age-stated malts and gain a competitive advantage. Whisky is not gold, it's a crop, a commodity, so demand will always stimulate production and competition. The idea of dwindling older stock is likely a myth or a carefully designed misnomer. Think OPEC. There is never truly a shortage of oil, only a mutually agreed temporary cartel-induced production cut. And yet there are hundreds of tankers just parked in ports in Asia with huge amount of oil. Well, whisky industry is not quite the cartel like OPEC, so best they have are rumors.
There's never any way to confirm it, and producers can't be taken at their word if they'll let on that labeling determines the physical influence of age, but the recent whisky boom probably did leave them with less older stock, which is why they opted for more younger products and pushed NAS to hide their age. For every cask that now goes to Ardbeg An Oa, there's one less that can go to Ardbeg Ten, so supplies of the latter are going to contract while sales of the former are helped along by a large group of whisky experts and reviewers who avoid any real discussion of the age question for the same reason that Ardbeg does: because educated consumers are bad for business.
Great video yet again.
The exact same thing is happing to Daftmill, sold for £83 initially not people flogging them for over £150.
I Googled Kingsbury to see what else they bottled.
have you done a video letting us know which independent bottlers to look for?
Hey Ralfy, could you do a review of a Jerez Brandy like LePanto or Cardinal Mendoza? My father swears by the stuff and I would love to know your thoughts. Thanks for all the videos! Cheers!!
I've got Glen Grant 12, 18 and a very special SMWS 24 yr old cask strength, unchill filtered natural colour version. Here in Vancouver the best whisky we can get our hands on is SMWS bottlings. Expensive but worth being able to try the good stuff. Official bottlings are so thin and watery. You can really tell the difference in mouthfeel. The oils in unchill filtered whisky make all the difference.
My test is always once I have tasted it or bought a bottle, would I buy another with my limited budget or try something new? If I would buy another bottle, than it clearly is worth it and I enjoy it. However, with prices rising so quickly, its getting harder because while I enjoyed it at price x, will i still enjoy it at price x+ $20 or more? Getting hard Ralfy, it is getting hard.
what is the deal with the German statement of Caramel colouring?
Is it mandatory?
advisory?
sometimes I see it and sometimes I don't?
could there be colouring in 2 identical bottles but one may not have the statement on it because it is not going to be from a batch that is German bound?
I saw a half bottle of 12 year old Glenfiddich in Sainsburys and it was cheaper to buy 2 of those than a whole bottle,
I love when that happens as there is usually an astronomical premium for smaller bottles..
it puts me off trying new whisky.. the companies should be pushing samples and half bottles as it will totally bring in new customers
JETJOOBOY, I agree 100%. I do my best to avoid minis, unless I definitely don't want a whole bottle. But dune are even more blatant than others. Macallan 12 50ml here is $7! that's like paying 1.75L price for 750ml (per unit).
PS the one way I end up with minis is when they're included in exploration packs. And I only ever buy those if they cost same as the main bottle, so that minis are free.
@@alexk3088 I paid £7.50 for a Bowmore 15 mini.
Madness... BUT I have found a couple of shops that are selling Half bottles for Less than half a full bottle!
I really WANT a full bottle but.. I am broke.
Roll on Monday... Hurry up Postman
Very well said Ralfy! My budget is small, I'm retired on a fixed income, so rest assured when I go into my spirits shop I read the labels with a keen eye! Once a year I'll splurge on a more expensive single malt but I'll check it out at Ralfy.com before I hand over my cash. Very grateful to you for sharing your experience, you've never steered me wrong. Sincerely, Ossie
@raltydotcom, thanks for the insight uncle Ralfy.
I don't know if this has been said in any of the comments already, but the old G&M Glen Grants are quite available from the UK Independent Specialist Merchants. Sadly for close to 1000 pounds. Less than 10 years ago, they were less than 200 pounds.
Thanks, great points there. Some of these bottles are terribly overpriced, and for people with limited budgets you are a precios resource when deciding what to buy and enjoy. Surprisingly, in my country, Serbia, there is just a small demand for whiskies, and that means I can find a 0.75 bottle of Teachers highland cream for just 9 euros! So, when I travel somewhere to invest maybe 50 euros in a bottle, I really wander if it is five times better. Thanks again!
Would that happen to be the new port charlotte 10? In the rather snazzy bottle, that reminds me of a medicine bottle I once saw in my grandfather's "special" cabinet.
. . . review on the way !
Ralfy, can you do an extras video on some of your favourite independent bottlers who you believe gives good, consistent value for money? Cheers, keep up the great work!
. . . I will have a think about that ! An "opinion on Indi bottlers" !
Thanks, Ralfy - I'm looking forward to it :)
Always appreciate your opinions and tips for better malt-moments!
Here in California anything with an age statement over 12 years is getting crazy in price. I keep all my purchases to under $50, but that is getting harder and harder. I am going more towards Bourbon these days because the value is much better IMO. I just wish I took your advice and bought extra bottles for the one's I like. I can't find Eagle Rare or Angel's Envy anywhere these days.
Here in Germany I had some luck with searching for tobacco stores who also often have a shelf of whiskys.
Often they put them there, slam a price on it and that is it.
This way at least for some time I was able to stay 1-2 years in the past pricewise for standard bottlings.
But the only big catch I ever got with that was a bottle of devils punchbowl 1for 100€.
I'm on the opposite coast -- New England -- and scotch prices seem fairly reasonable. Japanese whiskey prices, however, are not. Maybe you should look into Japanese whiskies since you're relatively close to Japan in comparison to Scotland. ( I hear they're quite lovely.)
PhatTrumpet2 I just finished my bottle of Hibiki 18 and it can't be replaced. All Japanese whiskies are NAS and expensive. They discontinued the age statement whiskeys. Hibiki Harmony is a decent NAS whiskey, but not worth $70.
Dan Chase I also think that bourbon is the way better value today in comparison to scotch, and your comment kind of scared me a little bit, because if somebody in California can't find Eagle Rare 10yo on a regular, how am I in central Europe going to find any in the future?! Is it going to be discontinued or something?
I hear you ralfy, I picked up a bottle of glenfarclas 8yo a few years back for about 37 Aussie dollars (cheaper than JW black label), after thoroughly enjoying that treasure, I went to buy another bottle recently only to find they are now $90! The weird thing is I can purchase a 15yo Glenfarclas for the same price. I’d love to send you a bottle of Australian Whisky to review, Sullivan’s Cove is an excellent Tasmanian Whiskey should you have the opportunity.
. . . 15yo Glen'f is a decent dram, Sullivans Cove now £150 a bottle here, (no sale to me ! )
Investigating research is what it's all about.
Hi Ralfy, I am at the point where I am venturing into 15-18+ age bracket but work with a budget of £60-£80. Quite tough to find much out there. Any tips on which distilleries provide value for money at that age and price bracket combination? Cheers
. . . Isle Of Arran and Glenfarclas for starters. Look out for Kilkerran.
Thanks for the quick reply. Have the Arran 18 on my list so will look out for that next. Got Glen Scotia 18 on my list too - just about affordable for me. Enjoyed Kilkerran 12 but not aware of other Kilkerran bottlings. Will have a lookout. Been through the Glenfarclas range and agree with you on that for sure. Anything more than £80 I tend to buy a couple of 3cl samples from online retailers, not ideal - i wish more miniatures and 20cl bottlings were available. Cheers Ralfy!
I still enjoy looking at my 120 pound Ralfy Picture of Laphroigs Destillery!
Well spent money!
. . . glad your still liking it !
18 Year old whisky is already on the rise true enough but you can still get 18 year old Glenfiddich and Glenlivet for a reasonable price, but I'm sure that'll change over the next couple of years.
those and then some more yes, but not the 'better' ones, okay there's still some below 100 but as another example, in 2014 i bought a laphroaig 18yo for 48 euro... try that now...
Hi Ralfy, what do you think of discontinued Macallan Ruby selling at 220usd, should I buy it?
. . . ALL whisky versions get discontinued eventually, some quicker than others. This is not a malt I would buy, although anything Macallan is 'collectable' !
ralfydotcom thanks Ralfy! as always big fan of your crafts
Maybe sooner then later other distillate (like rum, mezcal etc.) will be more popular because the increasing quality, options and yet better price category.
Ralfy have you tried Johnny Walker Rye Cask 10 Year Old? Delicious dram a friend and I enjoyed. I was quite skeptical but the flavour was beautiful
. . . yet to try this version, I will look out for it !
Ralfy
I love the single malts but I am very unaware of good stuff.
I drink buchannans 15 as well as Glenfiddish. I know its blended.
What do you recommend for a daily relax and go over business numbers before bed time.
I recommend relax AFTER the business numbers. With a halfway decent dram. Just one per day.
. . . Buchannans and Glenfiddich are fine, I think you should also look for younger Independent bottlings which are well reviewed online and also official bottlings at 46%vol ! Good luck.
Hendrikjandespeelman I usually drink a dram not a shot.
Am I defining this incorrectly?
ralfydotcom thx.
Trying to learn why scotch relaxes me so much in a high IT and construction world.
I am a beer drinker bur scotch gets the job done
Your definition is fine.
I'm only surprised you can relax reading business numbers. I couldn't do that.
By the way, it's a small step from beer to whisky. Whisky is basically distilled beer. cheers.
Ralfy, what good is whiskey if you don't drink it? On another note, bourbon whiskey ages best in the 6 to 10 year range, can a single malt scotch have too much age? I don't see many owners of 50 year old whiskey popping the cork and disposing the contents down their hatch.
I would totally drink a 50 year old Scotch.
I know ur asking Ralfy, but a good whisky to invest in are special editions of any islay distillery. And yes it can have to much "age" (wood influence actually) for drinking, but that totally depends on the casks. But IF i had too much money on my hands, i'd definitely buy some 50 year old bottles and drink them, and also share samples to people whom i now appreciate the whisky.
Robert Rogers Don’t Forget that bourbon ages in NEW oak (by law) with a lot intenser wood influence than scotch aged in 2nd or 3th (or 4th) fill casks. Scotch therefor has to mature longer to get a similar wood effect.
Oh I know, much more influence from the wood in a new cask. Scotch whisky ages in older casks and in a stable colder climate. I think my point was at some point the wood can completely dominate, not as common with Scotch but definitely can with bourbon. I am sure that their are some single malt scotch that can take and improve with upward of 50 years or more. It all depends on a lot of factors.
In Ontario 18 year old malts are starting to cost 3 times the price of the 12 year old version which is 2x what they should be because IMO they should cost 1.5 times the 12 for the 1.5 times the ageing and that is being generous because it it not costing them any extra materials besides the angel's share.
There’s wisdom in those Ralfy opinions, malt mates. Take heed.
It gets worse in the USA as individuals stores can really charge whatever they think they can get away with. I live in a town of only 60 thousand people and the price of Glenlivet 12 varies between $34us to $45us just based off the store you go to. Add in different laws in different states, and you get prices that are all over the place.
Funny, I live in a City but it's not much over 60k population. Funny how that goes with population numbers.
Yeah prices can vary. Though here they dont vary that much since Alko has the Monopoly on strong alcohol in Finland. Only place that sells liquor.
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Hi Ralfy, The same thing has happened to the Cigar Industry, with the marketing, Hype and punishing taxes a decent cigar is getting beyond a working mans budget, everybody benefits except the one who's footing the bill.
Yes agree David - several of these markets are becoming increasingly unaccessible, sadly. Ed
. . . thank goodness for Nicaraguan cigars, the better ones anyway !
ralfydotcom too true - thank goodness there are still some quality, affordable, hold-outs
I have a hard time paying over the $100 CND for anything. I don't think I have the pallet to even appreciate the difference. For reference Ardbeg 10 is just under $100 which I like but I can get Laphroaig 10 now for $80 which I love. Plus 13% sales taxes of course... :(
I don't have a big budget for whisky so I have to balance enjoyment with cost. I don't need to spend a lot to enjoy it though.
Independent bottlings look weird and they scare me but it makes more sense to me now
All BS aside, 15 year old Pappy Van Winkle is a very fine bourbon. Haven't had the 23 year, but I hear it's overrated. And as I watch this, I'm enjoying a dram of Old Ezra 7 year old, 101 proof bourbon. A nice, spicy bourbon. Ralfy, I'm dying to know, when are you going to do another round of bourbons?
In Sweden, the 18 year Glen Grant is £88 from the state liquor store. Maybe surprising.
. . . Surprising for Sweden, thought it would be £188
ralfydotcom I have seen this for several reasonable whiskies. Maybe worth an investigation?
Buy and export to the UK.... LOL !
I couldn't justified the 18 year after tasting the 12 year. The 12 was a great price even at just 43% but was a bit hot with a rough spice for Glen Grant. I would scrap the old sherry butts and go to the 10 year.
Nichts als die Wahrheit! Thank you!
but everything is factored in to price,one being price of petrol(gas) from farming to transport, grain seed makes everything go up.
True, but a 25 year old whiskey that went up by 2-300% in the last 3-4 years has nothing to do with that.
The worst ones are pretty much all Japanese 18 or older and Macallan 18 or older. Macallan 18 was about $200 in my area just a few years ago. Now it is $360.
Assuming a dram equals 25 ml, the official GG bottling of the 18Y old would cost 4,28 Pounds, the 22Y old single cask (diluted to the same ABV of 43%) would cost 3,18 Pounds, and if diluted to the sensible 46%, it would be 3,40 Pounds. Count your malty blessings.
well there you go.
Is 128 cheap? Lets do the maths: 128 / 22 * 18 = 104,72. So as far as age goes, it's already a lot less than the official at 120. Then divide by 60,8 and multiply by 43 to compare at same alcohol volume of 43% and you get 74,06 £.... AND you know you get a unique tasting experience with the single cask. Cheers ! Long live the independant bottlers!
I paid £100 for the Glen Grant 18 gift pack - as yet unopened.
As we know, older whisky isn't necessarily better.
Cobwebs are traditional, spiders have been making them the same way with the same consistency, the same integrity since like, forever. Lol
Vintage Ralfy, just the way we like it.
By the way, have you tried the new Bladnoch 10YO yet Ralfy? Smells like vomit, it's hot, and sour on the finish... Absolutely vile...... Just an opinion.
Cheers!!
. . . I have heard similar assessments from others !
Thats a shame to hear. After finding Ralfy earlier this year and bingeing his videos I was really taken with the ones at the Bladnoch distillery. So beautiful! Liked the vibe from the place. Then did a bit of research to see if I could get any here where I am and realized I was years late... they had changed hands and revamped the line. Thats too bad.
Luckily in The Netherlands we pay less than in Britain!
Somewhat jealous!!
. . . more civilized in Holland !
ralfydotcom ... haha yes apparently so!!
rathr thn referin 2 yursrlf as essectric Ralfy...yuv earnd n upgrade...yur the 1 n only "original"!!
Collectors make the price higher high price items is mostly bought by collectors
The costs are getting ridiculous lets be honest. Old Pulteney has just announced its new pricing of its 18 yo and 21(22?)yo stuff. You were able to get 17yo OP last year for £75 (and probably 5-6 years ago you'd be able to get that for £50), but this new 18yo will be priced at a mere £115 thank you very much. So £40 more for one more year in the cask? No thank you OP, I'll go elsewhere.
I bet you're glad you didn't buy it as an investment.
Just saw this.. (not including shipping though)
Glen Grant 22 Year Old 1995 (cask 119416) - Kingsbury Single Malt Whisky
£104.49 from 2 shops
70cl / 60.80% - A 22 year old single malt from the Glen Grant distillery in Speyside, independently bottled by Kingsbury.
I thought the 18 years was one of the best single malt. And age does not always means better.
. . . dont believe what you read, it's an opinion, not a fact !
But you got to start somewhere. As I don't believe everything I hear. 😉. And as You told before there are some verry good younger whisky's. And I agree.
Hi Ralfy... Question : If whisky experience is all about the smell and taste does it really matter that the whisky is NAS? After all, we know it MUST be a very young spirit (over 3 years and a day) because if it's been aged for any substantial length of time it will be stated. We know and understand that the NAS expressions are hiding their youth from a marketplace that expects age to be everything. And yet , as we know, there is some really exceptional whisky bottled young - especially peated varieties. Yes - I prefer an age statement, however I have tasted some very good NAS bottles. Kilchoman Loch Gorm, Kilchoman Sanaig,
Glenglassaugh Revival. All @ 46%abv, NCF,natural colour.For the whisky anorak for whom it's all about smell and taste - does it matter? Just asking - respectfully :)
the problem with NAS is that we have no clue when they will change it.
Whe you buy a 18 year old XY single malt, they won´t change it on a whim because they can´t
Producers would be justified in withholding age information if, like the stillman's shoe size, age really didn't matter to the final result - but where is the argument that age doesn't matter to the final result when producers age whisky for decades while tracking the age of each cask? If young spirit is really all that good, it should be able to prove that it's both young and good at the same time. There are some very good lower-strength whiskies and some very good cask-strength ones, but that wouldn't justify withholding ABV information on the basis that somehow "strength doesn't matter". There are good whiskies of many types and ages, but that wouldn't justify removing their labels on the basis that it doesn't matter what went into them, or where they were distilled.
Good, bad or indifferent - and no matter who places what adjective on what - whisky is the product of the resources that go into it and one of those resources is cask time. NAS labeling has always been around, but the industry has run with it during the current boom, along with the nonsense that "age doesn't matter" , just because cask time is a resource that it wants to scrimp on to serve an expanding market and not because age is, or ever was, magically irrelevant. Those who prefer age information but will buy products without it have to realize that they are actively working against what they prefer because, so long as it doesn't damage sales too much, the industry already has a clear preference for providing as little real information as possible in the name of greater "flexibility".
. . . NAS can be fine, but withholding age statements is withholding information to help you in your purchase choice. Many NAS malts are just not very good. Some are good, just some. NAS lets a producer pack-out a decent aged malt with immature un-ready spirit, old enough to be called whisky, but too young to work as a whisky.
I love and really appreciate your line "cask time is a resource! " Very true statement! I think it is a very good comment. Too bad we do not have a metric for cask time + cask quality since they are directly tied together.
#Malt454 WOW!! Thank you so much. THAT is the most succinct clearly thought out answer to the question that has been bugging me for over a year. Beautifully explained. As always, not only do I appreciate Ralfy's information, but I also appreciate the genuine knowledge of the Ralfy subscribers. This has to be the most helpful UA-cam channel there is. Happy Malt experiences :)
Japanese guy smiling on a Laphroaig fan page with six bottles of this years cairdeas before it was available to friends of Laphrioaig how's that allowed to happen? Hoarding should be banned with a two bottle limit.
. . . it happens because of poor control of product messaging by marketing. Look like 'friends of Laphroaig' don't find Laphroaig quite so fair and friendly with situations like this. Bottle limits simply dont work, there are now 'investors' who bypass these limits regularly.
Glen Grant has never impressed me to be honest.
Vote with your wallet. oldest whisky i have is 15 becouse 18 is starting to take the piss. tho my mum did get me a bottle of daft mill for my birthday which may or may not stay corked
. . . keep it corked for a while !
arran 18 dont tell anyone :)
ralfydotcom i will, a first release from a distillery will have quite the scope for colectability.
You once said everything you review/ and thus receives mid 80s to 90s/, is all above the fray, and you also preach against ETOH abuse meaning you are a pseudo alcoholic by the book if you drink what you say, thus, really how disappointing can a bottle really be.
Joel Weidenfeld, how many have you had, mate? Sincere question, as I'm trying to make sense of your comment and need to know how many pours it will take 😁