Gentlemen.......Since we may never get Ardbeg Dark Cove again......Your mission should you choose to accept it..........figure out a Poor Man's Dark Cove
Saw this title and thought I have to watch this immediately to hear you try to pronounce Gaelic, you did not disappoint as you failed miserably. Love what you're doing though guys.
Regarding buying a barrel, I've looked into it before. They will keep it for a set amount of years (8 to 10 for the ones i saw) then charge you storage after that. They may also charge a bottling fee, shipping fee and alcohol tax at the end. Overall, it can double the cost of the whisky.
Hey Guys: I am an Irish Gaelic speaker with familiarity with Scottish Gaelic. In Scottish Gaelic, AN CUAN MOR (Un Koo un More) means The big Ocean or Sea See also, Cunard Line the well established Scottish Ocean going shipping company. CUNARD is an Anglicized spelling of CUAN ARD=HIGH SEAS. In Irish Gaelic CUAN MOR means Big Harbor SLÁINTE Mike
Hey guys, amazing work and I just can’t believe y’all are so close and I haven’t made it that way. I am trying to explore Islay more with my friend and we have fallen in love with lagavulin and laphroaig, besides arbeg, any recommendations? Keep on throwing out amazing content and I’ll keep drinking it up!
I stood in line to get Stranahan's Snowflake Batch #21 last Friday and I'm saving one of my 2 bottles for my future son/daughter's 21st birthday. We're not even expecting yet, but the earliest I could possibly gift that whiskey is 2040. I'll be 51 years old. Guess I better be setting a monthly reminder to turn that bottle...
Hello guys, thanks for the great content as usual. What do you think about the rising prices of our favourite spirit these last few years? have you noticed any on your side? and what do you think of it? it seems to me that Everytime we are not looking, prices increase slightly and we are seeing more and more pricey NAS accross the board.
@@mechanicalhippo493 Do not question the high priestess (maybe high witch?) of the cult of Ardbeg. Even if you don't belong to the cult, she has powers.
One suggestion for his child's 21st birthday would be the Balvenie 21 Port. To buy one now not knowing anything about what his whisky tastes will be could be challenging. I would be looking for a malt that is not considered polarizing in the flavor profile.
I recently won (twice) £50 to spend at the Whisky Exchange, The first time I opted for Glendmorangie Quinta Ruban which was £44 and a small 200ml bottle of Glenfarclas 105. I had to pay a little more and pay for delivery. Without the Glendfarclas it would have all been free. The second win I went for a bottle of Willet Pot Still Reserve which is £64 over here. So had to contribute towards its cost plus delivery. So I have done both, gone cheaper and then more expensive. All excellent drinks.
IMO synthetic corks are the way to go. Preserves the tradition and esthetic of corks, while using the improved technology we need to keep our liquid safe! Cheers guys! -C
Glenfiddich Winter Storm is 21 years old. A very different, interesting whisky. Fairly friendly, but can really carry those older wood notes. Tastes best, imo, if you let it breath for a good 20 or 30 minutes.
I have an update from one of my previous comments. After finding Laphroaig 10 very enjoyable, I gave Ardbeg a try. It was very similar in smell, but Ardbeg was much woodier, and a little less salty to me. I'm having trouble picking a favorite out of the two.
Rex and I are totally on the same wave-length! I just recently got a $100 gift card, and bought 1 bottle, specifically because it felt like free money that I could splurge with. But I have never spent $100 on a single bottle of my own money.
I would love to see what you guys think of the Laphroaig PX Cask compared to this. It is also usually more expensive than the Lore I wonder what you think of that!
@Daniel - How do you compare the LORE with this An Cuan Mor? Could you do a comparison someday if you haven't already? I've found it hard to choose between the two, but you once declared Lore to be your favourite Lapphie so i'm wondering if this ACM altered your view? To expand on that, how do you feel the Lore and the An Cuan Mor compare not only to each other but also to the Laphroaig 18yo? Slainte to you guys and keep up the good work! It's amazing what you guys achieved in such relatively short notice - homing in on 600 videos on this channel alone! Bravo! Also looking forward to the continuation of your distillery adventure!
Dear Daniel, I recently purchased a (quite expensive) Laphroaig An Cuan Mòr. I’ve noticed that the bottle has some sort of very small particles floating around. Looking from behind the green glass they appear to be brown. Could this be residue from the cork or is it because the whisky is not chill-filtered? Either way, how do I/should I get rid of it? Do I need to return the bottle?
Question for both Daniel and Rex: Gun-to-your-head decision time. You can only buy one but you have to buy one or the other, which do you buy, Ardbeg 10 or Laphroaig 10?
I have this problem/question at the moment... looking at 2 bottles of €50 each - so, 2 'really nice' ones... plus spreading some flavours around. My wishlist is so long now... still torn: what next? The Kilkerran 12yo is topping the list I think.
I'm new to this channel so I have to ask, have you guys acquired a bottle of Pappy Van Winkle? That Whiskey is most memorable to me because I will never forget when a rich businessman bought the entire bottle from the bar that I work at. I'm sure you guys know the price point a bottle of that stuff
Yesterday I was going to do the whole buy two decent bottles of whisk(e)y around $100 and then i found that they had 1 last Yamazaki 12 at $90 and also Basil Hayden on sale...so yeah i went overboard a bit...
The vault list doesn't appear to be updated... it only lists 833 entries, and several of the donations i have made (that wouldn't fall in the sections mentioned) don't appear in the list. Is is possible the updated list hasn't been pushed to the website accessible location?
Glenfarclas 21: valid option, but the chance of broken cork will be in the vicinity of 5000%. They are notorious for bad corks. in fact: I opened a botlle of 21 just last weekend, guess what happened...
Answer to question: Do both, one month (or week or two weeks, depending on your budget) I buy one $80, the next month I buy two $40... It works out great because you drink the cheaper stuff more.
I was, for some reason 100% sure that both of you gonna immediately know from the nose that it's Laphroaig. I only ever tasted two whiskies from Laphroaig, the 10 and the CQ but when I bought a blended scotch that contained a tiny bit of Laphroaig, I instantly pinpointed it, and by no meaning amI any better at the whisky game than you guys. Just surprised and really curious what this particular release must be like!
Warlocks are usually simply practitioners of evil magic, though I play d&d so I know them as people who made a pact with a powerful entity to gain their magic powers
I know this is old, but a warlock is a wizard/sorcerer who has broken a rule/code of conduct. At least this is what I was informed of from another fellow sorcerer that I know. Furthermore, wizard is the term commonly used within fantasy or folklore, the common term among male and female IS indeed a witch.
Isn't most of the real vs synthetic cork debate about cost and sustainability/carbon footprint? I know when you look @ cork on wikipedia it goes into at length the carbon footprint comparison between the different types of bottle stops.
@@ellisfield159 Yeah you do. I don't even know you, but this was begging to be said. Sorry, not sorry, but really, I don't mean to offend you in particular, you useless bastard. Sorry again.
To me pear--vanila flavour on top of peatiness is trademark for any Laphroaig, without it, it is not Laphroaig :D edit: the creme chese frosting can be that note, what for me is pear-vanila ...
So, uh, it sounds like you guys are offering free storage. I wonder what 21 years in the Texas heat would be like.. think there'd still be anything left to bottle?
Warlock vs Wizard is more of a Dungeons and Dragons class debate. Both use magic, but Warlocks have what's called a "pact blade". The pact blade (usually a dagger or short sword) is used as a focus for casting their magic. Wizards do not need a pact blade.
This video makes me realize that I don't actually use "wizard" or "witch" that often. Maybe it's due to years of playing Final Fantasy, but I usually use "mage" or "magician", both of which happen to be completely gender neutral. When I hear "wizard" I do think male, and "witch" female, and while semantically they are an equivalent pair (i.e. they both refer to a practitioner of magic), pragmatically "witch" does tend to have more negative connotations.
@12:24 does Daniel call it...a "Bourbon finished in European Oak" or am I hearing things? Could just be the alcohol talking, but perhaps we need to have Daniel and Rex make another adjustment to that "____ many days since Daniel messed something up" board.
Can maybe the guy who doesn’t know what he is drinking take the lead on comments? Way more interesting to hear Rex work his way toward an impression than hear Daniel who has read all the tasting notes in advance. Or maybe it’s just me.
Chad use a dictionary, not a harry potter web sight. Webster's Definition of witch 1 : one that is credited with usually malignant supernatural powers especially : a woman practicing usually black witchcraft often with the aid of a devil or familiar : SORCERESS - compare WARLOCK 2 : an ugly old woman : HAG 3 : a charming or alluring girl or woman 4 : an adherent of Wicca warlock noun war·lock | \ˈwȯr-ˌläk \ Definition of warlock 1 : a man practicing the black arts : SORCERER - compare WITCH 2 : CONJURER wizard noun wiz·ard | \ˈwi-zərd \ Definition of wizard (Entry 1 of 2) 1 archaic : a wise man : SAGE 2 : one skilled in magic : SORCERER
most practitioners tend to steer away from the term warlock for this reason: Old English wǣrloga ‘traitor, scoundrel, monster’, also ‘the Devil’, from wǣr ‘covenant’ + an element related to lēogan ‘belie, deny’. From its application to the Devil, the word was transferred in Middle English to a person in league with the Devil, and hence a sorcerer. It was chiefly Scots until given wider currency by Sir Walter Scott. -Oxford dictionary i just use the word "witch" for both male and female practitioners.
Bought a Bowmore 10 in the airport. Accidentally pronounced it the way Daniel (Dan😝) does, the salesman hadn't a clue and corrected me saying Bow-More...I looked like a tit, thanks Dan 😥
Gentlemen.......Since we may never get Ardbeg Dark Cove again......Your mission should you choose to accept it..........figure out a Poor Man's Dark Cove
Would it not be a...Laphroaig-ian slip?
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@@christinavanness7697 I mean, if you think about it, it may have actually been Laphroaig that caused the slip.
Rex told a Dad joke! "You nailed that dusty wood, that old dusty wood, just nailed that!"
Saw this title and thought I have to watch this immediately to hear you try to pronounce Gaelic, you did not disappoint as you failed miserably. Love what you're doing though guys.
Regarding buying a barrel, I've looked into it before. They will keep it for a set amount of years (8 to 10 for the ones i saw) then charge you storage after that. They may also charge a bottling fee, shipping fee and alcohol tax at the end. Overall, it can double the cost of the whisky.
Glenlivet Archive 21 year. I had it at my wedding, loved it.
Nice, I just asked some opinions about this one on Facebook. Can't wait to watch it completely!
Hey Guys:
I am an Irish Gaelic speaker with familiarity with Scottish Gaelic. In Scottish Gaelic, AN CUAN MOR (Un Koo un More) means The big Ocean or Sea See also, Cunard Line the well established Scottish Ocean going shipping company. CUNARD is an Anglicized spelling of CUAN ARD=HIGH SEAS.
In Irish Gaelic CUAN MOR means Big Harbor
SLÁINTE
Mike
"Did you just bastard a saint?" That question should be saved for prosperity
Hey guys, amazing work and I just can’t believe y’all are so close and I haven’t made it that way. I am trying to explore Islay more with my friend and we have fallen in love with lagavulin and laphroaig, besides arbeg, any recommendations? Keep on throwing out amazing content and I’ll keep drinking it up!
I stood in line to get Stranahan's Snowflake Batch #21 last Friday and I'm saving one of my 2 bottles for my future son/daughter's 21st birthday. We're not even expecting yet, but the earliest I could possibly gift that whiskey is 2040. I'll be 51 years old. Guess I better be setting a monthly reminder to turn that bottle...
Hello guys, thanks for the great content as usual. What do you think about the rising prices of our favourite spirit these last few years? have you noticed any on your side? and what do you think of it? it seems to me that Everytime we are not looking, prices increase slightly and we are seeing more and more pricey NAS accross the board.
I want to come and taste every whiskey in the vault...
"your very instinct is wrong...." so Rex reuses insults.. He said that to me a week or so ago...
And here I thought he had some imagination....
Who are you fellow bastard Zirpoli ? You are every where !
@@mechanicalhippo493 Do not question the high priestess (maybe high witch?) of the cult of Ardbeg. Even if you don't belong to the cult, she has powers.
@@mechanicalhippo493..... I'm batman..?
My service is dedicated all to the ardbeg cult , but batman? He is not to be trusted .
@@mechanicalhippo493 Deadpool? Constantine?
Oh wait.. Priestess of Peat..?... That might be it..
One suggestion for his child's 21st birthday would be the Balvenie 21 Port. To buy one now not knowing anything about what his whisky tastes will be could be challenging. I would be looking for a malt that is not considered polarizing in the flavor profile.
I recently won (twice) £50 to spend at the Whisky Exchange, The first time I opted for Glendmorangie Quinta Ruban which was £44 and a small 200ml bottle of Glenfarclas 105. I had to pay a little more and pay for delivery. Without the Glendfarclas it would have all been free.
The second win I went for a bottle of Willet Pot Still Reserve which is £64 over here. So had to contribute towards its cost plus delivery.
So I have done both, gone cheaper and then more expensive. All excellent drinks.
IMO synthetic corks are the way to go. Preserves the tradition and esthetic of corks, while using the improved technology we need to keep our liquid safe! Cheers guys! -C
Gotta agree with Rex. If it's my money, I go for a few good things, if it's gift money, I get something big I wouldn't normally get myself.
Thank you Chad!!!!
Glenfiddich Winter Storm is 21 years old. A very different, interesting whisky.
Fairly friendly, but can really carry those older wood notes. Tastes best, imo, if you let it breath for a good 20 or 30 minutes.
I still think that the Magnificent Bastard graphic still isnt shitty enough.
I have an update from one of my previous comments. After finding Laphroaig 10 very enjoyable, I gave Ardbeg a try. It was very similar in smell, but Ardbeg was much woodier, and a little less salty to me. I'm having trouble picking a favorite out of the two.
Rex and I are totally on the same wave-length! I just recently got a $100 gift card, and bought 1 bottle, specifically because it felt like free money that I could splurge with. But I have never spent $100 on a single bottle of my own money.
I think a trip to Windsor, ON is in order, to hit the LCBO and duty free for something special.
Hell Yeah, Thanks guys!
Did/doing this for my 2 sons with Lagavulin Distiller's Edition(my favourite whisky)
Im waiting for the day where Rex does the blind taste test and when he smells it he goes “I think this might be whiskey”
I'm now debating covering all my bottles just to have a tasting surprise every time I pour.
I would love to see what you guys think of the Laphroaig PX Cask compared to this. It is also usually more expensive than the Lore I wonder what you think of that!
@Daniel - How do you compare the LORE with this An Cuan Mor? Could you do a comparison someday if you haven't already?
I've found it hard to choose between the two, but you once declared Lore to be your favourite Lapphie so i'm wondering if this ACM altered your view? To expand on that, how do you feel the Lore and the An Cuan Mor compare not only to each other but also to the Laphroaig 18yo?
Slainte to you guys and keep up the good work! It's amazing what you guys achieved in such relatively short notice - homing in on 600 videos on this channel alone! Bravo! Also looking forward to the continuation of your distillery adventure!
I would use the GC to offset the cost of a $300 bottle lol
Dear Daniel, I recently purchased a (quite expensive) Laphroaig An Cuan Mòr. I’ve noticed that the bottle has some sort of very small particles floating around. Looking from behind the green glass they appear to be brown. Could this be residue from the cork or is it because the whisky is not chill-filtered? Either way, how do I/should I get rid of it? Do I need to return the bottle?
Question for both Daniel and Rex: Gun-to-your-head decision time. You can only buy one but you have to buy one or the other, which do you buy, Ardbeg 10 or Laphroaig 10?
Hey guys! Did you try Red Spot 15yo? How is it? I want to try it but I can't get in my country...
could the sugary taste be anise?
I know the laprhoaig taste and i think its anise ish...
I prefer Laphroaig to. Just had a bottle of the select. (Oak Casks).
Hi shane!!!
I have this problem/question at the moment... looking at 2 bottles of €50 each - so, 2 'really nice' ones... plus spreading some flavours around. My wishlist is so long now... still torn: what next? The Kilkerran 12yo is topping the list I think.
Was that a Goonies cubby shake?
I hate when my cork is dry, wet corks are best.
I'm new to this channel so I have to ask, have you guys acquired a bottle of Pappy Van Winkle? That Whiskey is most memorable to me because I will never forget when a rich businessman bought the entire bottle from the bar that I work at. I'm sure you guys know the price point a bottle of that stuff
Cork may occasionally have its functional shortcomings, but it's still the most environmentally friendly wine/spirit stopper.
Is this whisky still available in airports?
If I was Josh I would get a wiskey from the closest distilleries from where he's son was born or conceive.
Yesterday I was going to do the whole buy two decent bottles of whisk(e)y around $100 and then i found that they had 1 last Yamazaki 12 at $90 and also Basil Hayden on sale...so yeah i went overboard a bit...
I'd buy one Scotch, and one Bourbon. But I need to explore more.
Agree with Daniel here. Warlock to me sounds like a battle wizard/mage.
The vault list doesn't appear to be updated... it only lists 833 entries, and several of the donations i have made (that wouldn't fall in the sections mentioned) don't appear in the list. Is is possible the updated list hasn't been pushed to the website accessible location?
It’s currently missing around 3 to 400 bottles. Working on getting them added.
Can we have a comedy episode for the next QC?? The Johnnie walker red, Kentucky and Canada jokes are halarius!
Glenfarclas 21: valid option, but the chance of broken cork will be in the vicinity of 5000%. They are notorious for bad corks. in fact: I opened a botlle of 21 just last weekend, guess what happened...
cant wait to come visit the warlock academe!
I'm with Rex on buying, partially since college finances don't allow for variety. Free money is free good stuff, but mine has to last.
Answer to question:
Do both, one month (or week or two weeks, depending on your budget) I buy one $80, the next month I buy two $40... It works out great because you drink the cheaper stuff more.
I was, for some reason 100% sure that both of you gonna immediately know from the nose that it's Laphroaig. I only ever tasted two whiskies from Laphroaig, the 10 and the CQ but when I bought a blended scotch that contained a tiny bit of Laphroaig, I instantly pinpointed it, and by no meaning amI any better at the whisky game than you guys. Just surprised and really curious what this particular release must be like!
I agree with Rex, when its gift money, buy the really nice bottle, with my own money I go for value. Not that anyone gives me money for whiskey...
Hey guys... Could you review Oban Little Bay please?
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Warlocks are usually simply practitioners of evil magic, though I play d&d so I know them as people who made a pact with a powerful entity to gain their magic powers
I know this is old, but a warlock is a wizard/sorcerer who has broken a rule/code of conduct. At least this is what I was informed of from another fellow sorcerer that I know. Furthermore, wizard is the term commonly used within fantasy or folklore, the common term among male and female IS indeed a witch.
Isn't most of the real vs synthetic cork debate about cost and sustainability/carbon footprint? I know when you look @ cork on wikipedia it goes into at length the carbon footprint comparison between the different types of bottle stops.
The Spirit Monk[e]y is 6th.
Daniel, serious question. An Cuan Mor or Lore? Here they are very much for same money.
Lore
Unicorn peacock.... unicock? Or peacorn?
It's most certainly Unicock
I like unicock
Peacorn sounds painful.
@@ellisfield159 Yeah you do.
I don't even know you, but this was begging to be said. Sorry, not sorry, but really, I don't mean to offend you in particular, you useless bastard.
Sorry again.
Most definitely, for Rex, peacorn.
That laugh at 12:02
Josh you sound buy a bottle of flang & feathers #2 special reserve and save it for 21 years
To me pear--vanila flavour on top of peatiness is trademark for any Laphroaig, without it, it is not Laphroaig :D
edit: the creme chese frosting can be that note, what for me is pear-vanila ...
This is not Ardmore Legacy
So, uh, it sounds like you guys are offering free storage. I wonder what 21 years in the Texas heat would be like.. think there'd still be anything left to bottle?
Warlock vs Wizard is more of a Dungeons and Dragons class debate. Both use magic, but Warlocks have what's called a "pact blade". The pact blade (usually a dagger or short sword) is used as a focus for casting their magic. Wizards do not need a pact blade.
There’s nothing like a juicy pair (or pear)
ROCK HARD!
12:24 did he just say this is Bourbon finished in European oak? Can't say I've ever had a Bourbon Laphroaig lol
... Well.. At least Adam got his bastard and Sainthood in...
😶😑😪
To the Kung Foo question. Closest to $100 if it's a gift.
Scotch? Bourbon? Irish? Canadian? Etc...etc. What the person's preferred style?
This video makes me realize that I don't actually use "wizard" or "witch" that often. Maybe it's due to years of playing Final Fantasy, but I usually use "mage" or "magician", both of which happen to be completely gender neutral. When I hear "wizard" I do think male, and "witch" female, and while semantically they are an equivalent pair (i.e. they both refer to a practitioner of magic), pragmatically "witch" does tend to have more negative connotations.
Just buy 1 bottle per year. That way when he turns 21, he will have a darn fine start on a collection.
boy was there a missed opportunity for another Dad Joke. Daniel should've said Laphroaig- ian slip..
@12:24 does Daniel call it...a "Bourbon finished in European Oak" or am I hearing things? Could just be the alcohol talking, but perhaps we need to have Daniel and Rex make another adjustment to that "____ many days since Daniel messed something up" board.
My ear caught that too. Not sure what he meant.
If it is a gift, and not my money, I’ll get a nice expensive bottle. If it’s my money, I tend to lean towards getting 2-4 nice bottles.
Holding this comment spot for my other account "Joe Bloggins"
Wizard=wizardess/witch=warlock/sorcerer=sorceress/enchanter=enchantress.
Some times I hate my name
Wizard is technically gender-neutral since it basically means one who is wise same with mage so technically it can work for both
Who has a book shelf these days?
Can maybe the guy who doesn’t know what he is drinking take the lead on comments? Way more interesting to hear Rex work his way toward an impression than hear Daniel who has read all the tasting notes in advance. Or maybe it’s just me.
Green spot .
First thing that comes up on the vault list...... country = Africa
Gentlemen, have we had so much to drink that Africa is now a country?
Bell squad! Or.... whatever they say. Hope you gents have a great week!
#TeamWarlock
Wow, the Trash Panda is being salty with Rex? How's it feel Moochers?
That went pear-shaped in a hurry!
Suggested 21: www.masterofmalt.com/whiskies/glen-keith/glen-keith-21-year-old-1996-cask-12575-old-particular-douglas-laing-whisky/
Unicorn peacock = unicock
An Coo'an Mor
7th!
warlock: a man who practices witchcraft; a sorcerer.
It's not a cult!
The first rule of Whiskey Vault is Don't Talk About Whiskey Vault!
Damn it missed it by 7min
and...it's a warlock
Well hobbit you enjoy your smoke essence of Mordor?
Chad use a dictionary, not a harry potter web sight.
Webster's
Definition of witch
1 : one that is credited with usually malignant supernatural powers
especially : a woman practicing usually black witchcraft often with the aid of a devil or familiar : SORCERESS
- compare WARLOCK
2 : an ugly old woman : HAG
3 : a charming or alluring girl or woman
4 : an adherent of Wicca
warlock noun
war·lock | \ˈwȯr-ˌläk \
Definition of warlock
1 : a man practicing the black arts : SORCERER
- compare WITCH
2 : CONJURER
wizard noun
wiz·ard | \ˈwi-zərd \
Definition of wizard (Entry 1 of 2)
1 archaic : a wise man : SAGE
2 : one skilled in magic : SORCERER
Thank you, glad I'm not the only one who scoffed at the harry potter source.
I don't know who Webster is, but I bet Harry would kick his ass in a duel.
Harry was a mediocre wizard pumped up by the fact he was a horcrux.
most practitioners tend to steer away from the term warlock for this reason:
Old English wǣrloga ‘traitor, scoundrel, monster’, also ‘the Devil’, from wǣr ‘covenant’ + an element related to lēogan ‘belie, deny’. From its application to the Devil, the word was transferred in Middle English to a person in league with the Devil, and hence a sorcerer. It was chiefly Scots until given wider currency by Sir Walter Scott.
-Oxford dictionary
i just use the word "witch" for both male and female practitioners.
@@WhiskeyVault Daniel Webster would probably refused to meet him to duel over "words of a general nature used in debate."
Bought a Bowmore 10 in the airport. Accidentally pronounced it the way Daniel (Dan😝) does, the salesman hadn't a clue and corrected me saying Bow-More...I looked like a tit, thanks Dan 😥