Rex managed to mumble-pronounce Caperdonich differently every single time he said it. That's actually quite a talent. He should put out a Mumble Rap album. His rap name could be T-Wrecks.
My first experience of good single malt scotch and old friend is definitely Oban. At my first week in Aberdeen university, I made friends with some PhD students who obviously just got some research money. Got invited to a very old pub in the town centre. In the basement, we sat in the most comfortable wingback chairs placed around a lovely, warm fireplace, and they gave me (or I mooched) multiple doubles of straight Island goodness. I had only had Jack and Coke up to that point so those salty drams were a revelation, opening me up to the world of whiskey. Whenever it’s been a really hard day at work, I have a generous pour of Oban to remember the good times.
Glen Grant 2. Still affordable for a closed distillery. When I was with you in 2019 Total Wine had Lochan Caperdonich 23yo for buttons... about $70 I think. Incredible. (Could it have been Specs?). I hope Josh Golladay still has one tucked away for me.
@@TheEnglishRedneck45 yep, Caperdonich was set up as, and occasionally referred to as, Glen Grant 2. Most of the stock is pretty mature now and has aged nicely, the peated campaigns they ran -like this one - add more interest. Since they’re not as fashionable as some other closed distilleries the prices are still in check, at least today. Caperdonich will never be reopened on the same site. It was demolished. Cheers English 🥃
Old friend whiskey? My whiskey journey started with Bear Wallow Distillery a few years ago, and there's a very definitive grain note that takes me right back there. My wife and I honeymooned in Nashville, IN where they are and go back every year. Nosing any of their whiskies takes me back there in early August, a whiskey in hand, in a cabin with my wife and greyhounds. It will always be an old friend to me.
I will be starting my dry week on saturday as I'm going to be stopping by the fang and feather on Friday and would like to taste some of their product.
I want to try this but at £115 in the UK at the whisky exchange I'll have to wait a while. Love peat. You made me so oooo envious with this bottle. I want you jobs!!!!!!
Love the channel guys. I have only recently begun my whisky journey. Getting right into single-malt scotch. Have always been a bourbon and coke drinker (thats pretty standard here in Aus). After watching this channel I even have more appreciation for the bourbon I have been masking with coke all these years. You have even got me drinking my "house bourbon" neat now.
Redbreast 15 brings back memories of camping on a beach with two good friends. We drank RB 15 and listened to damn good music with the crashing waves in the background. A great time.
Oban 14 - used to work in a restaurant/bar and was allowed one "shift drink" after clocking out. Had a pour of it over ice (way back before I knew better, but still enjoyable) sitting out on the patio and taking my time with it, rather than just the usual quick wine or easy margarita that I would go to. Have been wanting it ever since, but the price had been keeping me away from it until I found it the other day at Total Wine for about $53. And it was my birthday. My favorite so far. Love the caramel and butterscotch on the nose and palate as well as the smokiness/peat at the end. Just right. And, on my second dram I got a very nice milk chocolate finish. Would love to know if anyone can point me to something similar. Cheers!
The Whisky Exchange rocks! I've had the great privilege to shop both their stores in London. They carry some great whiskies, some of which they finish themselves.
My father in law is my go to drinking bud, and he's got a particular way of mooching, every now and then he'll bring me a bottle to help refill my shelf, but they are always a budget bottle ie Jameson or what not...when he visits though he's not pouring from the budgets, he's always reaching for my good stuff and his go to is Westward Single Malt - He's a coffee nut and if ever there was a whiskey made for someone this one was made for him. When ever I see that bottle or take a pour I always think of him.
Canadian Rich & Rare. It’s what my parents drank with Pepsi or Diet Pepsi. Got to sneak a sip when I played bartender for them. P. S. - The Daniel/Viggo portrait peeking out from behind the table creeped me out for a second.
Lagavulin 16 is my Old Friend. Brought me to whiskey and also created the "Aha!" moment for a number of friends whom i convinced to try whiskey as well. Its like a warm blanket on a cold saturday morning.
The moment Rex said "Johnnie Walker Black", I happened to be pouring Johnnie Walker Black. But I got that "old friend flavor" from the Johnnie Walker Red I was pouring earlier this week - the first whiskey I ever enjoyed, the first whiskey I could drink neat, and it made its presence obvious through the ginger beer I first mixed it with. As a scotch for mixing, it definitely has that "old friend flavor" on first taste. (...Sounds kind of like a Japanese or Korean phrase)
I’m already about 5 years into whisky, when will I grow out of my peat phase? I still seem to be always grabbing my peated whiskies over everything else no matter how much I try to explore
The whisky exchange have an amazing shop in great portland Street, London. If you've never been, I'd highly recommend. It's like an old library of alcohol. They also have exclusives too
Chivas Regal for me. It was the first whisky I drank and it was with my father. It’s his favorite go to whisky so it’s our go to whisky even though I prefer bourbon.
You guys should do videos of boilermaker pairings (like I don’t pour the whiskey in the beer, I pair them together. Also I think craft tea and whiskey pairs surprisingly well.
perhaps could you shine a light on how the whisky export is affected by brexit because if i look at the online shops website there are a lot more sold out labels then i was used to and i mean a LOT more
ABV Amendment, "a well stocked tavern, being necessary to the sanity of a free state, the right of the people to collect and consume whisky, shall not be infringed" - That Magnificent Bastard, 1791
Glen Grand owned Caperdonich because it was a usual thing to own at leas two Distilleries that are able to produce the same amount. So if one might burn down , you could switch to the second to Cover a Part of the loss. Both were then owned by the chivas brothers. But after it was sold to pernot ricard ( as long as i remeber )and closed in 2001 again it was deconstructed brick by brick in 2011. So Caperdonich will never reopen again.
You will be able to convert the corn fyi. You basically just gelatinized the starches. May be a bit toasty almost burnt flavors from the kernel burning when popped. Some one on home distiller did this exact thing
@@theworldisastage1984 wont need to do a cereal mash and high temp alpha. Popping corn is what gelatinizes it. Can dump in 150 degree water with enzymes and slowly stir in corn.
Caperdonich at £115 is it better than ocromore? At that price which should I buy??? I'm a peat freak. Like lagavulin 16 and Highland Park and port Charlotte 10 etc
I'm a bit surprised they didn't compare this to the easily accessible peated Speyside they've reviewed before, Benromach. I'll bet it's very similar to this.
Senators club whiskey. It’s a budget Canadian whiskey, about $12 for a 750ml. It’s truly a terrible whiskey, but I’d be lying if I said I hadn’t had some great memories in its presence!
Would you guys be able to recommend anything else with a similar flavor profile to the Caperdonich 18yr Peated? Unfortunately it's the only whiskey that my wife likes, and I have only found so many of these going around :(
Guys, there is one secret :) Never compare an open bottle with a new one... Never do this. Whiskey in an open bottle changes beyond recognition due to oxidation.
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Rex managed to mumble-pronounce Caperdonich differently every single time he said it. That's actually quite a talent. He should put out a Mumble Rap album. His rap name could be T-Wrecks.
Emma, You're Back.
ok good, so its not only me that keeps checking for that in every video! :-) lol
I can't wait for them to notice the difference again
emma back in the vault boys
Keeping warm during snowcapolypse
That's because she's the expert
My first experience of good single malt scotch and old friend is definitely Oban. At my first week in Aberdeen university, I made friends with some PhD students who obviously just got some research money. Got invited to a very old pub in the town centre. In the basement, we sat in the most comfortable wingback chairs placed around a lovely, warm fireplace, and they gave me (or I mooched) multiple doubles of straight Island goodness. I had only had Jack and Coke up to that point so those salty drams were a revelation, opening me up to the world of whiskey. Whenever it’s been a really hard day at work, I have a generous pour of Oban to remember the good times.
Good morning to all you mbs. I hope this day finds you well.
very kind of you
Don't tell me how to live my life...kisses thanks ya bastard
Glen Grant 2. Still affordable for a closed distillery. When I was with you in 2019 Total Wine had Lochan Caperdonich 23yo for buttons... about $70 I think. Incredible. (Could it have been Specs?). I hope Josh Golladay still has one tucked away for me.
Isn't Glen Grant still open?
@@TheEnglishRedneck45 yep, Caperdonich was set up as, and occasionally referred to as, Glen Grant 2. Most of the stock is pretty mature now and has aged nicely, the peated campaigns they ran -like this one - add more interest. Since they’re not as fashionable as some other closed distilleries the prices are still in check, at least today. Caperdonich will never be reopened on the same site. It was demolished. Cheers English 🥃
I've never heard of this distillery before! thanks!
Good Morning all you MB's
Good program to mix in a “break”! Just finishing my dry February supporting cancer here in Ontario. Loving your content!
Old friend whiskey? My whiskey journey started with Bear Wallow Distillery a few years ago, and there's a very definitive grain note that takes me right back there. My wife and I honeymooned in Nashville, IN where they are and go back every year. Nosing any of their whiskies takes me back there in early August, a whiskey in hand, in a cabin with my wife and greyhounds. It will always be an old friend to me.
I will be starting my dry week on saturday as I'm going to be stopping by the fang and feather on Friday and would like to taste some of their product.
Emma strikes back. Of course, during the Snowpocalypse, she uses it as a diversion and siezes the opportunity! Well played, Emma! Well played!
Jack Daniel's and South Comfort reminds me of High School and regret.
I want to try this but at £115 in the UK at the whisky exchange I'll have to wait a while. Love peat. You made me so oooo envious with this bottle. I want you jobs!!!!!!
Love the channel guys. I have only recently begun my whisky journey. Getting right into single-malt scotch. Have always been a bourbon and coke drinker (thats pretty standard here in Aus). After watching this channel I even have more appreciation for the bourbon I have been masking with coke all these years. You have even got me drinking my "house bourbon" neat now.
Redbreast 15 brings back memories of camping on a beach with two good friends. We drank RB 15 and listened to damn good music with the crashing waves in the background. A great time.
I'm subscribed to whisky exchange, they are a great resource for hard to get whisky and they also have an actual shop in London.
Oban 14 - used to work in a restaurant/bar and was allowed one "shift drink" after clocking out. Had a pour of it over ice (way back before I knew better, but still enjoyable) sitting out on the patio and taking my time with it, rather than just the usual quick wine or easy margarita that I would go to. Have been wanting it ever since, but the price had been keeping me away from it until I found it the other day at Total Wine for about $53. And it was my birthday. My favorite so far. Love the caramel and butterscotch on the nose and palate as well as the smokiness/peat at the end. Just right. And, on my second dram I got a very nice milk chocolate finish. Would love to know if anyone can point me to something similar. Cheers!
The Whisky Exchange rocks! I've had the great privilege to shop both their stores in London. They carry some great whiskies, some of which they finish themselves.
In Canada the equivalent to the Texas snowmageddon is called April
Elijah Craig 18 yr brings back memories of hanging out with all of my friends in Philly. Back when it was $50 a bottle.
My father in law is my go to drinking bud, and he's got a particular way of mooching, every now and then he'll bring me a bottle to help refill my shelf, but they are always a budget bottle ie Jameson or what not...when he visits though he's not pouring from the budgets, he's always reaching for my good stuff and his go to is Westward Single Malt - He's a coffee nut and if ever there was a whiskey made for someone this one was made for him. When ever I see that bottle or take a pour I always think of him.
Makers mark is my old friend whiskey. It was the first whiskey I tried and went "I like it!"
“Juice Keeeenggg” I’ll never get over Daniel’s hard g’s
Canadian Rich & Rare. It’s what my parents drank with Pepsi or Diet Pepsi. Got to sneak a sip when I played bartender for them.
P. S. - The Daniel/Viggo portrait peeking out from behind the table creeped me out for a second.
Lagavulin 16 is my Old Friend. Brought me to whiskey and also created the "Aha!" moment for a number of friends whom i convinced to try whiskey as well. Its like a warm blanket on a cold saturday morning.
I was gifted the Caperdonich 25 Peated which and it's really nicely balanced and, by the sound of it, much more tame than the 18.
The moment Rex said "Johnnie Walker Black", I happened to be pouring Johnnie Walker Black.
But I got that "old friend flavor" from the Johnnie Walker Red I was pouring earlier this week - the first whiskey I ever enjoyed, the first whiskey I could drink neat, and it made its presence obvious through the ginger beer I first mixed it with. As a scotch for mixing, it definitely has that "old friend flavor" on first taste. (...Sounds kind of like a Japanese or Korean phrase)
Careful Rex, we had snow in Vancouver this morning, not to late to send another north of 49 squall your way. 🌨🌨😉
Wiser’s Deluxe is definitely my ‘Old Friend’ Whiskey! So many good memories with that one
I’m already about 5 years into whisky, when will I grow out of my peat phase? I still seem to be always grabbing my peated whiskies over everything else no matter how much I try to explore
For the "will it distill", you need to do a Paw Paw fruit, aka the Indiana Banana. That way you have one exotic (the durian) and one domestic fruit.
Monkey Shoulder has a soft spot for me. Always need a bottle on my shelf.
I wholeheartedly agree
1792 rickhouse deal + Frolic = amazing content editing
The whisky exchange have an amazing shop in great portland Street, London. If you've never been, I'd highly recommend. It's like an old library of alcohol. They also have exclusives too
@@theworldisastage1984 there'll definitely be some near by 🤣
The first Scotch I drank, and I drank a lot of is Chevas Regal. Do I have a soft spot for it? You bet ya.
I loved seeing an even tinier hobbit head in the background whenever the video zoomed in on the bottle
Chivas Regal for me. It was the first whisky I drank and it was with my father. It’s his favorite go to whisky so it’s our go to whisky even though I prefer bourbon.
Well I would totally do that dry... but 03. March is the bulgarian "04 July" I am a bit of a patriot. Is it okay to go 5 to 14?
The snow couldn't stop Emma, also Laphroaig 10 is a memory whisky for me which is appropriate.
Cheers to Fancy Dan, Alex, warmer days.
You guys should do videos of boilermaker pairings (like I don’t pour the whiskey in the beer, I pair them together.
Also I think craft tea and whiskey pairs surprisingly well.
Crown Royal and coke reminds me of my junior and senior year in highschool. Lazy days at the beach with friends.
perhaps could you shine a light on how the whisky export is affected by brexit
because if i look at the online shops website there are a lot more sold out labels then i was used to and i mean a LOT more
ABV Amendment, "a well stocked tavern, being necessary to the sanity of a free state, the right of the people to collect and consume whisky, shall not be infringed" - That Magnificent Bastard, 1791
Glen Grand owned Caperdonich because it was a usual thing to own at leas two Distilleries that are able to produce the same amount. So if one might burn down , you could switch to the second to Cover a Part of the loss. Both were then owned by the chivas brothers. But after it was sold to pernot ricard ( as long as i remeber )and closed in 2001 again it was deconstructed brick by brick in 2011. So Caperdonich will never reopen again.
This is what you guys voted for in Austin. Good Job!
The real King is back!!! Lord Laphroaig!!
I'll never forget my first glass of Four Roses Single Barrel. It was like tasting warmth
Ha the painting and the Laphroaig back on the shelf..love it.
You will be able to convert the corn fyi. You basically just gelatinized the starches. May be a bit toasty almost burnt flavors from the kernel burning when popped. Some one on home distiller did this exact thing
@@theworldisastage1984 wont need to do a cereal mash and high temp alpha. Popping corn is what gelatinizes it. Can dump in 150 degree water with enzymes and slowly stir in corn.
That curb moment was perfect.
Everytime Rex did the cobebushubuhshubuh thing I fuckin died 🤣
A plastic cup full of crushed ice and Jim Beam White Label. 12 bars of Christmas pub crawl a few years back with some good friends.
Redbreast 12 cask is always on my shelf with wild turkey 101
Have we seen the Nobilified painting at 5:55 before, or is that new?
The first episode back from snowpacaplypse and the Laphroaig is back!
Caperdonich at £115 is it better than ocromore? At that price which should I buy???
I'm a peat freak. Like lagavulin 16 and Highland Park and port Charlotte 10 etc
Thinking about the Dry Week, how much of your viewerbase do you think doesn't drink alcohol at all?
I'm a bit surprised they didn't compare this to the easily accessible peated Speyside they've reviewed before, Benromach. I'll bet it's very similar to this.
I kind of love that dry week is happening in the middle of my dry Lent. Let there be no whiskey for 40 days and 40 nights.
I dub the the Anti Noah
Tooo long for me.
I'm doing 75 hard. That includes no alcohol. Day 56 of 75
@@richardsaucier9823 HAHAHA. I literally said the same thing to my budy a few min ago.
@@masterjedi89 More power to you!
Senators club whiskey. It’s a budget Canadian whiskey, about $12 for a 750ml. It’s truly a terrible whiskey, but I’d be lying if I said I hadn’t had some great memories in its presence!
The Whisky Exchange is awesome!
Also, has Daniel actually come up to our national parks?
GOOD MORNING YOU MB'S.. 🥃
I managed to get a sample of the 21yo Peated. Wow it was goooood.
They also have a 21 year and a 25 year peated.
Would you guys be able to recommend anything else with a similar flavor profile to the Caperdonich 18yr Peated? Unfortunately it's the only whiskey that my wife likes, and I have only found so many of these going around :(
Sipping some Maker’s on an ice cold NJ winter night at the local dive bar. RIP The Irish Mile.
Morning
They make a non peated version that I would love to see them review eventually too if someone sent it to them
Bushmills black label. Irish was my first love but rye has been the lifer. Will cheat with a good craft one though.
Alex & Fancy Dan
Old Grandad - College days...from what I can remember...
Good one. (Suck it Canada) Only -4 Celsius in lower Ontario today. Enjoy your "Sunshine" 😛
Thanks Fancy Dan and Hands !!!!
The only way I could make it through dry week would be with a ton of Red Bull and Monster.
Horray! Dry week! Now we can smoke tons of weed!
I like the peated version way more than the unpeated stuff
YOUR MY HERO
At 9:35 Daniel does some crazy magic trick and manages to have a glass in his hand from nowhere! lol...
The Caperdonich Distillery was demolished in 2010.
£115.00 in the UK !
Peated Speysides ❤️❤️❤️❤️
I think it’s pronounced Capa-Donna, he’s from the Wutang Clan.
Can anyone describe what a peat note tastes like to anyone like me who has not had peated whiskey?
Emma baby! i agree.
I love whiskey. But I don't drink all the time. Do dry weeks months all the time.
And if you jakuuz, may you jakuuz with us.
How did anyone find that bottle? It’s super rare and I want
YES!!!!!!
Dry week.... 7 days of not having to wear Depends undergarments.
Guys, there is one secret :) Never compare an open bottle with a new one... Never do this. Whiskey in an open bottle changes beyond recognition due to oxidation.
Canadian Rye whisk(e)y reminds me of my late uncle
I think it's more than just _technically_ February...
No power for a week? You guys must live in Texas!
SCRREW DRY WEEK. I OLVBE DRY WEEK. I LOVE WISKEY WEEK
Will It Ferment idea: Grape Nuts
did Daniel just mooch himself some peat week??
Good Morning Gentlemen.