vPub Live - The Best of 2024

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  • Опубліковано 22 гру 2024

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  • @Aqvavitae
    @Aqvavitae  9 днів тому +4

    Hop on the Navigational Express
    Timestamps
    0:00 - Opening
    2:39 - Brief intro to topic
    4:14 - Remembering Quig: A tribute to Foodquig
    9:15 - Welcoming in the lounge
    22:10 - What I'm grateful for in 2024
    23:38 - 1: Our WhiskyTube Community
    27:18 - 2: Dramface
    29:27 - 3: Opportunity
    35:00 - Moments & Highlights of 2024
    47:48 - Best Indie Bottler of 2024: Thompson Bros
    1:10:05 - Best Producer of 2024: Glasgow Distillery
    1:39:57 - WOTY 2024: Ardnahoe Infinite Loch
    2:05:02 - The 2024 Wooden Spoon: Ardbeg's 17yo
    2:22:28 - Quiz at the End

  • @maltymission
    @maltymission 9 днів тому +5

    RIP Andy! A heartfelt tribute Roy! He was one of those ‘beacons’ of knowledge and insight without ever coming across as Mr. Knowitall, quite the contrary. Fitting way to pay your respects.
    Your ‘best off’ list for 2024 only acknowledges there’s still so much more for me to discover and embrace. Long may that continue! Slainte mhath!

  • @whisky1017
    @whisky1017 12 годин тому

    Finally managing to catch up! Thank goodness for the replay. Crazy busy since legfest, not managed to join a live but using the Christmas break to enjoy catching up with a relaxed dram. 9/10 on the quiz as well! The best learning is not to pour any whisky into my wooden glencairn from peathead😂. It will stay forever ornamental. Slainte

  • @majornut9728
    @majornut9728 9 днів тому +3

    Missed the live as the flu bug is roaming the house and affecting me too, so fell asleep early. However catching the replay, the next best thing. My best whisky moments was tasting the Ardnahoe and Cambletown Loch. Never connected that strong with any whisky before. Also, it felt as a victory to click home a Springbank 10yo before at least a few flippers. I am also greatful to be part of the Bar Fly community. Always feels welcome here. Hoping to be able to meet some of you some day.

  • @NoteworthyWhisky
    @NoteworthyWhisky 7 днів тому +1

    Great vPub, Roy! I like the quiz being about one distillery. It’s a great way to learn. Cheers!

  • @elduderino3120
    @elduderino3120 10 днів тому +14

    Speyburn obviously discovered that it was no longer considered a bottom-shelf bargain and are taking steps to rectify the situation!

  • @hellswidd4628
    @hellswidd4628 10 днів тому +4

    Finally roused ourselves from our sickbed to catch up on last night’s Vpub! Getting there, but still a little under the weather!
    Fave moments of 2024: the 2nd gathering and our 4th visit to Islay. Having Blair (Mr Leg) & his lovely lady visiting with us, along with Jerry, frank (peathead & Rick was the icing on the cake! Fave dram to be decided...
    2025 is shaping up to what could be a big year for us, so hope we can get to share plenty of time with fellow barflies along the way! Slainthe roy, much love as always from the two of us

    • @hellswidd4628
      @hellswidd4628 9 днів тому +2

      10/10 in the quiz ... chuffed with that! Expect might not be so high next week😂

  • @alasdair_gray
    @alasdair_gray 6 днів тому +3

    Again catching up on the replay. Totally agree with Glasgow. Kicking it out of the park right now. Great whisky made by a great team. The Islay cask finish is my bottle of the year.
    As for Speyburn...and as the admin of the Friends of Speyburn Facebook group. Im pissed off. I setup the group to celebrate what Speyburn were quietly doing, producing affordable, lovely whisky especially the 15 and 18 year old. Whisky that was naturally presented(the duty free 46% 10yo i enjoy too). But they have scrapped their decent duty free range...they are reducing the 15 and 18 to 40%....total f**kin madness. Im not going to chase and stock up on the 15 and 18. Even if the 18 year old is £72 on WhiskyExchange... Im done with them and I move on.
    Thank you Roy for an excellent vPub as always.

  • @GeoffreyBangers
    @GeoffreyBangers 9 днів тому +2

    Two highlights from the vPub:
    1. Adultmore 12: I poured one in solidarity and ooo mama, that's a nice dram!
    2. Speyburn: Like a dagger through the heart, you short sighted idiots! There are 2 bottles of the 15yr at my local liquor store, and I'm picking up both tomorrow to stash away.
    Thanks again Roy for hosting this wonderful thing. Here's to you, here's to the barflies!

  • @peterlee2279
    @peterlee2279 10 днів тому +3

    Thanks for the easy 10 out of 10 ever.
    2024 has been amazing but the best of 2024 vpub has yet to come 👍

  • @michaelwood3203
    @michaelwood3203 8 днів тому +2

    Great Vpub. Lots of info and guidance. Monkey 5. Me 6. Yippee.

  • @Sundre-AB
    @Sundre-AB 9 днів тому +1

    That's a very sad news 😞 Thank you for doing a tribute to Foodquig
    Whisky was his passion. His video were nothing but a honest review of the spirit in front of him.
    Andy will be missed... And his Anaconda move will stay with us forever.

  • @Whisky_Total
    @Whisky_Total 9 днів тому +2

    Another great Vpub 👏🏻👏🏻🥃🥃

  • @SimonneNZ
    @SimonneNZ 9 днів тому +3

    Great vPub as always, Roy. Still some low volume issues, had to turn my speakers up. Many of your picks aren't available down here yet. I'm still deciding my ultimate WOTY as I purchased some bottles in the Black Friday sales which could change things once I get past the neck pours. Got 10/10 on the quiz. Cheers!

  • @grbadalamenti
    @grbadalamenti 8 днів тому +1

    Oh my God, I can't believe Foodquig left us. Every now and again I saw one of his reviews and from his channel I learned what is Poutine in Canada.

  • @larsrogers3081
    @larsrogers3081 День тому

    @aquavitae 🎉 great vpub!! Love Ardnahoe and Aultmore!! Looking forward to Infinite Loch finally getting to Canada in 2025 sometime soon!!

    • @larsrogers3081
      @larsrogers3081 День тому

      Have to revisit Glasgow 1770! Wasn’t enamored with the early releases at 500ml

  • @elduderino3120
    @elduderino3120 10 днів тому +5

    Re: Glasgow 1770 - Not concerned about possible hometown bias LOL?
    Is this your best distillery based on what they’re selling in ‘24, or where you think the spirit will be when in the future?
    As much as I applaud the enthusiasm and support, I certainly couldn’t say that they’ve put out the best whisky of ‘24.

  • @russell3733
    @russell3733 9 днів тому +2

    Good grief! For the first time ever I got a 10/10 on the quiz. Roy, it was obviously too easy - but then again, it's Christmas, so why not? Enjoyed the rant on the wooden spoon candidates - all of them sadly deserving their excoriation. Can well agree with the Ardnahoe dram of the year. They're making great 5-year-old whisky which is winning hearts and minds. In the same category, I'm very much enjoying various offerings from Torabhaig and Raasay which roughly fall into that category of approx. 5 years of age, yet taste much older and more rounded and settled. Cheers!

  • @elduderino3120
    @elduderino3120 10 днів тому +6

    Ardnahoe - I’m very excited for where they’re going, but surprised when you were mentioning other Islay distilleries you didn’t talk about the Jim McEwan connection between Islay’s current champion and Ardnahoe.

  • @jamescostigan3721
    @jamescostigan3721 10 днів тому +5

    They Speyburn news breaks my heart. Once I see 40% on the shelf, I'll be done with them. Such a shame, I've loved both the 15 & 18.

  • @rellorellin7544
    @rellorellin7544 10 днів тому +4

    My whiskey of the year was Penderyn Impex Portuguese wine single cask/Penderyn Impex Rye single cask. Although they were released earlier, I had them this year. Impeccable! Another overlooked whiskey.

    • @rellorellin7544
      @rellorellin7544 10 днів тому +1

      I would have to say that these were US releases. Luckily we got them.

  • @NZDave
    @NZDave 10 днів тому +3

    Nick came back from his Islay raving about Ardnahoe so can see how this topped your annual mountain. My WOTY is the Speyburn 18yo but so sad to hear the news....luckily everything happens a bit slower in the upside down.

  • @forlornHope
    @forlornHope 10 днів тому +2

    Cheers 🥃

  • @rellorellin7544
    @rellorellin7544 10 днів тому +2

    Glasgow is a very underrated and overlooked whiskey. My first was the triple distilled and I loved it. I love their distillate. I can't wait for for aged and rounded version. It's my daily sipper.

  • @stevengallery5561
    @stevengallery5561 9 днів тому +2

    Best thing that in 2024 was getting a space in SMWS Bath Streets Keep 🥃👍

  • @geofre44
    @geofre44 8 днів тому +1

    Foodquig RIP Legend 😢

  • @rkostyantyn
    @rkostyantyn 7 днів тому +1

    The Inaugural 5yo Ardnahoe is officially available in Ukraine for around £90. A bit too expensive IMHO.
    Hopefully, the new core release will also appear here and will cost closer to £60. Then it will compete with Kilchoman, which is still a bit cheaper)

  • @elduderino3120
    @elduderino3120 10 днів тому +2

    Which is better:
    Speyburn 15
    Craigallachie 17
    Speyburn 18
    All affordable age-statements, think I’ve heard some people say prefer Speyburn’s younger bottling though.

  • @hellswidd4628
    @hellswidd4628 9 днів тому +2

    Deffo think franks wooden spoon is a genius idea 😂

  • @annabelplahuta
    @annabelplahuta 6 днів тому

    can someone please link where inverhouse have said theyre watering down the speyburn?

  • @FernandoSilva-wo7ut
    @FernandoSilva-wo7ut 9 днів тому +2

    And what about a segment for the departed ? Waterford distillery. This news shocked me. I took it as a warning sign for all of us "geeks". I think the geek model for distilleries is not sustainable. We go lengths at critizicing Benromach for not bringing us a core range at 46 % but how many of us have the air dried + kiln dried combo of bottlings? Probably the most geeky bottles in the market. I feel sad for Waterford there are not some many geeks to keep afloat a distillery. In the rum scene Renegade will be the next to fade away, hope not.

  • @elduderino3120
    @elduderino3120 10 днів тому +6

    Best of the year?
    Port Charlotte 10 still the best 10yr-old on the market in 2024.
    Got a Ledaig 18 & a Bunna CS ‘22 to open for Xmas though…
    ..I suspect the Port Charlotte 18 might’ve been my whisky of the year, but I’ll never know at that ridiculous price :/

  • @FernandoSilva-wo7ut
    @FernandoSilva-wo7ut 10 днів тому +2

    Everytime a whiskytuber passes away I can't help to think about alcohol consumption. We don't become good at tasting spirits by tasting every now and then. To become good we need to taste almost everyday like any other thing we want to become good at we need training but for alcohol the toll can be very high for some of us.

  • @larsrogers3081
    @larsrogers3081 День тому

    100% agree with the Wooden Spoon! Love Ardbeg historically, but can’t stand recent developments

  • @bobsander4589
    @bobsander4589 9 днів тому +2

    Picking up on replay as usual. On Waterford...too young, too many releases and too expensive. Shame for the employees but a failed strategy unfortunately.

  • @jujtan5412
    @jujtan5412 7 днів тому +1

    JW continue to do what they hv always been doing.... keep walking... away.. 🤣🤣