After doing a deep dive into local Melbourne prices at Dan's and beyond compared to the Melbourne airport duty free, only the redbreast 12 and Grant's Distillery edition were at attractive prices to me
Please try Ballentine 17 year old blended scotch. Your psychology will change towards blended scotch. Also try Dewars 15 and 18 blended scotch and Last but not the least try Royal Bracula 12 single Malt.
Drinking this tonight, very comfy whiskey. Actually surprised me, at first it felt a lot like Toki or Nikka Days, but on the second or third glass definitely has a richer, warmer floral taste like Hibiki. Will be getting this again for sure.
Thanks for your comment. I have yet to try a Japanese Whisky that I haven't liked. It's a shame they are all on the expensive side here in Australia. Maximo
Hard finding anyone telling anything about this whisky on RU-vid. I just bought a bottle in Uruguay, and it is very good with barbecue. Cheers from Porto Alegre Brazil!
Thanks for your comment and glad we could be of assistance. It will be a great drop to warm you up for the coming winter - that that it would get very cold where you are.
Thanks for trying our gin. I'm sorry you didn't enjoy it as a Gin & Tonic and found the anise too strong. It is a contemporary style gin which is meant to be more complex than a London Dry style of gin and we understand that not everyone likes this style of gin. While we do use anise it is only a very small amount. Some people seem to pick up those liquorice flavours more than others. I personally hardly notice it in our gin at all. I do get the strong pepper and the long finish from Lemon Myrtle. Louching (when a spirit) goes cloudy means some of the botanicals (think strawberry gum and lemon myrtle) become less soluble when the alcohol content is reduced. This is not a bad thing - and happens a lot with full flavoured gins and spirits. I would recommend you try our gin again with the Elderflower Tonic that was supplied in the Garden Street Gin box along with a citrus garnish. My favourite is a lime wedge. Please feel free to reach out with any questions on how best to drink our gin and if you have the change we would love you to visit our Distillery and have a private tasting of all our products, with a Gin & tonic on the house.
Thanks for your detailed comment. So much about drinking spirits and Gin is about personal preferences and taste experiences. We still have a fair bit of it left and we will try it with Elderflower Tonic water as you have suggested. There are so many great Gins being. produced in Australia at the moment! We are certainly spoilt for choice. Thanks for the technical advice re Louching - l'll try to add that to a future video. Thanks. for your offer a a distillery tour. We will definitely get in touch when we next visit Sydney - We were there. last November so it might be a while? Maximo
Happy Birthday Maximus. So I was sitting at home in Brooklyn, NYC where winter seems to be already on it's way and I was breaking the cork as I tried to open a 2004 bottle of Shirvington Shiraz. "The algorithm" suggested your video. I've never had Grange. I envied you and I identified with you as I watched your video. The first time I bought a bottle of wine that was outside of my regular price bracket was five years ago. It was a Caymus Cabernet Sauvignon, which I had noticed for maybe a decade without trying. I saw a great deal, opened the bottle in the motel I was staying in, smelled it and thought "uh-oh". When it hit my tongue I thought, "don't chunder", and spat it back into the glass. I couldn't drink it - it smelled like artificial cherry coughg-drops with sacharine flavoring. I left the recorcked bottle in the motel room for the cleaner. I'm happy that you had a much better experience. Thanks for sharing your experience with the world. Have you considered giving numeric scores to what you drink? I started doing this a few years back, putting reviews on cellartracker.com. I was self-conscious at first, but t helped force me to commit to a decision ("I really like tonight's Babich sauvignon blanc. Is it better than Wednesdays Kim Crawford?) it helped me to better understand what I like. Hope that you are having a wonderful Spring!
Thanks for your detailed comment. Were (and our livers) taking a break from the channel for a while. If you miss us you can catch us on my sister channel Maximo's Travels www.youtube.com/@MaximosTravels. Will consider a score rating on our next review in the new year. Maximo.
I tried absinthe for the first time when came to the uk and I have to say I absolutely love the taste of absinthe it is strong but it is smooth but has a bit of an after taste that's my favorite bit I Di want to try some of the more classical ways to drink it but seems such a shame to dilute .. but yea thanks for making the video guys
Four Roses is still a broad reaching favorite, Evan Williams has 3 Labels, the most affordable and a very well balanced Bourbon, Black Label then white Label 100 proof topped off with Evan Williams Green Label, hard to find but well worth the $$ and effort.
Rare breed is pretty common on the store shelves in America. And is a favorite. If this is the non chill filter version count yourself lucky. This is only available at the duty free store at the airport. Wild Turkey rare breed is a good stepping stone into the stronger American bourbon's.
Thanks for your comment. I'll be travelling again overseas in a couple of months - any suggestions at the duty free for a nice well rounded bourbon? I bought a four roses once a few years back but have not seen that in Aus for a long time.
Four Roses is still a broad reaching favorite, Evan Williams has 3 Labels, the most affordable and a very well balanced Bourbon, Black Label then white Label 100 proof topped off with Evan Williams Green Label, hard to find but well worth the $$ and effort.
I did some research several months ago and I could not find a service to send Australian wines or Spirits overseas. Yalumba don't ship overseas either sorry.
Thanks for your comment. That’s works out to approx $70 AUD with the current exchange rate. The rest can be attributed to our high liquor excise taxes!
The Federal Government here just increased the excise on alcohol. It’s now $100 AUD per litre of pure 100% alcohol. For beer 60% of the cost here is now tax! Local distillers are complaining it’s killing their industry.
We have a rich history of strong alcohols in Poland. Traditionally made herbal or fruit liqueurs (quince, dogwood, wild rose, raspberries, apples), but the most interesting in my opinion are meads. Mead is made by fermenting bee honey, it is not easy to buy nowadays, but it is worth it because the taste is unique.
I'll look out for mead in out local tipple establishment and give it a go - its quite big - as big as a supermarket in fact with lots of specialty international wines and spirits.
I think the cost of postage would be prohibitive. The only Company I know that you can order and deliver wine to Korea is winehouse.com.au/ Cost is $100 AUD for 1-3 bottles plus any import duties imposed by Korea. Sadly they don't stock this port. We appreciate your enthusiasm though!
Thanks for your suggestion to add apple juice. We’ll give it a go. I have had Chivas in the past and liked it. We have quite a few whisky’s to review but I’ll add it to the list. Thanks for watching. Maximo & Jo
Thanks for the suggestion and the subsubscrition. We have 8-9 more Whiskeys of my Auction purchase to open and review first. That should take me a while I think. Maximo.
@@TheWhiskeyNerd Camus XO Cognac 1/2 price and an Aberfeldy 18 YO & Balentyines 15 YO single malt. Check out the unboxing vlog in RU-vid! Reviews slowly coming.
