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Eagle Rare 17 vs Eagle 10 is definitely not the same dude lol I agree that the 10 is a good whiskey and $1,500 is far too much for the 17, but it’s 100% not the same whiskey lol
Paused again at 8:02 and I have to say that I enjoyed 7 or 8 small glasses of Balvenie about a week ago and found that from the 12 double wood, 12 new, 14 caribbean, 15 Madeira, 16 French Oak, 18 Pedro Ximinez, 21 Port Wood and 25, I found the 18 PX to be almost the best out of the batch. Obviously not better than the 25 but if you can grab the 18 PX for around $200 in a duty free, it's an absolute banger in the travel exclusive Balvenie series. I found it to be better than all the Balvenie's I have other than the 25 year.
Since you had mentioned the Glenmorangie 18 year Extremely Rare in this video, I was hoping you'd pour a small glass and compare the two. I'm going to buy a 19 year travel exclusive but I'm just wondering if it's better or the same as the 18 year.
5:20 I had to pause and agree wholeheartedly that after I open many of my bottles and pour out the neck pour, I let them sit a few months at least before returning to them. Almost all of the whiskies I've done this with have opened up spectacularly and raised several points in my rating because so!
What 18-25 yr old scotches that are still relatively affordable can you recommend that represent the age factor the best . IE , notes you could only get from older scotch.
@@MaltActivist I originally wanted to get the Ancnoc 24. For $40 more, I ended up buying Bunna 18 and Ledaig 18. After many online reviews and some RU-vid reviews the consensus is that it’s a pretty good bottle but not great. Only Ralfy praised it the highest. I went with the seemingly safer choice. .
Dude, I’m pretty sure there is a problem when you taste 2 from the actual retail bottle and one from a 1oz sample bottle. Yes everyone has a different palate but there are dozens of reviews of the Van Winkle by other reviewers and NO ONE says what you are saying. So unless you think you know better the 4 dozen others I’d refrain from saying all the negative shit about the Van Winkle. It just doesn’t jive with reality. You need to taste it from an actual full size bottle.
I mean the price for a PVW15, for that price you have the pick of the litter of an whole array of tremendous old age Scotches. Not that Age necessarily means great whisky but, for the bigger brands they sure signifiy quality. Not something the pappy could live up to, too me. If had a glass of pappy 10. But yeah, to be fair the Buffalo Trace distilliries MSRP for these bottles are waaaaay less.
What wait you're still alive! NICE. You have been missed, Sir. Gotta go look for VLOG 1 before I watch this one. Glad to see you're back uploading to YT and sharing ISLAY videos no less. SWEET!
The Ardnahoe should be fabulous! I can’t wait to be able to access it in Canada. Nice to see a video. I wouldn’t expect perfection in a youthful Islay whisky!
Great vlog. U said NOT BAD for laga warehouse tasting..were the drams not that good or the experience without mcarthur ?? Did u do all of that in a day ?
Compared to older Lagavulin Warehouse tasting this one was definitely not as good. Back in the day we would get to taste whiskies from 10 years >>> 34 years. This time around 10 years >> 16 years. A bit sad really.
@@MaltActivist Thanx . I too did the mcarthur tour in 2019 n it was my favourite.promised myself that ill do it if i ever revisit islay.planning next year. So what do u reccommend- 1.warehouse tour 2.tasting a feis ile,a jazz,a distillery exclusive n a 12cs at the bar for same price ??(for 36gbp if we cut down 12cs as i v 2 versions at home )
Awesome videos and trip man! I don't think I'll ever enjoy any whisky adventure like when I went to Islay last September. I feel lucky to get to have a warehouse tasting at Lagavulin with Iain MacArthur before he retired. I'm happy to see you back!
