You are back with two of my favorites from Deanston - thanks! Great video! And they are BOTH great! Rachel, you can't be right every time! ;-) Well done, Jen! :-)
As far as I remember, these 2 drams taste quite similar. For me, that means I'd get the guesswork wrong every time I tried them blind, side by side. I'm sure Rachel would have chosen differently a day later. But still, it was a lot of fun watching this because - as every whisky enthusiast knows - there's nothing like whisky when it comes to losing your trousers in a blind tasting. Can happen in the wink of an eye. So what I take away from this is that both drams are going to appeal to a broad range of whisky drinkers - with preferences varying from day to day. Many thanks to you both for posting this! Cheers.
@@TheGrailTastings also got jura 14 rye for £31from Morrisons reduced from £45 that's the 2nd time it's been reduced. Deanston Virgin oak is regularly reduced not dear anyway great value at the strength and my local sells it now .
Guessing is fun, but not how I determine skill. Being open to saying you enjoy a bottle, even after you guess and the reveal is a surprise, that's character for me. Fun review and I enjoy both. But I buy twice as much Virgin Oak so .... I guess that is my preference.
Hi Rachel, hi Jen, wonderful entertaining and funny tastings. Blind tastings are always hard. Next time you will get it right, Rachel. Deanston is a wonderful whisky. I like the 12 but I had not the chance to try the Virgin Oak. Cheers from Germany
I've only been able to find the Virgin Oak where I am, but I'm traveling next week and I'll be able to find the 12 where I'm going. Looking forward to blind tasting them myself.
Well done both of you 👏👏👏... nobody's ever wrong with blind tastings, everybody wins. 🙂 Thanks for your courage! Maybe try some different Tomatins next time?
I did a side by side blind tasting as well! For me it was easy to pick up the Virgin Oak because it has a very bourbony smell, and that's what I always notice. Nose on 12 is more honeyed and bit more complex I'd say. Tastewise I think I actually prefer Virgin Oak. Blind tastings are very entertaining to watch, and eye-opening for the ones who are in it. This video is a great example! You should do more of these, definitely.
thanks for tuning in!! Well done for getting it right (I'm still a bit sore I didn't 🤣) but the virgin oak is much tastier than I remembered so definitely a worthwhile experiment! We'll definitely do more of these in the future :)
Great idea and I admire anyone who will share a blind tasting video. Thanks for sharing. Now I have permission to be cheap and save $30. How about trying this with Bunna 12 vs Stiuireadir?
At 12.15 I was getting excited :-) But in all fairness what I like is you give us geeks the courage to say what we smell, taste and experience and I love that call it as you try it approach 🙂 Idea for you pimping Whisky eg I have put a BB+ Rudd 12yr Orkney with the standard 12 yr Highland Park and it worked.
Exactly as it should be! There are no wrong tasting notes! Oh I think we might have another highland park we could try this with too actually! Good plan!
"Often the most stupid people are the most certain!" my favourite quote. You are creating a new genre, whisky philosophical humour. Love it !!! I have a friend visiting Scotland, who asked me for a great whisky distillery tour / visitor centre. Any thoughts on that? Or would it be "Deanston", right out of loyalty?
Oh there are so many that's a really hard question! We would obviously say Islay (probably Ardbeg and Bruichladdich in particular) but nearer us we would definitely suggest Lindores Abbey, Glenturret, Edradour and Glengoyne. For proper whisky geekery Hollyrood in Edinburgh is a must although they have no single malt ready they are going lots of cool things with barley. Deanston is great to see around but as far as we know at the moment they aren't doing any production tours, just warehouse tastings. And of course they can pop in and see us in Callander! Hope this helps!
@@TheGrailTastings Great. My friends are already on the way and I suggested Lindores Abbey and Glengoyne. Not bad then! Thanks for your answer. Appreciated.
Throw them both away and drink the 18, it’s my favourite non smokey whisky. 😂 The 12 is also good but not tried the virgin oak. Great review as always.
Ooh that's a good one! We already pitted the 12 and the 15 against each other and tried a few expressions of the 10 CS. Will have to see if we can get hold of another 10 now!
Whisky and feet, whisky and bottoms… is it me, or is there a bit of a bodily theme on this channel? 😊 I do like the virgin oak, but it needs time in the bottle imo. Great blind h2h!
Amazing video. Very funny ! Rachel show us that she's a very good loser. Keep the idea of blind comparison please ! I like so much yours accents and yours "yeeeeee" ! From Paris with love
