Excellent picks!! Edradour and Clynelish probably my favorites on the list. Edradour -Ballechin 8 (a blend of 1 cask of Edradour and 3 casks of Ballechin) is amazing. And the Caledonia too. Glengoine the only one of this list still to try for me. And one suggestion will be Oban. Delicious stuff. Greetings from Argentina!
I believe that Glendronach is inside the Speyside boundary, they just choose to brand their whisky as Highland. Kinda like The Macallan and Glenfarclas.
Edradour is a hard whisky to get into imo , especially those super heavily sherried cask Strength releases. It is not like a standard release of sherried whisky, very complex and not super friendly. I do like it a lot this because it has a lot of nuances.
It's definitely not for the beginner, but once you get there you realise just how amazing it is. You have great taste. My favourite distillery. Cheers.
My only question is why you said top 10 whiskys but made it about the distilleries not specific whiskys? This would be better labeled Top 10 Highland Distilleries, if you see what I mean.
You'd be right but I'll be brutally honest --- the RU-vid algorithm favors the word whiskies over distilleries if you know what I mean. Better traction but with the same knowledge.
Easy mistake with Glendronach! There are few that I have to think about too. While I think there are distinct differences in style between Highland and Speyside there's enough overlap / exceptions between the two that I agree that it's kind of irrelevant! Nice to see love for Balblair. I've long thought of it as one of the unsung heroes of whisky. Even more underrated though, and also on your list: Loch Lomond! Every time I try another one of their expressions I'm pleasantly surprised and it's usually very affordable too. Great picks.
Good list but no Glencadam???🤔. Also Edradour do a peated version ( ballechin) which I like especially the sherry cask matured versions. The Ardbeg was a joke, right 😀. As always an enjoyable video, cheers.
As always nice list but you are deliberately naughty 😜 Ardbeg becomes a Highland. Need to try a few and I think my wife is going to throw me out of the house for my obsession and you are partly to be blamed. As always cheers 🍻
@@MaltActivist I’ll have to watch the other videos. Not got around to it yet. Just got back a few days ago from Campbeltown. The Springbank shop and the Cadenheads shop have plenty of Springbank, Hazelburn and Kilkerran whisky.
@@MaltActivist right, but along with eg, talisker, jura, the SWA class these as highland distilleries. The islands (excluding Islay of course) are not an official whisky reign, but imho its about time the SWA changed this. Cheers.
C'mon man, aren't whisky regions cliche'? I'm not actually driving from one to the next so , it's nice to know the climate but otherwise each distillery can build it's reputation on its own spirit. I'm trying to pay attention so I'll remember the details. I think you should do a list on conglomerate distilleries base on corporate multinational ownership and master blender influence.
