Thank you for having me Phil! 🙌

Great session Phil and Roy. My wife has a 30 second rule when I start to talk about scotch in mixed company. After 30 seconds she gives me a head tilt that indicates that I have said enough. Fortunately we to spend time with enough people who share my passion for the nector of the gods so I usually can yarn on a little longer!

Watching this prior to OSWA nominations. Great convo, cheers ;)

Great guest and great show

Great stream! Well done. Cheers

Great work Phil. Enjoyed that. Simply being able to have a dram at the same time was great. I kept having to remind myself that Roy was live.

I am so JACKED UP for this year's OSWAs!!! Great video. Loved watching you, Phil, and Roy. Cheers!

Great conversation! Sad I wasn’t up early here in the US to catch it live.

A most enjoyable hour and 23 minutes. You both compliment each other perfectly. I look forward to more content like this. You managed the structure of the planned talking points really well and I feel that this brought out the best in Roy.

Hi Phil, good to see you and Roy together 👍. Caught the replay Friday. Slàinte to you both.

Thanks First Phil Whisky for provaiding in whisky world of ABC. Slanth math or Na zdrowie in Polish language. Cezary The FLY Mucha

I hope Master of Malt get an nomination in the independent bottling category!!🙂

Gday from Perth WA lm new to whiskey drinking and to your channel and lm really enjoying learning about whiskey and the craft. I'm pretty sensitive to some taste. Starward whiskey is very nice. I like Glenmorangie original. Tried and didn't like 963 . I'm learning and loving it ❤ Thanks for your great talks 😊

God damn I love that beat Phil 🔥

Very cool conversation! always a delight!

Phil, I do agree that an award for the best distillery experience is not within the parameters of the OSWAs, which should be all about the best Scotch Whisky one can buy (as the name implies). And to that point, there is a whole category of the market which is being ignored and another category which has been completely mislabelled (IMHO)! I am a huge fan of the OSWAs and will go so far as to say that I truly believe that they are the only genuinely informed and trustworthy Scotch Whisky Awards in the entire industry. Many distilleries and professionals within the Scotch Whisky industry seem to agree with me. However, (yes, here it comes...) there is in my opinion, a major floor in the OSWAs which encourages damaging accusations of snobbishness upon the organisers and claims of ignoring the real world. The OSWAs should be all about celebrating the wonderful world of Scotch Whisky. An opportunity to highlight the best Scotch Whiskies one can buy. And to this point, there is a whole category of the market which is being ignored and another OSWAs category which has been completely mislabelled (IMHO)! I'm talking about the so called "Entry Level Single Malt" Category! I'm sorry Roy and Ralfy, but in the real world, there is no way that Ardbeg 10, Arran 10, Bunnahabhain 12, Deanston 12, Highland Park 12 (expressions chosen for nominations in 2021/2)... are Entry level single malts! They are simply too expensive for most first-time newbies. There is, as we all know, a whole group of genuine Single Malt Whiskies on the shelves which are considerably cheaper. Glen Moray Classic, Glen Moray 12, Glen Moray First-Fill, Auchentoshan American Oak, Arran Barrel Reserve, Deanston Virgin Oak, Glencadam American Oak Reserve, Glenfiddich 12, Glenfiddich 12 American Oak, Glenmorangie 10 Original, Tomatin Legacy, Tomintoul 10, Loch Lomond Original, Bowmore No.1 etc, are just some examples of real genuine Single Malt Scotch Whisky all under £30 in most markets around the world, and its from this group which newbies will be choosing from. OK, so most of them are bottled at legal minimum 40% abv, most but not all are Chill Filtered and not natural Colour. BUT they are the Single Malt Scotch whiskies that real people actually buy as their first Entry Level gateway bottles. Why does the OSWAs ignore them as if they didn't exist? Admittedly, some are awful but others are actually highly drinkable whiskies, delicious straight from the bottle and very well balanced. My personal favourites are Deanston Virgin Oak, Arran Barrel Reserve, Glencadam American Oak and Glenfiddich 12 American Oak. All very competent and worthy of recognition as making a positive contribution to the Single Malt Whisky market. Mislabelling this category with whiskies which are clearly NOT Entry Level and failure to include the true gateway Single Malts was a major floor in the OSWAs. It's a situation which should, IMHO have been addressed. So, what happened? In 2022 they scrapped the whole category and replaced it with "Best Value Whisky". This still has the effect of ignoring this whole section of budget level Single Malts and actually compounds the problem by including into the category, objectively premium price level Single Malts which are nevertheless considered "value for money". The OSWAs should not be just for the advanced enthusiast. It should also be there to inform the Newbies as to what the best entry level / gateway Single Malts are out there. We owe it to them. After all, we were all newbies at some point. The solution? To re-establish the Entry Level category but only include those expressions which are truly gateway affordable Single Malt whiskies.

Great information, really exited about the OSWA, I'm enjoying a lot this new journey, muchas Gracias Roy, Phil🤘🤘🤘

Very cool Phil! Really enjoying your livestreams you have been having recently with all the guest KZfaqrs. Cheers

As a Melburnian, Tassie Whisky is really good. It’s worth a trip there from NZ. But it is strange that our stock isn’t really found over with you, just like it’s pretty tough to get NZ whisky here.

This collaboration is Music to my ears.😍

Good to see two of my favourite malt men working together!

Thanks for this great stream!

"And the craic was good". Great stuff Gents.

"It's not whisky until it is shared." Thanks, all. I'll be casting my votes in the OSWAs.

Great content. Keep it up Phil

I am actually at work now, got some time to watch during my lunchbreak :)

Hey nice to catch this stream. Glenn in Tasmania

Great stream. ❤ gonna be my 1st vote on oswas

I would love to see a category that recognizes just your favorite of the year no value considered. Just the best liquid.

Like the New Zealand Wine, the New Zealand whisky is much less expensiv in Germany then in New Zealand. And the sheep meat ist the same.🤔

It really bugs me with the angry look on the icon start-up page. Why so angry Phil?

Phil is just getting his legs in long format discussions. I thought he should have asked more questions than preached on basic things

Corrupt!!!! 😂😂😂

Whisky awards?? Should a fukcin trigger warning haha

Excellent video. If possible do a video with daniel whittington.