Mildly sensual and pushing the limits 🤔. Not bestowing any feelings or judgment btw, besides applauding a linguistic double entendre.

I bought the cadenhead's 12 year Authentic at 55.2%. bit of a punt but again great malt. Bought a second bottle. Its Rory recommended and will be on the look out for higher strength variants.

My drinking stash is currently 60 en 5 open 😝😝😝😝

Zdravo! Kako si! Leskovetz! Slivovitz(A)! Bogdanovic! JOKIC! Krash chocolate! Borek! Whiskey :)!

@@geo5291 Warm greetings from freezing Serbia! :D Although slivovitza is a go to spirit here, I'm definitely on a whisky side :)

. . . you had every right to be disappointed. Not a malt I will be reveiwing.

I found it very one dimensional. Heavy on the Orange notes and not a lot else

Agree it was very poor and thin, I gave the bottle away.

Yes, it's been mentioned numerous times before, usually in passing. You really have nothing to lose and lots to gain if you were to gradually watch all of Ralfy's whisky vlogs from the beginning. It's a treasure trove. Even if you'll never buy those specific bottles he's reviewing, you usually end up learning something relevant or useful.

@@alexk3088 Cheers Alex and thanks for your helpful suggestion.

. . . good investment in smell and taste !

What if you saw it on the shelf - 43 euros with box and 38 euros without? Those things cost US money, not them. Oh, and we pay $80 for Glen Scotia 15 here. All is relative :)

@@alexk3088 That would be cool, give the customer a choice. Than i could keep the box from whiskies i buy more than 1 time, and buy the bottle without the box. But i am already getting kinda sad, seeing alot of whiskies getting more expansive. Gotta keep my tags on good ones that are affordable. Glen Scotia is also going up in price here btw.

@@martinbeen re-reading this now, I bought a Springbank 15 for $100 last year, unbelievable price even then. I can't even find any where I live, so I used to buy while traveling. Haven't bought any whisky in months, though. Just came from vacation, visited a few liquor stores and just walked away. Too expensive.

That’s interesting

I'm interested in this, too! I haven't come across many "metallic" youthful malts, mostly because of being selective due to watching these reviews ;) I did go through a bottle of Glen Moray Peated NAS. I thought it was decent - a simpler peated malt to drink when you don't want to deplete your Islays. Presently I have open bottles of Scapa Skiren and Mortlach Rare Old that wouldn't hurt if this happened to them. Time will tell.

I love the glen grant 15yo!

. . . not this time.

I've never had any of those before, in the United States. But if you can get away with 5 bottles of anything tasty for under $200 these days is a good deal I say.

. . . rather average !

@@user-ky9uc6wm4g thank you so much for always answering, I really rely on you reviews! You do a great job.

Of course not, YOU'RE losing money on it ;)

Oh, and I forgot: It is non-chill-filtered, too. You really got a lot wrong there...

@@MH-mf9ei The 15 y old ist chill-filtered. Don't confuse it with The Murray.

Inconsistency isn't hypocrisy. As for 40% getting a lower score, experience is reliable enough, I don't see anything dishonest there. There are a few malts that are still great at 40%, despite of it, not because of it. Many things are subjective but higher strength is always better. Everyone can reduce in the glass as they prefer.

@@alexk3088 I definitely don't have a problem with your reply. I've been watching ralfy for more than 8 years. I've watched them all multiple times. I've complimented and critiqued his reviews. That's why we watch. I've been tasting and reviewing whiskey for 23 years and somehow have maintained an open mind on them all. Back when ralfy didn't wear pants on his reviews he did NAS and many 40% expressions. Yet refuses to review NAS now... but owns them and drinks them. Personally I enjoy them and out of 1,067 bottles I have they are a huge part of the experience, perhaps you agree? A person "helping" you on your whiskey journey as he claims shouldn't say even before opening a bottle that it's ABV makes it inferior. Hypocrisy is definitely not a "inconsistency when NAS are owned, consumed, purchased and even enjoyed by a man with a platform and followers. As he's beaten his chest about their lack of "integrity" due NAS or ABV.... but enjoying them himself! That hypocrisy.

@@unclenatedrinkswhisky it is not hypocrisy. Hypocrisy means pretending to be one thing while doing another. He does not tell anyone what to do but it's his prerogative what to review. I've even suggested to him to maybe review NAS without scoring them. Either way, it's his choice, I don't see anything hypocritical about it, even if he owns and enjoys them. His goal is to apply certain "pressure" on the producers to be more transparent, I think it's working, too. Having a "platform" and "followers" does not create "duties". Followers should use their own brain. I don't think Ralfy owes me, or any other viewers, anything. So he can't possibly be hypocritical - he simply isn't telling anyone what to do. 40% ABV makes any bottling inferior - to what that same whisky would've been at higher strength. There's just no way to argue about that.

@@alexk3088 lol ok ma'am.

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