Merry Christmas Daniel. May your focus be on the good stuff this holiday season. May your loved ones be close at hand and even closer at heart.

Whiskey math is totally a thing. I loved scotch but the stories is what made me truly fall in love with scotch. Also Glencadem is truly one of my favorite scotches and one of the first things I ever tried in the vault when I did a mini tasting with Andrew Harrison back in 2018. Cheers

Learned more about whisky in this 10min video than combined in the last +100 Whisky Tribe videos

Balmenach was at one time bottled under the brand name Deerstalker. The 18 was my dad's favorite whisky. When he passed, I kept his last bottle. I added some of it to my infinity bottle. That way, there will always be some remaining, even if it is the most miniscule amount. Thanks for sharing the history. Cheers and Happy New Year.

I'm finding myself coming for the stories as much (if not more so) than the whiskies, and that's not a bad thing. Excellent story. According to the Malt Whisky Yearbook 2024 (a whisky nerd must-read), Balmenach is owned by Inver House Distillers (part of the international wing of ThaiBev) and while it's not released as a single malt, a company named Aberko releases Balmenach 12 YO under the name Deerstalker.

As I sit here on Christmas Eve afternoon catching up on your videos, I find myself smiling and very much engrossed in the conversation with you. I like this. Now, I loved the shenanigans with Rex and the whiskey show that wasn't about whiskey 😂, but I feel kind of closer to you like this. Not in a creepy way. But more like we are standing in that library surrounded by the musty smell of books and oak drinking and talking about whiskey. Thank you for what you do my friend and I hope you have a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year. -Jeff Bayer, The Colorado Whiskey Guy

Merry Christmas to Whiskey Vault and all. Love your stories

Merry Christmas to all. Truly enjoying the stories. Feels like Daniel is in my den.

Happy Christmas Daniel. I honestly look forward to your stories every week now....and theres a new Whisky for us every time in the middle. Excellent work and keep it coming. Long may it last. Cheers dude

Hi Daniel, me again, just wanted to show some appreciation for you replying to my comment the other day, thanks buddy, very nice of you and big love from the UK

Merry Christmas to you and the Whiskey Vault Community

Good morning you MB'S... 🥃 Merry Christmas to one and all... 🎅🤶☃️⛄️❄️🎁

Really loving the new direction, great work! BTW my latest “whiskey math” was getting Old Forester 1910 and Glenlivet 15 since I was also getting Oban 18 & Lagavulin 16. And the price of the 1910 & Glenlivet was less than the Oban 18 so I mean, that’s a good deal. Right?

Merry Christmas Daniel and all of you whiskey folks! Have a really joy & peaceful Christmas!🎄 Slainte 🥃🥃

This was an amazing video. Great story and well-told, Daniel. Makes me want to go find some Glecadam. Happy Holidays to all the MBs. May we all be surrounded by loved ones, great food and spirits. 🥃

Oh I love this story, many thanks 👌🥃

Merry Christmas Daniel. All the best to you and your family, including the less refined on the the "other side" of the property!

I’m loving this new story/review format Daniel! Brilliant!

Merry Christmas Daniel. May you and your family be blessed this holiday season and the upcoming year. Cheers! 🥃

I am really enjoying these stories! Merry Christmas and a Very Happy New Year !!

Merry Christmas, glad to be there.

Merry Xmas. Great whisky is even better with friends and family!!!

I feel very much akin with you Daniel knowing you've read the same smuggling stories I have! Sir Robert Bruce Lockhart's book is a great read for some of those!

Merry Christmas, and may the New Year bring many a new bottle to review! Cheers!

Love your stories,thank you so much!

Fantastic as always. I love the new style of videos. Especially when here's lots of whisky nerd stuff.

Glencadam is fantastic. Subtle like a lowlander but so dense. Bottle needs a lot of air for it to open up properly.

All the way from Brechin Scotland

Maybe one day they will allow “affordable” distillers licenses here in the States! Merry Christmas Daniel and all the Whiskey Tribe!

Glencadam 21 is a heavenly nectar.

These are two of my favorite distilleries! Thanks for this video!

Merry Christmas, Daniel!

Merry Chistmas and Happy New Year Daniel.

Thanks for the video 🥃

Whiskey math is real. Happy Christmas to you as well.

Happy holidays

Merry Christmas Daniel 🎄

Happy Christmas

Awesome video

Happy Christmas, Daniel. God bless ye, Merry Gentlemen.

Merry Christmas to you and yours.

Love that story. The merriest to you all.

Have a good Christmas time, too, Daniel!

Love Glencadam. The 25 is fantastic

Happy Christmas Daniel 😊 thanks for the video.

Welcome all Whiskey Vaulters to Story Time with Daniel!

The problem that I have with this story of Balmenach is that peaches were incredible rare in Scotland, especially in the 1800s. You’d likely have to be a pretty industrious farmer to grow peaches in that climate (as far north as Speyside!?!) or have wealth enough to own an enclosed garden or greenhouse. If someone told an excise man that they had a peach shed, it’d prompt a load of questions and amazement that there were peaches on the property. This story feels more appropriate to a Georgian moonshiner or some bourbon distillery’s history, rather than a Scotch story. Might this be another tall tale that whisky marketers love to spin?

Merry Christmas to you and yours

Happy Holidays to you and yours 🌲🎁 cheers 🥃

Love the new educational direction! You're a great teacher!!! Why do some whiskeys use corks over caps? Is it just preference? Is there an advantage or disadvantage?

*As far as I'm concerned, a moonshiner is a hero and a revenuer is a skunk.* 5:04 It almost sounds like you're describing ambrosia. 🙂

Merry Christmas mate I'll be drinking bunnahabhain Aonadh 10 Year Old Cask Strength

👍🏼🥃 cheers

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There’s two kinds of whiskey maths-the logic used to evaluate value…and the maths you try to calculate after having a few.

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Are we still doing this ? FIRST

Slaïnte 🥃

Sorry, every time you say "peat sheds" I hear "peach heads".

Question I enjoy drinking highland park 18 alot or I drink captain with my friend since that what she enjoys is there a whiskey that is spiced or flavored like a captain rum or is that specific to rum?