Definitely dream drams.

Nice blind! I’m trying to get into rye myself, so this is was very helpful. I did manage to get the newest Sons of Vancouver Palm Trees release so I’m glad I made a good choice 😅 Cheers, Rob!

a big liquor store retailer is offering this Batch 8 GlenAllachie 10 year for $90 USD. I think I may spring for it now.

I also preferred batch 2. Epic stuff

Ah man what a tasting! Not one but but two Benromach 40s! I'll be at the distillery next week for 3 days so I'm hoping maybe I'll get a whiff of it 😃 Cheers Rob 🥃

Dream dram here, at least one of them

The way you end every video with your little "follow me" speech, is absolutely insufferable.

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That was a good tasting, too bad you couldn't do it live. I actually liked both of these quite a bit, the touch of sulphur/matchstick didn't bother me on batch 1. Hard to mark this kind of stuff when it's soooooo far out of my price-range😅 The Whisky Rant cask was great, too, and much better value, but had stiff competition in that particular lineup. Great review Rob.

Second comment. I hear that folk are going on strike in the good old LCBO whisky shops in your patch. How do you feel about that and do you support the workers? WT

Lots of noisy lip smacking!! I’m all for the 2!

Excellent review Rob. I'm a huge Benromach fan and have had many rare bottlings but this age is, alas, out of my price range. It's such an age that it's obviously before the modern version of Benromach. I want to say how I'm completely in tune with your new scoring system. I'm way tougher with points now but that's not to say that a whisky which is below 90 isn't any good. 90 is a bench mark for exceptional high end but we all love whisky that is 'merely' very good.

No hockey-pucking way ! Wad up , Teach, u broke the tube with this Benro40 thang . . . (( at 5k CAD, i have been eye-ing it for 2 years. . .))

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As an Albertan who is subject to buying liquor from huge corporations, I wish I could support the LCBO strike. I'd rather support the old ALCB than Galen fucking Weston or Jimmy Pattison or the Sobeys family. Cheers guys!

The Ardbeg 10 is still quite cheap in China, but the 8 YO is sold at a ridiculous price!

You taught me and my sister in elementary!! So cool!

Thanks for the review Rob! I was just off-grid for a week, so this is a nice surprise to get back to. Both of these sound like great value buys, I will look for a sale if possible. You should also try the Triple Distilled & Organic from the Contrasts Series, they are under the radar and quite delicious. Cheers buddy.

Great rant, guys. I have to agree on the loss of nose on outdoor drams. Just came back from a week camping, and none of my drams tasted quite the same. For 8 year peated: there's the Port Askaig 8yr that's great value, as well as some of the Elements of Islay bottlings (now discontinued) that were around that age and pretty tasty. Cheers guys!

Great video guys, thanks again for the support.

Alberta Premium Cask Strength!! I have Sons of Vancouver - Realms!! Fabulous!!! I get what it's like with kids and family!! 🙂

So, I assume you know this, but rye as a distilled grain is unusual for actually being better when young and sharp/bright. Barley and other grains used to make scotch do better over time. I think this may be why 100% ryes tend to get blended with other things when aged for longer than 10 years. I see your point, but I actually quite like Dark Horse for what it is. I think the issue there is the nature of how 100% rye acts, especially in a virgin oak barrel. But this is also why Alberta Premium kind of shines in its cheaper younger form as a very bright sharp affordable whisky for the Canadian working class - either on the rocks or neat.

Nice comparison guys. I checked the LCBO website and it doesn't show up but will pick it up when it does. I did have the Basil Hayden Dark Rye that also had Port blended it. Did not like that! Hopefully the Lot40 does not disappoint. Thanks again.

you missed Lot 40 Dark Oak...and Lot 40 Cask Strength!

Nice lineup, have still not warmed up to the Lot 40 Port cask, will try it again. The SoV bottles are just too expensive and the Last Straw is a no brainer purchase IMO. Gretzky rye, meh

Might have to get a bottle of Last Straw, it would be interesting to compare it to the Jack Daniels SBBP Rye I just picked up.

I'll never stop Rob....I'll never stop...

Hell yeah Rob, I have them both but haven't tried either of them, now very excited to! Cheers dude!

Nice comparison! I have been curious about these. It’s a neat experiment and I’m glad Benromach went to the trouble for us. Cheers, Rob!

Why does Diageo hate free speech? Why do you want to sensor consevative voices?

I've never had a Kilchoman that blew me away; they're always just "meh".

Look at that color!

I think usually naturally air dried are gonna be dried outside for about 2-3 years sometimes more and some less 🤓

Rob, you've got the bottles switched sides from the boxes--see the shades of the blues, and the word air can just be viewed on our right/your left, and the word kiln on your right/our left. I guess one could call this a double-blind tasting.😉 Did your pours match the boxes or the bottles?🤔 There's I think only 1 shop in all nz that has these whiskies, ~C$102, which I thought was a bit steep when I had a wee taste or them. I think Benromach makes fantastic whisky, but whereas their 15 used to be one of the best-priced in the market (here) it's now very much middle of the pack and no bargain. A pity.

Fast forward to 2024 and it has almost tripled in price, absurd.

I picked these both up a couple months ago. I prefer the air dried, it’s a little fruitier and just better flavors for me. I plan on getting a backup.

Great idea for a head to head guys! I don't get the fascination with the Lagavulin 8, I think it's really harsh, possibly a rushed job and just not enjoyable. Similar thoughts go for the Kilkerran as well 😬 Maybe I just don't enjoy 8 year old whiskies 🤷‍♀ My lineup would be Ardbeg, Talisker, Laga and Kilkerran. Cheers fellas 🥃 Ps. the struggle of just standing infront of your bar trying to decide what to have is so real! Nonetheless, it's a good problem to have 😅

YOOOOOO THIS WAS THE JOINT!!!! IT WAS SO GOOD!!! Whish I still had it.

You boys should join up with the Uncut Unfiltered boys ….that would be a fun watch 👍🏼

Hello guys , I agree. I have a couple of these bottles, ardbeg 5 and lagavulin 8 very different, but each is great for me.

2024 can’t find Arran 18

The Kilkerran probably wins! The Lag 8 doesn’t come close to the 16!

Meikle - not so spectacular! Hey we all have our preferences!

37:00 call me crazy, but while iv never had the fortune to try the 6.3 octamore, the best peated scotch ive ever had, hands down, better than the best Lagavulin 12 (which ive had many), snd better than even the Springbang 12, is .. drum roll..... the Ledaig Bordeux 9! Wish I bought a case back when it was available.

Redbreast Lustau is oloroso, made from a mixture of bourbon and sherry barrels between 9 and 12 years old, with a further 1 yr maturation in first fill oloroso casks from the lustau bodega.

I think to solve the peat blindness you really need to compare something you would consider heavily peated vs the ultra peated dram. I opened my hypernova recently "150-170 ppm" and was like you puzzled. I felt wow it's smoky but not that smoky. Opened my uigeadail and gave that a quick smell as an A-B. Brown sugar candy sweetness, zero peat. It turns all other Islay peated bottles into candy. Went up and down the collection popping corks and contrasting against the hypernova. All sweetness.

Abolish the LCBO, privatize now. I don't want liquor in grocery stores, have private establishments that sell. The Alberta model is the best way. That said go to younger peated whisky I mean I'll include nas because who really knows what the age is, gotta say laphroaig quarter cask, and I'll put heavy vapours committee release up as well. I love the funky lactic vibe it has. Wish I picked up 2 bottles. Can't go wrong with a young kilchoman as well.

Great video guys, Hey Rob, just got my hands on a 1983 Linkwood by Samaroli. Let me know if you and Jeremy would be interested in reviewing the bottle. I’d be happy to lend it to the channel. Would love to see a vintage whisky drink through. Including Jeremy’s red label. Btw put on some Sun screen! You’re burnt 😂

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The Turbo is the only new Glenallachie I've tried and it was absolutely fantastic, I'm not sure how it would do against Octomore but someone needs to do it. Cheers! Out of these 8 year Olds I've only tried the Kilkerran and I love that one. Next one I'd pick to try is the Talisker. Lagavulin is really good for sure but I'd go for the other ones just for the novelty