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People love Bunnahabhain…but just like you I have not connected with their style. Good thing there’s plenty of others out there to drink! Cheers

I have a bottle of each, and they are both very good. But when I learned that I was going to be a grandfather some time back I rushed to my cabinet and poured a huge dram of Uigeadail. I suppose that makes Uigeadail my winner.

Just had a sample. I also enjoyed the nose more than the palate. Certainly an eye catcher. Thanks for sharing! Cheers!

My local liquor store's website says aged for a minimum of 12 years in oak casks. I don't see that on the manufacturer's website. The bottle design is very tempting, and it isn't particularly expensive, but I will resist.

I try to ignore packaging whenever I can, so nice job breaking the quality of this blend down. Sounds like a cocktail mixer that looks cool on the bar ...

An eye catching bottle for sure that I’ve walked by so many times…. Cheers 🥃

Great review sir❤

No murdering necessary! Loved the video. This is one I haven't reviewed the modern iteration of... clearly I need your friends ;-) Agreed on the apricot, the peach, the sandalwood. Great notes my friend!

This is great…but for entertainment purposes only! Would never splurge on a bottle but would be fun to try at a bar. Maybe as a gag with someone who has no idea. 😂

Overrated

Oh I wish they'd used peat for the sauternes-- peat + sauternes is my jam. I just ordered a bottle though. Thanks for the review!

You really make me want to check out a distillery Sertug! Lowland region is certainly getting exciting, excited to see where it will be in the next few years!

Forgot to say, for the record, French spelling wise, that you don't spell the "z" at the end of the first word, so "nez" should be spelled "né" (close to "nay" but not exactly the same). It's like the "'s" at the end of "Sauternes", you don"t spell it, so you"d rather say "Sautairn". 😉

Nice review, Sertug, I was there in 2018 before the whisky was ready & it is too long story to tell here but I knew the owners prior to their opening of their distillery so was looking forward to this opening...btw, I saw cask one in the tiny warehouse which was cool. For the record, the stills are named "sisters stills" simply to honour the owner's (Drew & Helen) 2 daughters Poppy & Gee. I love the "museum" side of the distillery, being a fan of medieval/renaissance music fine arts & music too, and I guess as you mentioned that the Aquavitae they produce is the closest to what "proto-whisky" was before what it is now...I only have 2 expressions of them, not many are distributed here unfortunately, but I tried that STR release & found it nice. There are some French storepicks ones too, but I have to say I didn't jump on the wagon for all, and one is a bit scary on the paper as it is both Rum & peated casks involved....hit or miss, right ? Anyway an informative video as always, Cheers ! Tip : Next time you (or for your viewers) visit the place, try their pea soup, it's delicious !

Interesting, I didn't know there was an English version of it, but then why keep only the French initial name on the cover ? (for copyright reason I guess?). Anyway Im' seing this box for a long time (as you mentioned it, it is not recent) & didn't decide to buy it, it is expensive & as its a necessarily a chemical recreation, it's a limited experience...Interestingly though, it is not that far from the special kit of 49 flavours (some being placebo ones, mind you) they put in front of you along with a computer to evaluate & train you at specialized hospitals here when you've lost your nosing ability following a virus (not only "cword" mind you) like I did in 2015 (and it did last several months !). They also asking you to try a selection of botanicals every day/week to help & see if it comes back or not. So, yeah indeed, if one can"t afford this, and even if you can, to train your nose, for me nothing replaces a genuine every day experience like you said, everywhere you can (I wrote about this on my website) & to discover new things every year too, travel & discover other countries scents & fruit, etc...Besides, I know Martine Nouet, our biggest whisky writer here (& a fantastic food & whisky pairing expert) along with guys like Serge Valentin, she lives in Islay since more than a decade now & I guess has the best time of her life !

Thanks for the review. Enjoy your opinions. I hope my bottle is awesome and I hope I get the Chichibu in the ballot that I entered.

Thanks for sharing… a lot of interesting blends on the horizon. Cheers 🥃

Nice. Pronounced Ma Cloud.

Nice review. Never seen this one

Glad one of us got to try it! I saw a Glengoyne 50 at the distillery and just looking at the bottle made the time stop.

Some of my picks: Best value C13 Best Distillery Ardnamurchan & Bruichladdich Best “ new” distillery Torabhaig Best Indie G&M Best Single Malt Ardnamurchan cs Agree with you in that I don’t really connect with Bunna cs Enjoyed your take! Cheers 🥃

Glad you didn't end up paying over the odds for this one. I was able to find it at local grocery stores for a little more than the regular release, so maybe that influenced my enjoyment of it!

A friend of mine got one of these from a vineyard which we were able to try out when doing a whiskey tasting. Not every one overlapped, but enough that it was fun to explore!

love the tic-tacs to clear the palate immediately after tasting it!

Yeah, not the best, but rare, the bottle looks good, and it's not going to be disliked as they're blended to be approachable

You definitely should try Ancnoc 24 Sertug, strongly recommended

Blue label is great for someone who doesn’t have a complex whiskey pallet. It’s meant to appeal to the masses. It’s one of the smoothest whiskeys out there. It’s nice for parties, special occasions or makes an awesome gift. It’s not a practical every week whiskey because of the price. If you can find a bottle for 170-180 on sale I would say pick one up. I just picked up a bottle for a holiday gift and the price after tax was 215. I see people saying the price in some states can go for 250 and up. A lot of whiskey people say they would rather have something like a Macallan 12 that goes from 80-120 a bottle. I think Blue Label has a huge cultural significance and was used as a status symbol for a very long time. Johnny Walker is also a brand that a lot of people are familiar with.

Well I’m glad I’ve cured your FOMO 😂 I suppose it’s a good thing because it’s hard to get now, I totally agree with your more muted nose + banana addition though, I think it’s great to mention that because most won’t guess that going in, it surprised me too. I do get a bit of like a papaya note which turns it a little sweeter and more tropical for me which anything tropical I love so I do prefer the proof for that but I’m with you. I don’t think people should overpay trying to track this one down. I think I paid around €45 in cork duty free near release day so the price I was really happy about I’m also interested in the CS but it’s very pricey maybe 120 ish from memory! Great review my friend

Great video brother. Have eyed this off and love the idea / concept, but haven’t pulled the trigger because whilst it’s an invaluable tool, it’s criminally overpriced. So much so that I thought Macallan must have released it 😅 Your suggestion of just buying the herbs and aromas (I.e. a lemon) and smell everything is the way to go. There are also other aroma kits on the market for a fraction of the cost of this.

€300?! holy crap - I'd pay €50 tops.

Awesome posusm. thanks for sharing

I've definitely been there on the tech issue re-record (we had a whole conversation about this on the last roundtable). At least you got a really high quality whisky to re-record ...

Thanks for sharing the stained empty bottle…. Nasty 🤮 Cheers 🥃

I’ve been there 😅 recording for the second time, hopefully it wasn’t a long recording! I did this on one of my buying guides… 55 minute recording, 6 whiskies.. 😂 this sounds like a very poor dram, thanks for the warning!

The price on internet 220 pounds !!

My comment doesn't appear, did RUclips just censored me ?

I'm aware of this whisky's abysmal reputation from Mark's site some time back. People want to try it because it's so awful. Mind you, Jim Beam Devil's Cut has to give it a close run for its money. That's the worst whisky I've ever had.

Interesting. 😂😂😂

Really? i wondered how bad it could be when there is such a thing as black ram.

Worst whisky ever? Worse than even Bell's or William Lawson's?

Have you tried Tamdu Cigar Malt 3?

Nice opportunity you had, Sertug, especially with enough amount & air in the bottle to do several tastings...For the record i don't think that Hibiki 25 yo do exist (only nas several ones, 17 yo, 21 yo, 30 yo & now very recently a quite hefty 40 yo !). I had the chance to try them all (except some nas travel retail/ltd editions & the new 40) now but it took me 25 yo to get to try the 30 yo which is now my favorite of the range, second being the 21 yo (but there is a lot of batch variations) and then the 17 yo & 12 yo (i still have some of the 12 in bottle). It is interesting to see that the Mizunara influence is more easily recognized nowadays, now there are way more releases with it (even trendy as a finish of non Japanese whisky, even some Cognac brands, mind you)..and indeed you have good friends ! Cheers !

Here is another fantastic video! you are great!

I've read elsewhere that the name comes from "three" (san) in reference to Torii;s 3 sons....

Great tips and as I havent been to a big festival like this , it's good you were saying about not drinking every whisky you recieve . Makes alot of sense . I would be overwhelmed with the amount of whisky on display . Also I loved the lanyard glass holder . Great idea

Interesting review of an oddball whisky that I haven’t seen widely discussed. I picked this bottle up a while ago, but I’m not a fan. My tasting notes were fairly similar to yours. Your initial notes of metallic, floral, waxy, big tequila influence were very dominant for me. The tequila influence was just too heavy handed. I like Deanston, but this is one of my least favorite bottles. My local price for this bottle is also nuts. I bought it from a UK retailer for a reasonable price for a 15 year old, but in my US local market it was selling for $220. I guess there must be a market for tequila mixed into whisky. 🥃

Thought I had a good taste buds (love decent food) but who don't 😜 but when I drink whiskey I cannot pick out any flavours really!

Thank you for sharing this experience with us. Your humbleness of being apart of such an unvailing only adds to our pleasure of witnessing this. You treat this whisky with such reverence only enhances the overall experience. May I be so fortunate to have a tasting of a whisky that takes my breath away as this one did you. Cheers!

I had a bottle of Blue Label given to me for my wedding and I loved it. In Canada it now goes for about $330/750ml. I just bought 1.2L of it in Taipei for $250cdn!