Premium Whisky Advent Calendar 2021 Day 25 - Summary & Leaderboard

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  • Опубликовано: 23 дек 2021
  • Premium Whisky Advent Calendar 2021 Day 25 - Summary & Leaderboard
    Master of Malt / Drinks By the Dram Advent Calendar
    I will add whisky names to the videos in a few days once anyone who is following along doing blinds has had a chance. Until then, here is the order of the drams:
    Glenrothes 18
    JW Blue
    Caol Ila 18
    Teeling 18
    Ledaig 18
    Tamdhu 15
    Gullivers 47
    Glen Scotia 18
    Evans
    Crabbies 15
    Dufftown 18
    Hazelwood 18
    Loch Lomond 18
    Glenfarclas 21
    Perspective 21
    Arran Golden Glass
    Dalmore Cigar Malt
    Jura Tide 21
    Quartermaster 11
    JJ Corry Anfa
    Glenallachie 12
    Balvenie 21
    Talisker 18
    Mortlach 20
    #WhiskyReview #WhiskyTube #WhiskyAdvent #Dramvent #Whisky #WhiskyLock

Комментарии • 22

  • @Ebril
    @Ebril 2 года назад +1

    Watched the whole lot in the last week or so! Thanks for taking us on the journey. Your senses are incredibly practised, I'm jealous. It would be really great if you had a series where you help teach us in more depth: talking about whiskies that you recommend that perhaps undeniably showcase particular flavour notes. If that's even possible.

    • @WhiskyLock
      @WhiskyLock  2 года назад +1

      Thanks Ebril! You probably noticed that I renamed them all last week to contain the dram names and added bottle images to the thumbnails. I thought anyone doing blind tastings at home had probably had enough time. Hope that didn't cause you any problems.
      I have been preparing for a video on how to taste / appreciate whisky. Although that will probably be more beginner orientated. I've also been considering a video introduction on the whisky regions and styles too. The regions are only rough styles with lots of exceptions but I think it would be useful to have examples of each.
      I really don't have any super powers though. A lot of it is just familiarity. Especially once I started to notice a pattern of 18yo Official Bottlings :-) and anything peated gives peat heads like me a serious advantage because that narrows the possibilities down a lot and peat can be quite unique.
      My #1 tip would be to try as many different whiskies as possible. Websites that offer 30ml samples make this cheaper and easier and you have the benefit of being able to take your time in a quiet and nondistracting environment at home.
      As for being able to identify whisky blind, a lot of it is knowing common tells of each whisky region. But there will always be stuff that catches you out. For example, that peated English whisky matured in a quarter cask. And i was pretry sure that the Arran Golden Glass was a Speyside :-) oops...

  • @hanswaldmann2635
    @hanswaldmann2635 2 года назад +1

    Enjoyed the series, thank you!

    • @WhiskyLock
      @WhiskyLock  2 года назад

      Me too. Thanks for joining me Hans!

  • @laurentsteck6086
    @laurentsteck6086 2 года назад +1

    Thank you for that journey. Merry Christmas

    • @WhiskyLock
      @WhiskyLock  2 года назад

      It's been a fun one. Looking forward to next year already. Merry Christmas 😀

  • @Gwhisky
    @Gwhisky 2 года назад +1

    This series was a fun watch! Merry Christmas! 🎄

    • @WhiskyLock
      @WhiskyLock  2 года назад +1

      Thanks Geoff! A Merry Christmas to you and yours too.
      BTW, fantastic work picking out that Blue Raspberry sweets tasting note on the Quinta Ruban. Takes me right back 🙂

  • @Dmitriy_Izhevsk
    @Dmitriy_Izhevsk 2 года назад +1

    👍🏻

  • @jeffmill999
    @jeffmill999 2 года назад +1

    Merry Christmas and Happy New Year..
    Great summation.

    • @WhiskyLock
      @WhiskyLock  2 года назад +1

      Thanks for joining me and all the great comments. Hope you're having a great Christmas.

  • @PaleMischief
    @PaleMischief 2 года назад +1

    🥃🎄🎅

  • @francisrooney109
    @francisrooney109 2 года назад +1

    Shame it had to end. It's been a surprisingly fun ride. Thanks for sharing and Merry Christmas.

    • @WhiskyLock
      @WhiskyLock  2 года назад +1

      Yes it's been a fun and novel experience for me too doing 24 blind drams. Thanks for joining me!

  • @justwhisky
    @justwhisky 2 года назад +1

    We share the same sentiment about Glen Scotia….. so far.
    Impressive work on the calendar and wrap up summary.
    Merry Christmas 🎄
    Cheers🥃

    • @WhiskyLock
      @WhiskyLock  2 года назад

      I think like Jura they are a great distillery with a bit of an identity crisis. Good potential.
      Thanks and Merry Christmas John 🎄

  • @ritchmouse4180
    @ritchmouse4180 2 года назад +2

    Love your analytical approach. Shame the advent series is over. Merry Christmas!!

    • @WhiskyLock
      @WhiskyLock  2 года назад

      Until next year 😉 the blind format was a fun new twist that I'll miss. Hope you have a great Christmas.

  • @jackthepickledhound
    @jackthepickledhound 2 года назад +1

    I think you're right, I am grateful for craft presented whisky. It allows me to sift through the many bottles at the shop shelves without making regretful purchases.
    Avoiding most Diageo products is tough on Clynelish and Talisker. But Tobermory is the worst. Great whisky but why???? They don't color the Bunnahabham.
    I feel like I'm being pushed towards independent bottlers for a better chance of satisfaction, I see some 40-43%.

    • @WhiskyLock
      @WhiskyLock  2 года назад

      We should absolutely be grateful for craft distilleries and even more grateful for distilleries that make it clear on the label so we don't have to guess and go searching online.

    • @jackthepickledhound
      @jackthepickledhound 2 года назад +1

      @@WhiskyLock my problem is that from an American perspective we have no coloring and very little chill filtration. We have "craft distillation" that is code word for poor tasting whisky due to lack of experience.
      Brand new 3 year old scotch tastes better. Even though most new scotch distilleries are presenting well.
      I think the ABV for me is the deal breaker. At 43 people have to rave about in the community, like "Lot 40" rye. But a 40% like Dalmore---it may "taste like pumpkin pie" but I'm never going to buy myself a bottle. But as a gift????
      I am also grateful for your effort, as a reviewer you have to try them all so I don't have to.

    • @WhiskyLock
      @WhiskyLock  2 года назад

      @@jackthepickledhound very interesting points. I think American Whiskey with its different production process and regulations faces a different set of problems to Scotch and most world whisky that generally takes inspiration from Scotch. Frustratingly, poor quality Scotch is often a result of self sabotage 😕