Ralfy's comment about leaving the bar reminds me of the joke; it's a 10 minute walk from my home to the bar, but it's a 30 minute walk from the bar to my home. The difference is staggering.
Hi Ralfy, thanks for sharing your wonderful stories with us. They are so heart warming. You make me feel nostalgic now, too. Cheerio and a hug from a whisky and pat-pal in Germany
Hello Ralfy, fortunatly i started whith Whisky in the early 2000s. My Uncle was already into it for a few decades and at Familymeetings (Christmas, Birthdaypartys and Stuff like that) he was always searching for somebody to share a (few) Dram(s) with. Nobody in my Family wanted to, because they all drank only Beer, Wine and Obstler (white Spirit made of Fruits). So i tried it when i was old enough for it and he started a Conversation (at the Beginning it was more of a Monoloque😅) about Whisky and told me Things. He became my Malt-Teacher. From that Point in Time we where always very happy to meet and talk with a few Drams, while the others are looking at us and making some Jokes about this Snobby Suffistitcated Master and his Malt-Padavan😂. He kind of guided my first steps into Malt-Whisky and showed me the Spectrum of Flavours and Aromas and Tastes a Malt can offer and gifted my first ever Bottles for Collection. I'm very Thankful to him for keeping me at the good Side of Booze😅. We still meet every Year and showing off a bit with our Catches of the Year and enjoying the others Company while having some Drams and Conversation until the late Night goes by and the new Day starts. Probably all i wanted to say is that my Friends which are relatively new to Whisky, dont know the old Styles of Malts and getting kind of high at medium quality Bottlings because they never had the Chance to Compare it with real Good Stuff. Thanks for educating the Community here on YT Ralfy. 👍
Ralfy, when I was a wee lad we drank water from a garden hose in the yard. Today people are spending $3 on water in a recycled plastic bottle. So it’s no surprise people today are willing to go tits high in debt to buy whisky.
When I first started buying Bunnahabhain 12 in 2011, it was only $37. Now without a coupon or a sale, it's $65. Luckily, I have enough on hand that only buy with a sale or a coupon.
When I was in Dunoon in the late 80’s working on submarines in Holy Loch, local bars were serving a fifth of a gil. On the way home In London I was surprised at bars serving a sixth of a gil. Thanks for the reference, brings back memories.
I was able to have a tasting at the distillery and had the really amazing 30 and 40 years old versions as well. They were really great, but 40 times better than the 12 year old? The price for older version are crazy. Okay an 40 year old needs to be 3,3 times more expensive for the warehouse work and a bit additional for the capital cost, but when I see older malts at 4000 or even 10000 I can only shake my head.
I have been into whisky for just a short time. Ive started to fall down the rabbit hole of the ‘permutations’. I do appreciate these words of wisdom! Thank you Ralfy.
Great words well spoken I remember back in the eighties when I turned 18 my dad bought me a bottle of Teachers Highland Cream I couldn't stand it but we would drink a glass on High days and holidays till he left us in 1992 and I have drunk many better bottles than that but none have ever been sweeter.A great bottle gives us a sense of time and place and thats something that is personal to us all and to which I will b forever grateful
Nice one Ralfy and your spot on about so many people collecting things that will turn out to be pretty worthless as they just dont come with any value from history or rarity. 👍🇬🇧
I have such a lovely collection of fantastic malts now that I feel happy pulling away from buying new bottles. I feel like I've tried every distillery that interests me and a wide variety of cask influences.... I'll now wait until I next visit a distillery and pick up something special then
I may start listening to these videos before sleep. Like a lovely bed time story. Love it P.s. birthday bottle.... May have to be a cask strength 10yr old Laphroaig...i was thinking 25 year old to celebrate, but will it really be that much nicer? I'm not convinced You are right about watches. I got into several thousand pound debt buying an Omega Speedmaster watch to then sell it at a loss...i did that a few times over the years.... so it has been a lesson... not getting into debt for luxury again.... need to not get swept up by hype Going back to whisky, current shelf of mine is worth just over £200 and is more than i need: Ledaig 10, Springbank 10, Arran 10, Ardnamurchan AD and Ardbeg Uigeadail
It takes a lot for me to commit to buying a bottle of scotch these days. The over-inflated prices demanded, even for 10 or 12 year-old scotches, is usually more than I’m willing to spend. For the distributers, cask strength can be written as ca$k $trength, since it appears moving to cask strength makes that malt an expensive collectable , flavour notwithstanding. Fortunately, I made most of my purchases prior to 2010, so my collection contains many quality gems I could never afford now.
a lot of luxury goods, small $ purchases, are used to convey social status. And bourbon particularly has taken on a dominant role. I saw this with cigars back in the late 90s. We have an oversaturation situation with hard liquor and in particular, bourbon. Hunting scotch Ive been looking for old inventory to get the lower price. Found glenrothes 12 for 48 instead of 57 in a country store. The scotch industry, which is not in favor with the general population, has tried to compete with these many variations. They should be focusing on quality and competitive pricing. Bourbon drinkers dont know scotch and the bourbon flavor spectrum is narrow. I fully agree with your assessment.
When you can't get to the spirit character past the finishes and variations and you can't descern which distillery it comes from - does it make the point of actually having a single malt moot? Perhaps thats the key these days. Thanks once again Ralfy!
I agree, I personally am not a fan of the “finishes” fad in scotch. They tend to either be worse than the standard or the finish blows away the profile. I also feel it’s an excuse to cover bad primary maturation, which is more and more common as well. Not to mention the price premium they ask for a few weeks in some random damp cask.
I love cask finished whiskys, personally. They don't always work, but when they do, they can be exceptional. Nothing wrong with experimenting with different cask finishes. It prevents the industry from becoming stagnant.
What surprises me is the availability of all these varieties (official AND independent), without them being limited editions... sure, some are more expensive or rarer than others, but in general Bunnahabhain is, shall we say, accessible. I have no knowledge of the size and capacity of the distillery, but they must be producing rather a lot of whisky in order to offer such a selection. And I do agree with you, Ralfy: I usually start with the basic, ubiquitous bottlings, to establish a baseline, so to speak. Slowly (I, like I am sure many others, are not made of money. I also like to spend time with a bottle. Makes sense, right?), but I agree that it is the safest way.
"Avoiding stress...": I am in constant search of that. "Drinking malt whisky sensibly...": That I have been doing, however my experience has been far more limited than it should have been. But, thankfully, this is something that can be remedied. On to the rest of the video.
I think the word is ‘recondite’ - which basically we chase after what we assume to be little-known /exclusive products, places, components etc. in many ways it’s reinforced by the drive towards the ‘non-product’ , of which our phones, televisions etc. are excellent examples. And then along comes Whisky , a Godsend in every sense.
Yes, it is good advice to first get to know the standard version of a Whisky. At some point, it is a choice, though, whether you are out for recognizing a whisky or drinking something you know - or whether you are out for new taste-experiences! So, those permutations have a reason of existence outside of pure fashion and commercialism. Most of them, anyway. PS: I'm speaking as someone who buys Whisky to taste it, not as an investment to get money.
as far as I remember, it was Bruichladdich who started this fancy Shein business model. The Single Malt, already fractioned to Single Cask, might be further fractioned to Single Jingle. Thanks for pronouncing "Zeitgeist" to me 😇
It is a great time to shop luxury goods but also wants vs needs. Bought a citizen eco diver 46% off retail. Not a seiko but a great quartz diver I can wear everyday. A lot of liquidation going of inventory thst was produced for a demand that wasnt there or has been priced out due to the inflation of needs ie energy. Cheers
Hi Ralfy, today I bought a bottle of Kilchoman Sanaig, adding to an unopened Kilcerran, Ardbeg and Tamnavulin, with some residual Tomatin for my first born son is coming back from South Africa imminently and with my youngest son coming round I know the whiskies will be hit. Nick from York
As far as the decline of (most) standard bottlings tied to bigger corporations is concerned, it's not only the lesser quality of casks contributing, these are at the end of a production chain. I've had a long conversation about the contributing factors with two malt mates lately, and we all agreed upon the fact that not only did the calibre of maturation decline, but also it's the quality of the spirit that has diminished in a lot of cases. From grain varieties with less protein, fat and fibre to beef up starch percentages, to genetically engineered yeasts that don't produce the same flavours/aromas as the old ones but can work almost twice as fast, as well as cutting down fermentation times as much as possible, which isn't helping to produce a characterful spirit as well, all of that to keep those stills running 24/7, whenever possible. I mean, what do we expect if everything in the production process is sacrificed to maximum yield, i.e. the goal to produce as much ethanol as possible?! Just to have 15+ versions of one malt at a time, most of them being of questionable quality?! I think that everyone seriously into whisky is aware of the fact that "top dressing", the contribution of (sometimes _way_ ) older casks into a vatting of a batch older than the actual age statement of the bottle has been a thing of the past for years now. Hopefully the smaller independent distillers learn from this and handle matters quite a bit differently.
Well outlined - I was just in buying some bottles and had the Port Charlotte Islay Barley 2013 and the Arran QC Bothy on my list - before clicking the buy button I asked myself, if I knew the brands really and then ended with the PC 10 and the Arran 10 LOL After that I saw your video - Perfect! 🙂
I remember,growing up in rural Scotland, most households might have one bottle sitting in a cupboard for a year or two for special occasions. Bigger market now, and lots of hype and hard selling.
It’s sad to say but not only prices are going up constantly, quality is dropping at the same rate with exceptions of few distilleries that almost nobody can get his hands on them. I’ve noticed this trend is turning people to either quit their journey or look for alternatives
Ralfy, now that you’re doing NAS reviews again maybe a re-review of Spice Tree? I tried a bottle recently because it came with a set of glasses but was pleasantly surprised with the contents of the bottle. Curious how you feel it changed since your last review.
I've tried some of those artisan vodkas (while visiting Baltic countries). In FSU (former soviet union) countries it was referred to a "samogon" (home made moonshine). These varied quite a bit from inferior methanolic and oily substances to genuinely nice drinking stiff alcoholic adult beverages. It's really what they call in English - "to each his own". I taste the difference. I have a hard time justifying the pay gap. I'd personally rather pay for private whisky bottlings - the differences are more significant and much more pleasantly tasting IMHO.
The reason people used to, and may still do, knock back whisky in a couple of gulps is that it was/is cheap nasty blended and much the same as medicine, the quicker it bypassed the tastebuds the better!
well....I agree with having a variety of age choices....and the choice between peated or not...and also cask strength bunnahabhain.....so only having one choice seems very limiting...
Agreed Ralfy re spoiled for choice. However I also believe the quality of the vast majority of our choices is diminishing quickly. It’s like we’re increasingly given a choice between potassium cyanide, hemlock and leaded water. Of course good choices always exist if one has the money to spend. But then you have to decide whether the quality matches the higher price, sometimes it doesn’t. Indeed we’ve been in an age of easy debt for ages. Ever since the US dollar was disconnected from gold in 1971, beginning the spiral of all currencies. Obscene money printing has exacerbated problems, it’s solved nothing, just recently First Republic Bank in the US has collapsed in the past day or two, the second largest banking failure in US history, just so its corpse can be handed over to JP Morgan. And vultures always like corpses. But what’s debt to us is actual money to these banks. Imagine having a “deposit” in your bank account ledger but in reality it’s merely a debt that someone owes you but hasn’t paid yet. An “IOU” from them, but in your account it's a finalized deposit. Crazy right? But that’s actually how banks work. On blended whisky, I’ve seen some accolades being handed out to Seven Sons 8-year and Maclean’s Nose, the latter of which is allegedly 80% malt (per Roy Duff). I think both are NCF. If one of them make my way here to NC USA, I’ll pick it up (prices notwithstanding).
Spot on regarding banks and currency. Better to invest in hard assets, assets that will maintain their value than to "give" your money to the banks and also get taxed at the inflation rate.
As you said about SNS..... I think you might affect weeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee bit on the price, I assume........ You are a big guy on whisky reviews(please do not deny my statement). My point is that... regardless of your speech, people might be affected by your reviews, and those products have the potential for hype. That could be my pessimistic view of the whisky scene. Yet, I agree with your opinion that people should stop invest recently launched whiskeys, especially.... you know... Unless it wasn't a historical one... Well...... I am still dreaming about tasting 1920~1930's blended scotch...
Sad to say I’m stepping back from Single Malt , disingenuous marketing , outrageous pricing, multiplicity of special bottling I just feel the Whisky Trade is tearing the arse out of the job. Rye, American Whiskey, Tequilas, Mezcal and Rum , way better prices, time to develop those journeys
What’s driving it? You are! You are actually helping to drive the price of whisky up. And borrowing to buy whisky, etc. based on your recommendations. Remember when you pull out a St. Magdalene or a well aged Ben Nevis or rare Rosebank - you are contributing to the speculation!
Ralfy's comment about leaving the bar reminds me of the joke; it's a 10 minute walk from my home to the bar, but it's a 30 minute walk from the bar to my home. The difference is staggering.
Did I find this Extra interesting ; it was far and away the most interesting 26 minutes I've spent on the internet this week! Thanks Ralfy.
Hi Ralfy, thanks for sharing your wonderful stories with us. They are so heart warming. You make me feel nostalgic now, too. Cheerio and a hug from a whisky and pat-pal in Germany
Hello Ralfy, fortunatly i started whith Whisky in the early 2000s. My Uncle was already into it for a few decades and at Familymeetings (Christmas, Birthdaypartys and Stuff like that) he was always searching for somebody to share a (few) Dram(s) with. Nobody in my Family wanted to, because they all drank only Beer, Wine and Obstler (white Spirit made of Fruits). So i tried it when i was old enough for it and he started a Conversation (at the Beginning it was more of a Monoloque😅) about Whisky and told me Things. He became my Malt-Teacher. From that Point in Time we where always very happy to meet and talk with a few Drams, while the others are looking at us and making some Jokes about this Snobby Suffistitcated Master and his Malt-Padavan😂.
He kind of guided my first steps into Malt-Whisky and showed me the Spectrum of Flavours and Aromas and Tastes a Malt can offer and gifted my first ever Bottles for Collection.
I'm very Thankful to him for keeping me at the good Side of Booze😅.
We still meet every Year and showing off a bit with our Catches of the Year and enjoying the others Company while having some Drams and Conversation until the late Night goes by and the new Day starts.
Probably all i wanted to say is that my Friends which are relatively new to Whisky, dont know the old Styles of Malts and getting kind of high at medium quality Bottlings because they never had the Chance to Compare it with real Good Stuff.
Thanks for educating the Community here on YT Ralfy. 👍
Ralfy, when I was a wee lad we drank water from a garden hose in the yard. Today people are spending $3 on water in a recycled plastic bottle. So it’s no surprise people today are willing to go tits high in debt to buy whisky.
. . . totally agree !
When I first started buying Bunnahabhain 12 in 2011, it was only $37. Now without a coupon or a sale, it's $65. Luckily, I have enough on hand that only buy with a sale or a coupon.
When I was in Dunoon in the late 80’s working on submarines in Holy Loch, local bars were serving a fifth of a gil. On the way home In London I was surprised at bars serving a sixth of a gil. Thanks for the reference, brings back memories.
I was able to have a tasting at the distillery and had the really amazing 30 and 40 years old versions as well. They were really great, but 40 times better than the 12 year old? The price for older version are crazy. Okay an 40 year old needs to be 3,3 times more expensive for the warehouse work and a bit additional for the capital cost, but when I see older malts at 4000 or even 10000 I can only shake my head.
I have been into whisky for just a short time. Ive started to fall down the rabbit hole of the ‘permutations’. I do appreciate these words of wisdom! Thank you Ralfy.
It's quality time with Ralfy
Great extras Ralfy, thoroughly enjoyed this one.
Great words well spoken I remember back in the eighties when I turned 18 my dad bought me a bottle of Teachers Highland Cream I couldn't stand it but we would drink a glass on High days and holidays till he left us in 1992 and I have drunk many better bottles than that but none have ever been sweeter.A great bottle gives us a sense of time and place and thats something that is personal to us all and to which I will b forever grateful
I always say, there is no other investment you get 46% or more.
Nice one Ralfy and your spot on about so many people collecting things that will turn out to be pretty worthless as they just dont come with any value from history or rarity. 👍🇬🇧
... and, more importantly, true _quality_ .
Strangely enough the Bunnahabhain 12 which was bottled at 40% which I tried around 2010 was bloody good stuff!
I have such a lovely collection of fantastic malts now that I feel happy pulling away from buying new bottles. I feel like I've tried every distillery that interests me and a wide variety of cask influences.... I'll now wait until I next visit a distillery and pick up something special then
I may start listening to these videos before sleep. Like a lovely bed time story. Love it
P.s. birthday bottle.... May have to be a cask strength 10yr old Laphroaig...i was thinking 25 year old to celebrate, but will it really be that much nicer? I'm not convinced
You are right about watches. I got into several thousand pound debt buying an Omega Speedmaster watch to then sell it at a loss...i did that a few times over the years.... so it has been a lesson... not getting into debt for luxury again.... need to not get swept up by hype
Going back to whisky, current shelf of mine is worth just over £200 and is more than i need: Ledaig 10, Springbank 10, Arran 10, Ardnamurchan AD and Ardbeg Uigeadail
It takes a lot for me to commit to buying a bottle of scotch these days. The over-inflated prices demanded, even for 10 or 12 year-old scotches, is usually more than I’m willing to spend. For the distributers, cask strength can be written as ca$k $trength, since it appears moving to cask strength makes that malt an expensive collectable , flavour notwithstanding. Fortunately, I made most of my purchases prior to 2010, so my collection contains many quality gems I could never afford now.
Thankyou for another informative extras Ralfy.
Always glad to hear your stories,Ralfy!🙂
a lot of luxury goods, small $ purchases, are used to convey social status. And bourbon particularly has taken on a dominant role. I saw this with cigars back in the late 90s. We have an oversaturation situation with hard liquor and in particular, bourbon. Hunting scotch Ive been looking for old inventory to get the lower price. Found glenrothes 12 for 48 instead of 57 in a country store. The scotch industry, which is not in favor with the general population, has tried to compete with these many variations. They should be focusing on quality and competitive pricing. Bourbon drinkers dont know scotch and the bourbon flavor spectrum is narrow. I fully agree with your assessment.
What an honest, concise and didatic explanation regarding the simple act of enjoing a little spirit... thanks!
When you can't get to the spirit character past the finishes and variations and you can't descern which distillery it comes from - does it make the point of actually having a single malt moot? Perhaps thats the key these days. Thanks once again Ralfy!
I agree, I personally am not a fan of the “finishes” fad in scotch. They tend to either be worse than the standard or the finish blows away the profile. I also feel it’s an excuse to cover bad primary maturation, which is more and more common as well. Not to mention the price premium they ask for a few weeks in some random damp cask.
I love cask finished whiskys, personally. They don't always work, but when they do, they can be exceptional.
Nothing wrong with experimenting with different cask finishes. It prevents the industry from becoming stagnant.
Thanks Ralphy for your video ,its such a delight to listen to your stories! Greetings from Amsterdam
What surprises me is the availability of all these varieties (official AND independent), without them being limited editions... sure, some are more expensive or rarer than others, but in general Bunnahabhain is, shall we say, accessible.
I have no knowledge of the size and capacity of the distillery, but they must be producing rather a lot of whisky in order to offer such a selection.
And I do agree with you, Ralfy: I usually start with the basic, ubiquitous bottlings, to establish a baseline, so to speak. Slowly (I, like I am sure many others, are not made of money. I also like to spend time with a bottle. Makes sense, right?), but I agree that it is the safest way.
"Avoiding stress...": I am in constant search of that.
"Drinking malt whisky sensibly...": That I have been doing, however my experience has been far more limited than it should have been. But, thankfully, this is something that can be remedied.
On to the rest of the video.
I think the word is ‘recondite’ - which basically we chase after what we assume to be little-known /exclusive products, places, components etc. in many ways it’s reinforced by the drive towards the ‘non-product’ , of which our phones, televisions etc. are excellent examples. And then along comes Whisky , a Godsend in every sense.
Yes, it is good advice to first get to know the standard version of a Whisky.
At some point, it is a choice, though, whether you are out for recognizing a whisky or drinking something you know - or whether you are out for new taste-experiences! So, those permutations have a reason of existence outside of pure fashion and commercialism. Most of them, anyway.
PS: I'm speaking as someone who buys Whisky to taste it, not as an investment to get money.
as far as I remember, it was Bruichladdich who started this fancy Shein business model. The Single Malt, already fractioned to Single Cask, might be further fractioned to Single Jingle. Thanks for pronouncing "Zeitgeist" to me 😇
I get an 80s bottle of Black Bottle soon. You can really taste the old Bunnahabain style in it.
It is a great time to shop luxury goods but also wants vs needs. Bought a citizen eco diver 46% off retail. Not a seiko but a great quartz diver I can wear everyday. A lot of liquidation going of inventory thst was produced for a demand that wasnt there or has been priced out due to the inflation of needs ie energy. Cheers
Hi Ralfy, today I bought a bottle of Kilchoman Sanaig, adding to an unopened Kilcerran, Ardbeg and Tamnavulin, with some residual Tomatin for my first born son is coming back from South Africa imminently and with my youngest son coming round I know the whiskies will be hit.
Nick from York
As far as the decline of (most) standard bottlings tied to bigger corporations is concerned, it's not only the lesser quality of casks contributing, these are at the end of a production chain. I've had a long conversation about the contributing factors with two malt mates lately, and we all agreed upon the fact that not only did the calibre of maturation decline, but also it's the quality of the spirit that has diminished in a lot of cases. From grain varieties with less protein, fat and fibre to beef up starch percentages, to genetically engineered yeasts that don't produce the same flavours/aromas as the old ones but can work almost twice as fast, as well as cutting down fermentation times as much as possible, which isn't helping to produce a characterful spirit as well, all of that to keep those stills running 24/7, whenever possible.
I mean, what do we expect if everything in the production process is sacrificed to maximum yield, i.e. the goal to produce as much ethanol as possible?! Just to have 15+ versions of one malt at a time, most of them being of questionable quality?!
I think that everyone seriously into whisky is aware of the fact that "top dressing", the contribution of (sometimes _way_ ) older casks into a vatting of a batch older than the actual age statement of the bottle has been a thing of the past for years now.
Hopefully the smaller independent distillers learn from this and handle matters quite a bit differently.
Well outlined - I was just in buying some bottles and had the Port Charlotte Islay Barley 2013 and the Arran QC Bothy on my list - before clicking the buy button I asked myself, if I knew the brands really and then ended with the PC 10 and the Arran 10 LOL After that I saw your video - Perfect! 🙂
I remember,growing up in rural Scotland, most households might have one bottle sitting in a cupboard for a year or two for special occasions. Bigger market now, and lots of hype and hard selling.
It’s sad to say but not only prices are going up constantly, quality is dropping at the same rate with exceptions of few distilleries that almost nobody can get his hands on them. I’ve noticed this trend is turning people to either quit their journey or look for alternatives
Which distilleries would you say are still high quality? I really love the Springbank 10 and Ledaig 10 in my collection
Ralfy, now that you’re doing NAS reviews again maybe a re-review of Spice Tree? I tried a bottle recently because it came with a set of glasses but was pleasantly surprised with the contents of the bottle. Curious how you feel it changed since your last review.
I've tried some of those artisan vodkas (while visiting Baltic countries).
In FSU (former soviet union) countries it was referred to a "samogon" (home made moonshine). These varied quite a bit from inferior methanolic and oily substances to genuinely nice drinking stiff alcoholic adult beverages.
It's really what they call in English - "to each his own".
I taste the difference. I have a hard time justifying the pay gap.
I'd personally rather pay for private whisky bottlings - the differences are more significant and much more pleasantly tasting IMHO.
Old Young’s Pavlova Vodka from Western Australia. Truly amazing
The reason people used to, and may still do, knock back whisky in a couple of gulps is that it was/is cheap nasty blended and much the same as medicine, the quicker it bypassed the tastebuds the better!
well....I agree with having a variety of age choices....and the choice between peated or not...and also cask strength bunnahabhain.....so only having one choice seems very limiting...
Hello you maniacal, monolithic, malt monsters.
Always wonderful to convene here over good drink and good company. -Jack G.
. . . now on the M-mention List, thanks !
Agreed Ralfy re spoiled for choice. However I also believe the quality of the vast majority of our choices is diminishing quickly. It’s like we’re increasingly given a choice between potassium cyanide, hemlock and leaded water. Of course good choices always exist if one has the money to spend. But then you have to decide whether the quality matches the higher price, sometimes it doesn’t.
Indeed we’ve been in an age of easy debt for ages. Ever since the US dollar was disconnected from gold in 1971, beginning the spiral of all currencies. Obscene money printing has exacerbated problems, it’s solved nothing, just recently First Republic Bank in the US has collapsed in the past day or two, the second largest banking failure in US history, just so its corpse can be handed over to JP Morgan. And vultures always like corpses.
But what’s debt to us is actual money to these banks. Imagine having a “deposit” in your bank account ledger but in reality it’s merely a debt that someone owes you but hasn’t paid yet. An “IOU” from them, but in your account it's a finalized deposit. Crazy right? But that’s actually how banks work.
On blended whisky, I’ve seen some accolades being handed out to Seven Sons 8-year and Maclean’s Nose, the latter of which is allegedly 80% malt (per Roy Duff). I think both are NCF. If one of them make my way here to NC USA, I’ll pick it up (prices notwithstanding).
Spot on regarding banks and currency. Better to invest in hard assets, assets that will maintain their value than to "give" your money to the banks and also get taxed at the inflation rate.
51 is a cachaça brand. The slogan is 51 is a nice ideia. kkkkk
As you said about SNS..... I think you might affect weeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee bit on the price, I assume........ You are a big guy on whisky reviews(please do not deny my statement).
My point is that... regardless of your speech, people might be affected by your reviews, and those products have the potential for hype. That could be my pessimistic view of the whisky scene. Yet, I agree with your opinion that people should stop invest recently launched whiskeys, especially.... you know...
Unless it wasn't a historical one...
Well...... I am still dreaming about tasting 1920~1930's blended scotch...
Borrowing money to invest into a consumable like whisky is a fool's errand.
🎉😅
Sad to say I’m stepping back from Single Malt , disingenuous marketing , outrageous pricing, multiplicity of special bottling I just feel the Whisky Trade is tearing the arse out of the job. Rye, American Whiskey, Tequilas, Mezcal and Rum , way better prices, time to develop those journeys
American Whisky is just as bad. How many “old family recipe” Bourbons and Ryes are the same sourced MGP?
What’s driving it? You are! You are actually helping to drive the price of whisky up. And borrowing to buy whisky, etc. based on your recommendations. Remember when you pull out a St. Magdalene or a well aged Ben Nevis or rare Rosebank - you are contributing to the speculation!
Hi Scotty, of course you are in a certain perspective right with your opinion!
The information, knowledge and experience that Ralfy provides heavily outweighs the hype some whiskies get after being reviewed by Ralfy.