Ardbeg Uigeadail vs Highland Park Cask Strength Single Malt Scotch Whisky
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- Опубликовано: 30 янв 2024
- In this video Erik Wait does a head to head comparison of Ardbeg Uigeadail vs. Highland Park Cask Strength Single Malt Scotch Whisky
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I'm a proof hound, so the HPCS is one of my favorites. Especially Batch 3.
What a beautiful library you've got behind you, Eric! 😁Interesting side by side!
It really is!
What I heard about seasoned cask (from Macalland) is that they dumped regular sherry in new cask, made out of american or european oak, for a short time (couple of months to a year) and then dumped sherry to transform it as sherry vinegar and shipped cask to Scotland for aging scotchs.
Thanks for your thoughts, Erik! I got another bottle of Uigedail the other day at Ludwig's in San Anselmo at a decent price. I've had the Highland Park Cask Strength on my shelf but have yet to open it.
Both great! Owned a couple bottles of the Uigedail (one of my favorite whiskeys) and half way through the batch 4 of the HP CS.
Both great but to me 90% of the time I’d reach for the Ardbeg.
Have some Highland Park now, time to get some Uigeadail.
Hey Erik, I got into scotch just a couple of months ago and watched your channel since. Just wanted to say that it`s great learning about scotch whisky (and sometimes wine) from someone with such expertise and profound knowledge on the subject, who also happens to be a down to earth guy. Keep it up, Cheers!
Glad you enjoy it!
That strength is Beasty. Nice comparison. 😊 Scotch price in the USA is so different compared to my country. Sometimes I can get scotch way cheaper, but ugi seems cheaper than in my country
Another great head to head. I have tasted both of them, but not side by side. My preference is for the Uigeadail.
Have not tried HPCS yet but I love Ardbeg
Not sure how you can taste the other bottle after the Ardberg. If I drink a heavy peated scotch it will be either the only drink I will have or the last drink of the night. I have a lagavulin 16 and can enjoy it but it isn’t nearly as peated like Ardberg. Nice review I’d probably go Highland Park for sure. Enjoy.
Hmm. I’m going to have to do this comparison. I have batch 1 in the bunker and have been enjoying the Uggie. HP CS batch 2 & 3 haven’t done well sales wise. TW put them on sale to clear shelf space. That’s how I got batch 3. I hope they’re good.
Found you through your collab with First Phil. Great stuff and a great channel for whisky knowledge. Subscribed!
Phil is amazing! I wish I was 1/2 as good as a videographer!
Insightful comparison, thanks Erik.
I haven't tried HP CS because it's badly overpriced in my market (NZ), equivalent to about USD138 for either batch 2 or 3 and thus nearly as expensive as HP18 43%. A year ago batch 3 sold in the UK for UKP60-65, which would be ~USD76-82, significantly less than HP18 (~USD170-180 today). HP's website today lists CS batch 4 at UKP80/USD101.
I do enjoy Ardbeg Uigeadail and although it's risen in price a fair bit over the last year it's still significantly cheaper than the HP CS, ranging USD83-110 locally. Some say Oogie doesn't taste as good as early releases but I didn't try it back then.
Great video Erik, loving the recent side by side. great to hear you thoughts and passion for whiskies. I personally love and relate to your rants, not reason to hide 'em my friend. Cheers!
Fun video. If you asked me to compare a couple years ago, I would have said the Uige blows it away, but my last bottle had almost zero sherry influence and was as light as a young bourbon cask. It truly felt like they just took a Wee Beastie and bottled it at CS. Gonna buy the 10 and give the distillery once more chance.
Very curious as to your thoughts on your new bottle once you get it.
I agree - used to love the Ugie, but the last bottle I opened was just not the same. I haven't tried the 10 for a while - would be interested to know how you get on!
Great review Erik! I love Uigeadail but haven't tried the Highland Park yet. I think batch 1 and 2 are similar in casks but 3 and 4 they started using refill and port casks. I'm intrigued about this comparison now and will do it as soon as possible, cheers!
Thanks for watching! Doing comparisons has changed my perception of MANY whiskies.
Love the videos, Erik.
Would you ever do a side-by-side of the Uigeadail vs BizarreBQ?
People say that the BizarreBQ is probably one of the worthy committee releases.
Yes, if someone gave me a bottle of BizarreBQ. Right now I am budy studying for exams.
I love the Uigeadail, but I have heard that Ardbeg's core range has been going downhill lately.
I still like it.
@@ErikWaitWhiskyStudies good to know, thanks Erik!👍 Thankfully I still have two bottles from a few years ago. Glorious whisky.
You’re saying there’s no significant difference between American oak and European oak, leaving aside the previous contents?
No, but if you say "American Oak" or "European Oak" without mentioning the previous contents you ain't telling the consumer much and whatever the previous contents were are more significant than the origin of the oak. Traditionally sherry has been aged in American oak. So, "American Oak" could refer to either Bourbon or Sherry.... or American Single Malt from Texas, or Silver Oak Cellars Cabernet Sauvignon or Tempranillo from Rioja Spain or....... on and on and on.....
Your Ardbeg looks like an older bottle. Used to be one of my favourites, but recent bottles taste different. More aniseed flavour, in my view, rather than sweeter, bbq and smokey? It really was disappointing. Please let me know when you open your newly purchased bottle.
Yep, it is near the end. I have another on order.
@@ErikWaitWhiskyStudies Maybe save a bit of the old bottle to compare to the new one (although I am sure you had planned on that anyway) - I would be really interested to know how you think they compare.
I feel that I should start a tasting journal for myself. How do suggest I log the information?
It depends on whether you want a hard copy that you hand write in a notebook, an app you use on your phone or a document on your computer.
@@ErikWaitWhiskyStudies I'll think about that. Thanx.
I don't find Highland park that spicy. Start with some Rye and it will taste like honey!
Highland Park is spicy in comparison to other sherry cask Scotches (Bowmore, Bunnhabhain, Macallan) but you are correct, Rye takes it to a WHOLE other level.
@@ErikWaitWhiskyStudies That is true. Have you tried any Japanese whisky?
Explain wet sherry casks
It means casks that still have some sherry in them, or just emptied and not drained thoroughly.
Long story short... sherry was originally exported from Jerez Spain to Scotland in the cask. When regulations changed, it had to be bottled in Spain. The time in the cask traveling on the ocean helped the wine soak into the wood and sometimes there would be a wee bit of wine left in the cask. So, a "wet cask" is when there may be some liquid remnant in the cask so that the sherry impact is not just from the spirit extracting it from the wood but from the bit of liquid left behind. Since sherry is no longer being exported in cask it seems some sherry producers (bodegas) may intentionally leave a wee bit of wine in the cask when it is shipped. This would also help keep the cask from drying out. It used to be that casks would be disassembled so that they would take up less room on a ship but the cost of cooperage eventually became higher than the cost of shipping so now both Bourbon and Sherry casks tend to be shipped intact. Did I say this was going to be short? Thanks for watching! 🥃
Aren’t nearly all sherry casks used in modern whisky making “sherry-seasoned casks”?
I don’t understand the complaint.
Transport casks haven’t been used in decades. And solera casks have always been rare in whisky making, as I understand it.
Nope. A sherry cask can come from a Solera, it can be a cask that was used to age cheap sherry that was never in a solera, it can be a cask that only contained sherry in order to add flavor to the cask, it could be a cask that only temporarily held sherry before being bottled and the cask was kept wet so that actual sherry wine made its way into the whisky.
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didn't tried the B1 have 2 and 3 and both grate the 12 years i didn't liked
Uigeadail is one that i have all the time
but the Highland park CS (2 and 3) i prefer
i think that if you want to compere the Highland park CS it should be to bunnahaben 12 CS , Springbank 12 CS and to the Ardnamurchan CS
Highland Park CS and Springbank 12 CS are both peated whereas Bunnhabhain 12 CS is not. If I wanted to compare peated with non-peated that would be good. BTW, Springbank 12 CS is challenging to find and it cost $400+ in California IF you can find it. I tasted it at the Washback Bar at Springbank distillery when I was there in July 2023. Its an awesome whisky but I'm not spending $400+ on it.