ralfy review 819 - Macallan 10yo @40%vol: (circa 2001)
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- Опубликовано: 15 окт 2024
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"In a time of crisis, pour yourself a large one..." Amen, brother.
I think we're on a treble at this stage.
Ralfy the undertaker. This man continues to be the most interesting man in the world.
I could listen to him talk. I'd love to see the rest of this property within his privacy obviously.
RALFY!!!!! Do a Q&A during this lockdown. We need more material!
Agreed! Over 10 years without a single Q&A or Ask Me Anything. That needs to change
@@Tomislav_B. A Zoom video conference with Ralfy and all of you fellow fans would be pure delight....
@@RebMordechaiReviews Why not? You don't consider yourself "fellow fan"?!
@@Tomislav_B. ....what I meant was a Zoom with Ralfy, ME and other fellow fans of Ralfy...
The only guy who can fill me with optimism, excitement and positivity when he says in a very serious tone "we've got a rainy day". Keep up the good work, Ralfy. Your content is so informative.
My father took me on a journey in the 90’s which started with Glenfiddich, via Glenmorange & Highland Park & culminated with Macallan. We had 10 year old miniatures as favourites when my wife & I married. Sadly my affair with Macallan has come to end, don’t think they’re interested in folk like me anymore.Thanks for reminding me of the good old days, Ralfy. Stay well & safe.
Ralfy is the man! He helped get me expand my experience with whiskey. One of my objectives, now that I got my own thing going. Thanks for the inspiration and stay safe! Use the whiskey to sanitize your insides!
Amen
I'm now into the islay scotches. Took a while to get there.
LOL
Plenty of bourbon to keep me straight!
Ralfy, you give off that funny uncle vibe the whole family loves, especially the kids... I enjoyed your reviews for quite a while now, and based most of my purchases on your advice...Keep doing a great job, congratulations for your aniversary...
Ralfy, we all love to hear that you're still having a good time reviewing for us! I've been watching you since 2014, all of the previous stuff too and I'm still delighted every time you put a new vid out there! You rock!
Edit: I'm also glad you now have the time for longer malt moments. I missed the half hour ramblings :D
Ralfy is tops to me, I love your videos !!!
I had a friend who mentored me in the practice of law. He was single malt aficionado, well before I got into it. Macallan was his gold standard. Ralfy: Your colleagues must think very highly of you, to present you with such a gift. Thank you sir for sharing this.
You might explore Glenfarclas if you like the Macallan
@@bbb462cid You're right sir. Maybe He could try Highland Park too.
@@un.uomo.assetato Highland Park 12 is my usual! Very good suggestion.
@@bbb462cid thanks. I like the 12 too but, at 40%, I like more the 10 yo.
Have Glenfarclas 10 and 12, they are really nice. I admit I've never had Highland Park, will have to remedy that.
Congratulations on completing 10 years of reviews. You are a treasure to the whisky community, Ralphy. I enjoy your mix of deep whisky knowledge and life wisdom in your reviews. I have learned a great deal about whisky from you, and share many of your views on the lessons life has taught us.
As my father always used to say (I come from a long line of undertakers but never went into the family business) "Funerals aren't for the dead, they're for the living." You truly do get to see families at their best and absolute worst. God Bless to you Ralfy.
Your sacrifice is duly noted, Sir.
Wonderful preamble and introduction, Ralfy. Enjoyed this one very much.
Ralfy, my heart skipped a beat when you says "This is the end".
+ 1 ...I thought he was going to say "this is my last review" but thank God he didn't !
Congratulations on your (now) 11 years of whisky reviews, Ralfy. I am toasting to you with an Auchentoshan 12 as I watch. Love your stories and reviews. If you still have an Oliva cigar left, I promise it will taste much better if you let it rest at proper temperature and humidity levels for several months to a year. Cheers!
Sorry your event got canceled, Ralfy. But event or not you’re the toast of town my friend. Stay safe, stay cheerful.
Thank you for sharing this moment with us. Not just the opening of the bottle but the memories that come with it. A special bottle given to a special man to be enjoyed on a special occasion. I think all of us can agree, every time we can sit and learn from Ralfy about whisky and life is truly a special occasion. Thank you for the last ten years and may we have many, many more with our friend, Ralfy. Sláinte Mhath!
You have no idea how happy I am to see you open that bottle and pour yourself a huge dram. I've been sitting on some 1976 Knockando. I'm gonna drink it within the next week. BTW, I wish we had some bothys here in the 'states. Or, at least, I wish I had a bothy. I may have to go build a facsimile of one in my newly found spare time.
Happy ten year anniversary Ralfy I hope we get to see, listen and vicariously participate for another ten years at least which brings a great deal of enjoyment, thank you.
I love how you review so enthusiastically, apparently on your own. Not that I've how too many drams. You're great, malty mate
A neighbour gifted me a bottle of this stuff for fixing his computer a year or two back. When I got it home I realised it had been uncorked but it looked like only one dram had been taken. Not sure what era it was from but it was at least a decade ago. I concur: 40% and chill-filtered on the down side, on the upside all those fig and dried fruit notes from proper sherry casks. Smooth stuff, and the foundations upon which the current empire is fashioned.
What a lovely gesture by you in sharing this bottle. Thank you Ralfy.
"In time of crisis, pour yourself a large one..."I am with you my brother! Thanks so much for bringing so much insight to us malt mates growing in our understanding and appreciation of good whisky.
Yesss, this is my personal moment of enlightenment three decades ago. My father was a big scotch Single malt fan back in the days , when nobody over here knew about that and i as a curious youngster liked to take a sniff and just a wee sip from dad's bottles. Not really my cup of tea though, until he came across a bottle of this, and I thought: wow, this is the real McCoy, if that's what scotch whisky is all about, I finally understand you like it. Those were the days of good old Macallan. I've been hooked on Scotch single malt ever since.
Such solace hearing your wit charm and humor..you are as great as the best drams.. And have taught me so much great appreciation and love to you my friend keep up the good work
I love the disclaimer to check carefully before drinking 5,000 year old tomb booze. Cheers Ralfy!
Thank you for sharing that memory with us. As always, keeping it quality.
Happy 10 years! Cheers to the next review.
Ralfy, I just started watching you channel and want to say I thoroughly enjoy your reviews. Very interesting to hear your perspective compared to other reviews I have watched. Thank you so much and look forward to the next one. Slainte !
Wow that was a very special moment in every sense ... thank you for sharing this ‘On Days like These...’ Macallan 12 was my first trip in to Maltopia.... back in 2004 ... sadly we can’t enjoy these trips anymore on the spiritual journeys they offfer now... God Bless You! 🙏🏻
Thank you so much Ralfy., you have helped gin drinker become a whisky collector
Congratulations for completion of successful 10.years ...
Hey Ralfy, I've been a fan since the beginning and you've never steered me wrong! Thanks for all the videos!
I’ve just picked up a bag of whiskey’s that someone just left, and this bottle was one of them. That’s for the video, amazing and will be watching rest of them!!
i think Ralfy is the purest person we’ve ever been given mates, cheers, just poured a dram of springbank 10
One of your best videos, mate! This is what makes this hobby as great as it is; the stories we create from the distilled spirit and the souls of the people around you! Cheers!
I don't blame you for keeping it and never sending it to auction. It means so much more when it was a heartfelt gift from people! Glad to see you're staying safe - fortunately for us in Canada liquor stores are still open and they haven't been price gouging so I may grab a few emergency bottles for the background while we await the world to go back to normal.
Poignant, a great insight at this time we don't recognise all the people doing jobs we would not do. Thank you so much, informative and enjoyable.
I love your work Ralfy. You've taught me so much. Thank you!
Discovered the amazing world of scotch single malt whisky a year ago and your videos have been a great part of my journey Ralph ..! Always appreciate your videos , and who knows perhaps some day I can run into you and treat you to a nice glass of whisky ..! Cheers from Istanbul , Turkey .. 🇹🇷
Ralfy, I used to pastor churches. One of the churches that I pastored was a cross the street from a funeral home. On occasion, I would conduct a service for the funeral home. One of these services was of a local man in 50s. The local practice was to have not only an open casket during the service, but to move it out to the narthex after the service, with the casket remaining open. The pastor would then stand at the head greeting each person as they paid their last respects.
As people filed by and paid their last respects, near the back of the line was a woman who I was told, right before she step to the casket, that she was his mistress. She was in line about five people ahead of the his wife. As the girlfriend arrived at the head, she burst into tears, and tried to climb into the casket. The wife was not pleased as you can guess. I told the funeral home director that would be the last open casket service that I would do in this church. I needed a dram or two after than experience. Slainte'.
. . . It happens in real life !
Hey Ralfy, I just finished you book. I enjoyed it quite a lot! Looking forward to the next one!
That would take a lot of will power leaving a bottle in the cupboard for 10 yrs.
Or 20 even. I reckon the archives go deep though! Any Black Bowmores in there Ralfy?
. . . it can be done !
Ive only been at this 3 years and i have so many bottles not opening some is easy
@Alan Doyle 10 bottles isnt enough
Considering the size of Ralfy's collection and the fact that he regularly (!) enjoys very fine drinks - it's not that hard at all. It's not like you have one bottle and you just sit there and wait to open it for 10 years.
thanks for helping navigate these waters !!!
Congratulations on your 10 years! I’m a recent subscriber and I enjoy every review you do. Our Corona scenario required that I open and enjoy my Macallan 18 yr, but only a tiny bit here and there. Our “rainy day” is here!
You inspired me to search through my collection (I was sure I had some of this Macallan 10 from around 2000 somewhere), I’m happy to report I found the 10 and it has exactly “the large one” you mentioned left in the bottle! This evening’s journey down memory lane sorted.
Love your introspection in family matters and all things Single Malt :) .
WOW! Blast from the past. Macallan was a completely different single malt. Hopefully Macallan comes out of it's rut. Cheers Ralfy and stay safe
ralfy your last few video have been really enjoyable, both for the whisky and light spirited talk !
Lots of love Ralfy. Lovely story to the the bottle. Keep well and all the best. Cheers.
Malty many happy returns
Hi Ralfy ! You inspired me to go and open my own whisky channel ! Thank you and let's keep the whisky growing in my case from Argentina !
. . . good luck with your channel!
Congratulations on 10 years. Well done!
I bought a bottle of Ardbeg Uigeadail, then when Boris closed the pubs I bought a second bottle!
Hello malted milk brewers! Thanks Ralfy for the education and entertainment. After enjoying whisky for 20+ years, your approach has been such a revelation, a good thing has become even better! Very unpretentious and refreshing, please don’t ever stop. 😊👍🏻
Ralfy disregard nasty trolls please. They are miserable and love to try ruining your day.
Thank you for all the quality info you have given us!!
I haven't seen any trolls in Ralfy's comments, save for the occasional deranged teetotaler 😏 (typically an alcoholic).
@Harry Herman Nothing. But what is not wrong about being a teetotaler who visits whisky reviews and then trolls about the danger of alcoholism? I won't respond to the second comment because you had zero basis for it, pure speculation.
You'll also observe that I was not referring to all teetotalers - only the deranged alcoholic trolling sub-category ;)
A usual a real pleasure to watch u Ralfy, and especialy during those hard times. A quality stach is so appreciable right now, slunge from France ! :)
Great stories and whisky, thanks for sharing.
Congratulations Ralphy! BTW, you were instrumental to beginning of my live of spirits some 10 years back. I love this hobby and now have a collection of some 80 bottles that I responsibly enjoy on a regular basis.
I owned this and the 12 from about ten years back. Liked the 12 better then.
Dear Ralfy - Congratulations on the 10th anniversary of Ralfy.com. I have been an avid fan for over 5 years and a whisky enthusiast for over 10 years. Your whisky reviews and insights helped me be a discriminating whisky collector. Thanks! I will appreciate it if you could recognise all the whisky enthusiasts from the PHILIPPINES by mentioning “MAGNIFICENT MALTMATES OF MANILA” in your next vlog. More power to you, Ralfy!
. . . now on the M-mention List, thanks !
Thanks for sharing this great whisky, and happy 10th anniversary!
Thanks Ralfy, another interesting review. Chill filtered, so I presume some colourant too? But that was a very interesting point about Glendronach 15yo as a 'compare with'. Here's to the next ten years as a malt mate!
I am a student so I don't have a place to store a lot of whiskey neither can I afford many bottles. But...I have a whiskey archive box where I put 100mL (little glass bottles with screw caps) of every different new whiskey I buy and label it with what it is and when it was bought.
Enjoying your videos Ralfy!
. . . that's the way to do it ! Historic archive.
Thanks for sharing your special bottle with us on this rainy day. Slainte!
Combining the whisky with the memory - privelage to share that moment with you sir - thankyou!
I'm new to the whisky scholarship and learning so much from you already - i owe you tou a wee dram!
Love that sound of the dram being poured 🥃
Glad to see your in Good spirit Ralfy. Thanks for your common sense.
Really enjoyed the review. I have a older Mac 10 (next generation label to this one) really liked it. I thought it was better than the same generation 12 year olds at 43%. Love seeing auction worthy bottles open! Whisky shouldn't collect dust, cheers!
An "emergency moment" indeed as you called it :) Inspired me to pop the one i've had sitting around unopened the longest (glendronach 12y bottled april 2013 (i.e the may-be-way-older-series)) because why the heck not. Taking into account your lessons about transposing the experience, it's been years since I've experienced this one. Thank you Ralfy.
Thankyou Ralfy. Cheers.
I began my malt journey with The Macallan 10 around 2001. I can just smell and taste that original malt. Nowhere close to the colour expressions that we can only get in Canada now. The older ones were much better.
Congratulations on first decade anniversary Ralfy!! :)
. . . thanks !
I remember in the 90s here in US getting Macallan 18 for 50 bucks. AND they were awesome. Thanks for the review.
Everyone bitched when the Japanese bought in but the real problem was still to come. And we know.
A barmaid in country pub in s Wales 🏴 sold me old Mac10 for famous grouse price £3.25 a double as she didn’t know anything about it and there was no price for it at the till. I was on holiday there so I drank 3/4 of the bottle over the course of 2 nights 👌 All the best Ralphy and good health 👍🏻
Thank you for sharing these stories, Ralfy! It reminded me a play by the Irish playwright Conor McPherson, Dublin Carol. Have you read it? It's about an undertaker in Dublin on Christmas Eve. Fantastic play!
I unfortunately drunk everything at the time. But loved everybit of it. Memories
I don't think I have seen Ralfy so happy.
Loved this review. Would enjoy hearing more about your time as an undertaker. Kind of a unique gig!
Bourbon from an ancient Egyptian tomb? Mummy Van Winkle?
There is the 100 plus year old whisky from Scott’s expedition the New Zealand archaeologists discovered in the snow under / behind the hut , still drinkable
Bishopburn Boy Probably good over ice.
@@bishopburnboy416 Yep, blended malt, Paterson made a reproduction of it.
@@bishopburnboy416 I think you means Ernest Shackleton Antarctica expedition. 1907?
Is that the bottle with the label with a stuck on stone carving of a barrel and a muscle flexing arm, meaning "Single Cask 100 Proof Strength" in hieroglyphics?
Cheers ralfy , that was trip down memory lane , it was my entry bottle into single malt , me & oldest son had tkts for friday's tasting , hope it happens later in the year
Well it sure is a treat this malt moment that you elected as a special occasion. Thank you so much.
Could you please give more context as to what was available on the market in the early 2000? I came to know that Murray McDavid did some integrity bottlings of Macallan 1990 vintage at 9, 10 years at that time.
We appreciate you Ralfy! Thanks for Malty Moments🍺🍸🍷🍹
mind working in the pubs years ago '87 - '91' when we'd have bottles like this in the shelf. Sure it was round about the time buna was making an appearance alongside Macallan and Highland Park. Favourites o mine were black bottle, which is totally different now, and OVD Rum.
Wonderful episode Ralfy! Cheers from isolation in 🇨🇦
Good to see you doing well Ralfy. I don't have any of the Macallan, but I have dusted off a Balvenie 12 that is, I had forgotten, remarkably sweet. Which makes me want to get a bottle of Dalwhinnie 15...
@@ChrisPBacon-mo9ln yes, doublewood, but not too sweet, just a surprise
Love how positive you always are, so I’ll be negative for you: The two mates that disliked this video wouldn’t get a review if they were a whisky.
LOL! just love this! My interest in good whisky has been awaken!
Keep us posted how it develops in the coming months. My experience is that it gets better and better
Dear Ralfy: I have learned a lot how to enjoy spirits,particularly malts with your didactic comments.Thanks and thanks again. Today,reclusion makes me enjoy malts even more.
daniel z
I always just rinse out my whisky glass a couple of times before giving it a good wash. Glencairns are a pain to clean and I only use one when I taste a whisk(e)y for the first time. I haven't tried the Macallan 10 yet. Macallan 12 doesn't do much for me, I prefer their older age statements and I would think that would be the case with the 10, also. Either way, a very nice review.
Love your show ;) Keep up the good work Ralfy.
Question. I've always taken my Scotch / Whiskey, neat. Does adding a splash of water elevate the flavor?
I had a dram of this just after a visit to the distillery and compared it to the 12 year old Double Casks and 15 year old Triple cask. The 10 year old blew the other two out of the water.
Sad to see Macallan become what it has.
Spot on Ralfy with the "Who wants to be normal vibe".......😂🤘😎
Ralfy you must give us more war stories about your time as an undertaker I quite enjoyed the little tidbits of story you gave us in this episode. Cheers.
Congratulations on your 10th anniversary! Any chance of a quality NAS whisky review? I'm sipping an 'Ailsa Bay' while watching this. I really think it's a great malt, which deserves an informative Ralfy review!
I went on a tour of Gonzales Byass sherry producers in Spain a few years ago. I asked who got their old sherry casks and was told they went to Macallan.
I believe you can overthink whisky drinking. Just relax and enjoy a dram.
As for the descriptions, I have hardly heard of some of the things people claim to taste. It’s getting like wine tasting now -‘cats pee on a gooseberry bush’ and such like. I only know two types of honey - set and clear. Even then I would be hard pushed to distinguish between the two as an element in a particular whisky’s tasting notes.
Try manuka honey. Different creature. I agree with you though there is a difference between "Pompous ass that likes to hear himself talk" and "Enjoy a glass in quiet contemplation" Cheers brother stay safe
I would defy anyone to give an accurate description of 'Normal' Keep it unreal Ralfy!!
. . . will do !
I like being weird too - totally with you Ralfy.
such a great video! thanks