Greetings Mr Ralfy and thank you for another informative video. It is like twice a week we are attending The Advanced Singl Malt course in Ralfy University of Maltology 😅 My first experience with whisky beside sipping the left overs next day in my father's glass was a bottle of Ballantines blend which I drank the whole bottle with my girl friend before attending to my cousin's wedding, I never forget the look of the elderly people in our family when we both walked it laughing and walking like robots.
It is an uncomfortable truth that the aura around many brands has become an illusion perpetuated by advertising and dubious marketing. Standing back and being careful to scrutinize a product helps us to discern the difference between he phoney baloney from the real deal. Ralfy, I find your thoughtfulness very useful not just regarding whisky but relevant in many aspects of life , so thank you.
The illusion of choice graph of all the foods you think are owned by separate companies but are all like Mondelez , Kraft, Nestle etc . All illusion of choice. That's why I tend to pay a bit more but search online for the smaller companies not affiliated with these new world normal conglomerates that are actively engaged in destroying humanity and are the real polluters of the planet not us . These mega companies with the amount of crap they use , plastics deliberately used when there are many other alternatives . Hemp etc .
I am enjoying a pizza from the local takeaway. It is outstanding because it isn't sweetened, I can taste all the flavours that are in it like the mushrooms and such. Rare. I've had ready meals - Lasagna and such - from supermarkets that are so bloody full of sugar, they may as well serve with custard as a pudding.
Good Afternoon 😊 Awesome Video👌🏽 Appreciate The Content and Videos🤙🏼 I Don't Drink Alcohol but Enjoy The Review 😉 Have a Fantastic Day 👍🏼 Greetings From South Africa 🇿🇦
Spot on regarding sugar Ralfy! I've reduced my sugar intake a lot and at first it was really hard, which demonstrated to me just how addictive sugar is. I had to wean myself down in stages, like you would wean yourself off an addictive drug. My first whisky was a glass of Johnnie Walker Black with ice at a bar. No coca cola for me, I've never liked the taste of it. Cheers!
For years I have been telling people that super feeds cancer cells and sugar is devil at his best. Anyway glad you brought this up and I really like how you being class to whisky drinking. I wish you many more 30 years of drinking sir
Have to admit , I've never tried a whiskey and beer together . ( Led a sheltered life ! ) I'm with you 100% about bloody TV's stuffing up the ambience ! Cheers Ralfy
I used to think that the bitterness of the hops might detract from the whisky. And also tried asking about how to find pairings. Then just started trying it. It's not always synergistic, but it can be very enjoyable. I like the dryer hoppy bitter IPA's with the more astringent (in a good way) malts like maybe Edradour or Glencadam. A porter or stout can be very nice with a peated malt, or maybe with a sweeter wine-finished malt. A beer containing some rye - with rye whiskey, etc. It's worth experimenting, just have to be careful and not drive after. Even if the pairing you're trying is not jiving, it can expose certain notes in the whisky, which you didn't notice before, so it can be enlightening.
Hey Ralfy, Have You encountered GoldCock Czech Single Malt Whisky? It has 10 and 20 years editions, both of which are non-chill filtered and no colorant added. I was wondering if You have tasted those already :)
One thing I do like about your channel Ralfy, is that you criticaly engage with the health risks of our hobby - it's something that every whisky enthusiast should think about and I commend you for bringing the matter up on a regular basis. I also generally agree about your remarks, that most of us are consuming far too much sugar. BUT I do feel, that it is a little bit hypocritical to preach the evils and dangers of sugar again and again, while the whole reason for the existence of your channel is talking about a certified carcinogen. If we are just talking about our physical and mental health, the scientific advice is crystal clear: Give up alcohol. But we decide, that the rewards of our whisky journey are worth the risks and we regulate our intake to accomodate these risks. That is our freedom of choice! To me it seems, that we are hardly in a position to harshly judge the choices of others. Don't get me wrong, on most points I at least generally agree with you - but I think we are in no position to be righteous about it.
In America scotch has the stigma of being “strong” and “flavorful” and that scares off young people and women until they’ve been slowly made to try it and decide for themselves if they like it.
Recently, I recommended a peated whisky to someone. This person said immediately that he liked sweet tastes in whisky and asked if the recommended whisky was sweet. When I said it was, he reacted positively.
@@johnzajac9849i probably should not have assumed that the person asking for something with a sweet flavor profile was a friend or even an acquaintance of yours. I also should not have assumed that they would be averse to a peated whisky. Originally I wondered if the fellow you recommended the bottle to was appreciative of your selection. I can imagine pulling one over on a person who had no background with peat and struggling to get past the smoke to find the sweet you had promised. Sorry for assuming too much of the situation.
I know, some whisky-purists only put non-sparkling water into whisky. But I like to use a little bit of sparkling water, for me it brings more taste out of the whisky. But of course - putting anything flavoured into whisky, is a shame...
There's nothing wrong with that, it's your whisky. But sparkling water is a mild acid (carbonic acid), so it's not chemically neutral. Adding only a bit of soft water allows to transparently explore what's in the whisky, without alteration. Adding anything else = making a cocktail. Whisky appreciation vs. whisky enjoyment. Nothing wrong with either. Whisky with sparkling water is very traditional and probably predates adding ice.
@@alexk3088 I am aware, that topic is sensible within the whiskey-community. Of course, carbonic acid is not taste-neutral. But same goes for every water, except distilled water. E.g. I am from an alpine region, where we have many minerals in our water. It tastes very different, compared to e.g. water in a coastal region. I think in the end, it comes down to the point, where everybody has to find his/her own way to enjoy whiskey and by doing so appreciates the craft behind it
@@RomanVilgut I am not saying that my opinion somehow is the only right one, but I feel like taste-neutral is not the same as chemically neutral. We perceive the water we use daily to drink, make coffee/tea or soup, as "neutral". Especially if it's soft water. In my experience hard water can definitely ruin a whisky. On the contrary, distilled water, while being the purest form of H20 chemically, tastes and smells of defrosted freezers and air conditioning condensation ;)
Coke is a bad drink to add poison to? Is the coke bad or the poison? If you're worried about you're health leave the coke and the poison off and drink water.
@@alexk3088 not a teatotaler I like some Canadian and most Bourbon. But I didn't come here to be lecture on drinking coke. And its funny as hell to bitch about the chemical and sugar in coke. As non healthy While waxing poem over the taste of what amount to a actual poison. And no I don't drink coke and haven't for years. But bitching about coke being bad and drinking whiskey Is the same as fixing a hang nail by chopping off your finger.
Alcohol does not "amount to actual poison". Neither does sugar. Poison is in the dose. Moderation matters. Our bodies make ethanol, as they do glucose. But alcohol specifically in whisky and other brown spirits carries flavor, like nothing else can. Caca Cola is bland and is just empty calories. And adding cola to whisky is for people who don't like whisky. Comparing sugary soft drinks to whisky is a false dichotomy.
Where did this sugar tirade come from? We need glucose to live. Simple as that. Cut out sugar entirely and you have a few days to live. Not good advice.
@@Pavel_Pterodaktilovich Agree! It is the excessive amounts of added sugars on top of what is already there naturally in the food that are the problem.
Anyone else like Ralfy’s videos before even watching them, because they automatically know they’re going to be absolute bangers?
Guilty as charged!🥃
All the time. Don’t want to forget. They’re all good in my book anyways.😊
All quality and informative with no watering down
Glenfarclas 12yo was the one that gave me that moment you mentioned. Still love it when I can get it! It was my starting point.
I do. I always give Ralfy a like before I watch it. Ralfy is the best!
It's like listening to a whisky encyclopedia.
Greetings Mr Ralfy and thank you for another informative video. It is like twice a week we are attending The Advanced Singl Malt course in Ralfy University of Maltology 😅 My first experience with whisky beside sipping the left overs next day in my father's glass was a bottle of Ballantines blend which I drank the whole bottle with my girl friend before attending to my cousin's wedding, I never forget the look of the elderly people in our family when we both walked it laughing and walking like robots.
It is an uncomfortable truth that the aura around many brands has become an illusion perpetuated by advertising and dubious marketing. Standing back and being careful to scrutinize a product helps us to discern the difference between he phoney baloney from the real deal. Ralfy, I find your thoughtfulness very useful not just regarding whisky but relevant in many aspects of life , so thank you.
The illusion of choice graph of all the foods you think are owned by separate companies but are all like Mondelez , Kraft, Nestle etc . All illusion of choice. That's why I tend to pay a bit more but search online for the smaller companies not affiliated with these new world normal conglomerates that are actively engaged in destroying humanity and are the real polluters of the planet not us . These mega companies with the amount of crap they use , plastics deliberately used when there are many other alternatives . Hemp etc .
Well said.
Amazing episode Ralfy! 👏🏻
Always great info Ralfy Muchas gracias 🤘🤘🤘
I am enjoying a pizza from the local takeaway. It is outstanding because it isn't sweetened, I can taste all the flavours that are in it like the mushrooms and such. Rare.
I've had ready meals - Lasagna and such - from supermarkets that are so bloody full of sugar, they may as well serve with custard as a pudding.
Good Afternoon 😊 Awesome Video👌🏽 Appreciate The Content and Videos🤙🏼 I Don't Drink Alcohol but Enjoy The Review 😉 Have a Fantastic Day 👍🏼 Greetings From South Africa 🇿🇦
Spot on regarding sugar Ralfy! I've reduced my sugar intake a lot and at first it was really hard, which demonstrated to me just how addictive sugar is. I had to wean myself down in stages, like you would wean yourself off an addictive drug. My first whisky was a glass of Johnnie Walker Black with ice at a bar. No coca cola for me, I've never liked the taste of it. Cheers!
Lovely, congrats Ralfy and those who are striving for more valuable and conscious life for themselves and their loved ones.
haven't listened to Ralfy for a while but this was truly an excellent talk - i don't remember Ralfy saying this hard-hitting stuff before. good stuff!
The first time I drank whiskey was when I went to a shop on Christmas day and bought a bottle of Glenfiddich 12.
That was the second bottle of whisky I ever bought, after the Johnnie Walker Black.
For years I have been telling people that super feeds cancer cells and sugar is devil at his best. Anyway glad you brought this up and I really like how you being class to whisky drinking. I wish you many more 30 years of drinking sir
I always have a bottle of Drambuie, Benedictine, and Irish Cream. Currently, I also have a bottle of Irish Mist.
Have to admit , I've never tried a whiskey and beer together . ( Led a sheltered life ! ) I'm with you 100% about bloody TV's stuffing up the ambience ! Cheers Ralfy
I used to think that the bitterness of the hops might detract from the whisky. And also tried asking about how to find pairings. Then just started trying it. It's not always synergistic, but it can be very enjoyable. I like the dryer hoppy bitter IPA's with the more astringent (in a good way) malts like maybe Edradour or Glencadam. A porter or stout can be very nice with a peated malt, or maybe with a sweeter wine-finished malt. A beer containing some rye - with rye whiskey, etc. It's worth experimenting, just have to be careful and not drive after. Even if the pairing you're trying is not jiving, it can expose certain notes in the whisky, which you didn't notice before, so it can be enlightening.
@@dram_kruzhok Thanks for the detailed response .
I never had bad batches from Ardnamurchan so far. One of reasons why i became a member of their AD/Venturers Club.
Hey Ralfy,
Have You encountered GoldCock Czech Single Malt Whisky? It has 10 and 20 years editions, both of which are non-chill filtered and no colorant added.
I was wondering if You have tasted those already :)
One thing I do like about your channel Ralfy, is that you criticaly engage with the health risks of our hobby - it's something that every whisky enthusiast should think about and I commend you for bringing the matter up on a regular basis. I also generally agree about your remarks, that most of us are consuming far too much sugar. BUT I do feel, that it is a little bit hypocritical to preach the evils and dangers of sugar again and again, while the whole reason for the existence of your channel is talking about a certified carcinogen. If we are just talking about our physical and mental health, the scientific advice is crystal clear: Give up alcohol. But we decide, that the rewards of our whisky journey are worth the risks and we regulate our intake to accomodate these risks. That is our freedom of choice! To me it seems, that we are hardly in a position to harshly judge the choices of others. Don't get me wrong, on most points I at least generally agree with you - but I think we are in no position to be righteous about it.
Pleasure to share another digital moment with you.
In America scotch has the stigma of being “strong” and “flavorful” and that scares off young people and women until they’ve been slowly made to try it and decide for themselves if they like it.
People also think that all Scotch is "smoky", probably because of JW.
Douglas Laing Scallywag chocolate edition🤮 And they've released 7 batches of it!? Then the espresso edition!!🤢
Recently, I recommended a peated whisky to someone. This person said immediately that he liked sweet tastes in whisky and asked if the recommended whisky was sweet. When I said it was, he reacted positively.
Did that fellow remain an acquaintance? 😅
@@javieracosta3439 wut?
@@johnzajac9849i probably should not have assumed that the person asking for something with a sweet flavor profile was a friend or even an acquaintance of yours. I also should not have assumed that they would be averse to a peated whisky. Originally I wondered if the fellow you recommended the bottle to was appreciative of your selection. I can imagine pulling one over on a person who had no background with peat and struggling to get past the smoke to find the sweet you had promised.
Sorry for assuming too much of the situation.
I know, some whisky-purists only put non-sparkling water into whisky. But I like to use a little bit of sparkling water, for me it brings more taste out of the whisky.
But of course - putting anything flavoured into whisky, is a shame...
There's nothing wrong with that, it's your whisky. But sparkling water is a mild acid (carbonic acid), so it's not chemically neutral. Adding only a bit of soft water allows to transparently explore what's in the whisky, without alteration. Adding anything else = making a cocktail. Whisky appreciation vs. whisky enjoyment. Nothing wrong with either. Whisky with sparkling water is very traditional and probably predates adding ice.
@@alexk3088 I am aware, that topic is sensible within the whiskey-community. Of course, carbonic acid is not taste-neutral. But same goes for every water, except distilled water. E.g. I am from an alpine region, where we have many minerals in our water. It tastes very different, compared to e.g. water in a coastal region.
I think in the end, it comes down to the point, where everybody has to find his/her own way to enjoy whiskey and by doing so appreciates the craft behind it
@@RomanVilgut I am not saying that my opinion somehow is the only right one, but I feel like taste-neutral is not the same as chemically neutral. We perceive the water we use daily to drink, make coffee/tea or soup, as "neutral". Especially if it's soft water. In my experience hard water can definitely ruin a whisky. On the contrary, distilled water, while being the purest form of H20 chemically, tastes and smells of defrosted freezers and air conditioning condensation ;)
Coke is a bad drink to add poison to?
Is the coke bad or the poison?
If you're worried about you're health leave the coke and the poison off and drink water.
Why do teetotalers watch videos about alcoholic beverages?
@@alexk3088 n
@@alexk3088 not a teatotaler
I like some Canadian and most Bourbon.
But I didn't come here to be lecture on drinking coke. And its funny as hell to bitch about the chemical and sugar in coke. As non healthy
While waxing poem over the taste of what amount to a actual poison.
And no I don't drink coke and haven't for years.
But bitching about coke being bad and drinking whiskey
Is the same as fixing a hang nail by chopping off your finger.
Alcohol does not "amount to actual poison". Neither does sugar. Poison is in the dose. Moderation matters. Our bodies make ethanol, as they do glucose. But alcohol specifically in whisky and other brown spirits carries flavor, like nothing else can. Caca Cola is bland and is just empty calories. And adding cola to whisky is for people who don't like whisky. Comparing sugary soft drinks to whisky is a false dichotomy.
sometimes getting pished is what you need to do
1:41 if voting actually changed anything, it would be outlawed.
Where did this sugar tirade come from? We need glucose to live. Simple as that. Cut out sugar entirely and you have a few days to live. Not good advice.
I think added sugar is the problem, not sugar in general. There's plenty of sugar in vegetables, fruit, and other non-processed foods.
We do need Glucose, but we don’t need the other molecules that are the cause of all the issues
@@Pavel_Pterodaktilovichall the while his channel is about ingesting a poison.
@@Pavel_Pterodaktilovich Agree! It is the excessive amounts of added sugars on top of what is already there naturally in the food that are the problem.
@@tbjtbj4786 Exactly. Love whiskey, but no illusions about it. Booze isn't death's prime minister for its timidity.
Very philosophical 🎉