Is This New Whiskey Category for Bourbon Drinkers?
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- Опубликовано: 3 июн 2024
- Are american single malts taking over the bourbon industry?
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The sound of Sean spitting it out is priceless!!! 5:50. I'm dying!!!
Theres your answer lol. Cedar Ridge makes my favorite ASM.
100% a mashbills we will try and keep buying. We love their 100% wheat
Single malt scotch will always be better!! By far!!
Haha, bought the last Westward Belgian Ardennes bottle at the Distillery a couple weeks ago. It was a 21 release. Cherry strudel!
Yep. American Single Malts are where it's at. Especially if you're someone who likes the darker flavors from coffee, chocolate, or Double Oaked Bourbon. And fruit like figs.
That New Riff sounds exactly what I enjoy with Single Malts. They are so unique and interesting while bourbons are all very similar.
Yeah sounds like something id love
That is so true about bourbons all being very similar... There are so many great pours that are not bourbon,,,
I couldn’t agree less! But that’s what is so fun about whiskey! We all get a different experience from the exact same thing and get to share it together.
@@dexterpaul-jones1640 i dont agree that all bourbon is super similar, but i do think that malt sounds good
Westward cask strength is absolutely one of my favorite whiskeys. Its incredible
I love the Westward Whiskey Cask Strength (125 proof / purple label) American Single Malt! Picked one up from Total Wine a month ago. My first single malt. Love the videos!
It got my vote for Best Whiskey of 2023. It is incredible
Agree, sold me on ASMs. It’s amazing
Balcones Single Malt is pretty good
I like the Balcones Lineage. Goes for $35 or less also, so big win.
I'm a fan of single malt Irish whiskey and am looking forward to try some from the states. Thanks for the suggestions
Don’t forget Stranahans. I love Stranahans Colorado single malt. A nice malty flavor on front and mid palate with coffee/mocha in the mid palate with a peppery finish. Nothing harsh in my opinion. It’s not a single malt pretending to be a bourbon. Westland sherrywood finish is fantastic too.
I was lucky enough to get the (LE) Jack Daniels Twice Barreled Single Malt for $65. I've had a half dozen other American single malts since. Some are better than others. But man....that JD LE might as well be it's own category. I know I know, it's [sherry] finished, but I don't care.
One of those bottles I frequently eye up on my shelf for a drink, but I don't want it to be gone.
Gotta get some VA Distilling CO in that lineup. Their finishes and CS's are amazing
Have a 1liter of the Jack coming from Hong Kong for $78 next week and glad you like it so makes me feel excited to get it. Cheers 🥃
I love the New Riff single malt. I get a lot of chocolate on the palate.
Guess I need to try the Jack and Bulleit ones next.
I have a bottle of the Jack Single Malt. Excited to open it after watching this!
The New Riff Single Malt is one of my favorite whiskeys I've had in a little while now. Finished my 1st bottle and was happy to get a 2nd
I picked up a Balcones aged in Sherry casks and a regular Balcones. The regular is good but you can tell its a little young. The one in Sherry casks is very strong on the sherry flavor but I now love it. Can't wait to try the westward sherry next!
My problem with single barely malt is that I have an American palette. I prefer sweet over anything else so I lean more towards bourbon and rum. The outlier would be Islays.
Ha, I feel you there. Most of my favorite whiskey are bourbons. And then there's Octomore...
I've had the special release of the JD, and loved it. I also really like Stranahan's and Deerhammer for ASM's, both from Colorado, where I live. I love New Riff malted rye and hope to try their ASM.
Love Westward American Single Malt. I have their Single Cask 6143 and it's stellar!! Also cannot go wrong with New Riff.
UGH!! The JD ASM is $400 on secondary!!
The JDASM is not $400 on secondary. It’s like $150-$200. Just got one in a trade yesterday
@@Ona1000 tell me where I can find a bottle at a retail shop. Been searching online and seems they are all around $400. Great that you got one in trade.
Westward Whiskey's "Milestone" release from 2023 might be one of the best whiskeys I've ever had. The aroma on that alone is BTAC level good.
Virginia Distillery company has been focusing on ASMs for a few years. Their Courage and Conviction line has some real interesting cask finishes. I enjoy the Cuvée Cask finish. Quite unique.
Defiant is awesome!
I was really hesitant to try the Bulleit Single Malt (not being a fan of single malts in general)...boy was I happy to try it! I agree with a lot of your tasting notes and while I do think it is simple, it is just an enjoyable sip. Still need to go get a bottle for myself!
Only American single malt I’ve had so far was from Stranahan’s store pick and really liked it. Fruity bubble gum flavor.
Jack has been knocking it outta the park lately! 😏
Virginia Distilling Co is killing it with their ASMs. The Courage & Conviction Cuvée cask is great.
I would toss in other Virginia Distillery Co releases like the Double Cask. Their Port Finished VHW is solid too and about to get a single barrel release.
I just picked up one of those. I agree. I'll have to start checking out more from them.
Shhhhhh don’t be spreading the word
@@curtisjames9081 oops!
@@smikebacts absolutely. A store fairly local to me got a moscatel finished VHW single barrel!
You two have me about to start hunting again lol! I have to get the bulleit and JD
Westward is killing it but honestly so is Stranahan they just make a very different expression.
Dan'o trimming down on the belly. Nice work. Love me some iodine, NAC and long fasts.
keep the bourbon up and sugar down. Vitaimin Beef, cut the carbs. No seed oils ever again.
Just saw SLB tasting JB 7 year bargain. Hitting a bit higher than 101 turkey.
JD is also available on select military bases in the states. 1L is $90, no tax.
Damn that's a buy
Stranahans Single Barrel (store pick) Single Malt. Gotta try it.
Yes to this....good call. Anyone looking for a bit more proof, they have cask strength versions. Ship to quite a few states straight from their site :)
Jack Daniel’s SM is $100 in duty free. And you MUST have an international ticket to purchase. And don’t try to have someone buy it for you because they hold it until you board the plane.
Yes, I speak from experience. I’m out $100, and a nice Italian gentleman got a sweet bottle of Jack!
As someone who started down the scotch path before bourbon, I do like several American single malts. The big difference for me are the first fill barrels. It takes scotch a lot longer to draw that out.
I'm heartened by growing momentum on SM after Redwood Empires Foggy Burl , I'll look out for that Highwest and the New Riff bottles🤝
Foggy Burl is an absolute crusher. Pure malted chocolate the entire way
I tried Scotch first then moved into bourbon because the Scotch was just not doing it for me. I am just not into Malted Barley, I guess. I like Bulleit 10 and their Rye. Maybe it is time to give it another try, ty
Rootshoot, boulder spirits. Great stuff. It should, im my mind have some scotch character funky or fruity, and some bourbon sweet carmel and wood.
I would love to see you guys do a video of single malts blind with some American in them. Ten glasses, ten bottles. Maybe include the Starward Australian single malt I sent you guys forever ago. 😊
The JD in duty free has worked out to about $90 (for a liter)
Sitting here watching this video sipping jdsbbp rye. I think it's safe to say that Jack Daniels is the top distillery right now and has been for a couple years. The product that they release for the price is just top notch stuff. Love it
Westward Cask Strength ASM is the king, love it so much
Funny, I was just at the airport today and they had this jack Daniels, $100!!! Crazy
Westland, Del Bac, Virginia Distilling Co, Cedar Ridge, McCarthy's, and on and on. This is one area where the 'big guys' are not producing as good of stuff as the smaller guys.
Jack Daniel's Twice Barreled Single Malt is some of the best whiskey I've ever tasted. Very jammy. I've never given it to anyone who didn't love it. I've not been a big fan of other single malts
Apparently the single malt JD is 91 for a 750ml. Which is a tad high but I’d probably get one. If for no other reason than uniqueness. I still haven’t pulled the trigger on single malt American whiskey yet have seen wildly different reviews on it for most bottles out there. But I’ll get the Bulliett cause it sits on shelves around me.
BOURBON, NOT AS EXCITING AS SCOTCHES AND RYES FOR ME..TEQUILA IS NOW GETTING MY NEW FOUND ATTENTION AND IM LOVING THE NEWNESS, AND THE DIFFERENCE THIS BRINGS TO MY GLASS. BUT, GOTTA SAY THANK YOU, SINCERELY THANK YOU FOR SUGGESTING THE NEW RIFF SINGLE BARREL. I WIPED OUT MY LOCAL STORE OF THAT ONE... PRETTY DAMN GOOD VALUE/ PRICE/TASTE/ EXCEPTIONAL NOSE/ PROOFY...
Does anyone know what airport duty-frees carry that JD single malt?
I love the jack single malts, that new riff sounds right up my alley. I really liked the double malt from asw as well. On the other hand i thought the yellowstone single malt tasted like salmon skin. Super fishy for some reason. Id buy that bulleit if there was literally any info on it on the bottle.
Thank you for the booze news🥃🥃👊
I saw the jack single malt for $100 for a liter at a mexico duty free.
I love Scotch Single Malts as much as Bourbon and definitely like a good ASM. But, both the Jack Daniel’s and the Bulleit were a no go for me. Interesting that you both liked them that much.
Bought the new riff a few months ago, didn’t know anything about it but I like New Riff so why not. Had the exact same reaction. The nose was great but the palate was so off putting and harsh. It got worse as I drank it and I couldn’t finish the pour. Haven’t touched it since.
Saw the JD Single malt at O'Hara duty free it was 99.95
Didn’t need a reason to stick with bourbon, and sometimes rye. But! Guess I got my reason now hahaha. Thanks for this so I didn’t have to. May search for the Jack though…
Stranahans was at Pours last year. You should do their core 4 bottles as an episode. That's who I think of when someone says ASM. Not all these weird ones. Could probably get the distiller guy who came up last year on video call for it.
I did their distillery tour last summer. Freaking amazing!!!
Scotch is barreled in Sherry casks which mellows out the barley, sweetens it and makes it damn tasty.
Most scotch is aged in used bourbon barrel, nice try. Very little scotch ever gets a secondary barreling in port or sherry.
@@huntermcdougal5013 Nice try? Lol.
Anyone know if evernorth is open on Fridays still?
I hope it becomes a core, but I have only seen them at 100 at Dufy free.
Give Town Branch Single Malt a try! It’s a 7 year, but you wouldn’t know it from the color. For 40 bucks, it’s a hidden gem!
I disagree. I have a few single malts and it was dead last in blind tastes with our group. Balcones and clermont steep did way better
Please treat yourself and buy/try a Maine ASM called Fifty Stone. Smells and tastes like movie theater buttered popcorn. Fat washed some with unsalted butter and the result was insane. Westward and Stranahan's are standouts as well, just saying. Will have to go back and rewatch teh vid to see if Sean inadvertently drank out of his backwash glass.
Best American Single Malt in our opinion is Courage and Conviction. Cheers.
I really love American single malt but my choices near where I live aren't great
Can't help but wonder if Bulleit is sourcing Westward.
I would pay sooo much for allocated single malts!
Ok now that all the flippers are gone can I get my freakin Weller 12 back on the shelf?
But in all honesty I'm all for anything good. I would rate my current #1 over all whiskeys is the Balcones Peated Single Malt.
Everything I've had from balcones has been trash
Bulleit green note is green beans to me. I’m okay with it.
I've been passing on the B.S.M. Guess I will buy it tomorrow.
They said the same thing about non-alcoholic beer. It's the biggest growth category! It's going nuts! Now it's all on clearance because nobody buys it.
What no Stranahans for review?
I can see where people enjoy this category! It’s not really for me, to date my favorites are still wheaters, stagg/ECBP, and generally all toasted barrels
FYI, 'single malt' has a legal definition/requirement in Scotland, such as requiring malted barley. In the US, there is no such thing. So we're probably going to see a lot more variation in these American single malts.
Google American Single Malt Whiskey Commission. Requirements are forthcoming
Hatch single malt is spot on.
The new high west high country is much better. I’d try that one and revisit it.
Have you considered starting a marketing agency? The content and influencing you are delivering is worth a fortune to all of the brands you promote.
More golf w whiskey please.
What exactly is an American single malt? What is the profile it’s going for?
Did Dan find his breakfast whiskey in JD single malt?
New riff is like very different to me it was very spicy
Maybe it needs to age much like scotch and go for at least 9 years to allow it to mellow
Saw the JD single malt for $100 in Qatar airport. Couldn't do it
I adore the Bulleit single malt. A bit pricey at $60 but it’s definitely bourbon-friendly. I get a lotta dry chocolate, vanilla, lemon twist, and oatmeal
A Jam filled sandwich....lmao. Alrighty then....guess I'll look for a couple of these.
Passing on most High West stuff actually
No love to Balconies who was pretty much the first American single malt???
“I don’t think it’s for anyone” 😂
I love High West. And I don’t pour out bottles but that High Country was God awful.
You guys are such babies i have that same bottle of high west lol
I thought the point was that to be a Scotch requires nothing. Bourbon is too rigid. ASM is the American "Scotch" (pronounced single malt in English).
Give Westland Sherry Wood a try. ASM that somehow keeps ending up in the Scotch aisle.
Doesn't "single malt" basically just mean whiskey made by one distillery, without blending in juice from anywhere else?
Yes, and that it’s malted barley
No. I'd recommend just looking it up on wikipedia.
@@johng6350 Cool, here's what Wikipedia says: "Single malt whisky is malt whisky from a single distillery. [...] While the Scotch model is usually copied internationally, these constraints may not apply to whisky marketed as "single malt" that is produced elsewhere. For example, there is no definition of the term "single malt" in relation to whisky in the law of the United States, and some American whiskey advertised as "single malt whiskey" is produced from malted rye rather than malted barley."
Andalusia single malt
Woo hoo
I like Westward but it doesn’t come close to good single malt scotch!!!
i don't mind the idea of american single malts, just know that every other whisky producing country in the world is probably making one too.
Texas whiskey has been serious about single malts for years now.
Y'all are just now catching up. Ha!
Just get an Irish single malt.
I think it's be really cool if you guys did some blending at home - maybe a blind of a flight of home-blended bourbons. Whiskey vault recently did a review of a sort-of-gimmicky irish called "Lost Irish" and he was encouraging folks to try blending at home a bit. I did try it and it was suprisingly enjoyable and difficult.
ruclips.net/video/HVGZdY_QlpE/видео.html&ab_channel=WhiskeyVault
If you want scotch, but scotch.
What? No Balcones....pfft
Westland > Westward
Mark this moment!!! American single malt will never come close to fabulous scotch single malts. Not even close! Cheers!
WHICH of the scotch single malts are the "fabulous" ones? They vary widely in quality. The best single malts I have had have been from Scotland, sure, but every ASM I have tried has been better than scotch SM's like Glenlivet, Glenfiddich, Cragganmore, Auchentoshan, Balvenie, and a whole bunch of others I could name.
@@richardbostan4286 Okay you have a right to your opinion. I disagree. Kilchomen, Ardbeg, Benromach, many Lagavulin, cask strength sherry Laphroaig, and the list could go on and on. Cheers. I don't consider Glenlivet or Glenfiddich to be great scotch single malts - not the low end expressions anyway. Purely for beginners scotch drinkers. I never did. I went right to peated and terrific speysides. Have a great day!!
@@christinecamley -- Oddly, you say you disagree with me but you really haven't contradicted what I said. You admit that distilleries like Glenlivet and Glenfiddich (at the low end anyway) aren't that great, and then you mention a bunch of Scottish distilleries that I DO think are really great. The best scotch I have ever tasted is Ardbeg Corryvrecken.
It is quite possible that no ASM will ever be as good as that, but that wasn't the claim I was responding to. My point was that not ALL single malt scotch is of high quality, and you are not disputing that.
@@richardbostan4286 Okay we are on common ground. I agree we are saying some of the same things! I appreciate your thoughts a lot. Thanks for pointing this out Richard. I mean it. I shouldn't judge the U.S. single malts. We all learn.
I'm disappointed in yall!! You forgot the goat 🐐 Cedar ridge
ASM is still not better than Scotch, but it's still better than Bourbon.
JD Single malt is about 90 at Duty Free. Outrageously over priced.