Gentlemen.......Since we may never get Ardbeg Dark Cove again......Your mission should you choose to accept it..........figure out a Poor Man's Dark Cove
Regarding buying a barrel, I've looked into it before. They will keep it for a set amount of years (8 to 10 for the ones i saw) then charge you storage after that. They may also charge a bottling fee, shipping fee and alcohol tax at the end. Overall, it can double the cost of the whisky.
IMO synthetic corks are the way to go. Preserves the tradition and esthetic of corks, while using the improved technology we need to keep our liquid safe! Cheers guys! -C
Saw this title and thought I have to watch this immediately to hear you try to pronounce Gaelic, you did not disappoint as you failed miserably. Love what you're doing though guys.
Glenfiddich Winter Storm is 21 years old. A very different, interesting whisky. Fairly friendly, but can really carry those older wood notes. Tastes best, imo, if you let it breath for a good 20 or 30 minutes.
Hey Guys: I am an Irish Gaelic speaker with familiarity with Scottish Gaelic. In Scottish Gaelic, AN CUAN MOR (Un Koo un More) means The big Ocean or Sea See also, Cunard Line the well established Scottish Ocean going shipping company. CUNARD is an Anglicized spelling of CUAN ARD=HIGH SEAS. In Irish Gaelic CUAN MOR means Big Harbor SLÁINTE Mike
I recently won (twice) £50 to spend at the Whisky Exchange, The first time I opted for Glendmorangie Quinta Ruban which was £44 and a small 200ml bottle of Glenfarclas 105. I had to pay a little more and pay for delivery. Without the Glendfarclas it would have all been free. The second win I went for a bottle of Willet Pot Still Reserve which is £64 over here. So had to contribute towards its cost plus delivery. So I have done both, gone cheaper and then more expensive. All excellent drinks.
One suggestion for his child's 21st birthday would be the Balvenie 21 Port. To buy one now not knowing anything about what his whisky tastes will be could be challenging. I would be looking for a malt that is not considered polarizing in the flavor profile.
Hello guys, thanks for the great content as usual. What do you think about the rising prices of our favourite spirit these last few years? have you noticed any on your side? and what do you think of it? it seems to me that Everytime we are not looking, prices increase slightly and we are seeing more and more pricey NAS accross the board.
Question for both Daniel and Rex: Gun-to-your-head decision time. You can only buy one but you have to buy one or the other, which do you buy, Ardbeg 10 or Laphroaig 10?
Rex and I are totally on the same wave-length! I just recently got a $100 gift card, and bought 1 bottle, specifically because it felt like free money that I could splurge with. But I have never spent $100 on a single bottle of my own money.
I stood in line to get Stranahan's Snowflake Batch #21 last Friday and I'm saving one of my 2 bottles for my future son/daughter's 21st birthday. We're not even expecting yet, but the earliest I could possibly gift that whiskey is 2040. I'll be 51 years old. Guess I better be setting a monthly reminder to turn that bottle...
I have an update from one of my previous comments. After finding Laphroaig 10 very enjoyable, I gave Ardbeg a try. It was very similar in smell, but Ardbeg was much woodier, and a little less salty to me. I'm having trouble picking a favorite out of the two.
Hey guys, amazing work and I just can’t believe y’all are so close and I haven’t made it that way. I am trying to explore Islay more with my friend and we have fallen in love with lagavulin and laphroaig, besides arbeg, any recommendations? Keep on throwing out amazing content and I’ll keep drinking it up!
I would love to see what you guys think of the Laphroaig PX Cask compared to this. It is also usually more expensive than the Lore I wonder what you think of that!
@Daniel - How do you compare the LORE with this An Cuan Mor? Could you do a comparison someday if you haven't already? I've found it hard to choose between the two, but you once declared Lore to be your favourite Lapphie so i'm wondering if this ACM altered your view? To expand on that, how do you feel the Lore and the An Cuan Mor compare not only to each other but also to the Laphroaig 18yo? Slainte to you guys and keep up the good work! It's amazing what you guys achieved in such relatively short notice - homing in on 600 videos on this channel alone! Bravo! Also looking forward to the continuation of your distillery adventure!
@@ellisfield159 Yeah you do. I don't even know you, but this was begging to be said. Sorry, not sorry, but really, I don't mean to offend you in particular, you useless bastard. Sorry again.
The vault list doesn't appear to be updated... it only lists 833 entries, and several of the donations i have made (that wouldn't fall in the sections mentioned) don't appear in the list. Is is possible the updated list hasn't been pushed to the website accessible location?
I have this problem/question at the moment... looking at 2 bottles of €50 each - so, 2 'really nice' ones... plus spreading some flavours around. My wishlist is so long now... still torn: what next? The Kilkerran 12yo is topping the list I think.
I'm new to this channel so I have to ask, have you guys acquired a bottle of Pappy Van Winkle? That Whiskey is most memorable to me because I will never forget when a rich businessman bought the entire bottle from the bar that I work at. I'm sure you guys know the price point a bottle of that stuff
Glenfarclas 21: valid option, but the chance of broken cork will be in the vicinity of 5000%. They are notorious for bad corks. in fact: I opened a botlle of 21 just last weekend, guess what happened...
Dear Daniel, I recently purchased a (quite expensive) Laphroaig An Cuan Mòr. I’ve noticed that the bottle has some sort of very small particles floating around. Looking from behind the green glass they appear to be brown. Could this be residue from the cork or is it because the whisky is not chill-filtered? Either way, how do I/should I get rid of it? Do I need to return the bottle?
I was, for some reason 100% sure that both of you gonna immediately know from the nose that it's Laphroaig. I only ever tasted two whiskies from Laphroaig, the 10 and the CQ but when I bought a blended scotch that contained a tiny bit of Laphroaig, I instantly pinpointed it, and by no meaning amI any better at the whisky game than you guys. Just surprised and really curious what this particular release must be like!
Yesterday I was going to do the whole buy two decent bottles of whisk(e)y around $100 and then i found that they had 1 last Yamazaki 12 at $90 and also Basil Hayden on sale...so yeah i went overboard a bit...
@12:24 does Daniel call it...a "Bourbon finished in European Oak" or am I hearing things? Could just be the alcohol talking, but perhaps we need to have Daniel and Rex make another adjustment to that "____ many days since Daniel messed something up" board.
So, uh, it sounds like you guys are offering free storage. I wonder what 21 years in the Texas heat would be like.. think there'd still be anything left to bottle?
Isn't most of the real vs synthetic cork debate about cost and sustainability/carbon footprint? I know when you look @ cork on wikipedia it goes into at length the carbon footprint comparison between the different types of bottle stops.
Answer to question: Do both, one month (or week or two weeks, depending on your budget) I buy one $80, the next month I buy two $40... It works out great because you drink the cheaper stuff more.
I know this is old, but a warlock is a wizard/sorcerer who has broken a rule/code of conduct. At least this is what I was informed of from another fellow sorcerer that I know. Furthermore, wizard is the term commonly used within fantasy or folklore, the common term among male and female IS indeed a witch.
Warlocks are usually simply practitioners of evil magic, though I play d&d so I know them as people who made a pact with a powerful entity to gain their magic powers
To me pear--vanila flavour on top of peatiness is trademark for any Laphroaig, without it, it is not Laphroaig :D edit: the creme chese frosting can be that note, what for me is pear-vanila ...
Warlock vs Wizard is more of a Dungeons and Dragons class debate. Both use magic, but Warlocks have what's called a "pact blade". The pact blade (usually a dagger or short sword) is used as a focus for casting their magic. Wizards do not need a pact blade.
This video makes me realize that I don't actually use "wizard" or "witch" that often. Maybe it's due to years of playing Final Fantasy, but I usually use "mage" or "magician", both of which happen to be completely gender neutral. When I hear "wizard" I do think male, and "witch" female, and while semantically they are an equivalent pair (i.e. they both refer to a practitioner of magic), pragmatically "witch" does tend to have more negative connotations.
Can maybe the guy who doesn’t know what he is drinking take the lead on comments? Way more interesting to hear Rex work his way toward an impression than hear Daniel who has read all the tasting notes in advance. Or maybe it’s just me.
Bought a Bowmore 10 in the airport. Accidentally pronounced it the way Daniel (Dan😝) does, the salesman hadn't a clue and corrected me saying Bow-More...I looked like a tit, thanks Dan 😥
Gentlemen.......Since we may never get Ardbeg Dark Cove again......Your mission should you choose to accept it..........figure out a Poor Man's Dark Cove
Would it not be a...Laphroaig-ian slip?
🤦♀️
@@christinavanness7697 I mean, if you think about it, it may have actually been Laphroaig that caused the slip.
Regarding buying a barrel, I've looked into it before. They will keep it for a set amount of years (8 to 10 for the ones i saw) then charge you storage after that. They may also charge a bottling fee, shipping fee and alcohol tax at the end. Overall, it can double the cost of the whisky.
IMO synthetic corks are the way to go. Preserves the tradition and esthetic of corks, while using the improved technology we need to keep our liquid safe! Cheers guys! -C
Glenlivet Archive 21 year. I had it at my wedding, loved it.
Saw this title and thought I have to watch this immediately to hear you try to pronounce Gaelic, you did not disappoint as you failed miserably. Love what you're doing though guys.
Glenfiddich Winter Storm is 21 years old. A very different, interesting whisky.
Fairly friendly, but can really carry those older wood notes. Tastes best, imo, if you let it breath for a good 20 or 30 minutes.
Hey Guys:
I am an Irish Gaelic speaker with familiarity with Scottish Gaelic. In Scottish Gaelic, AN CUAN MOR (Un Koo un More) means The big Ocean or Sea See also, Cunard Line the well established Scottish Ocean going shipping company. CUNARD is an Anglicized spelling of CUAN ARD=HIGH SEAS.
In Irish Gaelic CUAN MOR means Big Harbor
SLÁINTE
Mike
I recently won (twice) £50 to spend at the Whisky Exchange, The first time I opted for Glendmorangie Quinta Ruban which was £44 and a small 200ml bottle of Glenfarclas 105. I had to pay a little more and pay for delivery. Without the Glendfarclas it would have all been free.
The second win I went for a bottle of Willet Pot Still Reserve which is £64 over here. So had to contribute towards its cost plus delivery.
So I have done both, gone cheaper and then more expensive. All excellent drinks.
One suggestion for his child's 21st birthday would be the Balvenie 21 Port. To buy one now not knowing anything about what his whisky tastes will be could be challenging. I would be looking for a malt that is not considered polarizing in the flavor profile.
Rex told a Dad joke! "You nailed that dusty wood, that old dusty wood, just nailed that!"
Hello guys, thanks for the great content as usual. What do you think about the rising prices of our favourite spirit these last few years? have you noticed any on your side? and what do you think of it? it seems to me that Everytime we are not looking, prices increase slightly and we are seeing more and more pricey NAS accross the board.
Question for both Daniel and Rex: Gun-to-your-head decision time. You can only buy one but you have to buy one or the other, which do you buy, Ardbeg 10 or Laphroaig 10?
"your very instinct is wrong...." so Rex reuses insults.. He said that to me a week or so ago...
And here I thought he had some imagination....
Who are you fellow bastard Zirpoli ? You are every where !
@@mechanicalhippo493..... I'm batman..?
My service is dedicated all to the ardbeg cult , but batman? He is not to be trusted .
@@mechanicalhippo493 Deadpool? Constantine?
Oh wait.. Priestess of Peat..?... That might be it..
@@mechanicalhippo493 She makes the sandwiches...
Rex and I are totally on the same wave-length! I just recently got a $100 gift card, and bought 1 bottle, specifically because it felt like free money that I could splurge with. But I have never spent $100 on a single bottle of my own money.
Gotta agree with Rex. If it's my money, I go for a few good things, if it's gift money, I get something big I wouldn't normally get myself.
I stood in line to get Stranahan's Snowflake Batch #21 last Friday and I'm saving one of my 2 bottles for my future son/daughter's 21st birthday. We're not even expecting yet, but the earliest I could possibly gift that whiskey is 2040. I'll be 51 years old. Guess I better be setting a monthly reminder to turn that bottle...
Hell Yeah, Thanks guys!
I have an update from one of my previous comments. After finding Laphroaig 10 very enjoyable, I gave Ardbeg a try. It was very similar in smell, but Ardbeg was much woodier, and a little less salty to me. I'm having trouble picking a favorite out of the two.
I would use the GC to offset the cost of a $300 bottle lol
Hey guys, amazing work and I just can’t believe y’all are so close and I haven’t made it that way. I am trying to explore Islay more with my friend and we have fallen in love with lagavulin and laphroaig, besides arbeg, any recommendations? Keep on throwing out amazing content and I’ll keep drinking it up!
"Did you just bastard a saint?" That question should be saved for prosperity
Thank you Chad!!!!
I would love to see what you guys think of the Laphroaig PX Cask compared to this. It is also usually more expensive than the Lore I wonder what you think of that!
I still think that the Magnificent Bastard graphic still isnt shitty enough.
@Daniel - How do you compare the LORE with this An Cuan Mor? Could you do a comparison someday if you haven't already?
I've found it hard to choose between the two, but you once declared Lore to be your favourite Lapphie so i'm wondering if this ACM altered your view? To expand on that, how do you feel the Lore and the An Cuan Mor compare not only to each other but also to the Laphroaig 18yo?
Slainte to you guys and keep up the good work! It's amazing what you guys achieved in such relatively short notice - homing in on 600 videos on this channel alone! Bravo! Also looking forward to the continuation of your distillery adventure!
I think a trip to Windsor, ON is in order, to hit the LCBO and duty free for something special.
Unicorn peacock.... unicock? Or peacorn?
It's most certainly Unicock
I like unicock
@@ellisfield159 Yeah you do.
I don't even know you, but this was begging to be said. Sorry, not sorry, but really, I don't mean to offend you in particular, you useless bastard.
Sorry again.
Most definitely, for Rex, peacorn.
Did/doing this for my 2 sons with Lagavulin Distiller's Edition(my favourite whisky)
The vault list doesn't appear to be updated... it only lists 833 entries, and several of the donations i have made (that wouldn't fall in the sections mentioned) don't appear in the list. Is is possible the updated list hasn't been pushed to the website accessible location?
It’s currently missing around 3 to 400 bottles. Working on getting them added.
Hey guys... Could you review Oban Little Bay please?
ruclips.net/video/LJsmlEc2v3M/видео.html
I have this problem/question at the moment... looking at 2 bottles of €50 each - so, 2 'really nice' ones... plus spreading some flavours around. My wishlist is so long now... still torn: what next? The Kilkerran 12yo is topping the list I think.
Was that a Goonies cubby shake?
I hate when my cork is dry, wet corks are best.
Wizard=wizardess/witch=warlock/sorcerer=sorceress/enchanter=enchantress.
I'm new to this channel so I have to ask, have you guys acquired a bottle of Pappy Van Winkle? That Whiskey is most memorable to me because I will never forget when a rich businessman bought the entire bottle from the bar that I work at. I'm sure you guys know the price point a bottle of that stuff
Nice, I just asked some opinions about this one on Facebook. Can't wait to watch it completely!
Glenfarclas 21: valid option, but the chance of broken cork will be in the vicinity of 5000%. They are notorious for bad corks. in fact: I opened a botlle of 21 just last weekend, guess what happened...
Dear Daniel, I recently purchased a (quite expensive) Laphroaig An Cuan Mòr. I’ve noticed that the bottle has some sort of very small particles floating around. Looking from behind the green glass they appear to be brown. Could this be residue from the cork or is it because the whisky is not chill-filtered? Either way, how do I/should I get rid of it? Do I need to return the bottle?
Cork may occasionally have its functional shortcomings, but it's still the most environmentally friendly wine/spirit stopper.
Is this whisky still available in airports?
I prefer Laphroaig to. Just had a bottle of the select. (Oak Casks).
I'd buy one Scotch, and one Bourbon. But I need to explore more.
I was, for some reason 100% sure that both of you gonna immediately know from the nose that it's Laphroaig. I only ever tasted two whiskies from Laphroaig, the 10 and the CQ but when I bought a blended scotch that contained a tiny bit of Laphroaig, I instantly pinpointed it, and by no meaning amI any better at the whisky game than you guys. Just surprised and really curious what this particular release must be like!
I'm now debating covering all my bottles just to have a tasting surprise every time I pour.
could the sugary taste be anise?
I know the laprhoaig taste and i think its anise ish...
Yesterday I was going to do the whole buy two decent bottles of whisk(e)y around $100 and then i found that they had 1 last Yamazaki 12 at $90 and also Basil Hayden on sale...so yeah i went overboard a bit...
Hi shane!!!
@12:24 does Daniel call it...a "Bourbon finished in European Oak" or am I hearing things? Could just be the alcohol talking, but perhaps we need to have Daniel and Rex make another adjustment to that "____ many days since Daniel messed something up" board.
My ear caught that too. Not sure what he meant.
Im waiting for the day where Rex does the blind taste test and when he smells it he goes “I think this might be whiskey”
Daniel, serious question. An Cuan Mor or Lore? Here they are very much for same money.
Lore
I want to come and taste every whiskey in the vault...
Hey guys! Did you try Red Spot 15yo? How is it? I want to try it but I can't get in my country...
So, uh, it sounds like you guys are offering free storage. I wonder what 21 years in the Texas heat would be like.. think there'd still be anything left to bottle?
I agree with Rex, when its gift money, buy the really nice bottle, with my own money I go for value. Not that anyone gives me money for whiskey...
Isn't most of the real vs synthetic cork debate about cost and sustainability/carbon footprint? I know when you look @ cork on wikipedia it goes into at length the carbon footprint comparison between the different types of bottle stops.
Answer to question:
Do both, one month (or week or two weeks, depending on your budget) I buy one $80, the next month I buy two $40... It works out great because you drink the cheaper stuff more.
If I was Josh I would get a wiskey from the closest distilleries from where he's son was born or conceive.
Agree with Daniel here. Warlock to me sounds like a battle wizard/mage.
I'm with Rex on buying, partially since college finances don't allow for variety. Free money is free good stuff, but mine has to last.
I know this is old, but a warlock is a wizard/sorcerer who has broken a rule/code of conduct. At least this is what I was informed of from another fellow sorcerer that I know. Furthermore, wizard is the term commonly used within fantasy or folklore, the common term among male and female IS indeed a witch.
There’s nothing like a juicy pair (or pear)
Warlocks are usually simply practitioners of evil magic, though I play d&d so I know them as people who made a pact with a powerful entity to gain their magic powers
That laugh at 12:02
To me pear--vanila flavour on top of peatiness is trademark for any Laphroaig, without it, it is not Laphroaig :D
edit: the creme chese frosting can be that note, what for me is pear-vanila ...
12:24 did he just say this is Bourbon finished in European oak? Can't say I've ever had a Bourbon Laphroaig lol
The Spirit Monk[e]y is 6th.
Warlock vs Wizard is more of a Dungeons and Dragons class debate. Both use magic, but Warlocks have what's called a "pact blade". The pact blade (usually a dagger or short sword) is used as a focus for casting their magic. Wizards do not need a pact blade.
Josh you sound buy a bottle of flang & feathers #2 special reserve and save it for 21 years
This is not Ardmore Legacy
Can we have a comedy episode for the next QC?? The Johnnie walker red, Kentucky and Canada jokes are halarius!
cant wait to come visit the warlock academe!
This video makes me realize that I don't actually use "wizard" or "witch" that often. Maybe it's due to years of playing Final Fantasy, but I usually use "mage" or "magician", both of which happen to be completely gender neutral. When I hear "wizard" I do think male, and "witch" female, and while semantically they are an equivalent pair (i.e. they both refer to a practitioner of magic), pragmatically "witch" does tend to have more negative connotations.
To the Kung Foo question. Closest to $100 if it's a gift.
Scotch? Bourbon? Irish? Canadian? Etc...etc. What the person's preferred style?
Some times I hate my name
Green spot .
Who has a book shelf these days?
If it is a gift, and not my money, I’ll get a nice expensive bottle. If it’s my money, I tend to lean towards getting 2-4 nice bottles.
... Well.. At least Adam got his bastard and Sainthood in...
😶😑😪
Just buy 1 bottle per year. That way when he turns 21, he will have a darn fine start on a collection.
Wizard is technically gender-neutral since it basically means one who is wise same with mage so technically it can work for both
ROCK HARD!
#TeamWarlock
It's not a cult!
The first rule of Whiskey Vault is Don't Talk About Whiskey Vault!
Wow, the Trash Panda is being salty with Rex? How's it feel Moochers?
boy was there a missed opportunity for another Dad Joke. Daniel should've said Laphroaig- ian slip..
Suggested 21: www.masterofmalt.com/whiskies/glen-keith/glen-keith-21-year-old-1996-cask-12575-old-particular-douglas-laing-whisky/
First thing that comes up on the vault list...... country = Africa
Gentlemen, have we had so much to drink that Africa is now a country?
Unicorn peacock = unicock
Holding this comment spot for my other account "Joe Bloggins"
Well hobbit you enjoy your smoke essence of Mordor?
and...it's a warlock
That went pear-shaped in a hurry!
warlock: a man who practices witchcraft; a sorcerer.
An Coo'an Mor
10:38 Sweaty Daniel armpit. You are welcome.
Can maybe the guy who doesn’t know what he is drinking take the lead on comments? Way more interesting to hear Rex work his way toward an impression than hear Daniel who has read all the tasting notes in advance. Or maybe it’s just me.
Nth!
7th!
Bought a Bowmore 10 in the airport. Accidentally pronounced it the way Daniel (Dan😝) does, the salesman hadn't a clue and corrected me saying Bow-More...I looked like a tit, thanks Dan 😥
Damn it missed it by 7min