The new label/branding is awful.

Hope you feel better

Opened my bottle on Wednesday ,neck pour, but shows promise.

I really love this old Version of the Victoriana. Great Stuff. Thanks for sharing your Thoughts and Opinion about it.

great review Wlad

Good review

Wlad, the Glenmo 10 YO is one of the first SMSW's I tried and it really drew me into malts. I've found this to be a reliable, good quality, easy-drinking dram. For the new 12 YO, you're finding those extra two years have made a difference. But I'm not sure I want more sweetness: maybe at 46% it would have some strength to cut through the wood sugars a bit? In any case, when the 12YO hits my market no doubt I'll repeat your experiment. Cheers!

Really like this one. My first Glen Scotia from their festival collection and it suits my taste down to a tee! Great review! 👍🏼

not my cup of tea normally Wlad, but may try and track down a sample from MoM.

Terrific review!!

Balllechin and Edradour my favorite whisky ) Good job Wlad, like.Slainte !

Good choice Wlad..Cheers !

With well over 100 potential candidates, it's really difficult to narrow it down to just 5, but to show willing how about: Paul John Christmas Edition 2019 from India Telser Edition X+1 Pinot Noir from Liechtenstein Mars Komagatake Nature of Shinshu - Rindo from Japan Cotswolds Founder's Choice from England Braunstein Library Collection 16:2 from Denmark

In the hot world of 'Peated Whisky' the Benromach Peat Smoke is seriously underrated. I think it's excellent and excellent value.

I'm so glad you reviewed this bottle. I'm a long term Benromach fan and I really love any cask strength stuff they do. I just got a bottle of the Polish Oak - Cask 72; 263 bottles. It was also distilled in 21/11/11 and bottled 31/10/22. We find these bottles in smaller, bricks and mortar, web sites. Over the years I've purchased a lot of excellent Benromach single casks from exclusive retailer offerings. Milroy's of London have, as I write, one bottle left of 'Londoner's Bartenders Edition (201 bottles), which is a first fill sherry hogshead at 59%. I'll follow do a follow comment on the Polish cask when I open my bottle. Cheers. WT

Yes, Wlad, many malt enthusiasts love the Signatory Edradour 10. The one I've tried is from 2016 and it was kind of ‘clean yet dirty’. I believe some batches are full-on dirty with Sherried goodness. I have an unopened 2020 bottling: we'll see what that is like. I also love the 12 YO ‘Dougie MacLean’s Caledonia Selection’ for its lively oakiness.

Good job Vlad ! Edradour my favorite , i heave 6 bottle in my bar and enjoying one of them , signatory vintage CS...Slainte !

Hey, Wlad! Nice review. I also like the Edradour whisky very much for its dense and "dirty" character which takes the heavy cask influence without getting bulldozed by it. So far I have tasted the 10 yo 46% from Signatory Vintage, 12 yo Caledonia and 10 yo CS from ex-bourbon barrels. So far I liked the Caledonia the best, but I have some bottles in the stash waiting their turn to be tasted so there is a strong possibility for a new favorite to rise. Cheers and keep them videos coming !

Can’t wait to get this peated Islay beauty in Canada! I have heard it’s fabulous!

Cant wait for it to come to Poland, still not here yet! Every review I have seen has been very positive, good sign for the future of Ardnahoe.

Hi Guys… To me more precise. Ardnahoe distillery is owed by Hunter Laing , sister company to Douglas Laing. 😁😉

Love Cotswold!

I work for Talikser, non chill filtered and no colour added….

This is a really great dram. The 15 is also a great dram, but quite different, so it's hard to compere them. Both of them are high quality Highland whisky

Nice one, Wlad. I also rate the Balblair 12 YO highly. I found it to be zingy yet buttery, with stewed apples, peaches and lemon curd. It's Highland malt whisky done very well. I have the 15 YO as well, not opened yet. Cheers.

Great review. I particularly like the fact that you mentioned potential turnoffs, such as fermented grass on the nose and peppery taste on the palate. Forewarned is forearmed.

Definitely not the same. Recently purchased the new one, and probably won't buy it again. Really liked the old version. The nee version is basic and boring.

Just bought it! Lovely stuff ! How do you compare it with 10 and with others from Contrast series ?

The new version is nothing like this version. Its sad but Glen scotia were one of my favourite distilleries, they have been sold and the victoriana in the new bottles is nothing like the first 4 batches. The bottle in this vid is the stuff I loved. Unfortunately its gone now. Also their xmas releases have gone up in price and down in quality. GS need to turn things around. The 15 and the double cask are still good, but not as good as it was!

Watched this as I've just bought a bottle. I'll let you know what I think when I crack it. Thanks mate!

Nice video. How does it compare to the newest version?

I really liked this one, too! 🥃

Nice review, thank you. 👍🥃

You did a great job with this review my friend.

Benromach is definitively something to look out for. Unusual Speside representative. Distillery itself worth visiting as well :) If you're in to that kind of adventure, would suggest Spey Fumare

thanks Vlad a very nice comparison between both whiskys

This won whisky of the day during my 2023 Whisky tasting day. It beat 11 other whisky's on the day. Including some big hitters. The 6 regions and one peated & one unpeated from each region. And the peatheads all put this in their top 2 of the day.

I have no idea why they changed the formula but why the heck do they do this to the consumer?!?! The older version is fantastic and I truly enjoy it. The new is similar but harsher. I do not know why Tallisker chose to change formula but I am very disappointed. I have 2 backup bottles of the older version and I'm afraid that these bottles are going to be hard to find.

Wlad, you are enticing me towards this 18 YO! The only problem is: it would cost me $200+ Australian dollars. 75 quid should equate to $142... but then there's our high booze taxes. So the value proposition isn't great here, and yet those worktubs and dunnage warehouses are definitely to my liking. All the best for 2024.

I tasted the old bottling, and thought the reviews of the new one did not match my notes at all. This video goes to prove my findings bang on. The nosing of old one is even close to Auchentoshan American Oak, which is for my taste a very pleasant light fruity whisky. You've earned a subscriber with one single video :)

I agree with you my friend. Hi from Argentina, like your channel. 🥃💪

I have visited that beautiful region of Scotland often, Ledaig and Tobermory are made nearby. Duart Castle is just over the water on The Isle of Mull and is the ancestral home of the Clan Maclean. I've just opened my bottle of Maclean Nose and agree with your tasting notes, I'm thoroughly enjoying it. Ralfy has just made this dram his whisky of the year 2024, grab a bottle if you can.

Well said Vlad

Watching your collection videos because I always love seeing what other people have and what gems I might have missed... Currently do not own a single bottle of English whisky but I was looking at the Lakes' Iris as a possibility. You have a great diverse collection in my book!

Great Pick! One of my favourites, such a tasty & good value malt, bought a few bottles for my stash as a wee bit scared they jack the price up to match other 18 year olds. Slàinte & happy New Year when it comes 🥃

Thanks for sharing 🙏

Thank you Vlad. Have you had the chance of tasting recent versions of their Contrast Triple Distilled ?

Thank you, Vlad.

I happen to have an opened bottle of this at my mother's house that I will be visiting when I go back to see her for the holidays. When I got it a year ago it was a bit too sharp and spicy for my taste, so I think I will like it a lot more oxidized!

Jack Daniels single malt, now I’ve seen it all! Thanks for the review, if I ever do travel again I will not be buying this.