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@andrewbutler7681 19 сағат бұрын
I can understand why you have used Whiskybase numbers for reference, but am a bit confused with a couple: WB N°4481 does not bring up an Islay, so I think you may have meant 4181, and WB N°133578 comes up as Yoichi Woody & Vanillic, not a French whisky at all... (maybe 135578?). Good choices (and explanations) though!
@GregsWhiskyGuide 18 сағат бұрын
Hi Andrew & thank you very much for your vigilance ! Indeed there are 2 mistakes you've seen & not me, sorry : Instead of 4481 it is 4181, and instead of 133578, it is rather 209271...the problem of having 2 lists to copy & paste & mix things a bit too. Well spotted & I just corrected it in the description, thank you 😅👍
@WhiskyLoversSociety 2 күн бұрын
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@GregsWhiskyGuide 2 күн бұрын
Thanks for your vigilant check, Gert, it is now corrected, but you are now advantaged & hopefully curious about those 2), lol ! Cheers !
@WhiskyLoversSociety 2 күн бұрын
@@GregsWhiskyGuide I have a very short memory……. Cannot remember a thing
@NoteworthyWhisky 2 күн бұрын
Nice list! Cheers, Greg!
@GregsWhiskyGuide 2 күн бұрын
Thanks Sheldon !
@bennyfriis601 4 күн бұрын
Excellent review(s), Greg. Glen Scotia imho a bit under the radar here in Denmark. Not the distillery, I'm most familiar with either, but I've liked what I've tasted so far. Cheers buddy! 🥃
@GregsWhiskyGuide 4 күн бұрын
Thanks, Benny, much appreciated. Cheers ! 🥃
@WhiskyLoversSociety 5 күн бұрын
Nice video mate and some interesting choices
@GregsWhiskyGuide 5 күн бұрын
Thanks a lot, Gert, you might be interested by the next one coming up ("S.W. Regions" challenge), btw !
@WhiskyLoversSociety 5 күн бұрын
@@GregsWhiskyGuide always interesting in your videos mate.
@GregsWhiskyGuide 5 күн бұрын
@@WhiskyLoversSociety Thanks, Gert, much appreciated, I enjoy yours too but can't compete with the amount of videos you make, but they are different and it is the beauty of the whisky community, I believe we are complementary rather than opposite, even if some do not think so.
@BourbonNeophyte 6 күн бұрын
Cheers Greg
@thewhiskyenthusiast 9 күн бұрын
Wow Greg what a collection you have! I'm visiting Glen Moray in September and I'm so looking forward to trying their single cask expressions as Glen Moray really shines in those ones. Brilliant double list Greg, cheers!
@GregsWhiskyGuide 9 күн бұрын
Thanks, Sertug, yeah I think you should have a blast there...if it hasn't changed, take the tour with extra tastings (see my report about it on my website, I'll send you the link in DM), it includes some more tastings than core range, such as limited releases & distillery exclusives, and the good thing is that price asked for those bottle your own are often pretty reasonable, compared to, for instance Diageo distilleries ones...Cheers !
@NoteworthyWhisky 10 күн бұрын
That’s very interesting! We have something similar here called “libel” where you can sue for damage to reputation but it has to be false or misleading. Here’s to you staying out of trouble 😅 Cheers, Greg!
@GregsWhiskyGuide 10 күн бұрын
Thanks a lot, Sheldon, Cheers !
@NoteworthyWhisky 10 күн бұрын
Thanks for sharing all the history! Let’s hope the age statements come back soon, at a decent price (yeah right 😆) Cheers, Greg!
@GregsWhiskyGuide 10 күн бұрын
Thanks, Sheldon....hem for the price I have doubts (as I suppose they'll be obliged to align it on the Yoichi 10 yo new style (& it is sold around 150 € here), but we'll see...
@NoteworthyWhisky 10 күн бұрын
Excellent run-down, Greg! I am also enjoying my Yoichi NAS. The new 10 is about $180 CAN (€120) where I am but the NAS is a deal at $90 (€60) so I’ll stick with that for now 😅 Cheers!
@GregsWhiskyGuide 10 күн бұрын
Thanks a lot...I haven't had the occasion to try it yet, as the Nikka stand was too busy last year at Whisky Live Paris, but will try this year...
@maltymission 13 күн бұрын
Some surprising and very interesting choices there Greg! still need to really get to know Lindores, as I've only tried samples. That PC 16 seems absolutely delicious, but so do the others (that Glenallachie 😋) and i think we can't sing the praise of Armorik 15 enough, illustrated by the fact that I had it already on the table as I picked it independently from you too. Great fun to watch Greg!
@GregsWhiskyGuide 12 күн бұрын
Thanks a lot, Menno....Lindores wise I just tried at a retailer nearby a special release for France (full STR, 49,4 % abv) rather nice but sold at 75 € in very few places, so didn"t choose it & went rather for the Clydeside Stobcross, less expensive...Yep Warenghem hasn't finish to surprise us, looking forward for their first 18 yo hopefully soon (Spoiler : other distilleries here told me they will pull out their very first 18 yo at Whisky Live Paris in September...more later on). Also I wish that Celtic Whisky distillerie will release a 15 yo with not crazy price soon...Cheers & thanks for your support ! 🙏👍🥃
@christinecamley 13 күн бұрын
Very interesting.
@GregsWhiskyGuide 12 күн бұрын
Thanks a lot !
@andrewbutler7681 13 күн бұрын
Sorry to burden a long video with a long comment! I always struggle with the rules for these lists (trying to pick NAS ones was the worst!). With the Permashelf Pour: I've only bought 'the same' (allowing for batch variation) bottle more than once in 11 cases and only Laphroaig 10 more than three times, so I suppose it has to be that. In my experience, there is no such thing as a Crowd Pleaser that everyone will like: I once took a bottle of Tantallan (mystery Highland/Speyside?) and a bottle of Laphroaig to a party and almost half the room preferred one and almost half preferred the other and there were a few people that didn't like either! Although I mostly drink with other Scotch drinkers, I am also a member of the British Bourbon Society and think I am one of the few to like both. If pressed I'll go Tullibardine Sovereign or 1792 Bottled-in-Bond. Maybe Woodford Reserve to split the difference? For the Decadent Pour, I could choose my birthday drams: Highland Park - The Dragon 1961 and Ledaig 42 year old Dùsgadh, though either of those could fit the next category instead. Or I could take things down a notch or two and go for Clynelish 18 TWE Retro Label. But having so many whiskies to choose from, decadent could be different every day for a year! The V.I.P. Pour depends very much on who that is: bourbon drinkers have been impressed by A.H. Hirsch Reserve 1974 16 year old, for instance, but I've also enabled at least three people to have a 40 year old whisky on their 40th birthday and pouring something from people's birth year can be quite impressive too! Or from a closed distillery (or several). (Oh, I now have at least one bottle each from 135 different Scotch malt distilleries, including 17 closed ones, most of which don't even exist to be revived.) The Attention Grabber is actually somewhat easier: my attention was certainly grabbed by the Diageo Special Release Port Dundas 20 year old from 2011 (I won't give my actual quotation of the time, as expletives were involved!) and that has been the case for others I've supplied it to as well. If rarity is a bar to inclusion, I'll often say Octomore x.3 instead.
@GregsWhiskyGuide 13 күн бұрын
Oh no Andrew that's great !!! 👌Interesting choices & questions....Laphie 10 from the 70s/80s are killers but too expensive (not a fan of current ones, and would prefer the Quarter cask every day, but its me). Haven't tried the Tantallan...Yeah Bourbon options for Crowd pleasers are a good call...Wow you're older than me, lol...Haven't tried those 2 x 1961 but I'm raving bout them, especially the Ledaig which I heard of (& stunning packaging too). For the VIP pour I agree it has to be adapted to the guest...(I have a list of vintages in my collection that i like to browse in when I have guests, but of course can"t have em all). Your choice sounds great & rare...Great collection you have (you beat me on both criterias lol-btw, it's so cool to hear that Dallas Dhu is going to be revived). Yeah i had the chance to try that beautiful Port Dundas & love it, its on the wishlist...Thanks a lot for sharing your choices, this is awesome ! Slainte ! 👍🥃
@WhiskyLoversSociety 5 күн бұрын
Me getting older and it is going to be very difficult and expensive to buy something to reflect my birth date. Some really interesting drams you have
@GregsWhiskyGuide 5 күн бұрын
@@WhiskyLoversSociety What's your "vintage" my friend, and when is your birthday if not too indiscrete ? (its for a good cause !)
@WhiskyLoversSociety 5 күн бұрын
@@GregsWhiskyGuide 1967 My pockets are not deep enough to comply.
@GregsWhiskyGuide 5 күн бұрын
@@WhiskyLoversSociety ouh, tough, I have nothing from 1967 in my collection unfortunately...most of my collection is after 1978 & mostly bottled in late 1990s or 2000s...in fact I'd need a 1980 vintage to be able to do the junction between 1978 & 1998 (otherwise I have at least a whisky from each year between those dates, not too bad, lol).
@jd-bourbonapproach3036 13 күн бұрын
I can say GS is always around me. My wife is picking more up for me in Europe. Harbour is the best value at 23€ where I buy them. Cheers. Good Video once again.
@GregsWhiskyGuide 13 күн бұрын
Thanks, JD ! wow, unbeatable price, this, I'll say ! Slainte ! 🥃
@davidowen2834 14 күн бұрын
Hi Greg,very good choices. Mine would ( hard to choose though) be Perma shelf, Arran QC Crowd pleaser, Glenmorangie 10 Decadent pour, Benromach CS VIP pour AnConc 24 Attention grabber Balblair 1991 vintage, Slàinte Greg 🥃
@GregsWhiskyGuide 14 күн бұрын
haha nice choices, David, and this is no joke, your 3 last choices were in my mind too (the first two maybe as well, but I haven't tried the QC a lot since the rebranding), but as I talked about them often in the past & reviewed them already, I finally didn't picked them but like i said in the video I was spoiled for choice for many categories, especially in the Scotch challenge, Cheers & thanks for sharing your choices ! 👍🥃
@maltymission 13 күн бұрын
ooh, that Balblair 1991 is divine!
@GregsWhiskyGuide 12 күн бұрын
@@maltymission Agreed, I wish I had 2 more bottles of it lol
@thewhiskyenthusiast 19 күн бұрын
Great comparison Greg! The Campbeltown 1832 was the first Glenscotia I bought and really enojyed it. Campbeltown Harbour is ok as a simple daily sipper I think. I absolutely fell in love with the Double Cask when it first came out and drank it passionately but these day it feels a bit off to me. I won the Double Cask Rum Cask finish at a competition and I'm liking it more and more everyday. Have you tried it before? I hear great things about the 25, let's see what you think and I'm curious to see how the 14 fares as old Glen Scotias notoriously and maybe rightfully get a bad rep. Cheers Greg 🥃
@GregsWhiskyGuide 19 күн бұрын
Thanks a lot, Sertug, I tried the Rum cask finish only once & liked it but can't say more...i'm worried to hear several people say that more recent batches of the "Double Cask" are disappointing, I hope it's just a few one-offs & not a general decrease of quality, cask selection wise or recipe wise. The 25 yo sample I have is great (hope still ok now) & yeah will open the 14 yo someday but not in a hurry as it is my last bottle but I did like it a lot, more than the 12 yo that I bought in 2007...Cheers buddy ! 🥃
@ScotchDownUnder 20 күн бұрын
Defiantly a fan of these three. Was really surprised how good the Harbour is for the price and it certainly exceeded my expectations. I loved my first couple bottles of the 2017 double cask but got a couple after that and they were not as good and left me disappointed but I hear the more recent ones a better which I need to try. The 1832 is a great bottle and I love the packaging and it such a shame they changed it as it looks great with the blue harbour and on the bottle. Great review, Cheers Greg!
@GregsWhiskyGuide 20 күн бұрын
Thanks, Ken, I hope that when I'll have to replace my Double Cask I'll come across a good batch then...Cheers !
@moelassus 20 күн бұрын
Wow, what a line up. Also looking forward to hearing your thoughts on the Local Barley 16.
@GregsWhiskyGuide 20 күн бұрын
Thanks, the poll will be set up soon...
@whiskyonthewestcoast 20 күн бұрын
Watching till the end haha, looking forward to the other 2 Glen Scotia reviews. Enjoy the holiday week 🫡
@GregsWhiskyGuide 20 күн бұрын
Thanks, Matt ! sorry maybe I wasn't clear that I'll cover them in another series of videos...
@whiskyonthewestcoast 20 күн бұрын
@GregsWhiskyGuide you were clear buddy! Looking forward to when you get to them in another video 😀
@davidowen2834 21 күн бұрын
Interesting take on the Glen Scotia’s Greg. The double cask is hard to beat for value , mid €30’s in Germany. Wouldn’t mind seeing a video that includes the springbank 16 local barley. Slàinte Greg 🥃
@GregsWhiskyGuide 21 күн бұрын
Thanks, David ! Wow mid-30 € its a great price indeed ! Lucky Germans...Noted, but wait for the poll, lol...anyway be reassured they'll all be reviewed by the end of the year (why not all before, mind you, because and I forgot to say it in the video, in order not to frustrate too much people who can"t get any Springbank where they live, I'll try to alternate these videos with other reviews of whiskies that, at least for some markets, will be easier to get...Slainte ! 🥃
@davidowen2834 21 күн бұрын
@@GregsWhiskyGuide hi Greg, but who is Andrew?🤔😉
@GregsWhiskyGuide 21 күн бұрын
@@davidowen2834 Lol sorry David, was answering to another comment of another familiar follower elsewhere so mixed up the two 😅🙏
@frankiehawkins3877 20 күн бұрын
Hi Greg First time texting you about whisky, which is your favorite Glen Scotia's that you just reviewed, I have a bottle of the victoriana and a bottle of the 15year old, I love what Glen Scotia does, it's one of my favorite distilleries, other than springbank, I'm trying to find a bottle of kilkerran 8year old cask strength that is not off the wall expensive, thanks for the great review, catch you next time !!!
@whiskyonthewestcoast 20 күн бұрын
Great video Greg! Personally, I adore Glen Scotia. The only Glen Scotia I've had an up/down relationship with has been the Double Cask. First time I had it it was rich and lovely. The next time, the bottle was corked. I really wanted my Glen Scotia Double Cask fix so I picked up the Double Cask Rum finish for $60CAD(€40). Looking forward to opening it. Cheers my friend 🥃
@thewhiskyenthusiast 23 күн бұрын
Nice one guys a very hard but fun challenge! - Hah what is that Biersky? I'm intrigued, I'll check it out but that was hard one for Menno! - American Single Malts are very hard to pinpoint. You have bourbonesque notes but also the maltyness is there. -Never heard of Artesia but if it reminds Menno of Tamdhu 12 then amazing for them! - The only Belgian whisky I had was Filliers but I was not very impressed. - Wow Greg WOW!!! Putting a 1979 Port Ellen in a bling is nothing short of badass! Lucky Menno! - Damn Greg to call out Patterson's touch on Nomad is brilliant! My hat off to you sir 🎩 7/10 for the quiz, that last one was difficult! Cheers guys this was a fun one 🥃
@GregsWhiskyGuide 23 күн бұрын
Hi Sertug & thanks for your comment...For the record & I mentioned it during the live but yeah indeed on my side this was rather an "educational" tasting rather than a classic "blind challenge", as I knew he couldn't try them elsehow...But, and it is a spoiler, we planned with Menno to do a "return match" soon, and this time I'll choose only whiskies from distilleries or companies he knows...About the Biersky, I'm impressed indeed & this distillery (distillerie Bertrand) does great things since 1874 spirits wise, and whisky since 2003 (a big video is coming, btw, with 3 of their single malts & 2 versions of the Biersky, the other being a cask strength rum cask one !). Artesia wise (T.O.S. Distillery) I talked a lot about it in my channel & I do recommend all the ones I tried (I have 4 different ones now). Belgian whisky wise, Menno will evoke them way better than me but I do have some Belgian Owl & tried others too, so rather recommend that single malt, in the wait of other brands to be available here...Yeah the Port Ellen was a treat also chosen for his vintage, Menno's one...Nomad wise, I had the opportunity to try a lot of Dalmore, Jura, Fettercairn & Whyte and MacKay over the years & met Richard a couple of times in shows...Besides congrats for your 7/10 on the quiz, it's a good score (& if memory serves Roy told me in private he also scored 7). Cheers ! 🥃
@christinecamley Ай бұрын
Interesting!
@GregsWhiskyGuide 10 күн бұрын
Thanks, Christine !
@christinecamley 7 күн бұрын
YW Greg!!
@bennyfriis601 Ай бұрын
Wauw, interesting stuff about "freedom of speech" in France... I had no knowledge about those regulations at all. I don't know if I'm putting my ignorance on disply here 🤔 Oh well, I'll survive. Of course it's nice to keep things positive (as Roy says, I guess..... even with a good rant now and then 😅) and attempt to have a positive approach, but still... that one was a bit of a surprise. Cheers buddy, I hope you cope with the temperature and humidity!
@GregsWhiskyGuide Ай бұрын
Hi Benny, well, it is getting less & less free, mind you, but I don't wanna talk politics here, it'll be worse....To go back to whisky reviews, not sure I was clear enough in the video but what i meant mainly is that while criticism is tolerated, overt call for boycott is less (I finally dropped the political example that was the more obvious lately here, because the topic is too sensitive), it also depends of your fame & the mediums you use...I'm a small channel, but if I was a big one & did a call for boycott for this or that product/distillery & also promote it everywhere & several times, there is a significant possibility the producer could legitimately complain of a campaign of boycott able to make him lose both money & reputation, then it is down to advocates & courts action...In some cases the complainant was dismissed, in others justice said he was right...Cheers & yeah yesterday and today were terrible, no whisky tasting or video until it gets more bearable....
@bennyfriis601 Ай бұрын
@@GregsWhiskyGuide Thanks for elaborating, it makes sense. You'll just have to stick to rants towards the "industry" in general... ralfy style 😅
@GregsWhiskyGuide Ай бұрын
@@bennyfriis601 you're very welcome & yeah, indeed, even if sometimes I'm tough on rants too (check out what I said on my Instagram about Edrington's new policy regarding The Glenrothes core range...in fact I told them during the show, directly, that it was a shame & that they are losing me & and many other whisky fans as customers by suppressing every whisky reference under 18 yo, in "luxury repositioning mode"...They said "noted" lol...they said they "understood" (BA's aren't deciding anything, so...)
@maltymission Ай бұрын
I think one of the reasons we don't often see negative reviews, regardless of any possible regulations, is indeed the fact that we tend to be quite critical before even purchasing a bottle of whisky. So we'll have done our homework before even buying a bottle. And if there is a bottle that's not delivering, I think most of us will go out and say as much. it's like you say Greg: you can't trashtalk a whisky if you don't back it up with some arguments. As long as you're honest and truthful and emphasize it's a personal opinion, any sensible person will understand. Then let the viewers decide where the value (and truth) lies. A difficult topic to tackle, but you handled this well, bravo!
@GregsWhiskyGuide Ай бұрын
Thanks a lot, Menno, and great point I forgot to mention about "preselection" to avoid disappointment (even if it is far from a "perfect science"), and, btw, like I said on Instagram, great today's post about Grappa & that Nonino in particular, I send the link to Cristina Nonino, hoping she'll have a look at it, so "Salute" instead of "Cheers", is then de rigueur, right ? 🍹
@hordeum-vulgare Ай бұрын
If a whisky is disappointing for interesting reasons, then a negative review has merit. Except for the French laws, maybe. Similarly in Australia, a business can sue someone for defamatory comments. There are defences, such as truth, but it is costly to defend. But then, ‘Quid est veritas’ in whisky appreciation?
@GregsWhiskyGuide Ай бұрын
Hi, well, if I have to do a negative review of something people are curious of, I will still do it, but, like i said, I'll have to be cautious. That said, a channel with millions of viewers might more be the target for censorship from brands than my modest one, and, as you said, tasting is subjective & down to each one's color & taste. That said N°2 obvious flaws (like a corked whisky) is for me hard to contest (i've experienced that for some whiskies & experts were agreeing with me each time). Cheers & thanks for watching !
@WhiskyLoversSociety Ай бұрын
Nice video. Interesting facts of the law in France. Don’t understand it. Criticism is part of life.
@GregsWhiskyGuide Ай бұрын
Agreed, Gert, it's a complicated case...thanks for watching & have a nice sunday !
@WhiskyLoversSociety Ай бұрын
@@GregsWhiskyGuide you too.
@andrewbutler7681 Ай бұрын
Just so you know: Lidl (founded in 1932) and Aldi (founded in 1946) are competing supermarket groups that both originated in Germany (complicated by the fact that Aldi split into Nord and Süd divisions in 1966, when the founding brothers disagreed, and that Lidl started copying how Aldi ran in 1973...). Now all three companies have thousands of branches (12,271 versus 13,419) in multiple countries (31 for Lidl, 18 for Aldi) including the U.K. and U.S.A. (where Süd also runs Winn-Dixie and Harvery's and Nord runs Trader Joe's). We have both here in Croydon, but Lidl is much easier for me to get to than Aldi, so I haven't shopped in the latter... I do have a bottle of the Queen Margot 8-year-old that got the misleading headlines as "best whisky in the world" three months before the competition was judged - it cost me £13.49/~€16! They are not allowed to sell it for that price in Scotland, as they have a minimum price per unit of alcohol now.
@GregsWhiskyGuide Ай бұрын
Wow, that's great infos there, Andrew, much appreciated ! 🙏 i knew they were German, but didn't push enough my (quick) searches, too much focusing on their brands (& also initially there was no whisky review planned with this topic). And I forgot the one you quoted & even to mention another bottle I used to have a long time ago, the Ben Bracken 12 yo) instead of their owner...Cheers ! 🥃
@pierreluna1654 Ай бұрын
Excellent ! Merci Greg
@GregsWhiskyGuide Ай бұрын
Merci Pierre 🙏 (spoiler : nouvelle vidéo demain dans laquelle Compass Box sera évoqué)
@thewhiskyenthusiast Ай бұрын
Hey Greg, thanks for your efforts in introducing us to the world of French whisky. Those are some beautiful bottle designs! As with the first video, I have not had or heard of most of them. I have tried the Eddu though and you're absolutely right it is funky and challenging. I only tried a 3cl but I personally didn't like it. I'm very happy to try these new whiskies even if I don't necessarily enjoy them. I've tried a couple of Armoriks and I did not enjoy them but this 10 year old sounds delicious and especially if you've compared it to the Glenlivet 18!!! Cheers Greg 🥃
@GregsWhiskyGuide Ай бұрын
Thanks Sertug, no problem as "color & tastes vary" (i mean it is very personal, we can't all love the same things always). Armorik brand wise, they have several styles within the distillery house style, which has also changed over the years, so maybe the most Scottish of them (represented nowadays by the 10 yo & the 15 yo as well, even if less "crowd pleaser" & more "connoisseur pleaser"), but the thing is that there are so many different styles of French whisky (like I said in the videos more than I everf experienced in 25 years) that I guess "everyone can find the right shoe for them", the problem being mostly availability & sometimes price, but more & more brands can be found now especially in some UK's on line shops (TWE, MoM, etc). Cheers ! / Besides a question, I recently found by chance & bought (so future reviews to do for me !) 2 Armenian single malt whiskies & heard of Turkey's Ankara whisky, but are they other distilleries making whisky in Turkey nowadays ?
@thewhiskyenthusiast Ай бұрын
@@GregsWhiskyGuide Yes Greg there was an Ankara whisky but not anymore. This is a sore subject for us whisky loving Turks as Ankara whisky was formed in 1964! Unfortunately when the new (current) government came to power, they sold the distillery and the rights of any state owned alcohol producing brand to Diageo, who stripped the distillery and ceased production. It was never an amazing whisky but if it survived it would've been one of the oldest distilleries in the new world with potential 30 40 year old releases! The custom made copper pot stills are now at the Virginia Distillery making American Single Malt and what remaining unopened bottles there are, are selling for ridiculous prices.
@GregsWhiskyGuide Ай бұрын
@@thewhiskyenthusiast Thanks for all these informations, I understand it is a sensitive topic, I'm glad they didn't ban completely alcohol though, at least "yet"...I also use this occasion to thank you for the cool dialog we have despite all the hyper sensitive questions for both of us regarding our origins, and I believe the whisky is probably the "strongest" drink capable to do that, unite people beyond their differences & history, but I have to extend that to food in general, to love & to music too, at least it is my modest observations. Cheers !
@thewhiskyenthusiast Ай бұрын
@@GregsWhiskyGuide Your observations are right for me as well. I love how at the end of a whisky sharing night nothing but the friendship and love of the juice matters. Here's to whisky, here's to having different opinions and respecting each other!
@KensDeathMetalCrypt 2 ай бұрын
Hello Greg. Sorry I haven't watched in a bit. I've been extremely busy with all things life. Very interesting to see whiskies from Japan. Cool stuff. Cheers.
@GregsWhiskyGuide 2 ай бұрын
Hi Ken, no worries, I know I do mostly long videos so it's not easy for people to keep up (same for me even with shorter videos as I support a lot of channels). Yes I'm interested in Japanese whisky since 2 decades at least, and collected most of them when they were not as expensive as today...I hope you'll try some good ones some day...I did several videos about this topic & for the record whiskies from several distilleries there won international contests of Best whisky in the world (wether it was a single malt or a blended whisky) a lot of times since year 2001 where it appeared as a shock to the judges who tasted a Yoichi single malt blind & put it over all Scotch whiskies they tried...Some of them indeed can rate very high in my book too, Cheers !
@GregsWhiskyGuide 2 ай бұрын
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@KanpaiPlanet 2 ай бұрын
I especially enjoyed your tasting of the rare single casks! Great video, and thanks for the shout out. Kanpai!
@GregsWhiskyGuide 2 ай бұрын
Thanks, Mac, it means a lot coming from you...And I hope you & I will be enjoying again new single casks from them in the future, even if I doubt about of their affordability for us...Also, I forgot to mention in the video (as I was seeing the time go by too fast) some stunning Nikka Coffey Grain single casks & cask strength I had the chance to try over the years (some are reviewed quickly within the Whisky Live Paris reports on my website). Btw, do you know if Miyagikyo new 10 yo is already available at least in Japan or will be this year ? I haven't seen it yet here...Thanks in advance & Kanpaï ! 🥃
@KanpaiPlanet 2 ай бұрын
@GregsWhiskyGuide No Miyagikyo 10 out yet. Nikka are selectively dropping some single casks exclusively for Taketsuru Senior Ambassador bars, but no general release yet.
@GregsWhiskyGuide 2 ай бұрын
@@KanpaiPlanet Thanks a lot,, Mac ! 👍
@KanpaiPlanet 2 ай бұрын
@@GregsWhiskyGuide どういたしまして
@GregsWhiskyGuide 2 ай бұрын
@@KanpaiPlanet can't read Japanese but I guess you answered "Do Itashimashte" or smt like that
@user-ww3nz4jk4x 2 ай бұрын
Bonjour Greg, merci pour cette vision de Miyagikyo. N'ayant pas encore goûté cette gamme, je ne savais pas que certains embouteillages étaient légèrement tourbés. Je pensais que c'etait uniquement le cas du Yoichi. Du coup j'hésite entre Miyagikyo et Yoichi pour un prochain achat 😅
@GregsWhiskyGuide 2 ай бұрын
De rien, Guillaume, merci d'avoir vu ma vidéo ! Pour te répondre la tourbe est très très discrète sur la version sans âge actuelle...Si tu aimes une tourbe modérée, à la Highland Park ou Ardmore, le Yoichi est pour toi, mais si tu es plus Speyside, prend le Miyagikyo...ou bien, essaies les avant d'acheter...Es tu sur Instagram ? On pourrait en parler plus avant en privé (ou sinon tu peux m'écrire sur la messagerie de mon site internet...
@davidowen2834 2 ай бұрын
Hi Greg. An interesting video, enjoyed watching it 👍. That nikka Miyagikyo is around €75 in Germany, now do you think It’s worth a buy? It’s quite pricey. Slàinte Greg.
@GregsWhiskyGuide 2 ай бұрын
Thanks, David...Good question...I don't know enough your standards & pressure, and also profile desires regarding your whisky collection, it is very personal, but I'll say this, this is a very good whisky, but if you want to get you only one distinctive Japanese whisky, and you like moderate peat, I'll suggest rather to get the Yoichi nas (my favorite distillery after Port Ellen and before Springbank, which speaks volumes), or, wait for the new Miyagikyo 10 yo or 12 yo to come back in the core range, but I'm afraid it is not going to be cheap....Let me know your choice anyway...
@WhiskyLoversSociety 2 ай бұрын
That 1990 sounds the business. Nice video
@GregsWhiskyGuide 2 ай бұрын
Yep, delicious, and very complex...Thanks for watching, Gert !
@user-ww3nz4jk4x 2 ай бұрын
Merci Greg pour ce live et pour les infos. Quelle surprise d'avoir en guest John Glaser et Dave Broom! Ta dégustation des 2 releases de l'Hedonism était très intéressante. Je m'attendais à ce que le 2024 soit inférieur au 2017 à cause de la difficulté d'obtenir des fûts de single grain.
@GregsWhiskyGuide 2 ай бұрын
De rien, ravi qu'il aie plu à au moins quelques personnes (toujours peu de "like" hélas rapport au nombre de visiteurs). Oui, en effet...Les deux millésimes sont bons mais très différents, le premier dirais-je est plus "classiquement single-grain" aromatiquement parlant, et le second (j'ai dit à John que le fonds de verre dégusté après le direct était encore meilleur que durant la vidéo) se rapproche étonnamment d'un single-malt, mais j'y reviendrais en direct avec lui...je pense qu'il a pioché dans des choses très complémentaires et en travaillant sur une approche centrée sur 3 distilleries au lieu de 5 et avec 4 fûts différents de Cameron Bridge, il a pu créer un beau camaïeu de saveurs...Cette version 2024 est donc sur ma wishlist à rallonge, bien que clairement les finances ne suivent pas (vivement que je trouve une solution pour du crowdfunding ou sponsoring indépendant). Et encore merci du retour positif, Guillaume ! 🙏👍
@soniatruntzler2503 2 ай бұрын
Bonjour Greg, désolé d'avoir manqué le direct, par contre je vais me mettre une alerte pour la prochaine fois ! Merci beaucoup pour ce direct et les dégustations des deux whiskies brésiliens. Comme ils avaient parlé de cette distillerie sur le whisky mag, je m'en suis procuré pour gouter. Le contenu du live était très intéressant et très fourni ! J'ai apprécié tes commentaires sur Hedonism de Compass Box . J'ai visité ARDNAHOE en 2019, tout était neuf et très propre, rien à voir avec les autres distilleries de l'ile qui baignent dans leur jus depuis de nombreuses années et du coup elle manque d'âme, malgré la très belle vue sur Jura depuis les alambics ! Pour le choix j'aurai choisi Glen Scotia ....A bientôt et encore merci pour ton engagement sur KZbin !
@GregsWhiskyGuide 2 ай бұрын
Bonsoir Sonia, pas de souci et merci d'avoir regardé la rediffusion...Concernant Ardnahoe, j'imagine qu'elle saura forger son histoire au fur et à mesure des années & visites, mais en attendant, ils doivent tenir compte de ton ressenti car tu as fait l'effort d'aller jusque là-bas, et c'est valable pour toute distillerie, car celle qui saura accueillir chaleureusement ses visiteurs les verra potentiellement revenir...Merci à toi de ton soutien sans faille ! 🙏
@shakwonodb8666 2 ай бұрын
J'enchaîne sur celle-ci pour la seconde fois avant de choisir une nouvelle quille 😊👍
@andrewbutler7681 2 ай бұрын
Sorry to be a pedant, Greg, but you seem to have left an "i" out of the middle of InchDairnie. Oh, and while I'm at it: "Orchard House" has a "tsh" sound for the "ch", not like "ck"; "citrus" has a short "i", just like French "citron"?; "vanilla" would only have a "y" after the "ll" in Spanish... I was able to try InchDairnie's RyeLaw in the bar at Port of Leith Distillery and then wanted a bottle, but not at the shop price; luckily I got one much cheaper at auction not long after and I do enjoy it. I also have a 4-year-old Strathenry from The Whisky Barrel which is quite good. I got the Batch 001 of Strathearn, so I don't have FOMO about the Douglas Laing 'inaugural' (it may be their first, but there have been at least 4 previous releases!). I have a Le Breuil Whisky de Normandie Finition Sherry Oloroso, which I rather like. Not tried the Version Française, though. Same with G. Miclo Welche's Whisky Single Malt Tourbé, whereas my only Artesia so far IS the Version Française one! (And my least favourite of the three!) It is annoying that it is now easier for me to send things to Canada and New Zealand than France and Belgium (I voted to stay in the EU...) The only Brazilian whisky I have so far is a Union bottled by Cadenhead's (for which my notes read: "Big, Sweet & Rich, Almost jammy... A bit hefty"!). Good stream!
@GregsWhiskyGuide 2 ай бұрын
Hi Andrew, no problem & sorry for the multiples mistakes ! (InchDairnie, yeah been too quick on that one, I'll remember that !). Haven't tried the VF version of Artesia, maybe a too early release from them ? but the core range is now really solid imho...That Union seems interesting, Cheers !
@shakwonodb8666 2 ай бұрын
Merci pour ce direct, une multitude d'informations complémentaires pour les amoureux des spiritueux, n'oubliez pas de suivre Greg👍
@GregsWhiskyGuide 2 ай бұрын
Merci beaucoup pour ton soutien, Alex ! C'était sympa à faire malgré la chaleur & les soucis techniques (note, pour le replay, le direct débute vraiment à 2:40)
@shakwonodb8666 2 ай бұрын
Redif terminé, le live était vraiment bien , les sujets et surprises ''supers''' . J'ai hâte d'être fin mai début juin 🎉. Pour le vote j'étais plutôt sur -1 port charlotte -2 Caol Ila Et Glen scotia en 3 En sachant que le 1 et 2 peuvent être inversés pour ma part. Good job 👍
@GregsWhiskyGuide 2 ай бұрын
@@shakwonodb8666 Merci encore !
@alexlewy4868 2 ай бұрын
I just won a bottle that looks exactly like the last bottle you tasted. Cream label, with back. No box. I couldn't find a date printed anywhere on it. Is there any way to know when it was made?
@thewhiskyenthusiast 2 ай бұрын
Hi Greg! I like both the Nc'Nean and the Raasay core releases. When it get's to CS versions, due to Raasay not using STR I find them a bit more challenging than the softer, fruiter palate of Nc'Nean. The neck pour argument is valid but not the whole thing in my opinion. Yes the neck pour could be worse than the rest of the bottle but also like you've mentioned it could be better as well. Some whiskies evolve massively as they spend more time being open and I think we should give our opinions once we had a nice journey with them till half of the bottle maybe. Cheers Greg 🥃
@GregsWhiskyGuide 2 ай бұрын
Agreed, Sertug, and if it wasn't the pressure (often self-pressure, mind you) to release a video about a new whisky I bought or because I'm afraid my own storage/weather conditions might damage the content, so I might sometimes rush reviews maybe, I would always do so, and also it does depend on the whisky, not all react the same...Some whiskies for which the bottle is almost finished I wonder if it is worth reviewing them, especially when the experience is average, so I skipped some reviews of whiskies like that, but we'll see....Have nice day ! Cheers ! 🥃
@CristiNutescu 3 ай бұрын
See you this year at the festival? 🥃
@GregsWhiskyGuide 3 ай бұрын
Hi, thanks for subscribing, and yes...and (spoiler) you might hear about "more than a Whisky Live Paris show" here soon, and not only by me 😉
@davidowen2834 3 ай бұрын
Hi Greg, think that Ncnean and the Rassay are at around €60 here in Germany a bit too pricey for me,especially when I can get for a few €’s more for example Kilkerran 12. Still got a bottle and a half of the Ardbeg 10. Which I haven’t touched for quite a while. Lost a bit of interest in Ardbeg at the moment. I’ll catch your live on replay. The last few weeks have been pretty busy so I’m doing a lot of catching up. Slàinte Greg 🥃
@GregsWhiskyGuide 3 ай бұрын
Thanks David, take your time, and yeah I always appreciate your support, Slainte David ! 🥃
@andrewbutler7681 3 ай бұрын
I'm surprised you had to pay more for the Nc'nean than the Raasay: it's normally the other way round here (e.g. £46.90 for Nc'nean versus £52.70 for Isle of Raasay at House of Malt). Even ordering straight from the distillery (with shipping) and paying extra for the tube, my Nc'nean was only £54.95/~€64.22; including shipping Raasay would have been more. (As it happens, the only Raasays I've got are 'specials' - Makar's Malt and Scottish Whisky Distillery of the Year 2022 - so they were both, understandably, more expensive.) As far as changing opinions are concerned: I'm sure there have been numerous ones over the years, but the one that comes to mind recently is Lindores MCDXCIV - I was very disappointed initially, but am glad I gave it a second chance. I don't think the whisky changed at all, but my expectations did...
@GregsWhiskyGuide 3 ай бұрын
Thanks, Andrew ! Yeah French prices & margins especially are sometimes (or often ?) a scandal given the prices you indicate here...Thanks a lot for this price investigation...
@BourbonNeophyte 3 ай бұрын
Great video Greg. Now I want some of those whiskies.
@GregsWhiskyGuide 3 ай бұрын
Thanks for watching, Anthony, hope more of them will come to your place in the future ! Cheers !
@HanginAZ 3 ай бұрын
So much good information Greg! Trying to learn more about World whiskies. Will be back for Part 2.
@GregsWhiskyGuide 3 ай бұрын
Thanks a lot for your feedback, glad you enjoyed it, cheers !