Certainly one of the better Lowland options out there. Damn dude it's freezing here and seeing you in shorts and talking about how hot it is is really confusing right now 😂

Very cheap, $80 Canadian before taxes. Lovely. Popular for enjoyment. The Craigellachie 17 is outstanding and is absolutely worth the price differential. Superb. Cheers.

This video is a little bit of livestream prep. I’m thinking of going LIVE when I get my hands on a sample pack in the future instead of recording a video 😊 and having a relaxed chat with you guys and answering your questions!

Skip to 7:00 to get straight to the tasting if time is short!

My new purchase of the same bottle arrived today. Interestingly the bottle label appears to be slightly different to yours as it states clearly at the bottom front ‘no chill filtering - natural colour’. Must have been asked a lot about it. Website states natural but now we know for sure. Excited to explore this one too - been on my list for ages!!

Great review, thanks 👍 Both bottles currently available from Amazon in the BF sale - £28.56 & £33.94.

Nice review. I really like Craigellachie 13yo, "The bad boy of Speyside". I dscovered it some years ago after watching Ralfys review, I fell in love with it at the first sip, but it's not a beginners dram. And now I always try to have a bottle at home. Here in Sweden the fixed price right now is sek609 (£44) in todays currency. To me that's a relly good price for that quality. Cheers

Good video Ash, the 13 is a regular on my shelf and we do get ( on the whole) in Germany pretty decent prices. Pretty sure this is natural colour. If pop/alcohol drinks are sold in Germany it should state on the label either’ mit Farbstoff or mit Zukerkulör Slàinte 🥃

30 Euros - what a fantastic price!! Great minds and all that. I had a bottle of this delivered exactly a week ago, (but I sadly paid £52). I’ve only had a neck poir so far and am now waiting for it to open up to explore further. Wouldn’t have picked this as a Speyside in a blind. First impression was that’s it’s got all the signs of being a very enjoyable dram. 👍🙂🥃

According to their website its natural colour.

Yes! love this and exactly that; oily mechanical plant. Impression like smoke. Great audio too. Cheers!

YOU GOT AN ABSOLUTE STEAL MATE!! Great as ever mate and the audio is crisp with no fridge. Cheers!

Thank you Ash. Ive been looking at this for some time now, but I think it's a bit steep, and comes in a 500ml bottle. We have three diffrent expressions with the same price. I will pass this for now, and hope for a travel some day 😊

The good thing about buying in germany is that they have to mention it on the label if they add colourant. It should say something like: 'mit farbstoff' or 'farven justered med karamel'. I like the craigellachie, and its hard to fault, but dont think I like it as much as others do.

Thank you for the review Ash. I've had this from a travel retail when I went to Finland. It did go very fast, because I found it to be really delicious. I've stashed away a 200ml bottle for the future 😊

Sound is much better. Craige I really like it a lot. Good choice.

I can't believe you are buying whiskey in Germany not in UK. Thanks for the review. This one was 53€ in my country. I can't hear your fridge btw.

Great review, cheers. Very keen to try this one too. The unusual tase you describe is matched by the quirky age statements they seem to use on their bottlings. The audio is perfect for info.

Well done Ash, such a amazing price WoW!! £44 at MoM at the moment. Rumour is its coloured but if "mit farbstoff" not stated on your german bottling looks like something changed( just checked at Whisky Exchenge and its states: No colour)!!! 👏👏👏 fully crafted now 🥳. My bottle gone long time ago and need to buy another one but maybe bas armagnac one or IB. Sipping Ben Nevis 11yo IB which is quite similar in profile and same way tasty dram. Watching your review on headphones and there is no any noise 👌 Cheers,😁🥂🥂🥂🙋‍♂️

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Lets be honest, you dont save - you buy more :D. Craigellachie is definitely not boring, and I liked it more during a period. Now I dont enjoy it as much. It has some good fermented fruit and citrus notes, some burnt rubber and chili. Full and intense, and pretty hot with alcohol as well. Short and dry on the finish I think. I can relate to your impressions about industrial, and it being different and interesting in the speyside setting. That Oban 14 though, I really like. Not as bold, but wonderful starfruit flavor and saltyness I find it to have

It should be natural colour (according to the internet) And as far as I remember, you need to write on the tin in Germany if you have added artificial colour. I love this whisky, it is so nice and so dirty at the same time.

I buy this more than any other single malt, I find it to be very fruity and dirty at the same time, and it's cheaper than most 12-year-olds in my area $51 USD, Cheers

Very very waxy walnuts! That a note I really want to mention since I seemed to have edited it out by mistake! 😂

I've never had any of these whiskies so I can't really comment on your picks. Off the top of my head, I really dislike the Bowmore 12, Clynelish 14, anCnoc 21, Kilbeggan Blended, Auchentoshan 12 American Oak and Bruichladdich Classic Laddie.

$70 in the Chicago area. I will pass on it at that price.

My new favorite peat is Glen Moray, "peated". Just right.. fairly priced too..

I would say that the best cheap and unpeated sherry bombs that I know are Naked Malt (Blended malt), Glenrothes 10/12, Glendronach 10/12, Edradour 10, Bunnahabhain 12 and Glenfarclas 8/10/12

Ash, we need to get you the life changing Jack Daniles Single Barrel Barrel Proof gem of a whiskey. We have the single barrel select but haven't opened it again in years. The standard Jack Daneils gets poured into a glass each Saturday night along with some Coke as that's my standard weekend starter drink. With that said, if you're in a bar and they only have the Old Numer 7, I have no problem having a couple of ounces of it. Cheers to ya, bother! This was another proper wars episode!

Received a bottle of the Peated Rich & Smokey yesterday after having seen a few good reviews on the distillery and taking advantage of Black Friday week on Amazon. I was impressed, it's Highland peat at 50 ppm but it doesn't hit like an Ardbeg or Laphroaig, really nice.

Honestly preferred Batch strength Original to the regular one. As far Peated is concerned I chased Batch Strength Peated for a long time and it turned out that difference was negligible to me. I would suggest to try different finishes they are offering - Manzanilla was stunning. According to recent discussion with Sebastian brand ambassador - age statements are not likely for foreseeable future.

I just ordered tasting sample set £20 from them. This is so popular Distillery recently, young but with good quality distilate and very promising. Enthusiasts praise them all around and their cask finished single cask expressions have really good reviews at Dramface and sell fast.So its perfect time to try some of their stuff and your review is helpful at the right time. P.S. Little Brown Dog released now Glasgow 1770, 7yo Oloroso, 55.7% for around £50 and it is very tempting but need to be quick because selling fast. Cheers 😁🥂🥂🥂🙋‍♂️

I just want to apologise for the road noise guys, this was filmed September 3rd which was so hot at the time that I actually opened the windows.. will not do that again! Good news is that all future episodes are brand new! So no road noise 😂😅 I really enjoy this whisky, to be honest I was very surprised although it is rather youthful but with a bit more time in the barrel, I think this could be a distillery to keep an eye out for! 👀

They have redone the black label to a 7 year age statement. Maybe worth a try when it shows up. I think you have a bad bottle of the old Forrestor. The basic is nothing to write home about but in the mix you share it should be on par with most

Big love Ash and thank you for the mention!

Totally agree the Jameson created is so solid at 30 euro, and the Jameson caskmates is surprisingly good, it must be that 8 degrees stout must not work.

The Teeling is so shit it turned me off all rum finishes.

Oooh I definitely agree with number 2, it sucks! Controversial on the Ardnamurchan buddy, watch out! I'm with you on the Speyburn 10 whether it's the 40% or the 46%abv one it just fall short but the 15 is delicious! A list I generally agree with! Cheers!

Great video Ash, Agree with you, for 35 euros (sometimes less) the single barrel is an excellent choice !

Simply gradation: JD no7 made for mostly passive consumer, designed for mix with coke JD Single Barrel made for whisky enthusiasts, for sipping neat JD Single Barrel, Barrel Proof for more experienced whisky enthusiast, for sipping neat/with water JD 10yo for those who have luck and money to get it 😂 nice review Aah. Bottle of JD in festive season once a year is constant buy 😁🥂🥂🥂🙋‍♂️

Hi Ash, apart from yours (of course ) I watch regularly- Jeff Whisky Gwhisky The whisky friend Whisky Wednesday The whiskey novice No Nonsense Whisky Aqvavitae Ralfy Gregs Whisky Guide (in France) First Phil Whisky Whisky Lock The Grail All recommended

I liked it. But that was almost 10 yrs ago. Nikka from the barrel that is.

The AD cask strength is really good. I have to admit. I also have Ardnamerica touring in Madeira and oloroso cask strength. Absolutely fantastic.

The AD for me was also nit great neither was one of the expensive single cask peated cask strength. The regular AD cask strength however was absolutely breathtaking and stood out above some 20 plus year cask strength murderers. Please try that next!

Thank you Ash. I haven't tried most of these, but I've had Jura, AnCnoc and Teeling.Jura is just too expensive for what it is. Teeling was ok for me, but not one I'll come back to anytime soon. Ancnoc, was not bad in my opinion. I've had 2 bottles of it and the vinegar note didn't put me off. I focused mostly on the sherry/peat notes wich I enjoyed. However It's more likely I choose others over that in the future. The only Ardnamurchan I've had was the peated sherry cask, wich I liked a lot. Very unique. Speaking of notes that don't really mix.. As you know, I love dense notes in the smoke and sherry department, so I wanted to see what happened if I mixed a peated whisky with port wine 😊 Well. It didn't work as I anticipated. I tried many diffrent ratios between Finlaggan batch strength 50% ABV with 20% ABV Port wine. From a few drops of Port in Finlaggan, all the way to a few drops of Finlaggan in the Port wine. The only acceptable and intresting mix was in the ranges 90-98% Port and 2-10% Finlaggan. 😂

Can’t go wrong with Benromach 10. Thing is Benromach do something for everyone. Core range at 43%( I love the 15), the contrast series, yearly CS batches and single cask releases at a good price/quality ratio.Slàinte Ash 🥃

I agree with Jura journey and 10 , not worth it. I'd rather have a glen moray 12.

I bought kilhoman, , signatory highland park and signatory Ben Nevis and they were all fantastic.

I live for the day, when we all admit, that Nikka from the Barrel is artificially sweetened utter crap.

There seems to be a common theme with the majority of the whiskies you have listed here...they are bottled at 40% ABV, more than likely heavily chill-filtered which in my opinion will destroy a lot of the viscosity and natural character of the whisky. I think in my collection of rum and whisky I only have 2 bottles bottled at 40% ABV, and they were given to me as gifts. Regarding Jura you need to try out independent bottlings - the ones I have had are imo a significant step up from their official bottlings. I still consider the Jura 27 year old from Whisky Sponge that I reviewed last year to be one of the best bottles I have ever had. Only Ardnamurchan I have is one of their cask strength bottles (unsure which year) - sure the spirit is youthful but I enjoyed it, and thought it was decent enough value for a cask strength whisky. Not my favourite but overall promising and hopefully a sign of good things to come. Cheers for the list 🥃