Best reasonably priced sherried whisky? Blind tasting whisky antics!

Blind tastings always reveal interesting elements to a whisky, things you otherwise easily miss!
We decided to set up a flight of reasonably priced sherried whiskies to see what gave us the most sherry flavours and which we enjoyed the most. Also, some silliness 😜👍
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[@jasoncoates1835]

Personally, I quite enjoy a nice plasticky/rubbery note in my sherried whiskies. =) Fun stuff, guys.

[@WhiskyGeek]

Whilst Dan wasn't a big fan I really didn't find it too off-putting. We had been drinking this a few weeks back when I did a tasting for some friends and in that flight everyone loved it! I'm looking forward to drinking it again on its own to explore and see how different it comes off 😉👍

[@RebMordechaiReviews]

Nice job. A lot of reviewers only talk about the sweet raisins and cherry/dark fruits of sherry bombs but not many mention the contrasting sour fruit notes which are very characteristic of actual sherry. The rhubarb sourness comes from the yeast which plays a major part of sherry making and is as much a part of the sherry experience as all those dark fruits.

[@GrotrianSeiler]

You should do more of these. These blind test videos are the most honest, most revealing. Nice. There’s a lot of value to this one.

[@WhiskyGeek]

Think I've got a few bottles lined up that would make a solid 'mid-tier' sherried whisky comparison 😁 They're a lot of fun to do too 👍 Cheers GrotrianSeiler 🥃👍

[@WhiskyNeighbour]

Loved the video, I really appreciate the blind format and enjoy doing that when I can too. I have often surprised myself when tasting blind and I am almost relieved with a favorite actually comes out near the top. Keep up the great work!

[@WhiskyGeek]

Thanks Jon - I always find blind tastings throw a curve ball at me! I've had some whiskies blind which have really thrown me, to the point I haven't even thought it was a whisky I owned 😜 So I totally get that relief when there seems to be some consistency haha.

[@grahamgreenwood4234]

I’m new to your channel (Roy mentioned you on V pub) ... love this, well done guys :-) currently on BBR sherry cask.... “lovely”

[@mendipfox1650]

Great insightful vlog. Auchentoshan Triple Wood is an interesting whisky. I bought a couple of bottles last year. I put it in a bourbon blind tasting last year as a red herring. The guys loved it. When they found out it was a lowland scotch they were amazed. I would defo buy again if I saw it

[@WhiskyGeek]

It definitely is interesting haha! I used it as part of a tasting a few weeks ago and it was really well received by everyone. Although Dan wasn't a fan of the off-note I really didn't mind it - will be interesting to revisit again on its own and see how evident that is. Would be interesting to have it slipped in to a bourbon line up! 🥃👍

[@sergiomontesdeoca5955]

Great video!!!

[@WhiskeyStraightAl]

Very interesting results. The only 2 I’ve had are the GlenDronach & Bunnahabhain, both of which I really love. Cheers guys, great vid🥃

[@WhiskyGeek]

Yeah they're both great - loved trying the Bunnahabhain in this blind flight as it really highlighted a couple of elements I found hidden before. Still an excellent punchy sherry dram! Cheers Al 🥃👍

[@dornob95]

Really enjoyed this! Cheers for having us over! :D

[@WhiskyGeek]

Was great fun 😁 next time 5 peated whiskies? 😜

[@greenthumbs847]

Fun vid. And helpful. Ever try to Bunnahabhain LTD Release Pedro? My favorite sherried.

[@andy_calderwood]

Great video Ben and interesting test. Must agree that for the price point, Tullibardine I think is underrated (fan of the 228 also which can be picked up a certain points of the year very reasonable) and the Bunna, which I have a few bottles and has enough difference from the 12 to stand on it's own (and again can very picked up UK supermarkets for ~£26 fairly regular).

[@WhiskyGeek]

Yeah big fan of the 228 Burgundy too. Unbelievable value when you can find them under £30 in a supermarket. Same can be said for the Stiuireadair which you reminded me to check, and it is indeed on offer for £26 again so thank you 😉 Cheers Andy 🥃👍

[@Ebbhead2424]

Great vid, Ben! Cool idea to bring your friend and your girlfriend too! They did great both! Yeah there were some humouros bits there but very charming. The whole whisky community is happy that Dalmore ended up last :-D

[@WhiskyGeek]

Haha, always good fun to drink whisky with my bro 🥃👍 Poor Dalmore... I'm not sure I want to open the Cigar Malt or Port Wood now after this 12 year old. I bought them at a time I was enjoying the 12! Could be worth just trying to swap them for something else and avoid the dissapointment.

[@DuncanHarmsworth]

I do love the Bunahavahein.... Bunahabanabahan whisky! 🤣 Cheers! 🥃

[@WhiskyGeek]

Bunanahabahein do make some pretty great stuff! 😜👍

[@benmarnoch4111]

Really interesting thanks, Tullibardine about to be purchase me thinks!

[@WhiskyGeek]

Cheers Ben! Worth keeping an eye out in Asda and Tesco up North as they seem to put the Sherry & Burgundy on offer quite regularly - both worth trying in my opinion. It really opens up once you're past the neck pour 🥃👍

[@SwiftAnthony]

Great video, now I have to try that Tullibardine... :)

[@WhiskyGeek]

Well worth a try, the Burgundy finish is also a great option! Cheers 🥃👍

[@lunaarran6965]

Hey Ben, new to your channel since Roy’s vPub and really like you content! 👍 So you guys must really be tall! And so nice of you to remove all the bottles in front of Lydia‘s face towards the end 🤣. Great fun. BTW you and Lydia should make a pronunciation video 🤩

[@WhiskyGeek]

Thanks Luna 😁 yeah I think we each have about a foot and a half on Lydia! Hahaha a pronunciation video would be good fun! 😜👍

[@greigmartin4339]

ive walked past that tulli 500 a million times in asda (only had the sovereign before - which was nice enough but not brilliant), now its top of my list if its scoring higher sherry points than dronach and bunna. it seems its the quiet/unflashy ones you have to watch for.

[@WhiskyGeek]

I share your sentiments on the Sovereign;- nothing wrong with it but nothing special. That is essentially the starting point (~8 years old) which then goes into the Sauternes/Burgundy/Sherry casks for a further couple of years for these expressions. If you see either the Burgundy or Sherry finished on offer they're definitely worth a try! 🥃👌

[@foodquig]

Boonanahaven! LOL

[@TheLastDrop]

Good Vid Ben, Certainly going to look up the Tullibardine.

[@WhiskyGeek]

Cheers Chris 🥃👍 I've been lucky & grabbed a couple on offer whilst in Scotland the last couple of times. Their supermarkets seem to stock them regularly but i guess they dont have enough stocks to roll that out across England as well.

[@TheLastDrop]

Looks available online for about £40 ish Also loving the new “drop” logo 🙂👍😉

[@Ebbhead2424]

BTW , I watched the replay of Roy's live and I have to say you did very well in that collab! You both are my heros since you were able to spot the difference between E150 and not :)

[@WhiskyGeek]

Haha cheers Ebbhead - was great fun to be involved, Roy runs those vpubs like a pro! 👍

[@agrainofmalt]

this was awesome :) I know you guys are tall, but Lydia is tiny! Interesting ranking on the 5 after the blind tasting... can't say I'm entirely surprised based on the couple that I've tried, though still to try any Tullibardine! But ! As you speak so highly of them, I am very keen to try some and maybe pick up a bottle soon. Sweden recently got the Tullibardine The Murray Marsala finish which sounds delicious, tasting notes wise, and getting decent reviews from folks. I'm a big BANANAHAVEN fan :P And the GlenDronach, though depending on what else I'd had prior could feel a bit thin. Cheers, Ben!

[@WhiskyGeek]

Haha yeah she is! Couldn't make it any more obvious than hanging around with us though 😜 Ooh I've heard good things about "The Murray" expressions, yet to try one but I'm keeping an eye out. Tullibardine have a nice spirit style that seems to take on and compliment a lot of flavours. I've found the Sherry & Burgundy finishes for under £30 a couple of times in Scotland - really hard to beat at that price. That's an interesting though, I wonder if the GlenDronach was being suppressed by the Tullibardine I had before it each time... I'm still a little confused how it was coming over sherry-forward to me 🤔 Cheers James 🥃👌

[@GregsWhiskyGuide]

Amazing how things can change...I'm surprised by the TULLIBARDINE position....I do not know that version, only the 225 (Sauternes) a few others, like the 1993...I also own...Cheers, Ben !

[@WhiskyGeek]

I'm looking forward to revisiting them knowing what I'm drinking. Really surprised the GlenDronach's sherry flavours were lost and that odd tone to the Three Wood. Blind tastes always keep me on my toes 😜 Have you come across the 25 year old (currently ~28 year old stock)? I really love that one! The sherry is really good but the Burgundy finish really stands out to me - I think their spirit character plays really well with good wine casks 👌 The Sauternes is not my favourite but was right up Jo's ally. I've been eyeing up a nice looking Tullibardine single cask ... might have to jump on it.

[@GregsWhiskyGuide]

@@WhiskyGeek Yeah the 12 yo has changed over the years (from the ancient stock, aged around 18-20 yo as I was told, bottled at 40 % -got still a few cl-to the new one, probably only 12 yo, bottled at 43 %) & got a bottle of the new one (maybe i should do a F 2 F on video ?) so might be not so surprising. About TULLIBARDINE, I've tasted only 8 expressions so far (5 ob, 3 ib) but don"t have the details right now before me, all I remember is that I've tasted a 1988 ob vintage but don't know if it was a 25 yo (?). What sometimes prevent me for enjoying a TULLIBARDINE (or an AUCHENTOSHAN) is a common geranium note they have sometimes...Hate the AUCHENTOSHAN 12 yo for instance, but love the 21 yo. About the TULLIBARDINE Sauternes, for me it is decent but too young & oaky

[@WhiskyGeek]

@@GregsWhiskyGuide You've tried more Tullibardine than me then! Think I've had 5 but all official bottlings. Interesting what you're saying about the geranium note - I dont know flowers very well because I dont really like the smell of them! Couldn't comment on whether it's present in these whiskies or not! Though I don't find anything particularly floral about them.

[@thewhiskybowman]

If Bunnahabhain do a rum finish they need to call it Bannahaven now. That did make me laugh quite a bit, but I dare say my first attempt at pronouncing it was probably far worse. It's not a line up I would have went for of reasonably priced sherried whiskies, especially having a Dalmore in there, but it was a fun video. I wonder if people visiting you are thinking, great I'm probably going to get some decent whisky to try, or Oh god, he's probably going to try and get me in one of his videos again! (Or a combination of both!)

[@WhiskyGeek]

What would your line-up have been? Think these are available for pretty sensible prices and all RRP under £50. Think I paid £35 for the Dalmore 12, comes up on offer quite frequently. £27 for the Tullibardine, £26 for the Bunna, £29 Three Wood and ~£40 for the GlenDronach. Haha, they only end up in a video when they want to... I sometimes surprise them with experiments though! 😉

[@thewhiskybowman]

@@WhiskyGeek Personally I wouldn't take sale prices into account when defining reasonably priced Ben. Reasonably priced, for me, is when it has a good RRP, if you get it in a sale even cheaper then so much the better. Unless it is one of those that is pretty much constantly "on sale" of course. I'm not sure what my line up would be, I'd need to think about it, but it wouldn't have had the Dalmore or the 3 Wood for certain.

[@WhiskyGeek]

@@thewhiskybowman No neither did I, they're all RRP under £50 which seems a pretty reasonable threshold to me. I guess its all subjective though!

[@harrr53]

I know it's a port finish, not a sherry, but if you like one you are likely to like the other..., I really think the Glenmorangie Quinta Ruban is beatiful and reasonably priced!

[@WhiskyGeek]

Good shout, I think I like the Quinta Ruban more than the Lasanta! Yet to try the 14 year old version though. Can sometimes pick them up around £35 here when on offers 🥃👍

[@harrr53]

@@WhiskyGeek I have a bottle of the 14 and I think it's fantastic. The raisins and a little chocolate, and after a few sips the fruity notes of the Original are there at the back too. I never tried the 12 though. The Lasanta was a little underwhelming for me, I couldn't fault it in any major way, I just had higher expectations I guess.

[@mickodonnell2530]

Should try it totally blind - get the ladies to pick 5 from a shedload that you've not picked so you don't look to confirm your pre-conceptions (like hunt the Bunny). Human nature says we will try to find as many clues outside of the glass as possible. My Mrs did me like a kipper the other night - put a Bowmore in a Bowmore glass (even the rubber inner tube smell didn't make me pick it as I was psyched out by the "obvious" double bluff). Your brother has some good notes that should serve him well in the future. Dalmore is pants. That said, looking forward to your Fettercairn tasting notes (baby sick may or may not feature). Paterson, eh. Much improved Tullibardine - I struggle to pick it since they dropped the putty/linseed oil signature smell. Liking your stuff. Slanjeevaurus🐢

[@WhiskyGeek]

Yeah I always fall into the hole of trying to identify them, sometimes end up chasing my tail and pigeon-holing the flavour into a profile I'm looking for. I did this even worse in a recent Islay blind taste and got myself really confused! Dan always talks himself down but he is actually getting pretty good at pulling out some decent notes. I'm a little nervous over the Fettercairn now, when I bought it I didn't know it was under the Paterson umbrella. The good things I've heard about it seem to be coming from people who also like Dalmore so I could be at a loss there ☹ My little one has been educating me on the different types of baby sick so I will be able to give expert analysis on that now 😜 Cheers Mick 🥃👍

[@mickodonnell2530]

Butyric acid - never gets a mention in the tasting notes. 🙈

[@user-ve8fb5pe4o]

Great video. Big fan of tullibardine

[@WhiskyGeek]

They're doing great stuff! I feel they don't quite 'chime' with some people but I really like the spiciness of their spirit. Cheers Whisky Dog! 🥃👍

[@user-ve8fb5pe4o]

Whisky Geek I recently bought the tully 20 yo as I was told it due to be discontinued(I’ve still to open) also bought 21 yo highland queen which is a blend made from the tullibardine distillery. This really opened my eyes up to trying more blend.

[@MrChristopherMolloy]

Would've been interesting to see Glen Moray Elgin Classic Sherry Finished tossed in to the mix. It's the least expensive sherried whisky I could think of. Cheers!

[@WhiskyGeek]

Yeah I may have to do a round 2 - there's a few others people have suggested! That sherried Glen Moray has been on offer a few times in supermarkets around here and I've been tempted to give it a try... what do you make of it?

[@MrChristopherMolloy]

@@WhiskyGeek generally speaking I like all of the Glen Moray Elgin classic line, they're ridiculously inexpensive and highly drinkable. That being said, I'm not a huge fan of finished whiskies, sherry or otherwise, so maybe I'm not the best judge, but my recollection is that the sherry influence is a bit thin, but noticeable, without any of the off-putting characteristics you can find in these sort of bottles. Cheers!

[@leewoodrow]

Bananaharvin ! Please ask her to do a Roy pronunciation video

[@WhiskyGeek]

Haha, I'll have to try and convince her!

[@WhiskyMystery]

Bannanhaven will be stuck in my mind now.

[@WhiskyGeek]

Haha same here!

[@foodquig]

That's Bunnahabhain... Just like That's Fronkensteen...

[@kresimirjelcic576]

Just paused a video at 50 second mark, I've tried 4/5 (never had tullibardine) My order would be 1. Glendronach 2. Bunnahbhain 3. Auchentoshan 4. Dalmore Looking forward to see the end result of the video

[@kresimirjelcic576]

Just finished the video, aguess I'll have to get some of that Tillibardine

[@WhiskyGeek]

Pretty spot-on there! The Tullibardine Sherry (and Burgundy finished) is a fantastic whisky if you manage to get your hands on it 🥃👍

[@birendersinghsachan182]

Wonderful video 🍷🍷🍷🍷🍷🍷🍷🍷🍷🍷🍷🍷cheeeeeeers

[@WhiskyGeek]

Thanks Birender 🥃🥃👍

[@2011sergio2011]

A sherry test without macallan ???

[@nicholaswoodward8191]

Out of that lot the Glendronach is my best easily dont like Aucantoshin one bit.

[@WhiskyGeek]

Yeah we really liked that Glendronach 12 too 🥃👍 Some weird off-notes in that Auchentoshan - have found it's a little easier to get on with out of a wide tumbler rather than a Gelncairn or Copita as it's harder to taste! 😅

[@nicholaswoodward8191]

@@WhiskyGeek Will try that thanks mate. Here in Cape Town the Auctontoshan is pretty cheap too.

[@WhiskyGeek]

@@nicholaswoodward8191 Wouldn't recommend buying another bottle to try it! But it's how I'm getting through the last of my bottle 😉

[@esdificil3764]

How tall is the girl vs how tall are you guys...

[@WhiskyGeek]

Haha I'm not sure how tall Lydia is but we're 6'6" & 6'4".

[@richardgillette5759]

I'm gonna be honest. I mostly watch for that cute little girl with the glasses that can't pronounce any of the names.