Dramface Podcast Christmas Special 2024

[@orangewool]

2hrs well spent, loved it! HNY 2025 Dramfacers/Grailers/Barflies 🥃

[@keithatkins1638]

Thank you so much for your podcasts and videos! I absolutely love listening to them! Love the comradery!

[@moelassus]

Fantastic podcast! Merry Christmas to the entire DRAMFACE team and the Grail Girls.

[@davidowen2834]

Excellent podcast guys and girls. I like Lindt chocolate especially the 80 % version. Quality chocolate. Slàinte to you all.

[@ErikWaitWhiskyStudies]

Ghirardelli salted dark chocolate with Ardbeg 10-year-old is a favorite pairing of mine. 🥃

[@edfriday7709]

Yes. Fetcha Chocolates are superb. One of my favourite discoveries in the wee toon….

[@Martinlgn]

As the resident Frenchman with a cheesemonger girlfriend, I must clarify that the maggot cheese which is produced in Corsica, is actually, may I add, obviously, not sanctioned to be sold. They might have the right to produce it for themselves, but I think if someone got sick after eating it, it would fall back on the illegal producer's shoulders. I've never seen it, even when I was in Corsica. I feel like it's more of a myth. Yeah I was triggered 😂

[@timeforadram]

Corsica and Sardinia have a lot to answer for from a culinary perspective - must be something about being a small island lol

[@elduderino3120]

There’s not enough peat in Springbank to be using that as an introduction to peat. Any kind of sweet-peat is the way IMVHO: Sherry + peat, or peat + wine cask finish (Port Charlotte).

[@elduderino3120]

Bottle design: Lindores looks like an 18th century perfume bottle just missing the atomiser on the top with squeeze thing.

[@andrewjudd9001]

Oh man this is a great podcast/video. Thanks for putting it together and Merry Christmas to you all!

[@forlornHope]

Cheers 🥃

[@timeforadram]

We’d love your feedback on this episode, especially around the editing/end product. Ai could well lighten the load on our poor wee editor trainee…

[@elduderino3120]

The opening pitch for Lindt was a winner.

[@elduderino3120]

My main feedback is the same feedback I’d give most whiskytube vids: we’re watching because you lucky swine Ave the money+time to drink a lot of whisky, and some of the best advice is the simplest: if you like X, you’ll like this. Like I’d tell people if they like Arsbeg, try Port Charlotte, if you’re more of a Lagavulin fan, Kilchoman might be your thing.

[@elduderino3120]

Bit pisht, but it’s Chrimbo.

[@steviestevie6868]

@@elduderino3120 Love the way it tries to translate that into English... LOLOLOLOLOL

[@steviestevie6868]

Generally very good pal. Quite a lot of jumping to a person, but staying so short a time it was a bit of a blink. Maybe stay longer once you change to another person. That can be very difficult when people are interacting all at once I know. Overall, really good. StevieO

[@TimHoekstra]

Marry christmas! Few notes: lindt recently had a lead contamination scandal which is good to be aware of. Secondly tony's states being ethical but there has been some shenanigans in the past, notably in 2021. One to keep an eye on.

[@afshinamini6805]

Great podcast! Happy holidays dramface team. As a non editing expert viewer, everything was good. Cheers!

[@murduk88]

What an amazing Christmas present from the Dramface Podcast! Thanks for bringing back the Grail Girls and thanks to Rachel and Jen for coming back. (And Gregor wins understatement of 2024: "This should be a fun episode." Maybe. 🤣🤣🤣)

[@jimmypaul9424]

Good show, very enjoyable Season Greetings to all. 70% plain choc paired with Port Charlote and Deanston 12. Very good.

[@royomyhr4712]

Isle of mull cheddar and Ardbeg 10. Brilliant combo.

[@larsrogers3081]

GREAT podcast!! Loved seeing the Grail girls again!! Whisky and chocolate!! Not my thing! But loved watching it

[@TJO1913]

Woke up to this video podcast on my feed. An unexpected Christmas present. 🎁. Thanks to the Dramface & Grail team!

[@JosephSmith-nf3bc]

The Oban Chocolate Factory does an amazing selection of vegan chocolates. Oban is nearer to Glasgow (and almost everywhere in Europe), than Campbeltown, although I haven't tried their vegan chocolates so... 🥰

[@edfriday7709]

Oooh yes. That is a fantastic Chocolate shop too!!!

[@elduderino3120]

Of course it’s the French!

[@DonnerPassWhisky]

This is a great Christmas gift. Cheers

[@anthonylambert4523]

As a Diabetic this episode is killing me 😂 I usually stick to "Lindt" sugar free (German firm as well) if I fancy milk chocolate, it's the best sugar free choccie. "Merci" is made by Storck in the town of Halle just down the road from me here in Bielefeld.They also make Werthers Original ( also a town near me) I will have to try a dram with 70% cocoa,that has a lot less sugar andnis pretty diabetic friendly. Hope you had a good Xmas and "slide well" into the New Year as they say in German 👍👍

[@timeforadram]

ah sorry to hear Anthony - hopefully there was still some enjoyment contained in here even if you did need sit on your hands ;)

[@hamo4558]

Loved this Podcast guys. Loved seeing the Grail gals. Merry christmas all :) Slainte

[@jbar6284]

What a great Xmas present. George [sic] you star. More Jen and Rachel too, please. Funtastic!

[@timeforadram]

I'll be sure and pass along the 'star' accolade to whichever of the DF team makes eye contact with me next....

[@JimmyLeg]

16:10 Orange chocolate is shite. Roy is correct.

[@agrainofmalt]

I'd totally feel ripped off with that Tony's Advent Calendar missing a chocolate 😅

[@CPW1991]

And it’s 100% Dutch for sure 😂

[@timeforadram]

To be fair there was one window with TWO chocs so alls well that ends well

[@GeorgeP-tt5tw]

What a treat this is. Thanks Dramface crew! Merry Christmas!

[@klizzt]

Thanks so much for the lovely podcast. I've taken a few days to get to this since I wanted to dram and chocolate along with all of you, as I did with the cheese episode. And as with the cheesy wan I'm still not 100% convinced I'm the person to pair anything with my single malts. The peat and ex-bourbon with the respective chocolates were fine, but they didn't really add anything to the experience (and I have to agree, the Lindt Chili is woefully weak in the chili department. I was quite scared this might burn my mouth to bits, but I barely noticed a difference to the 70%). With the Glenallachie 10 (batch 8) and dark chocolate I got a really prominent burnt coffee bean note, that I had a hard time getting past. It increased with consecutive bites and sips and rather ruined this part of the pairing for me. Same with the GA10 and creamy chocolate, so I guess it's down to the whisky. But even if this isn't something I'm running out to do again, I had a blast following along with you and will do so again for further episodes of this format. Worth every minute and bar of chocolate bought (and a bottle of Glenallachie 10, but to be honest I was looking for an excuse to get one and caught a great offer). Oh, and I'm really looking forward to the blending episode. I'm almost done with my three part blend, and it's quite promising...

[@highlandhamish9330]

Merry Christmas from the Highlands

[@JimmyLeg]

26:58 I know what you mean by Merci chocolate even though those other phlistines do not.

[@timeforadram]

I knew you get me Jimmy. I feel seen

[@SimonneNZ]

Great podcast! Congrats to Jen for taking out I am a Distillery. Will have to try hot chips with Ledaig 10 at some point. All the best for 2025! Cheers! 🥃

[@timeforadram]

fat chips please - none of the French/freedom fries please ;)

[@gavsdrams]

Great podcast

[@majornut9728]

Nice one! However at times I was wondering, "where did the chocolate pairing go" 😄

[@timeforadram]

I think I got the wheels back on - sometimes it's good to just go with the flow till we win out of steam....and then point back to the North Star of conversation focus....I think.

[@RebMordechaiReviews]

I wrote a comment about Vegan chocolate but included a link. The comment has been deleted. So, I'll try again without the link. You mentioned Lindt Chocolate and which were vegan friendly. As far as I understand, the central issue for the Vegan diet cult when it comes to chocolate is milk. The Vegan certifications are actually based on the Orthodox Jewish Kashrus certifications which gives a special certification for products which are kosher and do not contain any dairy ingredients. This is called "Parev" or "Parve" (products that do not contain dairy ingredients). You cannot simply rely on the fact that its called "dark chocolate" as it still might contain dairy ingredients and it might have been produced on the same manufacturing lines which also produce dairy products. So Kosher certification stating Parev/Parve will guarantee that the product is Dairy Free. In order to identify these Kosher symbols I included a link. That wasn't a good idea. So, you need to look for the most commonly found in the UK certifications such as KLBD, OU (a U inside an O), OK (a K inside an O) and many more. Bearing these symbols and especially if you see the word "Parev": or "Parve", it shows that this is a Dairy free product. However, watch out for the same symbol but with a "D' to the right. That means that the product is certified Kosher Dairy.

[@timeforadram]

great tips thanks Reb

[@elduderino3120]

Deanston… so far, for me, so meh.