Kilchoman No. 4 Madeira / Bourbon / Sherry Barrels Scotch Whisky Review

Shane Cork & Eric Elvigan Chuck had a staring competition with the sun - and won.
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[@ericelvigan3253]

I absolutely love this bottle, glad you enjoyed it. That editing is top notch 🤌🤣

[@BelfryHex]

Out of curiosity, how difficult was this bottle to get? and how many of the limited quantity did you buy?

[@ericelvigan3253]

@@BelfryHex I found it at a small shop locally. They had a case and I bought half of them. This was the 2021 USA small batch release so if you find one it'll be dusty. I know they did USA small batch #5 (2022) but I haven't seen it on the shelf so I'm not sure what the exact vatting on that one is but hopefully similar.

[@NoAcehere]

I absolutely LOVE Kilchoman. They make some of the best whisky imo

[@canadianmadduck8932]

Finally a scotch! The corn from past videos was making me sick in my snobby heart!

[@williamredpath861]

If we're being properly snobby or picky about it, can we refrain from calling it a "Scotch" . Scots people don't call it that, it's actually quite offensive to us. We can live with Scotch egg, Scotch pie and Scotch broth but we most definitely do not call whisky "Scotch" . We call it Whisky, or ask for a malt by naming the brand and age. We call a serving a dram or a nip followed by the name and age of the whisky. "Scotch", is what foreigners call it.

[@hannahmoon607]

To add - our quick visit to Kilchoman while they were doing the rest of the special Bruichladdich stuff was absolutely incredible. Not only is their whisky delicious, but also the fantastic rep serving us at their bar was hilarious, fun, and passionate about their brand. She practically challenged our tour guide to a duel when he told us we had to leave. 10/10 recommend checking it out if you ever get a chance.

[@booyahinc]

I remember she wanted to get a ride in the Wild and Sexy bus 😂

[@ladylilithparker]

Watching two men in utter ecstasy isn't why I subscribed... but it's absolutely one of the myriad reasons why I stay subscribed. Also, Daniel geeking out about neuroscience. F'ing awesome!

[@micahdubas9454]

Watched and listened to this episode while at work today. Immediately afterwards I went online, found a distributor that had it in stock and ordered it. The review hooked me and I had to be a part of experiencing this libation. I look forward to experiencing it. Thank you again fellas.

[@ddresely]

I visited Kilchoman on their 10th anniversary year in 2015. I’ve been in love with them ever since ❤

[@chefprov]

That was before they expanded! They are really growing!

[@snik8pan]

…and I quote “I wonder if there’s an audience for, just living in that very, super personalized, irrelevant to anybody else in the world, but; this is just the most visceral explanation of how I am, you know, both physically and emotionally experiencing this whiskey” To this I reply, while slowly raising my hand and choking back the tears… Yes there is goddamnit. Yes there is.

[@BelfryHex]

Finally, it's been years. The Unicycle Vault rebranding is a breath of fresh air.

[@SimplySwayze]

Had the pleasure of touring the Kilchoman facilities during a trip to Islay in May of last year. Great people, great whisky!

[@orion2250]

A good whiskey turns any man into a conductor and a poet

[@DJMJRyder]

That was the best idea Rex has ever had for a channel. Everyone loves the extremely specific tasting notes from SMWS bottles. What better way of using strong descriptive language than to tell a story/stories based on the memories whiskies can unlock

[@robviousobviously5757]

GOOD EVENING YOU MB'S... 🥃 sorry I am late... the magic of editing is on full display in this one... cork pop then cork back in.. loved it.

[@tommccafferty5591]

Now I know why I can't get nosing notes. I am an emotionless man with only bad memories.

[@randomguy4273]

I really enjoy the Kilchoman Sanaig!

[@orbit-corvid]

Missing Kilchoman is a major mistake. Out of all the distilleries on Islay, the Kilchoman experience was hands down the best. Also, there is nothing quite like getting a bottle of Machir Bay there and then going and enjoying a crisp, sunny afternoon with a nice dram on Machir Bay beach. 🙂

[@WhiskyNeighbour]

Love Kilchoman and this sounded really good. Thanks for sharing, cheers!

[@themanwest8218]

I enjoy Glenlivet 12. Just tried Glenlivet 12 Illicit Still. Tasty. Can you talk about what chill filtering does to Malt whiskey, Bourbon, Rye whiskey, and a Smokey Islay? How often is chill filtering used today?

[@justinafuchs2619]

I’m trying answering you, but English isn’t my first language, okay? Chill filtration is used much too often today, and a lot of responsibility for it goes to huge cooperations like Diageo. There’s no real need for chill filtration, other than you can sell more whisky (by bottling it at a low ABV) and you don’t have to worry about consumers thinking “Oh, my whisky has some mist on it! I guess it’s bad and I can’t drink it anymore!” That might happen from time to time, and it would be very easy to avoid, but I’ll come back to it later. Chill filtration reduces some of the fatty acids responsible for the flavours and it leads to a thinner mouthfeel. That’s a fact, but not everyone is going to tell you that. Often times, people selling whisky don’t like admitting it, you have many whiskies bottled at 40%, artificial coloured and chill filtrated to death. You can’t do business without selling many whiskies from cooperations like Diageo. On the other hand, there are many customers who don’t know better or fall for the huge marketing of those brands owned by those cooperations. And we’ve all been there, Lagavulin introduced me to the world of Single Malts and it was my first love. I didn’t know about chill filtration etc., and I guess I would have been to stubborn listening to someone telling me about it and introducing me to some “integrity” Malts at that point of my whisky journey. Those cooperations could inform their customers about the possibility of the “Scotch mist” when the bottle gets cold or you’re adding some water to it on the back label. Of course, everyone can spend their money on what ever they “like”, personally I won’t spend my money on a whisky bottled at 40% and chill filtered to death. Sometimes I make a exception for a good bottle like Glen Scotia, it’s bottled at least at 46%, it’s non-chill filtered but has some caramel colour in it. I hope they’ll stop adding artificial colour in the near future. I hope it might help you, but perhaps you already know more about chill filtration than I do.

[@tassadarc8069]

The Wilhelm Scream is its own rule in the Bad Movie Drinking Game!

[@a1m05tg0n3]

Looks awesome - sipping on some Tobermory 17 - Madeira Cask

[@Wilvekio69]

Good morning MBs

[@spankie7728]

Finally a scotch!

[@BiffStrongo]

If I had to choose, I'd have stayed with Bruichladdich too. You done it.

[@rossfudd256]

Those personal tasting notes would be like the bottle notes on a SMWS bottle. I think it would have a decent audience.

[@d_chaiko]

Watching this, finally finishing my Glenfiddich 12 but in a Kilchoman's Glencairn :)

[@dongelhotjr3489]

I'm here .

[@jasonczfan8658]

I have a Kilchoman PX Sherry single cask store pick. The stuff is fantastic!

[@ewalt8549]

Gahhh, now I need this too! I don’t think I’ve ever seen Kilchoman in person

[@richardhussey6020]

cracked mine and was able to try to smell/taste/feel what they offered, and i think i was close. definitely the brine, almonds and a background sweetness...before the peat gets you! i am going to do a side by side with the madeira single cask!! love me some Kilchoman!

[@KillCoWhiskeyMusings]

I've added that to my list... As for that scream, I've noticed it in SO many movies. Always thought it was hilarious, glad to finally know what it's called.

[@chefprov]

Kilchoman ❤,, been to Islay twice ! Was lucky enough to get a bottle of their 10th anniversary that has a “smidge” of the very first cask ever filled there ! It’s the only bottle that I am “collecting” I can’t help but drink everything else I buy ☺️. I want to go sometime for their festival week !! Each day BIG HOOTENANNY at each distillery on the island ⭐️bucket list⭐️😎👍

[@100puremustard5]

I'm just here for the Wilhelm Scream LOL!!!

[@mmwosu]

Thank goodness! A not-MGPisode

[@nighthawk333ST]

You should try the Kilchoman made for Belgium and the Tequila finish... those 2 are some of their best !

[@-RONNIE]

Good video 🥃

[@markc6650]

The most powerful statement about how good this whisky is was that it repeatedly made Rex want to sit down and be quiet in order to savor it. LOL

[@ceklahn]

Trying to get that initial sip experience, that’s called chasing the unicorn.

[@jiriwichern]

Unfortunately no American batch of Kilchoman for me. (I live in the Netherlands.) So I poured an alternative from my bottle of Machir Bay cask strength. Then found a good compilation of Wilhelm screams on KZbin. Thanks for the suggested combination. They were both great (however I'm not entirely sure the actual combination really added to either of the experiences ;) )

[@Carleton.Weaver]

Serious whisky, serious(ish) review, more of this.

[@TJay05]

On the ninety-sixth day we sailed again How I wish I was in Sherbrooke now When a great big Yankee hove in sight With our cracked four-pounders we made to fight

[@ryanmullally366]

The pure pleasure on your faces and the moment of silence makes me want this bottle more than I want air to breath. I haven’t seen that kind of reaction from y’all before.

[@billdecat855]

The tasting note savant known as Brianna seems to adhere to the Daniel ideal of memory recall as the primary descriptor. Therefore, WT viewers most likely would enjoy the stream of consciousness that is Briannas' tasting notes.

[@ItsMe-fs4df]

Just as this video started up, my husband and I were lamenting that we don't have any whisky friends who like to do those fun memory tasting notes (probably because we have a bottle of tequila finished Kilchoman). Not like SMWS level of silliness. But yeah, I'd watch the shit outta those reviews 😂

[@FreedsFirstTime_Whisky_Reviews]

I have the China Only release over here in...well...... China. It's basically the same but with sauternes cask finished not madeira at 49%. Tis Yummy

[@davidleamy7564]

You guys do so many tastings on a daily, weekly, monthly time frame. do you ever get sick of the general whiskey taste? I definitely get a bit burned out every once in a while. and if you do how do you recover?

[@RealRaynedance]

Don't know how much extra work it would be in editing, but petition for the extra sweary episodes like this to have swears censored with screams instead of the cork pop.

[@mjhearns23]

Can you make a Tribe episode of Daniel riding the unicycle, while complaining about non-transparent whiskies? Comedy gold!

[@andrewunsworth5861]

best two distilleries on Islay are kilchomen and bunnahabhin!

[@wookie4798]

It took so long to get to the tasting notes, I had to research Wilhelm Scream

[@benjamincarter6095]

They have Black Art at Specs off 71 & Brodie. 1/14/23

[@michaelcarter577]

Finally, not another American "craft" MGP.

[@NoxiousWZRD]

I believe dan was looking for the term Mulling spices

[@akareject]

I feel all the MGP filler talk got imbedded into the boys' brains. 7 minutes of foofaraw before they even smelled the whiskey. And its one they were excited to talk about! 😆

[@B1gC4st]

When's the Bruichladdich content coming out?

[@jimneary2802]

I get the smell = memory thing. My first Sio of Bruichladdie tasted like how my Uncle Ed's machine shop smelled

[@JRMshadow260a]

just do it!!!!

[@trexfighterpilot]

This has probably been asked before. If money was no object, what is y'alls Mt. Everest of whiskey that you would buy?

[@booyahinc]

You can avoid workman’s comp by taking the injured employee to the train station. 🤠

[@rossfudd256]

Good morning Gentlemen.

[@HeathRS]

"It feels like I just put the thing in my mouth." - Rex 😂

[@ram5743]

Eagle Rare blended with Ardbeg Uigeadail

[@midnightnation9943]

aww now Im sad I cant have this

[@kaboom2270]

where do we ship you bottles?

[@kaboom2270]

??

[@matthewwright57]

Grilled lemons!

[@ewalt8549]

That’s what she said <a href="#" class="seekto" data-time="561">9:21</a>

[@gregoakleaf]

Ya know what was awesome... when 20 of us went to Kilchoman while you two went and shot your little footage on your own... hmmmm. That's tough... You also got the wrong tour leader at Bruchladdich... sorry not sorry

[@bionick4281]

I miss Rex saying Magnificent Bastard the way he does it!

[@andisch1316]

How funny and strange is this... Just the minute before I found and watch this I also poured a dram of that Kilchoman ... SLAINTHE

[@mikec3976]

If you really want to credit that bottle to me, I won’t say no!

[@thomascooley2749]

A proper mooch would have used this opportunity to snag another dram while editing to fix the mistake With pics or it didnt happen

[@JimmyLeg]

I am the audience for absolutely personal notes. Who wants to read vanilla and christmas cake 10,000 times.

[@hotdog99100]

Another example of every solution creating new problems. Not MGP that we can get, but Kilchoman Unobtanium.

[@conjoiner83]

I'm disappointed that the guys clearly forgot that the first rule of Soy Sauce Club is that you do NOT talk about Soy Sauce Club... 😅

[@ryand7764]

Wilhelm scream KZbin videos thank you for the views

[@coachster]

Has Rex’s moochiness finally faded to only 1 attempt of suggesting a comparison?

[@the_whiskeyshaman]

Snarky Dan somming the shit outta this one. Love soy sauce.

[@russb8291]

Unicycle Curmudgeon. DC Comics newest anti-hero.

[@johnnymossville]

I ride unicycle. It's great, but you get asked to be in every parade forever once people know.

[@islaymmm]

Never seen a bigger oopsy than what's in this video when it comes to bastarding! Come on guys!

[@prairiedogs001]

Wait, a soy sauce company making whiskey?

[@SB-cw7cl]

couldn't get through the video due to unnecessary bad jokes/ irrelevant side stories

[@XXXGRAPENUTSXXX]

<a href="#" class="seekto" data-time="409">6:49</a>

[@filthymcnasty5625]

Mountain dew looks like urine.

[@elduderino3120]

TASTES like urine, or so I’ve been told.

[@filthymcnasty5625]

@@elduderino3120 To the people who told you, how often do they drink urine.