ralfy review 1000 Extras - Three bits of advice.

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[@johnw1597]

Happy 1000th Ralfy. I can't tell you how much of a positive influence you've had on me during my whisky journey over the past 8 years. So well done mate, and here's to another 1000! Cheers!👍

[@orituhkguyjmnrmnht]

Whisky (and rum/Cognac/Armagnac/tequila) changed my way of drinking completely. I used to drink alcohol to get drunk but as soon as I got drawn into whisky that stopped. I've only been drinking/tasting alcohol for it's flavour for years now. All in all I'm drinking less than before and very seldom get drunk and if so it's never the purpose but more likely because of good company. A very good outcome compared to my past habits. Thanks Ralfy and congratulations for managing your channel successfully for so long!

[@itwasalladram...5657]

Keeping up with the MacJoneses... 😂 I love it

[@delicatpizza3981]

Jack Daniel's Single Malt Oloroso Sherry finished whiskey @ 45% NAS!!!!! More than 80 pounds at Heathrow Airport T5 !!! Only available in London and Singapore airports.....🤣- Arran 10 forever!!!! Thanks, Ralfy. You show us the way along these 1000 reviews.

[@ingebrunsvik9298]

Tasted Jack D single malt at a Danish airport. A lot more interesting than the Old no 7, but It was more than twice the price of JD single barrel, and to my palate not as good. Easy to ignore at that price.

[@user-zx9jq4pv1w]

Thanks Ralfy for the fantastic advice on the dangers both physical and financial that come with this delicious hobby. They have been a welcome addition to your reviews and extras over the years.

[@mendipfox1650]

Great video. One of the best ways to enjoy whisky more is to take a couple months off the booze and and then revisit it. Think you’ve done a video about this before Ralfy. Palate fatigue is real.

[@andrewwohl11]

Congratulations Ralfy on your 1,000th!! I am indebted to you for all the knowledge and guidance you have given over the years. You single-handedly provided me with more information than all others combined…and I am sharing that with others now. Stay strong and keep going !!

[@sandrofazzolari8833]

Grazie 🙏 Ralfy. Wise advice 👍. Congratulations 🎉 Kindest regards, S.

[@richardgenerazio5280]

Perfect! Thank you for all and this caring clip too!! and 1000! Congratulations!!

[@peterlee2279]

Congratulations on your completion of your 1000 review. Genuinely I have been following your recommendations over the years and I have enjoyed my journey through your work. Like whisky I think you’ve matured beautifully over time and you’re looking better now than over 10 years ago.

[@FedericoPrieto13]

Ralfy, thank you for sharing your experience of your malt journey. I look forward to the OSWAs that are undoubtedly having a positive impact on the direction of the whisky industry. ¡Salud y 1000 videos más!

[@Tylervrooman]

Congratulations!! I found your channel back in 2011 and can't believe how far you have come!!

[@JohnnyBravo1878]

Almost everything I know about whisky is down to you Ralfy. A huge thank you

[@WhiskeyNovice]

Well said Ralfy. Congrats on the 1000 reviews.

[@RomanVilgut]

Always a pleasure to see your reviews. I am on my personal whiskey-journey since 20+ years and fully support your call to ignore all those "you have to try this and that" or "special cask" "XXX years". Simply try and you find, what you like. And yes: Whiskey is for slow and moderate consumtion, it is a joy. So always be responsible with drinking habbits.

[@Cezary_The_FLY_Mucha]

Congratulations !!! Best to you Ralfy on the occasion of the 1000th review. Many thanks for these 14 years of evangelism recordings on your Malty Mission. I wish you at least another 1000 reviews. Slanth math and cheers or Na zdrowie from Poland 🥃🥂

[@pastachiooooo60]

HAPPY 1000TH ❤❤❤❤❤❤ Maybe it's time to replenish the url on that barrel 😃

[@steel4o]

Congratulations on the 1000 Ralfy. Long may you drink!

[@Doddo13]

Thank you Ralfy. You’re the malt’s marvellous mastermind

[@paologramatica9231]

For sure i'm going to be here for 1000 more ! Thanks Ralfy for all the info and knowledge and advices ! Keep it up, you're the best. I am one of these "newer" whisky fans, and the people at distilleries were kinda shocked that we had so much info about production details etc. That's the future, passionnate people joining together to enjoy whisky and other quality spirits.

[@bhavish216]

Thanks a lot ralfy for the eye-opening experience.......u helped me decrease my consumption with better quality dram as well as reflecting those precious principles on my rhum selection. Cheers

[@jillleon55555]

Hi Ralfy, big congratulations on your 1000th You Tube review, what a milestone. Ive been a pat pal for many years and it has been an informative journey with you and has enhanced my knowledge of whisky along side my yearly 4 day whisky tours, one year Islay, following year Speyside or another one of the Scottish Islands. Thank you Ralfy, keep doing what your doing and see you 2000th review.

[@robfut9954]

I’ve learned a LOT watching you over the years, Ralfy. And you’ve brought a lot of entertainment as well. Thank you again, you’re doing a great service.

[@rosslogan4154]

A VERY HAPPY 1000th, Ralphy. Here's to many more, in order that we can all continue our whisky journey with you.😁👍🥃 There was some geat advice in this episode, as always. I particularly liked your views on Marketing whisky. I personally practically never buy any "special releases" from a distillery. Invariably they're at least double and sometimes three times the price the nose and taste experience merits. 90% of special releases are just an opportunity for the distilleries to ask for an inflated price and therefore bolster their profit margin.

[@Mathias_Clausen]

Very good episode! Thank you!

[@trapperkcmo3460]

"i drink alone" ralfy puts on gangster glasses as george thoroughgood plays the song.

[@ChequeredTom]

Congratulations Ralfy - 1000 extras of quality. Thank you for all of the brilliant work you do, and knowledge you generously share. You've COMPLETELY revolutionised my whisky drinking - less is more, and quality is king. Cheers!

[@jean-baptisteblanc2009]

Congratulations on the 1000th review! 🎉

[@hamo4558]

Three very sound pieces of advice Ralfy, couldn't have said it better myself. Congratulations once again !!

[@dondimonte8690]

I am a new follower and I see why you've lasted this long. Cheers!!

[@christophershreiner5114]

Chasing value, integrity bottles, and “under the radar” bottles is the thrill for me. Not just the most expensive or extravagant.

[@gentlemannr.2]

Thank you so much, Ralphy - for 1000 authentic Reviews, for your knowledge an advices. Whisky is an adventure journey. Thanks for being such an excellent guide for years!

[@inuitplus]

Congratulations Ralfy on the 1000+ mark accomplishment. Like many I have enjoyed your channel, your reviews, and common sense guidelines.

[@GeoffreyBangers]

Love the point you made about so many more informed whisky enthusiasts engaging with quality distilleries. It must be a great feeling for people who are so passionate about the products that they make to have people seeking it out with a high level of knowledge and passion themselves. Also, I'm going to try the savings in a whisky tin trick. Great idea!

[@TheRealSabakuNoGabo]

Happy 1000 review Ralfy!!! I've been following you for years and my whisky knowledge has improved times fold. Thank you for always providing high quality content and just being you!!! Cheers mate!!🎉🎉🎉🎉 (PD: still waiting for the audiobooks narrated by you!!)

[@WhooshFlyingHorse444]

CONGRATULATIONS RALFY ON REACHING 1,000...FAN-TAS-TIC! Thank you for opening my eyes, educating & enlightening me since I began following your channel. Very best wishes, take care of yourself & hope to meet you one day.

[@tagontag]

Ralfy, thank you for accompanying me in the past 8 years of whisky journey! Cheers!

[@said50122]

Congratulations Ralfy, always a pleasure to pair a dram with your videos. Thank you for the many things I've learnt from you about whisky!

[@martindouwe6099]

Congrats mate👌

[@teachcinematicstv2798]

While 1000 Reviews over a span of 14 years is an amazing accomplishment I would be amiss if I didnt say that the Extras are what set You apart from the rest my good sir. I Love the reviews but I stay for the Extras. A hearty Congradulations to your succes. I celebrate your journeys and wish you many more Malt Mate

[@dezzz4845]

Congrats Ralfy. A great achievement. Thanks for your valuable advice. Keep it up

[@hwt4121]

Thank You Ralfy ! 🎉🎉🎉Congrats!

[@jimfitzgerald8229]

Great words of advice as always. I’ve followed your channel throughout my whiskey journey. It has really helped as I chose my next pour. Here’s to 1000 more!

[@patzijlstra6676]

thank you for the free consult, doctor Ralfy, and up to the next 1000!

[@lucasilaci2260]

Thanks Ralfy. Greetings from 🇧🇷

[@wadew5100]

Ahhh... back in the bothy. I somehow feel at home there ❤

[@wadew5100]

I wanted to add, now that I finished watching 1000 extras that it was remarkable. Honest, heartfelt and sincere. One of the best talks I've heard, and not only about whisky, but life! 👍👍👍

[@Mikego55]

I’ve been watching your videos since about 2010, I figure you’ve racked up between 250 and 300 hours of useful and interesting advice. Thanks for not being “Drink this, don’t drink that”. My own journey began in 1987 while working on submarines in Dunoon in a little shop where the proprietor said “ they are all best” to my “what’s the best scotch?” Luckily he hand me a bottle of Glenmorangie instead of a bottle of Ardbeg. Since then I have tasted over a hundred different ones, and through your advice have passed on ones I didn’t care for instead of dumping them.

[@Miata822]

Thanks, Ralfy. You might find it interesting that I came to learning about quality Scotch Whisky the other way around. Back in early 2020 my wife and I suddenly started paying more attention to our health, what we consumed and how we lived. We stepped away from eating out and drinking just whatever brand was popular. I always cooked, but now I have learned to cook very well indeed. With that I found appreciation for more intentional beverage choices, and ultimately this channel. All in all, it is a more satisfying life.

[@sundowner62james69]

Top advice ! Thanks Ralfy.

[@martinbeen]

Congrats Ralfy!!!!.

[@Kmarshall1776]

Thanks! Very informative as always!

[@whompbiscuits8930]

While I am 100% for making your whisk(e)y journey your own unique bespoke endeavor, I also believe it's important to find a couple of experts or enthusiasts or "fellow travelers" to lean on for direction. Because when you're new, you need help and that can be hard to find. For me, it's Ralfy, Roy Duff, and Daniel Whittington & Rex Williamson of Whiskey Vault/Tribe. I feel I've been very lucky in stumbling upon them, they've helped me out so much since I began my whiskey journey 2.5 years ago and I started late in life. So again, big congrats to you Ralfy on this milestone. May you have thousands more, because whiskey travelers like myself still need your direction.

[@simonperrins5175]

Thanks Ralfy! This is really good advice!

[@gareth630]

Great advice as always, see you at the OSWA.

[@RonaldCzik]

Well done. Well said.

[@arnoldbanderas1595]

Thank you Ralfy for taking time to remind us about the bigger picture. As I get older we need to make sure we put our health first.

[@louisperlman8030]

Hi Ralfy, and congratulations on reaching 1000 reviews. It was the end of 1997 when I discovered Springbank. It was until it was too late that I found out that it was a fairly small distillery, and that most bottling were ‘small batch’ and weren’t going to necessarily available in the future. These days, I have a wee dram or two from the limited supply I still have. Right now, Astor Liquors in New York City has the 30 year old foe a mere $5000, limit one per customer 😮

[@oldandintheway1955]

Wise words from a wise man. Thank you!

[@orangewool]

Review 1001 incoming + time travel, cannae wait! 🥃

[@robgahan5870]

Respect on 1000 Ralfy. Dedication pays off 👏

[@tooslow1614]

Thanks Ralfy

[@gman5986]

Great review Ralfy and congratulations on your1000th review!

[@ralphwatten2426]

Thanks ralfy. I guess I just need to continue on my journey in spite of my lackluster bottle of Ardbeg. I can see that from cask to cask there are differences but what a difference this last one was. I'll have to try a different "smoke monster" next time.

[@rosendoderobles2065]

Congratulations ralfy 1000 extras.

[@RichardHowells1234]

Milkthistle...Co Q10...Brewers yeast 😋 Cheers ralfy!🍻 1000 more!

[@DanteRising]

Ralfy m boy, its the first time on the spirits for a long while. Dark Spiced Rum and ginger ale. Its a new one on me and its delicious. Probably too sweet for YOuuoo but it's a nice break from being full of IPA.

[@johnzajac9849]

There's a fourth point which Ralfy made, not specifically mentioned by him in his video, but represented by his actions in making the video. Be considerate of your fellow human beings and, like Ralfy, help them whenever you can, by word or deed. A small gesture or kind word can go a long, long way. Thank you, sir.

[@TJames69]

Keeping up with the MacJones’ 😂

[@welshskies]

Good advice Ralfy, "consume less, consume better".

[@robingreen9086]

just another 24 hours and we will be on our way up to Glasgow and surrounding distilleries Yay......Oh and going back to the 70s, I was about 18 or similar and we were in Rome, we decided to have a whisky Identification competition, and I won on the last drink 'BELLS'

[@ricardomachado6718]

1000!!!!!!!!!!!

[@pfalzgraf7527]

"Forgettable junk" was never my thing. Actually, I am still getting pissed on a flight of 4 rums (malternatively). Interestingly, I am now placing the most costly Rum now at the low part of the chain. However, I am certaninly a Whisky afficionado! And I am very much looking forward to your takes on available Scotch Whiskeys! edit: there is also no shame in putting on someone's suit first and then develop your own thing! Just: try to choose wisely on whom you follow first! And yes! "Have confidence in your own jorney!"

[@Backwardlooking]

Well said. 👍🏻🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

[@grahamokeefe9406]

I guess I'm in the "curiousity" camp. I'm trying very hard not to buy anything too much over $100(USD).

[@prioritasko]

Springbank 10, two years ago cost 40 euros, nowdays (if available) 100 euros. That's pretty much sums it up.

[@vincevirtua]

Good advice Ralfy, I’ll drink to that! 🥴😆

[@hadoMiguel-qz4tb]

Ralfy eres un fenómeno

[@baggiezbaggiez7757]

Well done Ralfy. Although you're too modest to label yourself an 'expert' you certainly are in my estimation. Perhaps a guru who's changed my journey quite noticeably?👍

[@domanz1]

before hearing your 3 tips my guesses are 1) keep it quality not quantity 2) share with friends 3) buy and support honest bottlings

[@the3cl3ctic]

I have been fond of whisky for the past 15 years. However, it has become a rare event for me to enjoy a glass of malt because I simply cannot get myself to crack open a 70cl bottle. It is simply too much whisky for me 🤷🏼‍♂️ I sooo wish the industry would make 35cl a standard. I realize it may not mean that the price would be proportionally cheaper, but I suppose it will stull be cheaper. I would certainly enjoy more whisky if the amount was more manageable.

[@carlosortega1959]

This special ocassion does not feel the same without Big Clive

[@martinbeen]

Got myself a whisky from a local store somewhere in Nederland. It is a single malt, Silver Seal Maturity. Don't like it that much. I do love i knew where it is from, when tasted it, so my taste is getting more pro. It is Tullibardine, not my favorite brand.

[@henrikojmark2290]

Ralfy the king of malt ❤️

[@Whiskyanalyse]

Hello mates, we live in wonderful times because we have a „Buddha of Whisky“ to enlighten us 😉🥃.

[@user-hb1ve6mc6f]

Ai will help me drink without exercise or becoming alcoholic

[@user-pt4oj6sd6j]

🎉

[@robtudor3785]

Tell me how I can get Springbank these days😂😂😂

[@wevegraysquaw7855]

Malty, there's nothing better than a wife who prefers the cheap stuff on ice (Monkey Shoulder) and doesn't say a word about my bling bottles 😍🤪🤔

[@vsx819]

Hey, I want to buy my first bottle of Whisky, but no smoke tastes at all. I like things sweet and smooth. Obviously I'm a beginner, so want it smooth, sweet and something non offensive. I've got £50.00 = $60.00. I don't want sugar sweet, but a sweetness you can taste and smooth. Don't mind a tiny burn, but I've got heartburn, so need to be careful. Thanks all.

[@31446963048]

GLENFIDDICH 12 would be a safe purchase. Dalwhinnie would be another. Best to go to a bar and buy a glass and you will find your path.

[@brian6x]

$500 CDN!! for Canadian Club 45 Year Old Chronicles No. 5..... Don't do it.

[@carlubambi5541]

Your are officially a millenial .Just kidding,1000 reviews awesome .

[@robgahan5870]

Ralfy. Start a " common sense" channel. You're a clever man 🤓 🥳 its a forgotten art unfortunately 😕

[@graememcgregor4131]

Thanks, Ralfy for everything.This 1000 extras was really good sound advice.Appreciate it.