ralfy review 1047 Extras - Whisky and the Internet.

[@rupertansell4662]

When I were a lad we used slide rules because calculators weren’t on the market yet. The internet has really helped me to pick out the wheat from the chaff when ordering whisky online. Dramface and Whiskybase are both good. I do my online research and I’m rarely disappointed with a whisky purchase these days. Great thought provoking video Ralfy 👍

[@Aqvavitae]

The entire team at Dramface will be really happy to hear your shout out Ralfy, very appreciated. 🙏🥃

[@genekelly4985]

While it’s undeniable that computing technology has radically changed the world in a very short period of time, we’ve barely scratched the surface. The real change is yet to come, and probably at a rate we can’t fully fathom.

[@terrortower666]

“Hollywood has become contaminated” As a cinephile of quality filmmaking, I wholeheartedly agree Ralfy

[@Ridabu]

Who runs Hollowood?

[@dramfacewhisky]

Thank you for enjoying Dramface, drawing attention to the efforts of so many whisky writers and enthusiasts coming together to make something worthwhile is amazing, to have it being noted and celebrated, even more so. Thank you from the entire team. ❤

[@Martin-uj7wj]

Could you please put an option to reject cookies on your website. Thanks.

[@ozapatam]

Thanks for the video Ralfy. From a quantum computing physicist and whisky fan 🥃

[@kirbyculp3449]

Any future for the ruthenium iso-nitrosyl in QC?

[@leoyu1070]

How come this whisky review guy has so many interesting stories and full of knowledge????

[@neilriley4912]

He's a wiley old fox😊

[@nicktheflybradley]

Well said Ralfy. I was born in 1955 and remember the onset of domestic technology etc. Nick from York

[@miserablerhurensohn]

For many years my aunt used a mechanical calculator but around the same time you're talking about, she got what was called the Bowmar Brain. I remember having the same wonderment as you had.

[@RomanVilgut]

The avaiability of knowledge is one big, big advantage of the Internet. But for people like me, living on the continent, it is also the only source to buy good whiskey, since there is no specialist store anywhere near my hometown (300.000 people). So I buy my bottles online, where I can find really good sorted shops with fair prices.

[@anthonyshiels9273]

I never even heard of a "electronic calculator" until my l st year in University, November 1974. I was able to get a Sinclair Cambridge and a Sinclair Scientific which were very useful as I was reading Physics, Chemistry and Maths. I don't know what they cost at the time because they were funded by my County Council Grant. The Slide Rule was optional on the Curriculum for the Final Exams in my Secondary School but the School didn't choose it. Calculators were not allowed in Exams in my day. They are permitted now as long as the Memories are cleared.

[@andrewjudd9001]

Just really wish online shops were as good in the US as they are in the UK.

[@alexphillips7846]

We still had Acorn computers in primary school in the 90s. You just needed 100,000 Tesco vouchers to get one.

[@SergeValentin]

Cheers, Ralfy!

[@michaelgonzalez347]

The internet is indeed a great tool to find and compare and see reviews of bottles that are out there. The knowledge is so helpful, but at the same time, that knowledge is spread so fast, that it hurts by increasing demand and prices and for some there isn't a chance to get a hold of good bottle. Then you have 2ndary markets with overpriced bottles. All in all, the internet is a plus right now and has helped me advance quickly with my bottle stash and experience. If only whiskey making could keep up with the internet without compromising the integrity. Cheers

[@WhiskyLoversSociety]

Both facts and fiction are now operating in the dark. It is now very difficult to distinguish the truth from the fakes. ChatGPT is going to kill the KZbin creators. AI videos are getting better every day. In the next 3 years we will not know if it is AI or real. Love this rant.

[@kirbyculp3449]

Dig out the old library 3" X 5" index catalog cards for pre-AI truth in research.

[@Martin-uj7wj]

Dramface should allow you to reject cookies. That's why I don't use the site.

[@johnmcmunn3827]

Back in the Day .. ONE channel and came on at certain times .. Children's Hour .. Bill and Ben ... majic ... cheers

[@-xirx-]

Came for the whisky, stayed for the stories

[@eymerichinquisitore9022]

I don't have all the faith in man that you have. The history of fandom has shown that no one is incorruptible and when you are invested with power you change. I have seen similar things happen in the world of wine and cigars that I have frequented for decades, honest enthusiasts who began to review products out of passion that the more they grew the less objective they became, what mattered to me before is what matters today; my palate. I know the sites you mentioned, I follow them with caution but in the end I only listen to my intuition.

[@Malt454]

I agree and, yes, unfortunately many sites that started out with challenging and controversial takes on the whisky industry to build up their audiences eventually became far more passive and promotional over time as they learned where the bread was buttered. On this channel, I've challenged the idea that Ralfy somehow can't hand out a truly bad review, even though it's bad whiskies rather than good ones that hurt the consumer's interests the most. To me, NAS is also a complete farce, particularly in the context of anything being called "integrity bottlings", but Ralfy really has no answer for that either - and really doesn't need one, as most of the commentary these days consists of little more than waves of congratulation rather than debate.

[@eymerichinquisitore9022]

@@Malt454 It’s that simple, think about it: create a blend of single malts, invent a special limited edition with a mysterious Gaelic name and a rather significant meaning, and say it was created by the distillery’s semi-celebrity: the “master blender.” Say that this special blend required some younger whisky to be mixed with the older malts, which explains the lack of an age statement. 😂

[@Malt454]

​@@eymerichinquisitore9022 - Exactly, as if NAS was somehow the "invention" of blending, that teaspooning young whisky into old (or vice versa, neither actually ever confirmed, of course) made it some kind of secret ingredient, or merely omitting age information was the equivalent of a "production process" - all on a product where age matters at every stage in production... yet not at retail unless the producer says so on a completely arbitrary basis. What a farce. What bothered me more, however, was that the "online community" will all of its supposed "independent expertise" by and large rolled over and LET the industry have its way with consumers over the issue of the vast expansion of NAS. It was all complete nonsense and played right into the industry's hands and most of those who knew it said, and continue to say, nothing. Throw in the fact that same industry simultaneously claimed to have its "hands tied" over labelling law yet also resisted reform by claiming that self-same law was "fit for purpose", and you have the clearest evidence that most online whisky "experts" were never on the consumer's side to begin with.

[@Malt454]

@@eymerichinquisitore9022 - Exactly, as if NAS was somehow the "invention" of blending, that teaspooning young whisky into old (or vice versa, neither actually ever confirmed, of course) made it some kind of secret ingredient, or merely omitting age information was the equivalent of a "production process" - all on a product where age matters at every stage in production... yet not at retail unless the producer says so on a completely arbitrary basis. What a farce. What bothered me more, however, was that the "online community" will all of its supposed "independent expertise" by and large rolled over and LET the industry have its way with consumers over the issue of the vast expansion of NAS. It was all complete nonsense and played right into the industry's hands and most of those who knew it said, and continue to say, nothing. Throw in the fact that same industry simultaneously claimed to have its "hands tied" over labelling law yet also resisted reform by claiming that self-same law was "fit for purpose", and you have the clearest evidence that most online whisky "experts" were never on the consumer's side to begin with.

[@Malt454]

@@eymerichinquisitore9022 - Exactly, as if NAS was somehow the "invention" of blending, that teaspooning young whisky into old (or vice versa, neither actually ever confirmed, of course) made it some kind of secret ingredient, or merely omitting age information was the equivalent of a "production process" - all on a product where age matters at every stage in production... yet not at retail unless the producer says so on a completely arbitrary basis. What a farce. What bothered me more, however, was that the "online community" will all of its supposed "independent expertise" by and large rolled over and LET the industry have its way with consumers over the issue of the vast expansion of NAS. It was all complete nonsense and played right into the industry's hands and most of those who knew it said, and continue to say, nothing. Throw in the fact that same industry simultaneously claimed to have its "hands tied" over labelling law yet also resisted reform by claiming that self-same law was "fit for purpose", and you have the clearest evidence that most online whisky "experts" were never on the consumer's side to begin with.

[@sundowner62james69]

I'll have a look at Dramface , cheers Ralfy .

[@Frogdog0007]

Fantastic video mate

[@daj021]

That would have been in the early 7o,s Ralfy 😅

[@andrewprettyquick2070]

The acorn was cool

[@PaulJones-k3f]

I could listen to you all day, mate, and your other channel, thank you. Best wishes from the north of England ! p.s. its not cool being drunk ???

[@stufftie88]

Wow, this is deep

[@AkumaAPN]

Deepfake!

[@anthonysillett6678]

Had one of those calculators, think it was a cheap TEXAS INSTRUMENTS lol

[@robfut9954]

Scotland in the 60’s sounds wildly behind the US in the 60’s. No offense, just reminds me of a description of the US in perhaps 1955. Unfortunate we have fallen behind, no longer the avant- guard

[@ytbenny1964]

Wow. I hope Clive doesn’t mind you outing him for his interest in technology :) lol

[@barryhamilton7845]

Radio Rentals was one of the shops you could rent T.Vs from? I thought Clive was your younger brother,although he's bigger than ye?

[@Frogdog0007]

Hey bro. Great to se you

[@AkumaAPN]

"And the whisky internet" 👈

[@marcusstoner1641]

@Ralphy did you remember to pick up the pen?

[@Brown_Potato]

Id rather trust Ralfy than any corpo/marketing fluff-meister

[@freddievanterbeek4913]

Acorn!! I still have my Acorn Electron computer! build in 1983, and I bough it in 1985 with money I was given for passing my exams in Highschool :-) I wrote my own computerprograms on it and ended up years later working at a local hospital in the IT department. I am still working there, 34 years now!

[@Malt454]

The real acid test for online whisky "expertise" was NAS, as if it was somehow the "invention" of blending, that teaspooning young whisky into old (or vice versa, neither actually ever confirmed, of course) made it some kind of secret ingredient, or merely omitting age information was the equivalent of a "production process" - all on a product where age matters at every stage in production... yet not at retail unless the producer says so on a completely arbitrary basis. What a farce. What bothered me more, however, was that the "online community" with all of its supposed "independent expertise" by and large rolled over and LET the industry have its way with consumers over the issue of the vast expansion of NAS. It was all complete nonsense and played right into the industry's hands and most of those who knew it said, and continue to say, nothing. Throw in the fact that same industry simultaneously claimed to have its "hands tied" over labelling law yet also resisted reform by claiming that self-same law was "fit for purpose", and you have the clearest evidence that most online whisky "experts" were never on the consumer's side to begin with.

[@Martin-uj7wj]

I tend to agree. NAS should be banned, it's clearly just a way of depriving us of knowing what's in the bottle. Selling us 3/4/5yo whisky for the cost of 10/12yo is pretty cynical but unfortunately the online Johnny come latley's don't get it.

[@cantbendknee]

Are people still trying to get you cancelled, Ralphy like that firm in Singapore that was used to try to take you down?

[@iamsozo2529]

Maybe your Big. Autististic. Gay. BROTHER needs to here from YOU that you love him?!?!?!

[@thewhiskybothy]

. . .he knows !