The 8 "Best" HIGH PROOF Scotch (according to whisky lovers)

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[@WhiskeyTribe]

I woke up thinking about that aberlour a'bunadh. Whats you're go-to high proof pour right now? AND, thanks again to Bright Cellars for sponsoring the video and for the limited time offer. You can click here www.brightcellars.com/whiskeytribe to get 50% off your first 6 bottle box. I only drank red for years, but now this has been a convenient and fun exploration of white wine.

[@bannorbert7342]

Glenlivet Nadurra Oloroso. I think it's as exciting as the Aberlour.

[@reikoshea]

I know it was in your list, but Laphroaig is something else. It's definitely my high proof choice from Scotland. Aberlour is a FAR distant second for me, personally. Makers Cask Strength though is DANGEROUS. It's $40/bottle, so not THAT expensive, the flavors are great and, in my neighborhood, there's 4 stores that carry it within 5 miles. Old Forester 1920 would be my choice if I lived in an area where I could find it regularly. It's about a 80 mile drive to get a bottle.

[@rrayjay5171]

I am so happy Aberlour was on the list! Saved the best for last.

[@CookinWithSquirrl]

Bright cellars is pretty awesome. I found one of my all time favorite reds through them.

[@jaime_hi-meh_not_jay-mee7095]

If you can still find it and you like fruity notes, try the Arran 12 Cask Strength.

[@kyle_ramey]

Rex is using one of the Glencairn glasses with my Barrel Strength Gentleman logo on it that I gifted to them when I made my first pilgrimage to the distillery a few years back! 👍🥃 That was an awesome “what the” moment when my wife and I noticed it together!

[@Piface2099]

cool story bro

[@Lacotemale]

So darn cool.

[@bradboose]

I added the Aberlour A'Bunadh to the poll, and when I saw it was winning, I felt the urge to delete the option and cause chaos. Maybe next time.

[@marks2091]

Laphroaig cask strength is heaven. Liquid caramel standing in a house fire.

[@WhiskyCanuck]

For a relatively affordable cask strength scotch (though the Aberlour is pretty well priced), I'd throw in Glenfarclas 105 for consideration.

[@cammygillies6535]

The Aberlour will definitely last you a while! But I agree with the 105. Was expecting it

[@cammacisaac9966]

I don't know how I came across these guys but I'm so glad I did. I'm a Whiskey lover and I'm learning alot from this and it's entertaining as hell lol. Thanks guys Cheers from Canada

[@patrickraines720]

Gotta thank you guys! Been watching for a while off and on and love the content. Never could really get into whiskey but with yalls suggestions and descriptions for nosing and tasting I have really come around to enjoy the whiskey life. (Now just gotta get proper glasses, don't think the coffee mugs are gonna cut it much longer haha)

[@Slaughter0tter]

I've been amassing SMWSA bottles so everything is cask strength. The single cask at cask strength is such a unique experience each time, I really love it.

[@harambae117]

Yea, my only gripe with them would be price, in my country at least.

[@PatrickTorsell]

Just picked up a Laphroaig 10 Cask Strength (batch 13, Jan 21) two days ago. Still a few bottles available locally to me. One of our local liquor stores (in a very small town) kindly keeps it in stock for me and my father. Don't think anyone else 'round these parts buys it. But we work through his case over the course of a year!

[@justinafuchs2619]

I’m not the biggest Laphroaig fan, but I do like the cask strength. The Springbank 12CS is a banger of a whisky, it’s one of the best Scotch I ever had, regardless of the age. But good luck finding it at a realistic price .. I hate that my all time favourite Single Malt has become practically unaffordable to me. Ardbeg Corryvrecken and Uigeadail are two of my favourites. Highland Park could be so much more .. and Aberlour A’Bunadh is a really good, affordable Cask Strength whisky.

[@BaneOfXistence4]

It's so cool to see them do the Octomore 10.4. Its the only one I've managed to get my hands on. That is a crazy Scotch. Once you get halfway through your pour it starts to smell like a barnyard. Like hay and wet wood and a bit of funk. It's the wildest thing.

[@jasonrhome710]

Man, I'm honestly happy to hear more people bring up the band-aid notes

[@mrjockey87]

Awesome episode! Got the A’bunadh on the shelf! Its my go to atm. It has ALL the flavour, fantastic nose too!

[@robertjmckenna]

Another great episode. I have and enjoy all bottles from video. Wonderful list!

[@NWsmallbatchBrewing]

Love when y'all do top 10 comparisons.

[@wking8]

The Viking funeral was glorious.

[@Gazelle8]

love this episode, been leaning more and more into the irish and scotch than american's lately. The Laphroffee is great, none of the usual coffee acidity on it.

[@smokeandoak]

Fantastic show gentleman. I’m a big fan of “opening up” Islay scotch, and have a small crystal decanter just for that purpose. Nothing better than the taste of caramel in a dumpster fire.

[@quantum_entangled_tardigrade]

Bought a bag of Laphroffee during the Live Chat a couple weeks ago. Been pulling espresso shots of it, and it's effing delicious! So glad that it the beans were not over-roasted (light-to-barely-medium, or "cinnamon-to-city roast" if you're boujie ;). Cheers!

[@ghislainleblanc6454]

Since i start my journey in the world of whisky's you have been like two good friends that i never meet soooo funny!!

[@TheDriveDemo]

Good choice on #1. Aberlour A'bunadh, still my all time favorite scotch.

[@marks2091]

I love the enjoyment you both radiate from that experience

[@tomtrieschmann6048]

Happy I can say I have four of the eight Scotches tasted here. Great stuff!

[@stillshed]

My first real scotch experience was Tobermory Ledaig 18 and was very recently told to try Aberlour a'bunadh; couldn’t agree with your descriptions more!

[@tommccafferty5591]

I think Emma ran off with that Laphroaig cask strength.

[@rossfudd256]

Thanks for doing a multi whisky Friday on Saturday.

[@johan790]

Tried my first cask strength the other day, highland park. The feeling of mouthing a cloud of flavour was wonderful, in many ways smoother than proofed whiskey.

[@longdongmc.johnson]

hp was my first cask strength too. made me fall in love with it straight away. i havent bought a scotch under 50% abv since.

[@BlackBourbonFamily]

Great review. Never had a high proof scotch. Some good things to find... Cheers!

[@RyanAndyBob9797]

Would have loved to of known you were in Louisville Daniel. The chance to just say hi and thank you for opening up my whiskey experience would have been a highlight of my year for sure.

[@rickbolt1308]

The Ardbeg Corryvreckan is superb, one of my favourite Islay single malts!!🙂🥃

[@SlaserX]

I am SOO glad I woke up early and watched this, I have Laphroffee on its way here! I didn't miss it this time!

[@prestonopp]

Great episode! And way to hold your composure there Briana… I would have cracked under that kind of pressure. 😂

[@trexfighterpilot]

Found a bottle of Arbeg Uigeadail a couple of months ago where I live. Best $95 dollars I've spent on Scotch. Drinks way smoother than 55%. Kinda sneaks up on you. Stands up to ice and the pallet is amazing.

[@mbohlsen]

Just sampling some Old Pulteney, The Maritime Malt Vintage 2010. 59% alc./vol. Awesome stuff, one of my new favourites.

[@tommygun83]

In regards to 'opening up' a whisky using water, I have a technique I've been playing with that COMPLETELY changes the tasting experience - I've been experimenting with 'liquering'' my whisky by using a few drops of simple syrup instead of plain water. Try a taste test side by side with a straight dram and a flowered dram... The results are incredible. I'd love to know your thoughts, I really think I'm onto a whole new whisky tasting concept.

[@patrickhudson9236]

My go to high proof (non scotch) is Wild Turkey Rare Breed!! Love It!! Loved the episode!! The Viking send off was epic-ish!!🤣🤣🤣

[@SleepyPaul]

Same, the rare breed rye is also awesome

[@jaredgunderson6530]

As someone who grew up in the San Luis Obispo area, it’s nice to hear someone pronounce Paso Robles correctly!

[@chrismarshall4486]

I live just south of Louisville. Awesome. Hope you had a great time. Great video. Can’t wait to try your coffee

[@PhatTrumpet2]

Laphroaig 10 cask strength gone missing? Someone should probably check in with Emma.

[@moopert86]

Best whiskey I ever had was thge Glendronach cask strength I managed to get a bottle of. Was magnificent.

[@Zephon9]

I like to think that Emma took that spare Laphroaig 10 Cask-Strength.

[@Tantrum777]

I was surpised you missed Kilkerran 8 CS and Glenallachie 10 CS both really good! Cheers Tribe!

[@KWsandman]

Kilkerran is my #1

[@Tantrum777]

@@KWsandman Yeah, if you can find it. It is a damn fine choice.

[@charlagarth926]

Aberlour A’bunadh is my all time favorite…along with Auchentoshen Three Wood. 👍

[@hunamsafee2]

First list that I have had almost all the whiskys on. The highland park cask str also my favorite whisky of all time.

[@DaPenguin]

Happy to see Corryvreckan on this list. I love it.

[@shaesnell3938]

Daniel's first sip and body says "Haaaayyyyyyy". And the Yeti scene was gold

[@KNURKonesur]

For some reason I approached this video wanting to be offended by some of the choices... But all of those are spot on! I would arrange them in a different order, but all of them are absolutely stellar whiskies!

[@MarFor0]

Note that Springbank 12 CS uses different casks from batch to batch and while your bottle is 100% sherry (?) I have one from last year that is 100% bourbon, it can also be anywhere in between. A little beware for you who are biased towards one or the other :-)

[@Livi_Noelle]

Only someone from the Bay Area would consider Paso Robles a small town. You guys are awesome.

[@TheOriginalRaster]

Awesome video! Thanks!

[@thejonathandoan]

14:53 There's my Laphroaig 10 Cask Strength! My favorite whiskey of all, so far.

[@edstar7894]

I got my hands on loch fyne, 217 bottle limited release cask strength last year. It was the best whisky I have ever tasted. At 63% the the perfect smoke would linger on back of your throat for hours. 2nd bottle was intended as present for father in law, who lives in trune opposite Islay. I kept the second bottle and gave him a laphroig instead. It did not occur to me until later, that an Englishman giving a west coast Scotsman a laphroig is like buying a supermarket wine for a Frenchman.

[@edstar7894]

The laphroig was 40%….I don’t know why they do that in uk.

[@Ausdoerrt]

If you also consider off-brand bottler releases, I'd say Ileach CS is a near perfect CS whisky for the money. A'bunadh is great though, as is Lag12

[@McIntyresMalts]

Great list boys!!

[@1981stonemonkey]

13:50 Ochdamph-mòr: The Force Is Strong With This One!

[@dksculpture]

Basically, all my favorites, plus a few. 👍

[@juanvalle1998]

Their hand gestures say so much. In fact, I first watched the video completely silent. Had never tried that before, but it was very interesting. If I remember correctly, in some of the first episodes, Rex had his hands in his pockets for some portion of the videos.

[@petermacdonald4214]

I would absolutely love to see an Octomore 12.2 review :)

[@alirezapajouhandeh9793]

I freaking loved that ending!

[@puddingwar5110]

I was glad my favorite made the list Coreyvrekan, If you do another viking fire you should use your own whiskey's four shots instead of lighter fluid to light the fire.

[@robbm06]

Can’t believe I missed this episode, the octomore part kills me 😂 “barely legal” “virgin” and “nut finish” definitely flagged and hid this episode from me lol

[@idontrembe1]

Good job guys! You managed to put the words " the youngest....barely legal...and virgin" in the same video about alchohol.

[@davidelourenco2537]

Finally an episode for meeeee!!!

[@JT-fl6kr]

Well dang. Now I will have to try the Uigeadail. I love bourbon but have become a fan of the smoky scotches. Fun video guys. Keep 'em coming!

[@samcutler453]

I got it a few weeks ago and it’s my favorite Ardbeg for sure

[@michaelb1761]

I like Islay Scotches (Laphroaig 10 is my go to because of the price), and Uigeadail is my favorite peaty Islay. It is a big step up from their classic 10.

[@JT-fl6kr]

I also have the Corryvreckan and Laphroaig Triple Wood. Both are really good as well. Thanks for the input. Will be giving them a try.

[@mattsmith3049]

Can't get most of this list in Australia but it's good to see what I should keep an eye out for!

[@toddavis8151]

I feel your pain

[@JT-fl6kr]

By the way, was sipping on some Eleanor Rigbean coffee while watching the video. Really good.

[@GAS180.]

Would have been nice to have done 2 vids. One for peated and one for unpeated. As this was pretty much a peated list. Love the aberlour. I have batch 70.

[@lilinguhongo2621]

there's an Caol Ila cask strength release... shoud have been in there... for the a'bunadh, I preferred the earlier batches, had a couple and remember them somewhat more rounded with less bite

[@SatanDynastyKiller]

I have a bottle each of batch 45-62 of Aberlour A’Bunadh, unopened!

[@RiskyEndeavor]

I googled barely legal, young wood, nut finish... this is what Google recommended. Goodbye sock, farewell paper towels, I've found a new way to enjoy my Saturday evenings. Thank you fellas!

[@marks2091]

Ohhhhh. I love this topic!

[@twisteddesigns1200]

You recreated Daniel’s hobbit hole for people to sit in! Awesome!!!

[@markbeiser]

Wow, I actually have half of that list, sort of. I've got release 2 of the Highland Park, and different Octomores(11.2, 12.3, and 10 5th release) Waiting until my birthday to open the 1 of 3500 bottles of Octomore 10 5th release I got.

[@averagescruffy258]

No way you used to live near Paso?? I've lived in the area for 15 years. Moving out of state soon, but that's really cool

[@mistercornulio228]

So my whisky coin for my glencairn glass came finely ithe Netherlands. Sadly it cost 40 € to come here. But it's a beautifull coin. Thanks magnificent bastards. And cheers

[@alvinmousseau1100]

Great video

[@richardaforsyth]

Oh man. This video is great.

[@edgewalker7459]

Not a huge fan of the peaty whisky’s but I loved CS Ledaig virgin oak ,, non peat it’s got to be bunna 12 Cs and Arran quarter cask

[@Johnny__Silver]

This reminded me to restock Uigeadail.

[@MrWhangdoodles]

I just looked it up and the Aberlour A Bunadh is cheaper than Lagavulin 16 where I live. I guess I need to get meself a bottle.

[@MrAwesomeGuitarMan]

7:40, so how is that differentiated from a flavoured whisky? lets say you take a barrel, rinse it with vanilla concentrate, and put the whisky in after. would it be vanilla-seasoned? or flavoured whisky?

[@person_suit3064]

Uigeadail is my favorite ardbeg too. I honestly wasn't all that stoked on ardbeg until I tried that one.

[@mechanicalhippo493]

It's fantastic , how you feel about Corry? I might prefer it but they are very different.

[@calibre97]

Biiiiiig time on the Uigeadail. Especially with exactly 4 drops of water. Wow does that just open up and turn smoothly drinkable. I found one night that I was on my 4th dram - decent pouring too - real quick.

[@puddingwar5110]

I was glad my favorite made the list Coreyvrekan,

[@maxdarrow939]

The Oogie v Corry fight needs to end… they are very different whiskies.

[@calibre97]

@@maxdarrow939 What a minute. That's exactly what a Corry sympathizer would say! You're not one of us, you're one of THEM!!

[@joshhorn774]

Love the vid

[@tennified6600]

is there a compilation video of the advertisements (eg spoon lord) that you made?

[@Tsudoshi09]

I will one day make the 2 hour pilgrimage to the distillery 🤘

[@MenChooseSlavesObey]

I would think "Blooming" would be the proper term for what adding water to whiskey is called.

[@dreamingwolf8382]

The Octomore is quite StongK

[@dillyjoeroasting2306]

Put some unroasted green coffee in whiskey barrels, then roast it. Might be something to that. Otherwise it's not good to be ageing coffee after it's roasted. It only takes 2 weeks before the flavors are halfway gone.

[@edwinschroeten1308]

Noting better then the aberlour a’bunadh iff you need sherry and so much of a Ardbeg fan Corry and oogie my favorite islay whisky’s So you reviewed all my favorite whisky’s in 1 one videos stocked them for the next 3 years for me 🤣🥃

[@glfrjack]

Damn... Rex changed his nickname from "The Mooch" to "Dump Glass"?

[@trinityzaku]

Dan behind the computer reminded my of Benny.

[@mattpowell8861]

Have you ever tried Welsh whisky? Would be interested to know your opinions. Penderyn is the main brand atm, new distilleries are popping up fast though

[@bantau88]

Love the Ardbegs

[@JapanScott1]

Budget bourbon redoux: You MUST include OGD, OGD BiB or OGD114!

[@DarkCid7777]

I think I have an idea where the Laphroaig 10 Cask Strength bottles went. Emma took them with her :p

[@lcpholman]

What edition of SB12 is this? 2021 has a lot of wine cask.

[@marks2091]

A cigar pairing would be the cherry on top.

[@dolex161]

Love love love Abelour 12, whiskey that got me into the hobby. Monkey shoulder peeking my interest, but this one solidifying it. Tremendously beautiful, and attainable.. for now! Stay thirsty, all you magnificent bastards!

[@zackfrm330]

YOU KIDDIN ME WIT THAT CHODE? YOU KIDDIN ME?? lmaooooo🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@camtabor4344]

I tried Ardbeg 10 and did not care much for BUT I got a taste of the uigeadail… then had to go buy my own bottle lol

[@taylor315]

Ahh yes de “Oog-Dal” is my favorite too 😅

[@citizen116]

Daniel did some AmazinK TravelinK!