whisky review 474 - Jura malt whisky 12yo @ 40%

[@valeridonkov7951]

Looking back to "the good old days" it's lovely to see Ralfy's genuine sympathy towards JURA

[@themaltbar]

Stellar review and commentary Ralfy. Oh boy youre so rite! if you don't "condition" your wood prior to casking the results can be down rite horrifying. Turn away for an hr or two and you can find your spirit abused... in an irreversible Over-Oaked affair with no way out. (save blending) What makes me wonder, isn't that Whiskey-Mat 101... why they would ever neglect this most essential step in the maturation process is puzzling. It must be intentional. cheers

[@stingfan24]

Ralfy, thank you for bringing focus to varied cask treatments and letting everyone know about the potential shortcomings of maturation. It's extremely useful knowledge.

[@briand2507]

***** Would love to hear a bit about the

[@stephenpartain5488]

Love to you from Fresno, CA ralfy! I'll never tire of your reviews.

[@johnsaia9739]

To date we have tried Isle of Jura and to be honest, we think you were very generous in your review. I think their casks are tired and should be retired. They should pick up the phone, get some new once used Bourbon and Tennessee whiskey barrels sent over fresh and start over.

[@thewhiskybothy]

. . . a lot of whisky-fans agree with you.

[@martinlang4479]

Perhaps my favourite whisky at the moment.

[@mirqo9685]

72?..holy maltsmoke dear malt mate! Hope that every year was a good one..ok at least most of them and hope that another decades gonna be as fine as your best stored spirits!

[@jameshamilton6209]

Enlightening and entertaining, with wise words indeed on the subject of 'quality.' Thank you Ralfy!

[@WormyLeWorm]

I couldn't watch this without pouring myself a wee whisky. I'm not far into connoisseurship of any alcohol, therefore your videos are snowballing my learning. I was redirected to your channel from an article about the similarities between your observations and their overlap with observing tea, and the more I learn and think about food and drinks outside of my home in tea, the more interested I am. Your videos are warming and mentally clarifying... Just like a spirit.

[@ericfenske4210]

I discovered a bottle of Jura 10 in a "clearance" bit at a store... really enjoyed it, so much that I want to try the other Jura expressions ..thanks Ralfy for your expert reviews

[@gavinbrownlie1006]

What a fantastic review. well lets forget about the jura all this information about the cask and the wood FANTASTIC thanks for the enjoyment and a honest opinion you give and the education Gavin

[@dkoz8321]

He looks pretty good for 72. That was 8 years agoe. So today he is 80. Does malt Whiskeys have preservation properties with life extention? Or is it famous UK NHS at work here? NMB, but I want to take look at Ralfy's liver and kidney function.

[@fernandoserranogarrido3004]

Hi ralfy, your age and appearance show that good whiskey is the elixir of eternal youth

[@thewhiskybothy]

I agree at 100 I still look only 72 years old ! (kidding)

[@jrm_music7229]

@@thewhiskybothy are you really 72?!?

[@jrm_music7229]

You are not 72+6 = 78?!? No you’re like 50 max !!

[@Rallerboy888]

I suggest you try the Danish vodka called The Clumsy Bear. It's made in the same way as whiskey, except it's vodka. Really good! It is produced in batches of 150 bottles, and is usually 250 danish kroner.

[@Compl33tR4nd0mZ]

Ralfy?! You are really 72? Wow you've done something right haha

[@nickmiles2687]

Ralfy, big fan here. I finally got my hands on Highland Park and was a little underwhelmed. I LOVE Caol Ila, and like Laphoig. What should I hit at the duty free store?

[@martyndaly1539]

Damn it! I was gutted to hear your thoughts on Jura 10yr old 'Origin'. I'm 22 so very new to single malts and I've found it very drinkable. Maybe I need to sink my hand a little lower into my pockets! Great review though Ralfy!

[@NSAJ33]

You should review the Jura Journey. Greetings from Texas. Can you do a video on life and give advice to us younger men?

[@Heavy_Distortion]

Thank you for complying with Google Nonsense policy.

[@PeatSmokey]

Good job Ralfy. keep doing what your doing. cheers

[@boyblue998]

Hi Ralfy, Another great review. I've just tried Jura's 16 and still has most of the defects you found in the 12. Can you please tell us in you next review something more about cask preparation. Keep up the good work.

[@antiquariancrafts2454]

I must be getting more knowledgeable because I tried the 10 year old yesterday and wasn't impressed either. I'm learning, Ralfy!

[@thewhiskybothy]

+Stay Dread . . . learning is all part of the journey !

[@stephenmalcomson314]

Not preaching? Haha I say preach brother :) needs to be heard. Thanks for the great, in-depth content that is so needed.

[@rossfudd256]

Great review Ralfy, Just for giggles I wanted to tell you, I've been working my way through a bottle of Glenmorangie Astar, and I've noticed in the finnish the taste of green beans, like fresh out of the garden snap beans. I rather like it, have you run across that taste before?

[@Hogibaer]

Dear Ralfy, going to Scotland for the first time very soon. Any recommendation on malt shops in Glasgow/Edinburgh? Thx + keep up the great work! :-)

[@thewhiskybothy]

Glasgow - GoodspiritsCo and Inverarity121 both in Bath Street. Edinburgh - Royalmilewhiskies, Royal Mile.

[@slip1973a]

Hi Ralfy, As a very unexperienced whisky drinker, I really like to watch your reviews. You make it very understandable and recognisable with just the right dosage of humour. Keep it going please! I've got a few whiskies at home now (Glenmorangie nectar d'or, Talisker 10yr, Talisker port ruighe, old cask mask Bowmore 12yr and cardhu) In october I will be travelling to scotland for the first time together with a very good friend. Was wondering if you have some advice on good places to visit, thinking of bars, distilleries etc.

[@thewhiskybothy]

Glasgow Bar - Bon accord, North Street Edinburgh Bar - most along Rose Street.

[@slip1973a]

Wow thank you for such a quick reply!

[@MrThrustSSC]

Just a suggestion for a ralfy-review: I found the experiments done withe Bere Barley by Bruichladdich quite interesting. Now found that there is an Orkney Bere by Arran as well. Maybe even interesting to compare the two and thus find out a little about the influence of the barley on the taste. For example I found tequila-notes in the Laddie which I did not experience anymwhere else yet (instead in Tequila of course, haha)

[@maltfusion6743]

Can't even remember when I last bought a 40% whisky - man's got to have some principles. For one I don't drink watery 'sheit'.

[@covali69]

Hi Ralfy, Great review as always! And both interesting and informational. But to be honest.... seventy freaking two???!!!!! I thought you were in the late 40s

[@krauz111]

such great information about wood vs cask strenght, thanks

[@Ivo--]

With each review as it goes along I like to guess the marks you're going to give the whisky and almost every time I get it right. This time as well I thought 83 and it was 83. Fun game.

[@salamisaver]

I really think There's not a single person That Knows more about whisky than Ralfy. Just When you think you know everything Ralfy teaches you something new.

[@sokrat3s]

Hi Ralfy. Ist there a list of Whiskies who do not get a rating over 80/100?

[@sundowner62james69]

Unfortunately I've only got the 10 . Adding water helped quite a lot!

[@birstallblue]

Thanks for the review ralfy.

[@PapaAnimal]

Hey Ralfy! Great review! Any plan on reviewing some Highland Park? I bought a "Harald" in Germany yesterday that im somewhat eager of trying. Also.. It would be very cool to see around your home. Like how you store/display your whiskeys and such. Greetings from sweden!

[@koeliejoelie2]

September 8 Yes or no ? There is something going on in the background ? I've noticed it a while ago and it looks like every time something added on the cabinet behind you.

[@albertmiller3082]

So near yet so far...First viewer honors await me , malt mates!!

[@alexnoon8042]

Jura just brought a new range on the market, full range from 10 to 18 and NAS, with each bottle gaining 10€ (+25% price increase for the 12 yo for ex). It starts to be really expensive, especially when the quality is average (but even for good quality). And also, I don't get how they can change in a night the final product you have in your glass of a full range of whiskies that mature 10 to 18 years....

[@adambawa2686]

Hey Ralfy If you ever come across that bottle can you review the bowmore blackrock cheers!

[@mikesierra1460]

I've never tried a Jury...might be time to give it a go, if I can find this one! MM: Malty Miami Hurricanes! Hope to get that one in for (US) college football season!!

[@mikesierra1460]

*Jura not Jury!!

[@BruceinFalkirk]

Mike Sierra - available from Sainsbury's

[@mingyangli9983]

Great review

[@MehawkImonHbnLT]

You know what they say: a daily glass of Whisky will keep you out old risk!

[@darkoanton5]

Is that what staves are? Wood flavour as opposed to cask flavour?

[@Chris66able]

Hi Ralfy. Ever tried Welsh single malt ?

[@MrRussian19]

What are those Yes No referendum bottles? is there a vid?

[@AntonioRodriguez-xv3sn]

Have you tried Glenfiddich 14 rich oak?

[@alivetoride59]

Imagine when one day you reach Ralfy review 1015. 😬

[@dayne746]

Yes prunes, nuts, toffee.

[@minniesarse]

Is it cold in your bothy? I'm sweating just looking at your jacket!

[@thewhiskybothy]

always cool in the Bothy !

[@TheSuperTrickey]

Pleasantly surprised with this 12yo after having been disappointed with the 10yo. Extra body, spice and nutty citrus that the 10 lacked. Though I wouldn't place it in my top 10, or 20, or 30 list, it's still a very decent whisky for the price (bought from the popular supermarket sainsburies, in the U.K., in August 2017, for £26 (70cl). Strip the colouring though please Jura. Good lord, I would have appreciated this whisky far more had it been it's natural colour, even if it's passive and light. Natural is beautiful!

[@rnatodna]

Ralfy was born 1962. He trolled me good!

[@Malt454]

Of course producers want more active wood influence, because traditional cask influence is slower and more subtle and requires longer to infuse the whisky with flavour and, with NAS, producers aren't interested in age maturation and quality nearly as much as they are with quick profit. The flavour quality that's being removed through cask reconditioning isn't that of wood which is "inert and exhausted", it's simply wood which does not lend major flavour influence quickly, but rather in a slower and more measured way - and producers don't want that (and won't wait for it anyway); they want big "new wood" flavours to help disguise the flaws in young whisky because short time in a subtle cask simply won’t mask, much less help, the immature spirit they want to sell you in any case. Boycott NAS, malt mates - you have nothing to lose but your current lack of information about what you’re drinking. I was impressed with the criticism of the industry, although it stopped just short of actually telling people that brand ambassadors lie to consumers “as a part of their job” - which is, unfortunately, the truth and I do INDEED hope we hear “more about that later”, because malt mates spending hard-earned money NEED to hear the truth and we need far more frank, and less diplomatic, discussion OF that truth. As much as I like and respect Ralfy, it is frustrating when I see that the viewers who support this channel only get occasional hints of the critical truth about the whisky industry when it is those very same viewers who, as consumers, are being fleeced by that same industry which doesn’t want that truth told.

[@thewhiskybothy]

good point well made, I will indeed there will be 'more about that later' but not too much at once !

[@maltfusion6743]

Strangely enough a lot of my all time great bottles have been independent refill cask versions. I find that with 1st fill you get more obvious boring flavors like vanilla and raisins but with 20+ yo exhausted wood you start to get into more abstract territory like antique furniture and old leather which I really adore. Of course sometimes old refill casks taste like you are chewing a plank of wood but I'm willing to gamble.

[@antoinem9411]

Maltfusion there is some truth in that , although there is a flip side to that coin too. with refill indies you get a lot of rough ultra spirity stuff which really feels like the bottler recycled some half dead cask. have such examples at home. many have been dissapointing. i usually stay away from a whisky if i see its colour is bright yellow yet it states "sherry cask". first fill Sherry is great, but you need a disitllery with a suitable spirit.

[@PeatSmokey]

Malt454 Ralfys on message! He "gets it" It did however take a wee coaxing from the maltmates (duely noted!) but now just short of fiercly on target he's not giving quarter to the liars(now now!) I get the whole diplomatic angle but he's rite in dishing distain in small doses. If you dump all the time its as bad as not dumping at all. Nobody's gonna take you seriously if all we do is bellyache...I'm with ya all the way and you know me. I'm not the passive aggressive type either. I'd really like them to start with proper labeling first and foremost, telling us "whats in my bottle" my mates & I have stood tall on Boycott and it is a real eye opener to see how "NAS saturated" the Industry has become in just the past 12 months!! NAS is not going away too many folks are indifferent to the facts and the stockholders demand profit. It can be a Marketing Coup for brand Ambassadors telling us this malt has 50% 25yo 30%18yo and 20%7yo. That can be told in many fuzzy malty ways and since times are changing, the Brand Ambassadors need to catch up with the times(instead of telling us us stories of Thor and his pals) Peace

[@wb7065]

Lots of excellent "non-NAS" drams out there. Why should I buy NAS? I don´t!

[@Malt454]

I understand Ralfy "gets it", but the key thing is what he's willing to say about it. Ralfy's approach may or not work better than mine - time will tell - but, as I said, he stopped short of calling liars "liars" and the internet has been filled with "subtle" criticism of the whisky industry for quite some time and, as you say, NAS has only gathered momentum. Industry people, in my opinion, don't need to be, and can't be, "coached" away from what they're doing; it's already a result of a cost/benefit calculation. What needs to change are the fundamentals OF that calculation through lost sales. NAS is not going away - well, no, it won't on its own because people are not speaking out and acting against it and they won't if critics are coy with the truth. Consumers who hope that the industry will "come to its senses" without consumers first coming to their own senses and taking action are living in a dream world and I won't concede defeat in the fight against NAS and other industry silliness before that fight begins - and Ralfy could really help with that.

[@shugaroony]

Rough spirit? You better not let Richard Paterson hear you say that!! :P

[@MichaelFinkelman]

Ralfy, 72 my butt ! You cannot be a day older than 45 or somewhere in that vicinity! I was wondering about your impressions of Jura Superstition. Is it like the Elixir version or does it taste noticeably different? Mike

[@thewhiskybothy]

aw thanks !

[@JohnnyNorfolk]

A very good informatve review with food for thought. Thanks.

[@rainerbrunn-countrybluespi514]

hi ralfy! for all the german football fans: can you do "malty miracles of maracana"?

[@thewhiskybothy]

now on the M-mention list !

[@wb7065]

Very good M-mention! I still can´t believe "we" really won. I celebrated every World Cup match with a nice dram or two or three. :-)

[@rainerbrunn-countrybluespi514]

wb70 poured myself a dram to acompany the final but forgot to drink it as I was just too nervous. but afterwards, aahh........!!!!!!

[@corstiaanstoeffe2166]

2018 Alcoholpercentage 46,00 %

[@FredRothV]

Speaking of older reviews: I picked up a bottle of Glenmorangie: The Quinta Ruban last night, to replace my previous highland. Your review from back in the day (kzbin.info/www/bejne/eaa1qqKHrKutipY) was VERY insightful, and paid off. Love the stuff. Keep up the hard work, sir. Though my wife does not appreciate the cost of my new hobby, your reviews are ensuring the products I buy are high quality, and that I know a great story about each!

[@FredRothV]

Doesn't hurt that I can pull up the video on my phone at the store to verify my purchase ahead of time!

[@thewhiskybothy]

Fred Roth V happy to help with your malt moments.

[@rossfudd256]

75-72 must have sampled some of that embalming fluid you used to have at your disposal. ;-)

[@thewhiskybothy]

keeps me looking so young !

[@gummybearkiller1]

Bowmore scrapes their chared casks and rechar them.

[@sebs2306live2]

Review Malt Liquor !!

[@whiskyman37]

RALFY!!! I refuse to believe your 72!! 55 yes....

[@swedishburrito5073]

🥃👍❤️

[@pen12345]

72!? I would have said 55-60

[@robfut9954]

I’m shocked that this would be better than the 87% 18 year old. Anyone here try both??

[@TheRetroDemon]

Jeez...this whole time I thought you were like 52....

[@krauz111]

Has anyone done a list with all the whisky scores from all his videos?

[@BolgOfTheNorth]

No but I've done one of all highest scores (92 +), here you go: 92 Marks: Ardmore 15 (Signatory) Ardbeg Uigeadail Jura 15 Single Cask Edradour '03 Bourbon Cask Glenfarclas 30 Spirit of Unity Elmer T Lee Single Barrel Tomatin 30 Sheep Dip Old Hebridean '90 Glen Scotia 19 (A.D. Rattray) Karuizawa 1990 BenRiach Authenticous 25 Longmorn 15 Caol Ila 12 (Gordon & Macphail) Springbank 12 Cask Strength 93 Marks: Longmorn 30 Brora 30 Pappy Van Winkle 20 Springbank (The Bottlers) Black Bull 40 Glen Moray 30 95 Marks: Mortlach 19 (Signatory)

[@krauz111]

BolgOfTheNorth thanks

[@wb7065]

BolgOfTheNorth Thanks! Ardbeg Uigeadail re-reviewed 2013 89/100 (whisky review 359)

[@minniesarse]

Why have all the links dissappeared from the ralfy.com website?

[@thewhiskybothy]

. . . simply too many now to keep up with the updates, so saw best to simplify the Site and save any grumbles.

[@BloodySawBlade]

Damn, Ralfy! You, 72 years old?! You don't look to be in your 70's. Now this raises another question: are you married?

[@thewhiskybothy]

. . . to malt !

[@AntonioRodriguez-xv3sn]

Ralfy show us your identification card, so we can see your real age :D "aqua-vitae" water of life............. it's going to be true.

[@johnk7093]

never understood why adding water to something you never tasted before.... sure he tasted it... but telling people to do it before they do, when the distiller proofed it to what they want you to taste... I don't get it....

[@dmittigolubtzov4636]

Ralfy, I think that was a joke about your age, there is no way you 72 , I would give you 50 maximum..

[@seannn90]

72?! I'd have said 60

[@thewhiskybothy]

I do look rather young for my 84 years !

[@wb7065]

***** Hi Ralfy! You are so trustworthy that some take anything seriously you say. Maybe you should sell cars!

[@mingyangli9983]

wb70 lol

[@chrish12345]

no way as good as Supersition in my opinion - overblown rubbish. Even when its on offer its money down the drain and I can almost see them scraping those casks as I brace myself to take another sip of this saccharine, confected mess. For the first time ever I am calling a Scotch single malt undrinkable (all my own personal opinion I hasten to add)

[@ionz75]

Good God, Ralfy. You look 55.

[@Mieszkooooo]

MAN YOU LOOK FOR 50 yo ;)

[@gummybearkiller1]

Bowmore Wood Part 12/20 - Dechar-Rechar.mp4

[@RadioLaboratory]

Ralfy mayB pushn 60 but not so fas malt m8s. Wisdm lyk gr8 whisky is ernd thru tym. Yep heez stil very much a yungstr. NAS Ralfy :)~ hehe. young@ hart to b shr. L8r

[@mymic208]

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[@thewhiskybothy]

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