Dalmore The Fifteen

[@lh8372]

Horst & Ben are awesome!!! Saving up to buy this one!!! Interested to see how the 3 different sherry styles affect the Dalmore spirit. Great review... please keep it up.

[@theverbalremedy]

SMOOTHEST single malt ever!!! Glossy, silky, velvety on the palate, with little to no burn as it goes down. Not hugely complex in terms of flavour composition, but a great entry dram. Shame about the price.

[@liamdodsowrth422]

At £83 hard earned British notes I paid a little over the odds for this one but I don't mind. Its firmly. One of my favourites and I got to help a whiskey store stay open. Id you can get it at 60 - 70 notes it's an auto buy (for me at least). A lovely whiskey that is full of flavour and so smooth you'll slip over!

[@Domini_k]

Close, it is the Cromarty Firth, the firth of forth is next to Edinburgh, with the three bridges.

[@nurlatifahmohdnor8939]

I enjoy listening to your accent eventhough I do not drink wine.

[@bvan00]

😂

[@shaun3008]

I like Horst reviewing whiskies when he is alone ...

[@rafiqderafew2136]

Dalmore 15 and Glanfeddich 18 are most favourite whiskies.

[@alphap8]

Top video quality (4K !), both picture and sound, lighting, composition, so professional ! It would be awesome to have a short behind the scenes of your video production (team, equipment etc). Cheers!

[@MrKenabee]

Agree! one of my fav too!

[@lestyloplume]

So finally, which one is better? 15 or 18?

[@slickstrings]

I rate the 15 above the 18. The 18 is probably more refined in a way? more sedate perhaps? The 15 seems slightly less apologetically bold. Toffee and dried fruits. Very good. Unfortunately i cant find any more!

[@hondarider100r]

I just got some today. Super smooth!

[@danf321]

I’m sipping my 15yr Dalmore while watching. Accurate review! I love it, but I tend to lean towards my Highland Park due to a bit more complexity and just a bit more smokiness. But Dalmore is smoother up front...a great whiskey for those who aren’t sure about single malt.

[@Imreadingthisaloud]

Whisky*

[@b0ssm4ch1n3]

I found Highland (12) to be as you say, except actually much smoother than Dalmore 15.

[@jordankreykes6995]

Please do the 18 year!

[@xSauseBrausex]

0:19 Dallmore...Jeaaaah😉😂😂

[@cultofdagon]

No doubt a perfectly passable whisky for people who value "smoothness" above all else in whisky. People who enjoy complexity of flavour and aroma would be better off looking elsewhere and saving some money while they're at it.

[@delohclooney]

@Whisky.com How can I get those glasses without living in Germany?

[@danf321]

Delo W Try BevMo. They sell them. Great whiskey glasses!

[@stanislavmigra]

Dalmore get bad reputation because colouring, filtering and proofing down to legal minimum, but for some strange reason, Im yet to find indenpendent bottling that will match official bottlings.

[@CrazyAboutVinylRecords]

I found one. It was an 18 Year Old from Duncan Taylor's Rare Auld series. It was bottled at 51% ABV as I recall. That bottle is long gone but it was far and away the best Dalmore I have tasted. For reference I have tasted the 12, 15, and 18 year old distillery bottlings. The 18 Year Old is my favorite from the distillery, and it has the advantage of being bottled at 43% instead of 40%. Would love to try the 25 but too rich for my blood.

[@firstfill5072]

I don’t get the fuss about Dalmore. It’s expensive and I understand far too much E150. How can you identify the cask quality with so much colouring ? I’d like to know more opinions ....I always get that feeling it’s just a whyte and mackay in a fancy bottle...🤔

[@scottclarke1350]

John Mcgowan it seems to me like the branding draws people in. I’m the same though, I think there’s way better whiskies for much less money

[@AudioheavenDenmark]

The coloring is tasteless.

[@ahmadahmed5526]

Bushmills 10 years please

[@Alexis_pablo91]

Can you please do a review on Hennessy cognac?

[@fotoclick8176]

What is the number 1 rank of brand? Maccalan? Dalmore? Glenfiddich? I wonder what is the best

[@vishnuquick]

Macallan and dalmore are grossly overpriced. I think glenfiddich wins in the amount of whisky sold annually. In terms of quality all 3 are top notch. But they all employ chillfiltering and i think add colour in their whiskies too. I recommend something a bit more natural. Glenfarclas perhaps or may be glendronach

[@Anthony-bc2cw]

@@vishnuquick Macallan chill filters but uses no added color.

[@fotoclick8176]

@@vishnuquick thanks for helping 🙏

[@vishnuquick]

@@Anthony-bc2cw Yeah, I wasn't sure if Macallan added colour in their whiskies. Thanks for that!

[@samuelmorse784]

Springbank, Talisker, Glenfiidich

[@DarkSalmonz]

the 15 is the only one in the range that's worth a shit, but even then it's too expensive

[@pringle920]

I have had the Portwood, not very good, the 12yr not very good. Only the 15yr is worth anything, but I do like it.

[@OkanTandogan]

Chill filtration and coloring, so what? Why don't people just focus on the result and how it smells and tastes? Have people make a blind tasting of the 15YO and King Alexander, and I bet most will like it

[@scottclarke1350]

Okan Tandogan if you like it then power to you, I just found it to be a bit thin and watery and underwhelming. It felt to me like they’d chill-filtered the soul out of it

[@firstfill5072]

Colouring is like adding a substance to cover up bad casks and make it look appealing. The taste maybe ok, but the principle of it is wrong in my opinion. Dalmore should buy or invest in descent casks and there would be less need to add E150, then it would maybe justify the price.

[@Anthony-bc2cw]

@@firstfill5072 Have you had the Dalmore, I don't think you would be saying what you're saying if you have. They do not have bad cask selection by any means, apparently you forget who their Master Blender is...

[@firstfill5072]

RooRFreeeK you mean Richard Paterson. I certainly know who he is. I couldn’t give two hoots to be honest. I’ve had Dalmore and I’ve had many many other whiskies which are much better put together than Dalmore. Only without the additives. You should be discouraging the use of colouring instead of of maybe defending its use.

[@Anthony-bc2cw]

John Mcgowan clearly you’re mis-interpreting my point. I’m not defending adding color, obviously I prefer natural color. But the fact that they use it doesn’t make it a bad whisky. Maybe you should stop trying to portray yourself as a whisky snob over the internet, just enjoy the juice...

[@bluesmanen1]

It's so sad that this whisky is coloured, chillfiltered, and only 40%abv. It would probaly be much better with natural colour, non chill filtered, and at least 46%abv....

[@Rm-no6jr]

Probably yes, but it’s so delicious. You can even smell the glass 4 hours later and enjoy the smell.

[@yellowjello42]

No offense to your son, but I actually prefer the videos you make on your own. There's something special about the simplicity.

[@jacobhenson3292]

I thought he had great points and loved the conversation.

[@ahmadahmed5526]

❤😂

[@TheZlantan1926]

you said the phrase this is one of my favorites for about 500 whiskies...

[@TheShredfest89]

40%. Chilled filtered. Colored. Nope

[@sergeimalynovskyi4940]

...and on top of all of that - overpriced...

[@Anthony-bc2cw]

It's still great regardless, i was skeptical at first but I bought a bottle on sale and i love it.

[@sergeimalynovskyi4940]

@@Anthony-bc2cw sorry but no, it's not great :( ...especially if you compare it to other 15yo out there with a lower price tag and unchillfiltered and natural color. Examples that are far better than this in my book are - Glen Scotia 15yo, Glen Cadam 15 yo, Benromach 15 yo, Glenfarclas 15, Glendronach 15, ...and don't get me wrong I'm not FULLY against those whiskies that are non-natural-color and non-chill-filtered. nope ... in fact, I have just recently opened a bottle of Glenfiddich 19yo Madeira Cask finish. It's great, even though it's chill-filtered / 40% and non-natural color ...but it's just fantastic stuff and the price is just slightly higher than the Dalmore 15 ...how can you argue with that? ... I find Dalmore overall to be overrated simply because of a great ambassador (I cannot argue with that) and the hype that goes along the lines of - "oh look at this beautiful color" :)

[@Anthony-bc2cw]

Sergei Malynovskyi I paid significantly less for The Dalmore 15 than most, so I enjoy it thoroughly. Not arguing it’s better than other 15. I personally think it’s solid as it gets for a 40% 15 year. I would take the a Glendronach 15 over The Dalmore as well

[@sergeimalynovskyi4940]

@@Anthony-bc2cw if it was a good bargain that's cool ... I just tried a dram of it at one of the pubs and didn't think it was worth it. If somebody would give it to me as a gift - I'll certainly take it :)

[@lyacoubian]

Dalmore is overrated and overpriced.

[@stanislavmigra]

In comparation with Macallan? I dont think so ...

[@criell-sdkwhisky8674]

@@stanislavmigra namedropping the most overpriced brand doesnt make much of a comparison :)

[@stanislavmigra]

@@criell-sdkwhisky8674 alright, here Dalmore 12 is at the price range of say Bunnahabhain 12 or GlenAllachie 12. Now what?

[@criell-sdkwhisky8674]

@@stanislavmigra Bunna 12 has 46,3 % abv, non colored, non chill filtered. Not saying dalmore is bad, just that it could be so much better if it was presented like the bunna for example.

[@stanislavmigra]

@@criell-sdkwhisky8674 so it should be like 10% cheaper form Bunna, thats not that much to say "overpiced" ... maybe just a bit. Yes, it will be better uncloured, unfiltered and at higher abv. What Im trying to say, it is not the dramatic price difference as with Macallans or Japanese stuff.

[@leroygibb9243]

at the price... NO. JUST NO. one for the Dalmore fanboys. It lacks punch and structure. The new Glendronach 15 makes this Dalmore it's bitch at this pricepoint.

[@7hourglass975]

Alcoholics.