I love Hazelburn, the 10 is a favorite. Managed to get the 15 which was released at the same time as the 21 in Sweden and I’m really enjoying it. A proper sherry maturation
@SippersSocialClub2 жыл бұрын
Your trade was definitely worth it when you compare the juice. What a great bottling
@WhiskyInThe62 жыл бұрын
Cheers buddy
@mbmaltman2 жыл бұрын
Cheers Rob - nice review. I was able to try a cask sample of this at last years Whisky Show in London. It was cask strength so not quite the same liquid, but very close and I absolutely loved it. I too had to go to the auctions to get it, but not too crazy price wise (prices have settled down a bit).
@WhiskyInThe62 жыл бұрын
Agreed. Cheers.
@efuchsman2 жыл бұрын
Was able to swoop a HB15 oloroso earlier today at my local store. They just hit colorado.
@WhiskyInThe62 жыл бұрын
Nice!
@MichaelMurphyCFHH2 жыл бұрын
Super excited I could get the Hazelburn 21 at MSRP 😁 definitely sounds like this one is worth opening 🥃
@primewhisky2 жыл бұрын
Great review Rob, missed out on the Hazelburn 21y but seems like I at least have to get a sample
@boingmaster2 жыл бұрын
Have to admit, I fall into the HB21 is disappointing category. I have several of the last SB21 offerings, and maybe its the peat, maybe its the fact they often have 3-4 different casks involved, but the SB21 just seems to offer much more complexity. I feel like young HB keeps its funkiness at 46%, but older HB (much like Springbanks) seems to lose it. So 46% + triple distilled + age = a pretty delicate dram. It's not a bad whisky by any means, but it's hard to justify the $600 price point for that in my opinion.
@WhiskyInThe62 жыл бұрын
Fair enough. You’re definitely not alone.
@boingmaster2 жыл бұрын
@@WhiskyInThe6 now bring us a review of that 58% Longrow 23yr :)
@WhiskyInThe62 жыл бұрын
@@boingmaster would love to. Send me one 😉
@gooost2 жыл бұрын
@@WhiskyInThe6 if you ever are in holland... you're more then welcome ;)
@maltreviews2 жыл бұрын
Great review Rob!! They both sound 👌👌
@WhiskyInThe62 жыл бұрын
Cheers
@GregsWhiskyGuide2 жыл бұрын
Hi Rob, I tried this Hazelburn 21 yo in Paris in a show in September & liked it a lot (my picture was too blurry so I didn't put it in my Instagram), it'll be difficult to get for me but at least I tried it & can tell it is not too far from some old style Springbank 21 yo (cream label, tall bottle, late 1990s+), with a great balance. Glad I'm not the only one to like it. Cheers !
@WhiskyInThe62 жыл бұрын
Cheers Greg
@jonnyfish762 жыл бұрын
The hint of peat in Hazelburn is from the inside of the stills. Peat "smoke" is hard to wash off and ALWAYS remains in trace amounts between the Longrow and Springbank runs. Still an amazing whisky. Great vid. Cheers bud.
@WhiskyInThe62 жыл бұрын
Ya that definitely makes sense. Cheers John.
@topshelfdustin30602 жыл бұрын
Man that looks good. Sadly just not seeing anything like this here locally anymore it seems.
@WhiskyInThe62 жыл бұрын
That’s odd.
@topshelfdustin30602 жыл бұрын
Each year our allocation locally goes down. So the higher end/older stuff isn't coming here. No clue who's getting it instead.
@DonnerPassWhisky2 жыл бұрын
Saw the Hazelburn 21 in a couple of shops at the end of May in Scotland. Think it was just hitting the shelves at that time? Didn't even ask the price. Cheers Rob
@WhiskyInThe62 жыл бұрын
You’re stronger than I Donner.
@sowlegwhiskyreview55012 жыл бұрын
Sounds lovely😋 It is sad that Springbank cannot keep up with demand, but I like that they go with lotteries to buy it, so everybody gets an equal chance - at least that is how they handle it in Denmark. Cheers Rob🥃
@WhiskyInThe62 жыл бұрын
Similar here as well.
@specop122 жыл бұрын
Managed to grab a Hazelburn 21 last week, so im pumped for that. Also isn't the cask make up 70 (sherry)/30(bourbon) split, according to whiskybase?
@WhiskyInThe62 жыл бұрын
Ya you’re probably right
@murduk882 жыл бұрын
Yes, somebody said it! Hazelburn is peated indeed ... it's a very light peat IMO, but there's so much peat/funk floating around that distillery that it's infecting the so-called unpeated Hazelburn. Thanks for the side-by-side comparison. Cheers!
@WhiskyInThe62 жыл бұрын
Cheers
@scnullois2 жыл бұрын
Excellent review. What did you have to trade for the Hazelburn 21 and what is the most you think is reasonable to pay for it?
@WhiskyInThe62 жыл бұрын
Glenallachie 21
@scnullois2 жыл бұрын
@@WhiskyInThe6 Amazing, I think you got the better deal there. I just picked up the Hazelburn 21 from KLWines for 580 USD after taxes... and I was "lucky" to be offered that price apparently! 🤦🏻♂
@mbmaltman2 жыл бұрын
@@scnullois You can find it on the UK auction sites for around 350GBP (it has settled back to this level from the mid 400s over the summer). With fees and shipping, its closer to 425GBP, but with favorable exchange rates that's still a (relatively) good price!
@scnullois2 жыл бұрын
@@mbmaltman Thanks for the info. Any chance you can DM me some reasonable auction sites? I have never considered using them due to the clunky interfaces (e.g. scotchwhiskyauctions.com) and the high fees.
@stevelandwonder47602 жыл бұрын
H21 is £300 to £500 at auction in the UK. Goodnight Vienna.
@WhiskyInThe62 жыл бұрын
That’s a lot.
@catnapgee53572 жыл бұрын
how do I become a springbank society member?
@stevelandwonder47602 жыл бұрын
UK membership is currently closed.
@WhiskyInThe62 жыл бұрын
All memberships are closed unfortunately.
@catnapgee53572 жыл бұрын
@@WhiskyInThe6 nuts!
@catnapgee53572 жыл бұрын
how much does that 200 ml 28 year old go for?
@stevelandwonder47602 жыл бұрын
£300-£400 at auction in UK.
@WhiskyInThe62 жыл бұрын
Was just over $200 retail if I’m not mistaken.
@catnapgee53572 жыл бұрын
@@WhiskyInThe6 not bad
@keyfinder2572 жыл бұрын
The smoke rubs off from the still not the malt floor
@WhiskyInThe62 жыл бұрын
Ya I can see that
@keyfinder2572 жыл бұрын
@@WhiskyInThe6 At least that's what I've always heard about peat in the Hazels. Who knows. Anyway, Hazelburn is better that way, if you ask me. I usually like Hazelburn the least, and then Longrow, and then Springbank most. Not always. For peaters, I really liked the old Lagavulins from the 1990's (white horse). When I lived in New York City, I used to get the thistle 12's Springbanks and the Lags (white horses) pretty much exclusively (only). I didn't know how good I had it back then. I just thought that was normal scotch. IT WASN'T. IT WAS FUCKING INCREDIBLE BY TODAY'S STNDARDS! I didn't drink anything else until it got harder to get good Lags. Springbank went through a slump, in my opinion and then got better again. I never stopped drinking Springbank but I did ease of the Lags a bit after the white horses went away. Then I switched from the 16's to the Lag Distiller's editions in the early 2000's. Those stayed good but they were better earlier on. They are not as good these days. I collected some independent Lags and I've been subsisting on those instead lately. I've tried every distillery. There are some really good ones. But everything suffered when the internationals took over, generally speaking. That's when everything went downhill. It was a plot for sure. International interests quit plugging whisky in movies, waiting for the demand to go down, waited for the distilleries go start going out of business, bought then on the cheap and then after the internationals had a lot of distilleries, suddenly the media and hollywood started plugging scotch again. Public demand went back up, and here we are. Average scotch, overall, and inflated prices, with not very much old stock left due to increased demand in Asia and stuff.
@savorywhiskey37802 жыл бұрын
I find that even the 10 has a touch of peat even tho its "unpeated"
@WhiskyInThe62 жыл бұрын
For sure. Cheers.
@Hexagonal_Crank2 жыл бұрын
Damn. In breaking news, I just learned I’m buying a bottle of the Hazelburn 21 after winning a online lottery. Guess I need to rewatch this video and pay closer attention 🤣
@WhiskyInThe62 жыл бұрын
Lol great bottle.
@lightplays21812 жыл бұрын
Springbank , Hazelburn , Longrow .... Slainte !
@welshtoro32562 жыл бұрын
Am I bitter? It's a good question. I've moved beyond getting fed up about the ludicrous distribution of Springbank products. I've no doubt that the Hazelburn 21 is a fine whisky but, truth be told, I've never bought a Springbang 21 or 25 even when it was easy for me to do so. They're unjustifiably expensive in my opinion. The jump in price from the 18 year olds has never made any sense for three extra years. These bottles are £200 if you're lucky and the price does factor into my perception of quality. Is it good, yes, but it should be for the price. Decent whisky at that price ought to be a default. One could almost say that a score of 90/91 in terms of price/quality, therefore, is average. We can't just park the price we pay for whisky anymore. It's going to break the bank and cost more than £200. That's madness. Bitterness and bile put to one side, that was a very good review of both of these interesting drams. I would think that the 28 is cask strength. I have a Laphroaig 25 cask strength bottled at 45%. I almost became a Springbank member a number of years ago but let it go. As Groucho Marx said, so memorably, I'd never join a club which would have me as a member. Cheers mate. WT 🥃
@WhiskyInThe62 жыл бұрын
I agree. Paying $400+++ warrants a higher score or at least ought to. Such unfortunately is not the way of the world. We know this. With expectations high, I still really enjoyed this. Cheers my friend.
@fredhansen33402 жыл бұрын
🙌🙌🙌🙌
@gordon4522 жыл бұрын
Wow! Springbank is becoming unaffordable and unavailable these days. It is not for most whisky lover like me anymore.🥲 Even at their distillery, you have to be there very early and might be able to get a cage bottle if your are lucky. It is the same way how Hermès sells its bags.
@WhiskyInThe62 жыл бұрын
It’s really sad. What are the distillery prices like?
@gordon4522 жыл бұрын
It was my friend there. He told me there was no 12, 15, 18 and above at all on that day. SB10 was 44pounds/bottle and limited one per person. He was there at 8:30am and was able to get a cage bottle
@stevelandwonder47602 жыл бұрын
Distillery prices are RRP. 10 hour plus drive for me from NW England.