Would You Rather? Scotch Edition!

[@TheOneGlassMan]

Calling Glenmorangie "stigma" instead of '"signet" was the highlight of the podcast. Cheers guys, great as always!

[@WhiskyInThe6]

Lol

[@ErikWaitWhiskyStudies]

18:41 Springbank doesn’t do tasting at the Visitor Center, you go across the way to their Washback Bar. But maybe that is what Jeremy meant. Hands down, that is where I’d go… again!

[@WhiskyInThe6]

I bet

[@supermeh1987]

Springbank visitor shop has cage bottles (single cask range from young to mid-teens) and handfills (which are just infinity jugs) for each of the lines. But there is also a display case with some absolutely insane bottles, that aren't for sale. If Rob is allowed to break into that display case then the visitor shop is a huge win haha. If you timed your visit right with a release you could also taste a bunch of the core range bottlings. Of course the flippers would have already emptied the shelves of all the best stuff, so you'd be limited to hazelburn 10 and kilkerran 12's lol

[@whiskyonthewestcoast]

Killer rant topic, this was great! Still listening but I'd go for Benromach over GlenAllachie on the cask hunt, Canadian over Bourbon as Rob nailed that answer. S.O.V., Macaloney's, Two Brewers, Shelter Point, Last Straw, on and on offers more variety than just Bourbon. Glendronach Grandeur is the winner, though it hurt not to pick Bruichladdich Balck Art. I'm gonna keep listening but this one is awesome. Cheers Gents 🥃

[@KnickKiller]

Pretty hard to go against those Macallan 10 Cask Strengths from back in the day. Hard to imagine they sold them for $65ish CDN.

[@robertzemko6590]

Back around 25 yrs ago I was at a Hamilton LCBO picking up a scotch for the father in law for Christmas (Lag 16 at $80) and can recall noticing Macallan 1981 vintage (18 yr old) on the top shelf and it was around $140 or so and I thought that was crazy! Wasn't really into Scotch at the time but still kicking myself to this day. Still not able to try and old style Macallan.

[@KnickKiller]

@ One of theses days you will. Trying something with paxarette is also an experience. Not sure if Macallan used it but I’ve tried some GlenDronach and a couple Port Ellen’s that did. Quite something.

[@sierrastriker77]

This was great guys, love the questions Jeremy came up with especially the glenmorangie vs. glen scotia, Ralfy collection vs. Whiskey vault, and Malt Reviews vs. Springbank bar. One would you rather I’ve been pondering myself which you kinda brushed up against with some of your own scenarios would be: “New distillery owner with total control of the future course for next 30 years OR be master distiller/blender of your favorite existing distillery? Cheers! .

[@WhiskyInThe6]

Definitely would choose the latter for that one. waiting for whisky to come of age must be a pain.

[@WhiskyWednesday]

Cheers for the mention, guys! Don't buy Tale of Ice Cream.

[@SippersSocialClub]

@@WhiskyWednesday loved the review 😂

[@marksaliba4194]

Cheers boys. Very entertaining, and on the same day the Bruins fired their coach, so even better. My question is: would you rather have a dram of any scotch of your choice or see the Leafs win the Cup in your lifetime?

[@RomainRiviere]

😂

[@SippersSocialClub]

Leafs win. Gotta do it for the entire city :)

[@WhiskyInThe6]

Leafs.

[@JergenSplergen]

I've tried all of the new stuff and the Oloroso wood series is almost better than this. I thought this 18 would have more emphasis, but I'm a cask-driven taster. Pissed I didn't just buy 2 of the 10 CS instead of this bottle. Nice review and discussion, fellas.

[@WhiskyInThe6]

Makes sense. Cheers.

[@ironmantran]

Wad up Teach ! . . . i'd rather have (2) G'ALLACHIE 12 over (1) GA 18.

[@smooth1ification]

Woooooooo Glenallachie FTW

[@PeatedSander]

I love this. Would you rather hand-fill any bottle out of a barrel at Tobermory or GlenAllechie? I never hear of people trying old expressions or Ledaig and I’m really curious about it

[@WhiskyInThe6]

Glenallachie for me simply because I have some severely sulphuric tobermory.

[@SippersSocialClub]

@@PeatedSander I'd say tobermory if I could get an old cask

[@maltedbarleyman7834]

Fun video. In reference to which distilleries need rework, I've gotta throw Ardbeg in there. I really miss those Uigeadails of old. To hell with all these special releases.

[@WhiskyInThe6]

True

[@claudesavoie1906]

Who’s doing it right - kilchoman

[@ccuellar6212]

They’ll need to add an age statement.

[@RomainRiviere]

@@ccuellar6212 they did for their 16yo, but they also felt forced to add a few hundred euros to the price tag as well.

[@claudesavoie1906]

I think what the guys were trying to ask is who is doing the product right…Kilchoman it’s still a young distillery and to put age statement on everything it’s kind of hard… Most of their bottling will put the distillation date and the bottling date on the box

[@nas7878]

What are your top 3 readily available Canadian whiskeys?

[@WhiskyInThe6]

Tough question. Readily available as in whisky on distillery sites and Alberta Shelves at the moment: Two Brewers Macaloney’s Shelter Point

[@KnickKiller]

A Tale of the Forest was a great expression from Glenmorangie. My wife and I love their line-up but wish the 12 La Santa was bottled at 46%. Quinta Ruben 14 is underrated and likely their best expression. The thing about their bourbon maturation is it gives their line-up a consistent, signature note as they go through different finishes. To each their own though. Great insight.

[@WhiskyInThe6]

Cheers

[@boingmaster]

are you limited to the gift shop? or are you drinking all night at the Washback bar?

[@WhiskyInThe6]

Good question

[@spiritforus]

"Packaging will never affect my decision" ... i think this has the oppossite affect on me, as far as the intended effect. The fancier the packaging the less likely i am to consider it for purchase. Conversely, I don't like the Glenallachie packaging because it's just this big bland label with lots of unused space. I would prefer thwy cut that down and ahowed more of the whisky with a smaller label. - I'm going Benromach. - I'm going Canadian for sure!!! Just a much wider taste profile. - Springbank 15. - Probably Grandeur since i've never had a Grandeur but more specifically because i've only ever had one black arts release that i liked - Macallan 18 - Glenfarclas family cask for sure. - Malt Reviews - Glenmorangie because I would feel I could make improvements there at least for my taste. Glen Scotia I would probably make worse ... lol. - Ralphy's cabinet for sure Would you rather buy a barrel from a upper tier Canadian Diatillery or a middle tier Scotch distillery. Forget about price/exports/imports etc. Just for you to own, not thinking about bottling or reselling.

[@WhiskyInThe6]

@@spiritforus great choices.

[@Kingsofwhiskey]

Would you rather have any glenallachie or any bunnahabhain?

[@PeatedSander]

Bunna

[@WhiskyInThe6]

Glenallachie for me.

[@kristjanzzzz]

👍

[@Whiskyfan519]

Would you rather forever, ardbeg or kilchoman

[@WhiskyInThe6]

At the moment I’d say Ardbeg based solely on the old stock in the distillery.

[@SippersSocialClub]

@@Whiskyfan519 is say Ardbeg

[@lucienvisser5405]

Have you ever tasted an older Kilchoman? Absolutely amazing if it has around 15 years of age on it. A bourbon single cask blew me away a while back. Unfortunately they are more into botteling young punchy whisky. So they are almost only bottled for the Dutch importer Bresser and Timmers.

[@hakanozdemir6113]

I can't find any one called mike and harvey. Can someone point me to it

[@WhiskyInThe6]

In the description malt reviews. Mike and Narby

[@cookieMonsterSincho]

Benromach whole day long

[@TheYugo_Boss]

Cracked a fresh bottle of Glenmorangie 18 Auzma Makota last night and so far not impressed for the price. Hopefully it gets better, makes me second guess buying 2 bottles blind from LCBO 🫤🫤 couple months ago. Great episode boyz!

[@WhiskyInThe6]

Cheers! Hopefully it opens up more with some air.

[@TheYugo_Boss]

@WhiskyInThe6 I should've bought 2 bottles of the Benromach " Whisky Rant Podcast" cask instead maybe 👀 lol Whiskeybase saying good things about it I see. Need to crack mine soon.