You ONLY need 5 Whiskies! - Main Flavour Types: Explained

[@FirstPhilWhisky]

What’s your pick for each flavour catagory? Or do you like to stick to a specific branch? I'm keen to see what you’re all sipping these hoildays!

[@robertmustard7715]

I wanted to try my first non-chill filter, no added colour whisky, and a rum cask. Found them both in the Glen Scotia double cask rum. Wanted to try and see if the spice flavours and sweetness comes through, it has no aged statement but I'm hoping that does not reduce the flavour profile. Will report more on this later!

[@andrewdoerr6823]

Peat & Smoke: Ardbeg 10 (or Port Charlotte 10), Heavy Funk: Longrow (or Springbank 10/15, a cheaper alternative is the Loch Lomond 12), Rich & Spiced: Compass Box Crimson Casks (or Edradour Caledonia 12), Fruit & Floral: Arran Sauternes Cask (or Clynelish 14), Wood & Grain: or Deanston Virgin Oak

[@brendanscott4044]

@@robertmustard7715 I’ve just picked up a bottle of this today 😃

[@paul_mitchener_ukulele]

Current favourites for at least the first four categories (the fifth I’ve not really explored). Glencadam 10 Bunnahabhain 12 Port Charlotte 10 Kilkerran 12 I wonder whether Nikka from the Barrel fits for category 5.

[@OverlandDrams]

@@andrewdoerr6823 good calls there on the Ardbeg 10 and Longrow.

[@BrutusMaximusAurelius]

That Sanaig is so good! And the CS that came out this year is even better. Absolutely deserves to be in this video.

[@steeno1985]

Great to know that I bought right with the CS. Can't wait to give it a go!

[@SuperCoachInsider]

Yeah I went through the whole bottle over winter. Great value. Craigellachie 13 is great when on special. Other smokey + sherry bomb that is amazing is the Lagg Sherry Cask. Other smoke + bourbon barrel types I'm digging for value. Ardnamurchan AD Lagg Kilmory edition

[@joekasiak921]

I’m super excited about 3 bottles I’m getting for Christmas … an American single malt - Westward; another ASM, Del Bac - Dorado (mesquite smoke); and Glenglassough Sandend - luscious tropical fruit

[@AJRoss-cs1oo]

Grabbed an Arran Sauternes cask today after watching this video. I am really enjoying this whisky and it hits the flavor notes I really enjoy. Thanks for helping me find a new bottle for the cabinet 🥃

[@FirstPhilWhisky]

That's awesome! It's a great dram, glad you found one you like! 🥃

[@hauptmann25]

Love that you mentioned the Port Ruighe. For a release from such a mainstream brand no enthusiast seems to talk about this great cheap whisky!

[@FirstPhilWhisky]

Totally agree!

[@dabossfrogg88]

One of my favorites too, but the new lable Ruighned it for me 😅.. Nah.. gotta get a new bottle!

[@JeffWhisky]

Part of the Ledaig Rioja Rockers forever! Enjoyed seeing me in the background drinking away while you was chatting in TWE. Brilliant list pal!

[@thewhiskyenthusiast]

Great video Phil! Quite a left field approach to a talked before topic which is nice to see the 'alternatives'.

[@johnbinstead8544]

Sanaig Gang!!!!!. Love the Ledaig 10

[@WhiskyWars]

You mentioned great channels, they’re 4 of my top 10! Geoff is great - Craigellachie 13 almost won my island of the year! (2nd)

[@Gwhisky]

Weird video, eh? Challenge accepted. 🥃

[@kurtludington5986]

Phil! What an amazing surprise! I was watching your video for the purpose of the educational value you always deliver and boom! There we are 😂 Challenge accepted! Probably will be one of the first videos of 2025. Happy holidays!

[@FirstPhilWhisky]

Glad you enjoyed it!

[@jaime_hi-meh_not_jay-mee7095]

This concept is perfect for me as I prefer to mix things around; more variety, the better. My picks: Fruit & floral - Arran 14 (when I run out and Arran hasn’t realeased the new 14 yet, Arran 12 CS is next in line. When that runs out it’s Arran 10. I guess that’s 3 whiskies.😁) Rich & spice - Amrut Portonova (I know, not scotch, but this is my 2024 WOTY) Peat & smoke - Kilchoman Loch Gorm (I love the Sanaig, but I much prefer this) Wood & grain - Maker’s Mark 46 CS (my favorite bourbon) Heavy funk - Kilkerran 12 Merry Christmas, Phil!

[@FirstPhilWhisky]

Great choices! Merry Christmas Jaime!

[@craigdlazarus]

Great list Phil - unexpected too! I love a variety so these tick all the boxes

[@victorclark3506]

Hi Phil. Port Ruighe is pronounced Portree. Port ree. (It’s the traditional Gaelic spelling) it is the main town on Skye. Cracking dram, and as always great content.

[@OverlandDrams]

Briliant stuff as always! Thanks First Phil. Good picks and especially that BenRinnes. One I'll be more receptive to in the future.

[@barrettmexted2115]

So happy to see Glen Garioch 12, Ledaig Rioja getting love - add to that the Glen Scotia double cask (not the rum one) which is amazing value

[@WhiskyWars]

I picked up the Sanaig last week Phil, love it! So glad you spoke about Ledaig, I love their stuff so much, merry Christmas! 🎄

[@ennuigamer]

Nice category ideas! I was thinking about them while watching your video and they also work, to varying degrees, with other spirit categories, namely rum and agave spirits. Rum has your Light & Fruity with Spanish style rums (aged Flor de Caña expressions), your Rich & Round with demerara rum (El Dorado 12 year), there really aren't smoky rums but there's lots of Heavy Funk ones (Jamaican rum, Haitian clairin, and Batavia Arrack), and then for Wood & Grain, you get Wood & Cane (Barbados rums like from Foursquare and rums focused on the taste of the grassy sugar cane of the French rhum agricole variety)! For agave spirits, you have your Light & Fruity category with most tequila, your Smoky category with mezcal and sotol, and your Funky category with raicilla. Practically everything fits into the Agave & Wood category because the agave flavor is the star of the show and aged expressions show off some of the wood and how it plays with the agave flavor. For relatively heavily aged expressions, you have your Rich & Round.

[@DrumondArt]

Another banger video full of banger bottles! The editing is Champions League.

[@malceum]

Much of the funk seems to come from worm tub condensation. Only a few distilleries like Craigellachie, Benrinnes, and Springbank use that method.

[@McIntyresMalts]

Edits and the shots are real nice on this one mate

[@FirstPhilWhisky]

Thanks mate!

[@steeno1985]

Managed to snag a bottle of the Sanaig CS recently. A buy on site Xmas gift to self. Excited to try it....

[@SimonneNZ]

I don't stick to a specific branch as I enjoy all the flavour categories. I also like whiskies and other spirits that incorporate 2 or more flavour categories. My picks are as follows. Floral/Fruity: Glencadam 10, Glenglassaugh Sandend, Compass Box Orchard House. Rich/Spicy: Bunna 12, Morris Muscat Barrels, Arran Sherry. Peaty/Smoky: Laphroaig 10 CS, Meikle Toir Original, Thomson's Manuka Smoke Full Noise. Heavy Funk: Benromach CS, Craigellachie 13, Signatory Vintage Mortlach (unchillfiltered, bourbon cask matured). Wood/Grain: Deanston Virgin Oak, Widow Jane Oak and Applewood Rye, Cutty Sark Prohibition. Cheers!

[@SuperCoachInsider]

It's like icecream. Sometimes you feel like double chocolate, other times hokey pokey, other times Choc mint. Whisky is the icecream of life

[@dabossfrogg88]

Brother Phil, thanks to you I now have a full whisky-shelf and am aging my own whisky with a friend in a 5 liter barrel 😊.. I have a question though: how does one become such an amazing video editor? I want to learn! Many thanks 🙏

[@88johnbarnes]

Ive got 4 new whiskeys to try over Christmas. Arran 18, elijah craig barrel proof, knob creek 9 and blanton's gold. Just getting into burboun at the moment. Merry Christmas to you Phil and your family. 🎅🎄

[@jimmyoats]

Mate give a shout out to Kampai Planet. After too much hype, Japan now back with many emerging offerings. He’s the man to guide audiences on what’s out there.

[@SebMoellerM]

Asking Gwhisky to make it weird is asking for trouble! Get ready for Top 5 bottles of Poitin (which isn’t technically whisky, but it also isn’t not whisky) 😂

[@Koby616]

Nice tree 🌴

[@chriswicecarver3715]

Actually Phil...I have 5 slightly different categories for an only-need-5 list. ------ Peat: Lagavulin 16. It's a classic. ------- Sherry:: Kilchoman: Sanaig ----- Luxury: Glenmorangie: Signet ---------- Fruit: Glenglassaugh: Sandend -------- Budget/Basic: Glenfiddich: 14yo Bourbon Barrel Reserve. --------- 6th category (combination): Luxury/Ago Statement: Glenfiddich: 21 yo Gran Reserva

[@kapilkk06]

nailed it-- -cheers

[@lukashavel7690]

Jameson Black Barrel, Jack Daniel's Tennessee Straight Rye, Goldcock Peated, Goldcock Blended, Cutty Sark Prohibition Edition. You are right, five is enough. :) I still miss a little bit pricier options like Ardbeg 10, Port Charlotte 10, Arran 10 and Craigellachie 13 of course. But less and less every year. I am getting sick of the industry. Price to performance ratio is getting worse every year. Sometimes I am able to find good options on sale. Like a version of Benriach 10 for 588 Czech Crowns, which is like 23,5 EUR.

[@newwave151151]

Lochranza (Arran) is my favorite distillery. So rare to find a distillery that can both make amazing distillate AND cask age well.

[@FirstPhilWhisky]

Agree. They do a great job!

[@kunsiva6367]

I’m arran fan too.

[@-xirx-]

The Arran Sauternes is lovely. My favourite funky/Campbeltown (apart from Benromach CS batch's) is one i never hear about: It's *Douglas Laing's Campbeltown blend The Gauldrons (esp. #2).* Has anyone ever tried it?? Like Kilchoman Sanaig as well too

[@jasonedwardledburynewzeala9897]

Good Nominations Phil😂😂😂🥃🥃🥃Great Video Brother! 🌏🌏🌏🇳🇿🇳🇿🇳🇿🌿🌿🌿🥝🥝🥝😎🤘

[@DrumondArt]

<a href="#" class="seekto" data-time="580">9:40</a> that's my love forever

[@southernfriedkiwi7726]

I would love it, if you included the prices of what you are talking about.

[@0oDaan12o0]

Prices differ dramatically all over the world. New Zealand is generally quite expensive and there's also a lot of difference between shops to consider before buying a bottle. You can easily save a tenner by going online for 5 minutes.

[@southernfriedkiwi7726]

@0oDaan12o0 I get that, but it gives context to the viewers.

[@paulb946]

Only need 5! I hope my wife doesn’t see this 😂

[@UsedBrain4U]

Sherried Smoke is my favorite

[@alexm4541]

How did Cambeltown not make an appearance for the funk?

[@janpaulvanderhoeven]

Geez Phil!?! I have a collection of over 150 bottles. It would have saved me a lot of money if you recorded this video 20 years ago…

[@KevinOhlin]

Port Ruighe 💯

[@dennisvandepol5938]

Arran 10, Bunnahabhain 12 and Ledaig 10

[@simyo311291]

I have a question regarding the Benromach Cask Strength: do you Guys think it's batchy or does the quality keep up every year? Thinking of buying one for Christmas 😊

[@peatbull3426]

Definitely its batchy but this is not bad thing. Any you try is good old school dram plays with water very well. 😁🥂🙋‍♂️

[@simyo311291]

@peatbull3426 thanks for the answer 😊

[@StianTorp]

good picks! Have you ever tried the Longmorn 16yo? Thats a good one👍

[@davidelourenco2537]

I've said this from the beggining. This challenge should be about: can I fit all whisky flavours and styles in 5 bottlings. How? Which are in or left out? Which bottles fill more then one category? - it just does a better video instead of the 5 situations where you would drink whisky. Cheers!

[@timhorgan6843]

Give me an Uigedail anyday over a Sanaig!!

[@waynedoherty7758]

Which whisky still has iodine flavours? Laphroig and lagavulin once upon a time had heavy iodine flavours, but the peat they use today seems to not have the same impact.

[@MrChristopherMolloy]

Staying on a budget: Loch Lomand 12 or Compass Box Orchard House, Glen Moray Sherry Cask Finish or Glenmorangie Lasanta, Scarabus (46% or 58% Batch Strength) or Ardbeg 5, Old Grand Dad 114 or Old Forester Signature Straight Rye 100, Benromach 10 or Craigellechie 13.

[@FirstPhilWhisky]

Great choices!

[@MrChristopherMolloy]

@@FirstPhilWhisky Thanks! Merry Christmas Phil 🎅

[@NeverEmptyBottle]

Have we tried these 5 whiskies in an infinity bottle?

[@MortAllachie]

What?!!! I need my 73 bottles 😂

[@theboybrand]

Garioch is pronounced Geerie 🙂

[@ThisAndThat-l4p]

The biggest Lie in Scotch Community - Peated Scotch described as, the Bonfire, the Campfire, the smoke, the meatiness, etc... No! It's more like burnt rubber or ashtray full of cigarette butts!

[@FirstPhilWhisky]

Have you had Talisker?

[@ThisAndThat-l4p]

@@FirstPhilWhisky Storm or 10? I had the Storm before and it was ok? Never had 10.

[@MrCamel254]

Oh nooo Glen Garioch is bad! Stay away from that juice leave it all to me i'll sacrifice myself. Especially dont try the 15YO which definitely is even worse than the 12YO!

[@hammer911tube]

Dude, have you ever tried speaking English?

[@lightplays2181]

Laphroaig 10 sheryy oak , laga 16 , Glenallachie CS 10yo , Ledaig triple wood , Hazelburn 12 oloroso ,, Benromach 2013 , Edradour 10 60,4%. I'ts my favorite ))))

[@germantarapow9112]

There’s an Edradour 10 with 60,4% abv?

[@lightplays2181]

@germantarapow9112 yes, Decanter..

[@-xirx-]

Benro 2013 is my favourite year too!

[@KevinOhlin]

Solid choices @lightplays2181. Recently we put 3 Ballechins up against 3 Ledaigs in a head-to-head, and out of 25 people giving 3 possible points across 3 different categories to each of the 3 whiskies from each distillery (675 points possible per distillery), the win went to Ledaig by only TWO points. Fantastic stuff all around from both distilleries. Have you had much Ballechin from Edradour?

[@davicerberus7681]

Marca o canal @Tierriwhisky