ralfy review 939 – Benromach 10yo @43%vol: (2022)

Mark’s Whisky Ramblings 455: Milk & Honey 2018 Single Cask for the Barrel Baron

Mark Dermul, Belgian whisky blogger, tries a single cask from… Israel! He had the privilege of tasting this from Marcel in November last year. Not that Marcel needed Mark’s opinion to decide whether or not to bottle it. This whisky speaks for itself from the first to the last drop. But how nice that The Barrel Baron – who after all can still be considered ‘a new kid on the block’ – has gotten hold of this beautiful cask.

https://youtu.be/-KRPGRsV0pU

https://youtu.be/lmWqMUR4fVo

Midleton Dair Ghaelach, a special bottle for another special occasion in 2022. A blend of pot still whiskies, aged between 14-28 years old, matured in American oak and then finished in Irish virgin oak that have been seasoned in sumptuous Spanish sunshine.

Hitting 10,000 subscribers is a fairly monumental occassion in YouTube world, there is no other way to phrase it other than, thank you. Thank you to every single one of you who allow me to just chat about whisky for abit, two days a week. Here’s to another 10,000!!

Welocme to this week’s episode of the show in which I’ll be taking a look at some relatively recent releases from Glencadam, Nc’ Nean and Tomatin.

https://youtu.be/YXVvA-okOJU

Mark’s Whisky Ramblings 454: Kavalan Distillery Reserve Rum Cask

Mark Dermul, Belgian whisky blogger, tries a distillery cask from Taiwan. When Mark visited Taiwan in January 2019, he brought two Distillery Reserve releases from the Kavalan Distillery: a Peaty Cask and a Rum Cask. The Peaty Cask stayed in Belgium, the Rum Cask went to Holland. But when Mark’s buddy Manny saw his tasting notes online, he decided to bring his bottle with him on his next visit to Belgium to open it up together. That’s what friends are for.

https://youtu.be/3cpwIW26UII

 Welcome to this week’s episode of the show in which I’ll be taking a look at a selection of English whisky.

ralfy review 938 Extras – ‘Navigating’ a single cask integrity malt.

Mark’s Whisky Ramblings 453: Suntory Old Special Quality

Mark Dermul, Belgian whisky blogger, tries an older Japanese blend. Suntory Old is a popular whisky from Japan, which first appeared in the 1940s. It continued to lead the way until the 1980s when single malts began to grow in popularity and this fun blend lost its prestige somewhat. Mark was able to pick up a bottle from the 1990s with the strange contents of 760ml.  It is more than plausible to suspect that this contains quite a lot of Yamazaki, Hakushu and Chita, right?

https://youtu.be/gpyCcb6fCjs

American single malt whisky is a growing category that I’m paying quite a lot of attention to.

Having had seen some rules for the establishment of rules for American single malt whisky, receiving this bottle was a surprise in itself. Shipping a whole bottle from North Carolina to the UK isn’t the easiest thing to do, and it’s something which I can now delve into over time. I’ve lived with all sorts of whisky for years, now I can add American singe malt to that list.

https://youtu.be/cBLjjlNmjmA

ralfy review 938 – Talisker 12yo @ 48.4%vol: (Indi/D Laing)