ralfy review 937 Extras – ‘Product’ and ‘Brand’.

ralfy review 937 – Johnnie Walker 12yo @40%vol: (2022)

Welcome to this week’ episode of the show in which I’ll be taking a look at three recent single malt and three single grain bottlings in the House of Macduff’s Golden Cask range.

https://youtu.be/bc6dfwyhbdU

https://youtu.be/DYx-xNHWJVA

A new kid on the block in the world of Irish single malts, Dingle!

Opened in 2012, and having released a string of cask releases and limited edition bottles, the official single malt launched last year, sad to say that it’s taken me so long to review it.

Mastered now by Graham Coull, formerly of Glen Moray. The house style of Dingle is now on show for the world to witness. A warm and fruit driven style of whiskey, bottled with all the plus points that drinkers are looking for in newer releases and distilleries these days.

Here’s to the future of Dingle!

Mark’s Whisky Ramblings 452: Orkney 13 Year Old 2007 for Ypres Whisky Friends

Mark Dermul, Belgian whisky blogger, tries an undisclosed Orkney malt. The boys of the Ypres Whisky Friends recently presented their third club bottling: a Highland Park – even if it’s not on the label. You know how that goes. What surprised Mark was that it got a finish on an ex-Glen Moray barrel. A bold choice. Let’s taste and see what that meant for this pale Orkney malt.

https://youtu.be/YKYRGXLtkVE

ralfy review 936 – Antiquary 15yo Blended @ 43%vol:

https://youtu.be/e-aUBcBX4JA

Bushmills is such a well known name, with well known staus across the globe, that sometimes ignorance from certain parts of the whisky community tends to run rife in the idea of commonality.

When I tried that 29YO Madeira Cask last year, my mind was blown apart by how good it was. But, where does trying to access whisky like that come from? Well the ability to release bottles like that to a baying fandom of whisky drinkers is all built upon regular sales of regular stocks, and personally, I believe that Bushmills 10YO is one of the best value single malts that exists on the planet.

Whether you’re into Irish whiskey, or not. Bushmills are responsible for such a huge chunk of the Irish whiskey world, that in my opinion, this bottle deserves some attention.

Welcome to this week’s episode of the show. A number of events have lead me to believe that an episode of the show on Tormore was well overdue.

https://youtu.be/GYjkOtvw854

ralfy review 935 Extras – An old unloved bottle finds a home.

ralfy review 935 – Machrie Moor 10yo @46%vol: