https://youtu.be/ajC79V1CGoM

A rather cool video this week, courtesy of friend of the show, Mark Littler!

He’s sent us this bottle of 1980’s Yamazaki 12 Pure Malt to examine, quite a contrast to the current bottle that’s on sale. Big on exotic fruits, this could honestly be one of my favourite noses ever on a whisky. But how does it taste? How has living in a bottle for nearly four decades impacted it?

Mark’s investment video – https://youtu.be/2wjr9fUlueA

Current Yamazaki 12 Review – https://youtu.be/8lKKglIPu4k

The Malt Cask’s Blog Post –

Mark’s Whisky Ramblings 390: Caol Ila 3 Year Old 2018 ‘One Day Old’ The Whisky Jury

Mark Dermul, Belgian whisky blogger, tries a whisky that is one day old! The Whisky Jury – a Belgian independent bottler – has spoiled us in the past with lovely single casks. For the 14th release he selected a first fill quarter cask that was filled with Coal Ila spirit on the 9^th February 2018 and bottled on the 10^th February 2021. Hence the funny tagline ‘one day old’. Only 152 bottles were available at the very fair price of 49 EUR and hence they flew off the shelves. Mark feels lucky that he was able to get a bottle.

https://youtu.be/cs8t8M9GMh0

ralfy review 879 Extras – Comments on GlenScotia ‘Victoriana’ single malt.

ralfy review 879 – AnCnoc 18yo @ 46%vol: (2021)

Mark’s Whisky Ramblings 389: Glenrothes 24 Year Old 1996 The Barrel Barron

Mark Dermul, Belgian whisky blogger, enjoys a stunning Glenrothes. The new Dutch independent bottler The Barrel Baron has just released his second bottling. ‘I’m proud to say that I was asked to taste it before the cask selection was made and like to think my appraisal had something to do with it’ Mark boasts. The label is also a nice sequel to the previous release’s, which I also enjoyed a lot. This was is equally good! It’s a single cask – a sherry butt – on which the spirit of Glenrothes has slept for just over a quarter century.

https://youtu.be/PNkfZRrykKQ

Welcome to this weeks episode of the show. This week I’ll be taking a look at the Cardrona distillery from New Zealand as it has now launched in the UK.

https://youtu.be/0cHeTAttWFM

Mark’s Whisky Ramblings 388: Bimber 2016 Oloroso Cask Batch #3

Mark Dermul, Belgian whisky blogger, goes to London. This is only his second encounter with this young distillery from London and the first one was very pleasant. This Oloroso cask was one of the highlights in Mark’s online tasting ‘New Kids on the Block’ and in this rambling you can find out why.

https://youtu.be/34CRYMhrs2M

https://youtu.be/VkkPKr5Ey34

Whisky collection time! Featuring an old matress and a badly lit room. It’s been a while since you’ve all seen the collection, this seems like the perfect time to do so! Enjoy and let me know what you folks currently have at home!

ralfy review 877 Extra Extras – Defence of GlenDronach

ralfy review 877 Extras – Bigclivedotcom murders Laphroaig