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Very interesting. Thanks.

Great review!!!! I used to live in an oak grove atop a high hill with garryana wood all around me. I can't believe it's possible to make barrels out of that stuff. It's as springy as rubber and won't hold a shape. I tried making a table out of it one time. Impossible (at least for me, but I'm not expert wood worker; i just used my dad's woodshop, he was the expert). to me, this whisky wins because of the wood but also the chocolate malt. It's fabulous.

Thank you for talking about your sulphur sensitivity, and also your experience of your wife's perfume. You might call it rambling but I found/find it fascinating.

Totally agree with the Sulphur threashold. I am less sensitive, which, I'm thankful for! I have not had either, that said, I love almost everything Edradour puts out. LOL, not the first time I've found something "live" when shooting, like natural colour!. Thanks for sharing thoughts on this. Cheers!

No one like irish whisky of any Kind!!! Please review more scotch whisky

Is Knappogue Castle a real castle..?

From what I remember Waterford sent over Irish peat with the barley

Jason, the video and audio are not synced. I watch this on a roku, computer, and google TV. They all had a audio/video sync issue. Good to see Great Northern. They are the a huge behind the scenes producer.

The MGP of Ireland..?!?! Interesting interview but a bear to watch - Video/Sound sync is off.

The portugese smooth and japanese smooth are good also.

I have a single cask #115. Ten years fully in Burgundy cask matured. 274 outturn at 60.5%. The most sulfur I have . Water and time. And this is a very interesting dram. I like hogshead, at least when then specify the previous content but a rebuilt cask adds a bit of quality control because you can see all the surfaces of the wood. If your just looking thru the bungholes and nosing the cask there seems to be a limitation on the inspection.

An average whisky which at £70 over here is poor value for money. A 12 year old Deanston or Bunnahabhain can e got for a little over half the price and are both better than this imo.

Gewurztraminer wine is my favorite lightly sparkling sweet wine so that barrel-finishing would be interesting to try

Spätburgunder is the German name for the (red) grape variety Pinot Noir. Gewürztraminer, as you rightly state, is a white grape variety that originated in a German-speaking part of Northern Italy, near Austria, but is widely regarded as having found its adopted "home" in Alsace, France--although it is also grown in many other countries, perhaps slightly less successfully/reputably. Its name in English is the same but can be translated as spiced ("spicy" is commonly seen but I've been told that's mistaken) Traminer. Traminer covers a group of related grape varieties. Gewürztraminer wines can be matured in oak, but typically old/neutral wood because a new oak character would detract from the grapes' varietal character. Many Alsace wine producers use large old wooden cuves for such wines, the insides of which often have to be scraped out every few years because they gain layers of tartrates from the wines matured within, and which effectively separate the wine from direct contact with the (old) wood. So any such barrels will likely have no strong wood flavours and *maybe* only subtle Gewürztraminer flavours to impart to a whisky? Burgundy casks, from reputable wine producers, will almost all be made from European oak, and for decent quality producers it will most likely be French oak. Yes, American white oak can be used for producing Pinot Noir or Chardonnay wines, in many countries, but it's less common in "New World" countries and definitely frowned-upon/dismissed/disdained in quality French wine producing areas such as Burgundy. I doubt one would find a single Premier Cru Burgundy producer using American oak for their wines because customers wouldn't want to buy them--it would simply lower prices. Most burgundy wine casks are not 225L barriques such as used in Bordeaux but instead ~228L burgundy casks, which are a different shape. Hogsheads are or have been used in some wine producing areas--e.g. Australia, e.g. Yalumba, Hardy's, and a few other producers--but they're not typical, and very unlikely used with Pinor Noir or Chardonnay. I've only heard of their use with a few Australian Shiraz wines and perhaps also Grenache and/or Mourvèdre and/or blends of same. It is possible, however, that whisky producers wanting to add flavours to their whiskies might use a cask seasoned with red or white wine. I don't say that's what happened, or even likely, just that it's not impossible. ---- Not anything new but possibly interesting given the source: I recently saw a vid. where Oliver Chilton of Elixir spoke about sherry casks. Inter alia he said (I edited out the ums, etc.): 99% of the sherry butts used (in scotch whisky) are not used for the production of sherry. Historically they never would have used sherry casks, that would never have happened. The sherry industry keeps the casks for like 60 years, so they weren't shipping casks from bodegas over to Scotland. What they were doing was they were shipping transport casks. So we would have been using transport casks 60-70 years ago. That's casks that were used just to transport sherry from Spain to the UK. He also said that sherry-seasoned casks "normally had sherry in it for 2-3 years." That video is from 4 years ago. The vid. can be found here: ruclips.net/video/8EjF_-FmA-Q/видео.html starting at time: 50:34. I tried several times to save a link with the right start-time in it but couldn't seem to manage such, sorry.

Very nice! I enjoyed Edradour 12 yo 1st Fill Bergunfy Cask Single Malt Scotch!!

How about an Edradour finished in an Argentinian Malbec cask from Mendoza..?!?! 🥃

I love your pronunciation of Edradour, that R in french style is so cool 😁 Great review with comparison of these gems 🥂🥂🥂🙋‍♂️

I need a bottle ! Thanks for your review :)

Bunnahabhain 12 cask strength from 2022. How would it compare here?

Ah, yes... Beautiful Teeling Single Grain and Blackpits.

Initially disappointed with the GA18 I left it on the shelf for the past 18months. It is now just starting to become a nice dram, similar happens to the 15 after some time. I am a sucker for 18 year old whisky but would I pay double for the GA18 again? No. I find Ancnoc or Tomatin a far better buy if I need some sherry influence. If I want to spend 140€ then I will buy Ancnoc 24 ;)

Thanks for saving me $200 USD. One of the retailers gave up on this brand. The 12 year small batch is now $37 USD. I think one issue with the Macnair Lum Reek is their cartoon branding on the tin. A big retailer had another blend with a similar drawing on the tin but it was 1/2 the price. they were placed on within close proximity of each other on the shelf. Methinks when people saw them together they opted for the cheaper one or thought Lum Reek was over priced.

I don't get this company. All I have had is sourced whiskey.

The only west cork whiskey I would touch is the cask strength.

I never realized West Cork was that big. The ex bourbon cask matured 8 year single malt is the only one I reach for.

I love Scotch flavors, but to buy a cask strength Scottish Single Malt it is difficult to find any for less than $100, which is why I am getting more into bourbon since I can buy cask strength for less than $50 depending on the brand

My only Dalmore is their Cigar Malt which I got on offer but still haven't opened it.

I'll go for Tamdhu 15 or Benromach 15 instead of the Dalmore 15.

I had the pleasure of getting to know Ben 4 years ago through a mutual friend when he had just started as a Master Distiller at Hardenberg. He is really passionate about his job and gave us a small private distillery tour on a holiday. The future bottlings could be quite promising. Great to see Ben on your channel.

A slightly different story. Nice.

For value and quality the Arran QC is very hard to beat. It’s always on my shelf. Slàinte Jason 🥃

They brought the 10 to the USA this year for $160.00 retail. Cheers Jason

Deanston 10 Year Old Bordeaux Cask 32 GBP at LHR Duty Free! Outstanding!

Love this and for the price, it is a must buy! Cheers!

Fabulous Deanston expression. Unfortunately it’s vastly more expensive in Canada.

Tomatin Legacy Bourbon & Virgin Oak Casks @ 43% abv for £30 = €35.50c🍎🍒🍓🍅 Deanston Bordeaux Red Wine Cask Finish Aged 10 Years @ 46.3% abv🍨🎂🍫🍬 and Loch Lea Cask Strength Batch 1 @ 60.1% abv for £65 = €77♠️♥️♣️♦️

Arran and Deanston are very good brands🎱⚽️🏀🎳

balvenie 12 single barrel

Arran is so hard to find near me but seems like most other states carry it. We have a weird distribution set up

If poiten producers could fire out some decent, but easy, cocktail recipes I'm sure sales would increase significantly

Hi Jason My favorite deanston is 2002 organic oloroso cask strength, it's the best whiskey I have ever drank, it's expensive but well worth the price if you can find it, you can get it from cask cartel, but they are a very expensive place to buy your bottle's from, way way over priced, but if one really wants a bottle of something then you can get it from them, great review as always, keep up the great reviews !!!

Even out in utah I was able to grab this bottle. Its the first and only deanston I have tried. I liked. Differnet than most scotch ive tried. Good comparison to arran was curious about that one. Heres hoping one day that states like mine will stop being bought by the big whiskey lobby and stop violating comerece between states. (Unconstitutional but who cares about that these days)

One of my favorite Irish distilleries.

GREAT interview. Interesting distillery..!!!!

Well Ben, I dont think one can call themselves international until they have entered the utah market lol I would luv to try german whiskey. all the german beer I have ever tasted has been excellent . Great job as always Jason. Thanks for teaching me about distilleries I might ever heard of otherwise

How about a Commandaria cask from glenallachie

A couple of my favorite 15 yo Scotch Single Malts, Dalwhinnie and Glen Scotia. The only Dalmore bottle I own is the 12 Sherry Select. Not bad to enjoy with friends.

Not a Dalmore fan. Overrated and overpriced.

I had a really good independently bottled 15 year cask strength highland park from The Whisky Barrel, full maturation in PX sherry. I think it was called "Apolo 14 miles, and miles, and miles" or something like that. Great stuff and under $100 if you can ever get your hands on it.

Damn those Xmas special pot still releases sound good Im hoping for a xmas miracle just for utah to get your regular releases but those Xmas ones sound next level. Bring that new single malt here also lol Hopefully there not as pricey as those middelton's special releases