I’ve been thinking about doing a video specifically on peated whiskies that aren’t obnoxiously offensive to folks who prefer the sweeter side of scotch and here it is! I teamed up with Steve (@TheWhiskyWatch) to get a new set of videos for your optical and audio pleasure.
Let me know what you think! Where do you stand on peated whisky? How do you like the new second camera angle?
-Sniff
Are you looking for some new whiskies? I sat down with The Whiskey Library DC to talk about the bottles that were released this year. Have a quick listen to our thoughts and let me know if you’ve found any of these and what you think of them!
Slainte!
Happy Whisky Wednesday fellow scotch lovers!!
I have to admit, I didn’t expect to write this entry today but with so many small things happening all at once, I definitely feel compelled to type up some magic for you.
***** EDIT: ScotchNSniff glasses are NOW available on SIPDARK.com!!!!! *****
Right off the bat, I need you to know that ScotchNSniff finished recording 25 new videos for the youtube channel. Nineteen of them are One Minute Whiskies and the other six are typical ScotchNSniff videos but they’ll be hosted by myself and Tim and Brian from The Whisky Library DC. Hopefully you’ll find them all entertaining as we covered a gamut of topics and even had one wild rant video. Here’s the newest of the OMW videos:
For everyone who’s been following along, remember, the OMWs are lighter reviews meant to give you a quick overview of a whisky while you’re out and about. It’s not an in depth set of notes. 🙂
In terms of random thoughts, you guys might have noticed that the end of this year has been an absolute barrage of new whiskies from a number of distilleries everywhere around the world and though I hope I can review most of them, I know it’ll be super difficult so expect everything coming to be in the Scotch Versus Scotch type format.
The last thing I wanted to throw out there in this post are a few pictures that I’m excited about related to Stranger Things 2. Yes, these pictures include a set of toys from the show. No, I have no intention of doing what ScotchTrooper does. He’s a freight train when it comes to Star Wars toys pictures but these are just my own excitement for a TV show manifest in the form of some images. Enjoy!! Happy Whisky Wednesday!!
(Okay, I’ll add some other ones in there too!)
I might start selling prints of this one:
A few weeks ago I got an opportunity to indulge in some of the most expensive whiskies available from The Macallan. It was a dram come true for many a whisky lover. The No 6. The M. The dream. Just when I thought I had woken up, like the movie Inception, I must have been subject to a dream within a dream. Even with the first kick of leaving the Macallan event, just a few short weeks later, I found myself drinking one of the most expensive whiskies to have ever existed.
[The Balvenie 50 Year Cask 191.]
I don’t know what you’re thinking but I know what I was thinking… did it taste like $40,000?
Some would argue that no whisky is worth that price of admission but for something distilled in 1952 only to be disturbed again in 2002, it’s hard to say that the cost per bottle wouldn’t be astronomically high considering the years of storage, care, and the angel’s share.
The color was a dark red. So dark red that it looked black any time you were looking at the edges of the dram in direct light. It was impossible to see through the bottle.
The nose had hints of fruit sweetness and actually made me believe that the pour would be on the lighter side of the palate. I was expecting something more typical of Balvenie’s signature profile but I am so glad I was wrong.
Uncharacteristic of Balvenie, the palate was an explosion of flavor. It’s typical of older whiskies that they can lose a lot of vibrancy and life from so many years in the cask but this 50 year old was alive and kicking! David Stewart, MBE., continued to try and assure me of the sweetness that I was tasting but my palate disagreed quite a bit. Yes, about 25% of what I was tasting was similar to raw sugar but the other 75% of the palate was definitely filled with spices. It wasn’t over whelming but it was definitely in your face. Amazing.
The finish was soft and unassuming, not too short and not too long.
I’m not sure what my brain was expecting beyond the honeyed and softer notes we’ve come to expect from Balvenie as of late but I definitely didn’t mind being surprised. This was bold. This was borderline brash. This was brilliant.
I’m so thankful that I had an opportunity to try it. It was certainly once in a life time and lately I’ve felt like I’ve been living enough to last a few.
Without further ado, my video interview of David Stewart, MBE. is below along with pictures from the event.
Enjoy! Slainte!
[The setup for the interview]
[@TheScotchFather and @theScotchWhisperer talking]
[Aaron of @whisky.arch interviewing DCS MBE]
[David C. Stewart, MBE.]
[A little group picture action! (thanks Jason for snapping this)]
[Tracie from Glenfiddich (@glenfiddichtf) with DCS MBE]
[Tim of @Whiskey_Library_DC speaking with Jack Rose owner @Mashbill_Thomas]
[Eric of @ScotchAndTime being ridiculous :P]
[Signature Time!]
[Tim of @Whiskey_Library_DC with DCS MBE]
[Raising a toast to @theScotchFather]
[Tracie (@GlenfiddichTF) exchanging a glance with Jen H. of Momentum who handles the marketing for WMG&S in the DC area!]
[All eyes on David]
So we’ve definitely been working on more posts but haven’t had a chance to publish them yet. Until we get around to that, enjoy this video!
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ScotchNSniff… are… on… youtube 🙂
This is something we’ve thought about doing for a long while now and thanks to a friend who lives in the video world, it’s become a reality. We’re hoping to bring a different perspective to the scotch and whisk(e)y world that might be a bit more relaxed than most people are used too. Then again, we think that everyone should be able to enjoy whisk(e)y without the pretensions that have been left at the quality spirit table.
Are there certain topics in the whisk(e)y world you’d like to hear about? Certain bottles you’d like to see reviewed? Leave us a comment here or on our new youtube channel and we’ll do our best to help you in your whisky journey 😀
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