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Thanks for the reply and I'm Glad you enjoyed it. This distillery is under most peoples radar. It's a Beauty!

Thanks James, Have you tried any of the Indian Malts?

I hope you can get a winner like I did. Maybe I just appreciate it more because it is so hard to get.

Hi James, This was one was the best Springbanks I've had.

Thanks Ron. Well worth doing if your over there.

I was expecting the taste of ethanol but it was fruity sweet. It wasn't prickly or it didn't have any bite but left an oily coating on my mouth.

I like your use of the word magic. There is so much that I am still discovering from the hours of video and 4 people cataloging the trip with photos.

Thanks James, I'm a little slow to respond to everyone with the Jet lag and that serendipity that follows.

Thanks James, I turned on a few people on to the distillery and whiskey on my trip to England and Scotland. Nobody had heard of it.

Hi Pierre and thanks for watching the video. This distillery is producing some good whisky including the Ripple Rock. It has one several international awards and is the first distillery I believe in North America to be recognized by the SMWS but not a lot of people know about it. If you get a chance the Evans Reserve is also a goody (Sherry Cask). I will be flying off to Scotland in the morning so I wish you well. Slàinte Mhath

I think they've got a player with this one. It's a tough business for these new distilleries to wait for ten years because they still have to deal with their overhead and payroll. Unless they have a Gin still it's going to be non age statements. Now that they have the ten they will have to follow up with a twelve. Shelter Point distillery here on Vancouver Island just came out with their first twelve and I just finished a review on it. Slàinte Mhath

Thanks kindly and good to hear from you. If and when you get the chance, it is a classy sherry aged ten year old that could fool you into thinking it is older than those ten years thanks to good cask influence. Slàinte Mhath

Thanks for the reply and Slàinte Mhath

Thanks for the reply and I agree with you. I enjoyed the fifteen but felt that the casks were weak in the 18 so I would be cautious there especially with the higher price. Slàinte Mhath

Thanks for the reply and good to hear from you. I wish it had been a Billy Walker classic like the GlenDronach Allardice. Now the GlenAllachie fifteen is another story and still affordable. I will get back to the 18 maybe 6 months down the road after it's oxidized a bit and review it again. Slàinte Mhath

Thanks for the reply. My two weaknesses. Chocolate and scotch. I haven't paired them yet and yet I can taste them mmm. Slàinte Mhath

Thanks for your response and views. I have heard that in Ontario things are not moving off the shelves as they previously have. I will be Scotland in May and I am certain I will be getting an education if not a different perspective. We know that Whisky (and tourism) are their key source of revenue. Slàinte Mhaith

Thanks for the response. The Ten is a very tasty dram. I think both the ten and twelve are getting incredibly popular as an affordable replacement for the likes of Macallan. Slàinte Mhaith.

Good to hear from you and thanks for the response. I'm trying to put a positive spin on a negative situation but are the good deals running out? Will an old bugger like me be around for the next Whisky Loch? Slàinte Mhaith

Thanks for your views and the reply. It is a tough one to think I can get excited at $150 as a deal on an 18 year old whisky; and I lived through the Whisky Loch. I'm not sure how to put this in perspective. We all learned about gravity at a young age and so far the whisky industry seems to be defying gravity. It has to come back down to reality eventually. Slàinte Mhaith

Thanks for the response. I have not drank a lot Japanese whisky because it was already highly priced with very few age statements when I was getting into it. I became a little biased because I could buy an affordable better quality Scotch for less. I did the math and I am on a Whisky budget. I do have some Nikkas because they haven't gone through the roof yet and a few Yamazaki and Hibiki whiskies. I have a couple 12 year olds of what some reviewers call the "Phantom Kurayochi Distillery" whiskies. Aside from being accused as being fake Japanese whiskies, they are non chill filtered and natural color and not that bad but what Scottish distillery did they come from? Slàinte Mhaith.

Thanks for the response. You are very observant and thanks for that information. You are the 4th person to tell me that info. on the Boutique 24. I guess it's got to be true. That bottle taunts me every time I look at it; "It's time to open me". Let's see how much restraint I have to not open it. Slàinte Mhaith.

I didn't see it at anywhere in the UK when I was over there or even at the duty free. Personally I like the whiskey but I think it is Scotch in casks bottled in Japan or possibly blended with Japanese whiskey in Japan.

Hi James, I keep the 12 and 15 Red Breast on the shelf, always a favorite. I like my Tyrconnell 15 Madeira and 16 Oloroso-Moscotel cask from Cooley Distillery as well but I don't know if you can get it anymore. My son was going to buy me the 21 Red Breast as a gift (very expensive) so I told him I would prefer him to buy me the rare Irishman 17 cask strength single malt, still affordable (by Bernard and Rosemary Walsh of Walsh Whiskey). I believe it is from Bushmills. I have read some great reviews on it. I am waiting for a special occasion because it still has the lid on it. Tempting. The Irish are going through a Renaissance in whiskey making and you are seeing some amazing whiskies coming from so many new Irish distilleries. Slàinte Mhath

Thanks for the interest and the reply. Good ol' Ralfy. He just recently gave it an 87. I have been a fan of the Bunna since I first tried it in 2013. I hope to get a chance to try the 18 when I am in Scotland in May with my daughters. Slàinte Mhath

@@noelsworldofwhisky8208 speaking of Bunna 12, the other week I called past a local bottle shop. They had it on clearance sale for $87.30, so I scored the last 2 bottles. Where previously it had been around $120....

Thanks for the interest and the reply. Both the Single Malt 46% and the CS are excellent choices. I also have the Ten and the Twelve that have that Shelter Point signature taste. These are whiskies matured in Jack Daniels Bourbon Barrels and because of the quality of the barley used (grown next door to the distillery) they have a sweet malty barley sugar taste to their whiskies. They don't need to be finished in Sherry. Slàinte Mhath

@@noelsworldofwhisky8208 Cheers Noel, much appreitiated, by the way if you see Benromach Contrast organic (2014 batch bottled in 23) in the next few months I hear it is worth a purchase. They use a local farms produce & virgin oak casks & Roy (Aqvavitae) gave it a good review last night,

Thanks kindly for the feedback and good to hear from you. I honestly enjoyed the 18 Glenlivet regardless of the ABV. Most of us have something hidden away and I have a 24 year old Independent bottling of Glenlivet that's been around for a few years. I haven't popped the cork. Waiting for that special moment........Sláinte

@@noelsworldofwhisky8208 that 24 yr sounds enticing… I have many special bottles tucked away as well…

Thanks for watching and I certainly agree with you. I think even with the awards they have won, they are still a well kept secret. I have turned people on to the brand in the UK and Scotland and they say they can't find it on the shelves so distribution is still a challenge for the Canadian Single Malts.

@@noelsworldofwhisky8208 Yes I agree with you - distribution needs to get much better! Thanks for the awesome reply!

Thanks for the interest. It is so painful when I know I am paying such a high price more than most places around the world and a lot of it is taxes. Alberta is a lot cheaper than BC as well. Unfortunately we also have the BCL which have there own store and are controlling what the private stores can bring in. That's a whole other can of worms. Cheers

The BCLCB not only have a cash cow with their stores but also control the tap to their competition, the private stores. I wonder how that affects pricing?

@@noelsworldofwhisky8208 that’s true. You can always see the how much they make based on the prices in Alberta. I always check BSW and Costco in Alberta and the difference is BCLCB’s profit! Whisky suffers the most as their “tax” is based on ABV. The best thing to do here is buying form Duty Free when crossing to US but you are limited to 1 bottle if you will be outside for 48 hours.

Hi James, Thanks on that. I am a Billy Walker fan and have a few Glenallachie bottlings so I will have to keep an eye open for it. Sláinte Mhaith

To 24 and the late and great Dr. Jim Swan.

Thanks for the tip. You were lucky if it sold out in 13 seconds. Those ones you usually stand in long line ups (early in the morning). I have seen the Bruges Whiskies before because a friend introduced me; if I remember rightly, a wine finished bottling, but have not run into the Rogia Canasta Sherry cask.

Hi Ironman. Thanks for viewing. Boy, I would sure like to see that here. The BCLB have a monopoly here and is like a giant cartel. They make it difficult for the smaller stores to bring in certain spirits that they would have no problem selling. They have a monopoly on the pricing as well.