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Whisky Lock
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Whisky Reviews, News and Info from Great Britain.
From common every day drams to the exotic and the obscure. Focused on Scotch but also dabbling in Bourbon, English, Japanese, Gin and worldwide spirits.
The Whisky Lo[ch] was the name given to the enormous surplus of stock resulting from poor sales of Scotch Whisky in the 1980s when many distilleries including the prestigious Brora were mothballed. The Whisky Loch was a terrible time for all but sounds like a delightful place for a swim!
Whisky LOCK is the condition of being fixated and obsessed with tasting, learning about, searching for and talking about all things Whisky. Are you Whisky Locked?
Bottle images used with permission from Master of Malt or Whisky Exchange or under Fair Use Licence.
From common every day drams to the exotic and the obscure. Focused on Scotch but also dabbling in Bourbon, English, Japanese, Gin and worldwide spirits.
The Whisky Lo[ch] was the name given to the enormous surplus of stock resulting from poor sales of Scotch Whisky in the 1980s when many distilleries including the prestigious Brora were mothballed. The Whisky Loch was a terrible time for all but sounds like a delightful place for a swim!
Whisky LOCK is the condition of being fixated and obsessed with tasting, learning about, searching for and talking about all things Whisky. Are you Whisky Locked?
Bottle images used with permission from Master of Malt or Whisky Exchange or under Fair Use Licence.
Smoky Scot Caol Ila - Whisky Review 211
Smoky Scot Caol Ila - Whisky Review
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English Whisky Company - Peated Oloroso Cask - Whisky Review 210
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A Single Cask and Cask Strength release from the English Whisky Company's Red Range. Heavily peated to 60ppm and matured in an oloroso sherry cask #WhiskyReview #WhiskyTube #EnglishWhisky #EWC #Whisky #CaskStrength #SingleCask #WhiskyLock
Laphroaig 10 Cask Strength Batch 15 vs 16 vs 17 - Whisky Review 209 Extra
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Laphroaig 10 Cask Strength Batch 15 vs 16 vs 17 - Whisky Review 209 Extra #WhiskyReview #WhiskyTube #Scotch #Laphroaig #CaskStrength #Whisky #WhiskyLock
Laphroaig 10 Cask Strength Batch 17 - Whisky Review 209
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Laphroaig 10 Cask Strength Batch 17 - Whisky Review #WhiskyReview #WhiskyTube #Scotch #Laphroaig #Islay #Whisky #WhiskyLock
Heavily Smoked Sherry Butt (English Whisky Company) - Whisky Review 208
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English Whisky Company Heavily Smoked Sherry Butt - Whisky Review #WhiskyReview #WhiskyTube #EnglishWhisky #EWC #TheEnglish #Whisky #WhiskyLock
Black Bottle Old Bottle 2009 - Whisky Review 207
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Black Bottle Old Bottle 2009 - Whisky Review 207 An old bottling of this iconic blended Scotch whisky bought at auction to see how it has changed over the years. #WhiskyReview #WhiskyTube #Scotch #BlendedScotch #BlackBottle #GordonGraham #Whisky #WhiskyLock
Old Pulteney Harbour - Whisky Review 206
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Old Pulteney Harbour - Whisky Review #WhiskyReview #WhiskyTube #Scotch #OldPulteney #Pulteney #Whisky #WhiskyLock
Laphroaig 18 Comparison - 18 vs 18 vs 16 - Whisky Review 205
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Initial thoughts comparison of the new Laphroaig 18yo compared to some other high teen Laphroaigs: Laphroaig 18 (2024) Laphroaig 18 (2014) Laphroaig 16 (2019) #whiskyreview #WhiskyTube #Scotch #Laphroaig #Whisky #WhiskyLock #Islay #IslayWhisky #Peat #BlindDrams
Cotswolds White Pheasant New Make - Review 204
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Cotswolds White Pheasant New Make Review #WhiskyReview #WhiskyTube #EnglishWhisky #CotwoldsDistillery #NewMake #Cleric #WhiteDog #WhiskyLock
The English Virgin Oak Red Range Single Cask Cask Strength - Whisky Review 203
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The English Virgin Oak Red Range Single Cask Cask Strength #WhiskyReview #WhiskyTube #EnglishWhisky #EWC #TheEnglish #Whisky #WhiskyLock #VirginOak #CaskStrength #SingleCask
Port Charlotte Heavily Peated - Whisky Review 202
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Port Charlotte Heavily Peated - Whisky Review 202 #WhiskyReview #WhiskyTube #Scotch #Bruichladdich #PortCharlotte #NAS #Whisky #WhiskyLock
Glendower Blended Malt - Whisky Review 201
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Glendower Blended Malt Bad whisky isn't always cheap... but cheap whisky doesn't have to be bad! Join me as I take a look at this very accessible and affordable whisky. #WhiskyReview #WhiskyTube #Scotch #BlendedMalt #Glendower #JohnMclaren #Whisky #WhiskyLock
Port Charlotte 18yo - Whisky Review 200
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Ardnahoe Inaugural 5yo - Whisky Review 199
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Daftmill 2008 - Whisky Review 198
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Daftmill 2008 - Whisky Review 198 Cask 025/2008 Bottled for Master of Malt 56.6% #WhiskyReview #WhiskyTube #Scotch #Daftmill #Lowlands #Whisky #WhiskyLock #CaskStrength
Port Charlotte 10 - Whisky Review 196
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Port Charlotte 10 - Whisky Review 196
Cotswolds Sherry Cask - Whisky Review 195
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Cotswolds Sherry Cask - Whisky Review 195
Bruichladdich The Classic Laddie - Whisky Review 194
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Bruichladdich The Classic Laddie - Whisky Review 194
Cotswolds Bourbon Cask - English Whisky Review 193
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Cotswolds Bourbon Cask - English Whisky Review 193
English Whisky Company Triple Distilled Chapter 17 - Whisky Review 192
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English Whisky Company Triple Distilled Chapter 17 - Whisky Review 192
Alkemy Sugar Beet Spirit - Review 191
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Alkemy Sugar Beet Spirit - Review 191
Get More Out of Your Whisky - April Fools 2024
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Foursquare Indelible Rum - ECS - Review 189
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Foursquare Indelible Rum - ECS - Review 189
RL Seale's 10yo Bajan Rum - Review 187
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RL Seale's 10yo Bajan Rum - Review 187
Bain's Single Grain - Whisky Review 186
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Bain's Single Grain - Whisky Review 186
Kilchoman 100% Islay Batch 13 - Whisky Review 185
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Kilchoman 100% Islay Batch 13 - Whisky Review 185
Annandale Man O Words & Man O Swords - Whisky Reviews 184 & 185
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Annandale Man O Words & Man O Swords - Whisky Reviews 184 & 185
Tesco £20. not bad.
For £20 it's a decent dram. I hope we see this distillery aiming higher with future releases though.
I believe the funk you speak of comes from the molasses taste, as a Jamaican i love your review, as a Jamaican i laugh because it's way too strong for me 😇
I’ve watched a lot of your reviews, and never seen you wax quite this poetic about a dram. As a peathead myself, this makes me want to chase this down here in the states.
This falls under the 'Something you scared of but want anyways' category.
It does! It really does. It's probably even more of an acquired taste than your Ardbegs and Laphroaigs too but I love it.
Good job Shane as always! Now that smoky Scot is on my radar ! Cheers! 🥃
Cheers 🥃
Used engine oil... sounds lovely
Much safer than adding actual engine oil to your whisky...
I remember you liking the Smoky Scot from the Advent calendar. Looks like it is available in Australia but hasn't made it to the NZ market. I have the Port Askaig 100 proof which is reported to be Caol Ila. I also have the Finlaggan Eilean Mor and Finlaggan Cask Strength which may be Caol Ila distillate. Cheers!
As you suggest there is at least one Peathead watched another great review. Have yet to find (and try) that Smoky Scot. Slàinte mhath
I've been meaning to pick this up after the 23 Christmas "showdown" 😂 and I've even had it in the basket a few times but never been able to hit the free shipping limit with the vendors that have it. (which I've found hit and miss) I'll get one as the flavour profile sounds right up my street
Coffee with petrol poured over! Sounds perfect for me Shane!! Great review!!
Great review , in fact I've just gone on Master of Malt and bought myself a bottle. Can't wait to try this out . Hoping I'll love it 😂 cheers Shane
2 great value whisky's, there is good stuff out there at a reasonable price, it just takes a bit of looking around, I enjoyed your Christmas advent calendar reviews as things like these pop up.
Good review, Shane! However, it made me realise something. We are all masochists here. Must be. First we overspend on our whisky (prices being what they are these days); then we expose ourselves to scents and flavours like cow stable, maneur, tar, burnt petrol, iodine, bandages… Now I am depressed 😂
"What you see is what you get." This old adage probably sums up this whisky. I've been enjoying my bottle with the occasional dram since you gave it some well deserved praise in the Advent Calendar series of videos. Great to have a 5yo peated dram which shows off the distillate so well and clearly lets the cask play just a secondary role. And the value for money is superb! Cheers.
Its truly good stuff! It has this lean, sharp, focused quality that I really love. I keep comparing it to the smokehead unfiltered that I got recently and my preference for smoky scot just keeps getting larger. How do you feel about that comparison?
Great review! I think I am enjoying the Smoky Scot as much as you are, a great Bang for your Buck bottle. Cheers!
Hey I remember these two, actually bought the Tullabardine because of the advent calender episode. Absolutely lovely that one, thinking of buying another bottle.
Compared to the wee beastie? How is it
I prefer Smoky Scot. It obviously doesn't have the sherry influence at all. Smoky Scot is 100% pure peated malt with little else to distract. I love it 👍
Oh a Tullibardine hey….looking forward to that one! Cheers 🥃
Artwork is interesting. They've gone for the white Laphroaig tube but slapped a Kilchoman Islay style map on it.
Good point. It's inspired by existing distilleries' branding shall we say...
I'm onto my second bottle of Smoky Scot. Lovely rugged stuff. Curry-proof indeed! $82 Australian (it went up $7, boo hoo), which is still good value. Don't you love that unabashed age statement!
Great callback of the '23 Christmas season 🙂. I've already nearly finished the bottle of the Murray McDavid which I quickly acquired at the time, but the Smoky Scot will probably be popped come autumn.
Well done Shane , i do love a young oily Caol Ila
Caol Ila is so underrated. Cheers 🥃
Well I enjoyed this review, as much as you did. Cheers mate😉
Great to hear! Cheers 🥃
Great review - thanks! Always brightens up my Tuesday AM commute (although often lightens my wallet…)
Thanks! 😁 And apologies 😉
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I've always found your reviews helpful but I haven't found a full review of yours of this and was wondering if you were still considering doing one? I haven't tried it yet but I have seen a vpub from aqvavitae giving it praise and am considering sourcing it from overseas. Thanks
Have had no luck with this one after 3 bottles over 6 years. Too sharp and a bit boring.
Hi! I wouldn't have a problem with it being on the simple and straight forward side (ie boring), that style can be a nice change now and again. But I agree it is a little sharp, maybe even borderline rough. I feel like Bruichladdich should have the stocks to be able to improve it in that regard. More in line with the old Laddie 10.
@@WhiskyLock I tend to reach for Islay Barley or Bere Barley. Both quite a bit more expensive here. Even those need a good amount of time to settle down open up in my experience. At a similar price point, Glencadam 10 is what I’d go with. Clearly better to me, and cheaper. Great job with your channel, by the way.
@@utoobia I bought a set of Glencadams a few months ago. Not opened yet but really looking forward to it. Thanks buddy 🥃
@@WhiskyLock Sounds like a review! I’ve had 2 bottles each of the 10 and 15. Both very impressive. Excited to try the 18, and they have a few other interesting bottlings.
We just got back from this distillery after tasting their whisky. Here is my take as an amateur non whisky enjoyer... Whiff of the edge of an arsehole on the nose. Possibility of red pepper consumption the night before coupled with a slightly inadequate wipe. Definitly a scruncher, not a folder as the bleached paper is profound. The taste. Fire on the inhale and exhale. Fire through the nostrils. Fire thereafter. Taste buds ruined but the taste of an old antique shop run by a paedophile persisted. Now... The New Make they do is *pure* gold. 63.5%, this has not been ruined by letting it rot in old barrels for years just so people can be false officionados about it. Toss in a slug of organic ginger shot and a good lick of Iron Bru. I call it the Scotscow Fuel. Fight your partner after just one 🎉
Now those are some characterful tasting notes 😂 I wish Lindores all the best and hope they figure things out.
@@WhiskyLock I pride myself on my sophisticated palette. Get yourself some of their New Make or Aqua Vita. Both fantastic 🎉
Great breakdown, Shane! That it's such a close comparison might be the best endorsement of how well they are doing with these releases. Cheers!
Absolutely! It's an incredible annual release. Cheers 🥃
The last one that fully convinced me was Batch #12. Apart from the fact that the colouring is really a pitty, I encounter a slightly unpleaseant herbal bitterness in #17. Not for a 100% my cup of tea but there is still a third of the bottle left to make friends. I also miss the maritime iodine to some extent. Cheers and keep it up!
Hi Matts. #12 was another good one. I get that herbal note in #17 too but don't dislike it. It's something that I remember from some much older batches. Funny when such things come back after a long absence! Maybe we'll get a really maritime batch soon too... although I suspect there's an element of changing house style to that. Cheers 🥃
@@WhiskyLock It's hard to describe with Batch #17, it's not that I don't like it. With regard to the herbal bitterness, it's just a tiny annoyance that I haven't quite been able to make friends with yet. But it's getting better over time. I find the herbaceousness of the last batches somehow different from earlier batches. I think I'll be tasting a few older versions in parallel with the newer ones over the next few weeks. Fortunately, I still have small samples of almost all the old batches. Cheers 🥃
Just bc I can afford something doesn’t mean it’s a buy.
This is a very good point. IMHO there are a lot of people with buyers remorse and/or shamelessly flaunting their wealth these days. There's nothing to be won in deliberately overpaying for things... although many companies don't want you to figure that out 😅
I have heard that the Lidls Ben Bracken Speyside is Tamnavulin, it would be interesting to compare the double cask against the Ben Bracken
It's been a few years since I had Ben Bracken Speyside but I think it's likely and thought the same when I had it. Makes sense with a lot of Lidl whisky being sourced through Whyte & Mackay who own Tamnavulin 👍
Hi Shane have you tried the sherry cask, very cheap. It has a sourness which I struggle with but I have found 30ml of Glenfarclas 105 into the bottle makes it more palatable and it is then a fine every day dram. The 105 does nothing for the abv just smooths out the sour notes .
@@andywalker6908 I love a bit of home blending. Things like GF105 are perfect for this. I've tried quite a few of the Tamnavulin cask finishes and always found the standard Double Cask to be the best. Cheers 🥃
Greetings Shane, Because of your enthusiasm I’ve gone down yet another rabbit hole 🤯 I’m enjoying The English single rum cask # 0481 June 2009-October 2017 @ 57.8% Have you tried this? Also can you provide the specs on this Sherry single cask ? I took screenshot but can’t decipher?
I'm really glad you were able to find a Red Range, John. I think I tried that one at the distillery (I've had a few of their rum casks and believe I've reviewed two of the 46%ers) but I didn't buy a whole bottle of it. The Peated Oloroso Cask is 57.7%, peated to 60ppm, cask B1/0867, 1 of 280 bottles, distilled in June 2011 and bottled in October 2022 resulting in 11yrs and 4months maturation. It's one of the best whiskies I've had from EWC barring things like the recent insanely priced 15yo single cask release.
@@WhiskyLock awesome I might know a place that might have it fingers crossed 🤞😇
I have a bottle of the unpeated version of this but haven't opened it yet... have you heard of Dartmoor whisky? They're English too - be interested to hear what you think of them too! Unfortunately no age statement to my knowledge :(
I tried that side by side against this. They're both very good. I did prefer the peated version, and not just for the peat, but it's close 👍 I haven't tried anything from Dartmoor yet. As you probably know, I went through a lot of new distillery offerings for a while but had to draw a line under it because it was becoming a full time job! It's insane how many new distilleries are coming online. Have you tried anything from Dartmoor? Any recommendations? Cheers 🥃
That's interesting - I'll have to open it up at some point to try it out. I've had it for around a year now, bought it from the distillery with the voucher they give you after the tour lol From Dartmoor I tried the Bordeaux wine and Bourbon casks from their main range about a year ago and the Bordeaux was the better one for me. At the time I tried them I hadn't really had a lot of whiskies but I do remember that I enjoyed the Bordeaux wine cask more. They also do an Olorosso sherry cask which is slightly more expensive but I haven't tried that one yet, although I have an unopened bottle of that too. I need to stop saving these whiskies and enjoy them lol Cheers!🍻
@@Clive-Here always worth using those vouchers! I know what you mean about buying more than you drink though 😬 I'm still trying to thin my stock out a little... and not making a lot of progress. Cheers 🥃
@WhiskyLock currently I've got the Penderyn madeira cask, Penderyn Legend (which is apparently from the same cask, just 4th 5th or 6th fill) English whisky virgin oak (red and white boxes) and a bottle of Talisker open with a bottle of Jamesons in a decanter. I am too trying to thin the stock with not much luck lol at least they won't go out of date! Cheers!
@@Clive-Here interesting info about Penderyn Legend - makes sense. I think the Madeira Penderyn is a lovely dram, especially on offer. If that's your whole collection then you are doing significantly better at limiting yourself than me 😂 Cheers 🥃
Came here after doing a similar exercise with Bell's, Famous Grouse and Pig's Nose... Guess i'm not at your level yet, because I can't believe you were able to pick up all of that on the nose... :D That said, I thought it was MUCH better than Famous Grouse, seriously. I think it's actually decent!
Good to hear that you had a similar experience. Bell's gets a bad rap. IMHO unfairly so. Grouse on the other hand probably gets more praise than it deserves 😁
Great review and comparison Shane! Really wish we could get this in my market. Cheers!
Cheers Simonne 🥃
Just as long as it doesn't remind us of what the hospital floor cleaner is cleaning up, right?
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Excellent review of one of my favorites. I have some very old bottles, 15 may be my most recent. They are all superb - and as you say somewhat different but all unmistakably Laphroaig. I have a 40 year old unopened bottle on the shelf I bought new at CDG. Been drinking the 12 and 15 here at the ranch -
Oh this is for me!! Sounds delicious! I have cut back and I'm peaching moderation! It's about maintaining good health. Just saw a drunk reviewer on another channel and it's appalling to be honest. Thanks for your amazing, insightful reviews!! Much appreciated! 🙂
A drunk reviewer 😮😬 thanks as always Christine 🥃
I bought this bottle because of this review, and I love it. As always, thanks!
That's my favourite thing to hear. I'm glad you're enjoying it too. Cheers 🥃
Single cask whisky always catches my eye. For the most part I have had good luck with them but every once in awhile there is a regrettable one. Cheers to another great review.
It's frustrating when you get a dud... but so rewarding when you get a good one 😍 Cheers 🥃
Hi Shane, I'm fairly sure I've seen a Cadenheads bottling of EWC in a local store, but if so it's not listed on their website so I'll have to return and double-check. Whiskybase WB199100. It ̶s̶o̶u̶n̶d̶s̶ reads... intriguing, if not necessarily crowd-pleasing, which is not necessarily a bad thing.🙃
Sounds delicious, thanks for another great review.
I've managed to thoroughly tire myself of sherry cask strength whisky lately by buying 7 or so of the signatory 100 proof bottles.. . Whenever I go l back to the category I'll put the English whisky company on the top of the list, especially the peated stuff
EWC do some great peated whisky. Unlike a lot of other English distilleries they actually use peated malt 👍
What an excellent review. You know, you can get most styles of Single malts in the Kosher market today except.....heavily peated Oloroso Sherry cask matured. Yes, Yerushalmi distillery do heavily peated Rum, Kosher Sweet Dessert Wine, Kosher Red Wine, Virgin Oak Single malts and combinations of, and do them all very well. M&H do some great Kosher Ex-Sherry cask matured single malts but....a heavily peated Kosher Ex-Sherry cask release - that I'd love to try. Unfortunately there is nothing like that as yet where you get a smoky, peaty, sweet red fruits and sour dough pastry taste, similar to a wood oven baked rhubarb pie, which can only come from First-Fill Oloroso casks.
Again you make EWC sound so delicious, I'm really going to have to get my hands on a bottle. Will definitely keep an eye out for it next time I cross the channel.
Hope you manage to find a good one! Thank you for the support 🙏 Cheers 🥃
another great review Shane I must try and get a bottle from the English Whisky Company at some point.
You cut out just as I wanted to see how you put back down the 15 and 16 after first picking them up, as you commented earlier you keep the older in your left to not get confused...but when you lifted the 16 up to compare to the 15 the 15 was already in your RH so you had them the opposite of what you stated you are comfortable doing or you'll mess them up haha. Did you put them back down in the right spot? Great to see these compared, I was already looking forward to the 17 from the full review but you know...from your first taste in this one and the comments immediately after, man I can't wait to try it! In Canada, that means probably being patient for another 3-5 months. boo.
Honestly... 🙂... I got confused at this point because I was talking when I should've been concentrating! I cut the video, nosed them to figure out which was which and them rewound the video to be 100% sure that I hadn't messed up 😂 I knew it would happen! I'm glad you got something out of this and I hope #17 gets to you soon. Cheers 🥃
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