The term beginner can be difficult, I have found. Someone completely new to Whisky, but who has a very adventurous palate for lots of different foods, wine, and beer can jump into challenging Whisky. Myself I started with Bourbon, and by the time I fell down the malt Whisky rabbit hole was drinking mostly cask strength. This coupled with a lot of research on WhiskyTube had me in adventurous Scotch right away. Great list. Cheers
I was already wondering, what about the Craigellachie 13!? But then...of course 😁 What cracked me up is that I literally just ordered two bottles of the Kilkerran 12 when the notification popped up. Excellent timing good Sir😎 Great video! Great list! - I like the new 3 words descriptives for each bottle/brand, nice touch 👍 Keep up the great work! Slainte 🥃
I've noticed I tend to like whiskies made with worm tub condensers... often described as meaty, funky or a bit sulfurous. Love the Craigellachie, Springbank, Edradour, Talisker, Mortlach, Speyburn, Oban and a few others. There are less than 2 dozen now that use them.
Wow i love all those distilleries..so thats the secret 🤯 I never appreciated how much worm tub condensers make an impact or impart a flavor i highly favor anyway. Talisker and Oban surprise me the most from that list.
Loved this title and theme as soon as I saw it! Totally correct with the concept! I had Springbank's Kilkerran and Longrow (gifted to me by a friend) and they are indeed dirty! Funk makes 'em dirty! I pick up a yeasty note with Bruichladdich and the Springbank lines I have tried. Maybe that is the farmy note? And appealing to experienced whiskey lovers. I LOVE Glen Scotia 12! It's one of my fave single malts. Loch Lomond is an excellent distillery under the radar. Your channel is an ideal whiskey channel, in my opinion. On point across all criteria.
@@Gwhisky Thanks Geoff. Can you believe Loch Lomond is pencilled in for December 2024 - eighteen months away! But I have made a note to make sure I buy the 18yr old. Thanks again.
Great list with some of my favorite distilleries on it. I was not thinking about Ben Nevis but it fits perfectly on this list. I have actually never had a bottle of OB Ben Nevis only IB's which have been very good to excellent. I'm with a lot of the other's commenting and would put Edradour on here. Cheers to another great list that Mom would like 🤣
Great list Geoff, I'd love any of these whiskies. Benromach, Bladnoch and a recent find of mine Gold Cock 20 a Czech whisky would be my additions to the list. Cheers 🥃
I just picked up the 2013 Islay Barley -- great stuff and a solid list as always Geoff!. I too love the the Ben Nevis, and have recently been drinking Signatory Vintage Unchillfiltered versions of them. I would add the Ben Nevis and several others on the list are full-bodied and oily. You know it's a dirty, dirty whisky, when you can't introduce it to your parents.
Agreed the Ardmore is good and the malt whisky Soc seem to have great cask strength from both these distilleries. Loch Lomond grain is fast becoming a favourite👍
Excellent list. I could add *BenRiach 16* (old bottling from 10 years ago). This is really Springbank style. *Ardmore 20* It's dirty with loads of copper pipe smells and flavours. *Bruichladdich Octomore x.1* Particularly, the 07.1 was amazing. Dirty engine oil and burnt electric cables, with coal tar soap. *Kilchoman 100% Islay 5th Edition* Oooh, this is burnt porridge and custard apple tart.
I've not had that Benriach 16, I don't think. Ardmore 20 is good, but I almost exlcusively buy the IBs from the brand. I'll admit the OBs are quite well priced, though. As for the Kilchoman and Bruichladdich releases... well, there's a peated list on the way. Cheers Reb! 🥃
If you want musty, dunnage warehouse and most definitely dirty, get your hands on an Edradour. Try a cask strength one, but if you can't get hold of that, then the 12YO Caledonia is everything you want from a real dirty sherried bomb. The standard 10 at 40% almost makes the grade but is perhaps a little too low on the ABV scale to really achieve that merit. Love the rest of you r list and as I have commented many times before on your channel, that Glen Scotia 8 is a real dirty little dram which I love and was close to being my whisky of the year last year. Another dirty challenger also from Campbeltown is the Kilkerran 8 Cask Strength.
@@Gwhisky Ben Nevis? Seriously? Not even close to Springbank. Neither is Craig, neither is LL. Glen Scotia, yes. Kilkerran, yes. They are similar. But they are made with the same Loch water. And they have some of the same employees even.
Nice list man! Indie Ardmore rarely lets me down. And Ben Nevis is dirty in all the right ways. In regards to that Laddie Rockside Farm release, there is still hope! I found a dusty one on a shelf in Alberta last year. Always hope it seems. I'll have to crack it soon! Cheers 🥃
Ben Nevis - peated to some extent anyway. Thank you 🙏 Was shot down in flames in the BN distillery when I mentioned peat. I was able to live with the apparent error as I’m more of a drinker than an expert however the public denouncement of my palate was sore!! I’m defo subscribed as my drinking favourites seem to have a big overlap here. Thank you
Great content G. Very funny 🤣. I have that 2007 Rockside farm. I think of it as the cleanest farm/malt forward dram. Sounds like you shouldn't bring your best new shoes to Campbelltown, cause it's a dirty place. I like my dirty little Mortlach.
That 2007 is amazing stuff. Incredibly salty and coastal, and yes, a great farm/malt character behind it. Mortlach, you say. Well, there's a sherried list on the way... 🥃
@@Gwhisky I don't know about sherried, my indie Mortlach is 1st fill bourbon and the GOT seemed very similar. I've not tried any OB's. I just bought a new Uigeadail to crack open with your Ardbeg video. I couldn't resist the last one on the shelf for $79. I usually see them for about 90 and Cory for more
@@Gwhisky You're right, my additions are usually sherried :). But Independent bottlers sometimes offer non-standard versions. I currently have a Mortlach open that's been in a bourbon barrel. Powerful stuff, reminds me of "old skool" Ardbeg 10 without the peat.
Yeah it gets blurry because sherry is separate from distillate, and distillate is often what makes sherried whiskies unique. Those brands would still be unique without the sherried influence, but the ones you named are all known for sherry, so that's the list where they're most likely to appear. 🥃
The best bottle I have a pepperoni and what is a spring bank 15. I loved the complex lightly Peated liver profile. I picked it up for $149 US to a half years ago since then, I’ve been trying to find an equal value
Hello Geoff, Great List, nothing to add. I actually love dirty Whiskies and i'm always searching for new Expressions of characterfull Bottlings. Right now i have an IB of Ben Nevis (heavily peated and finished in Foursquare Rum Barrel which gives em a really great Pineapple Note) Really Good Stuff. Thanks for this Video and Greetings from Germany 😎🤘
Hi Geoff, thought Edradour would have made an appearance. Haven’t had the Victoriana but the rest are all excellent drams (for me). An excellent list and of course a good list video. 👍, slàinte Geoff 🥃
A solid list of characterful malts indeed. Haven't tasted Bruichladdich and Ben Nevis yet but the others are funky, no doubt about it:) Mortlach and Tomatin also have something dirty and funky in their profiles. Edradour, despite the hammering of very active casks is also pretty dirty malt. Cheers!
Great list. Edradour and Glenturret would feature on my list, but I am sure you would list them as the dirty sherry matured/finished whiskies. Although Edradour has bourbon cask matured cask strength bottles, which are pretty awesome themselves. Also Loch Dhu black, not a good whisky, but definitely a dirty one. In fact, it is really dirty. Speaking of weird, dirty whiskies, I would name a lesser known Bruichladdich. The "Fishky". Single cask sherry and ex-herring cask finished. Yeah, I said ex-herring cask. I would not recommend this for the faint hearted and would never recommend buying this. But it is quite something to taste this bizarre whisky.
That list was long overdue. Thanks. Have you tried a Rhinns from Bruichladdich? Super funky. The one I had had a lot of sulphur. Tasted just like a match box smells. Very weird. Still not sure whether I liked it or not.
Yeah it seems the 10 is wildly inconsistent between releases. I didn't try the newest one, but I loved the last one I had. I couldn't tell you what year, though. 🥃
The Ben Nevis 10yo Batch 1 cask strength at 62% is fantastic. I was inspired to buy 2 of these a few years before covid and my only regret is not getting more than 2 bottles.
I think the Glen Scotia is a fantastic whiskey. The 15 is probably the closest to the Springbank I’ve found so far. Kilkerran 16 is miles better than the 12 but the 12 is beautiful. Got a bottle of the Loch Lomond 12 but not that bothered. Not had a Ben Nevis but it’ll be next on my list.
I've never really felt a big connection between SB and Glen Scotia. I like both, but I find there are other brands that come much closer to SB. Kilkerran 16 is one I've not tried yet. I've only seen it sold once here, and it was quite expensive. Agree about the LL12... not a favourite of mine either. Cheers! 🥃
Need to shower after that. I only know the Loch and love it so I'll look to sample these. You got this Craigellachie in my head. Saw it @$52. Worth it?
Dirty whisky for me are basically created when new makes go deep into the feints (aka tails), in other words when the lower cut point is significantly lower than usual. Hence Edradour should definitely be on your list, Geoff. Springbank is not overpriced, secondary market and greedy dealers drive prices up, when you buy at the distillery, price-performance ratios are clearly reasonable.
Yeah Edradour wpuld certainly for here. I tend to think of sherry first when I think of the brand, so I threw it on the "sherried" list, but it's undeniably a dirty whisky, too. Cheers, Chuck! 🥃
@@wouterblom7569 While "dirty" usually means there's a hint of smoke (Loch Lomond, Glen Scotia, Springbank/Kilkerran all have a hint or more of smoke), in the case of Tomatin, and come to think of it even Macallan, there is an underlying roughness verging on hotness to the spirit which punches through any cask influence.
Liking the channel, really 2 the point, and , good choices for review, so-- here's the thing, I'm assuming you're talking about peaty, Smoky 🥃 whiskys, where in the world can Springbank 15 yr. Be found? I have a smidgen of 12 yr. Cask strength and I'd like to find a btl. Of 10 , Cheers 🥂 from ETn Smoky Mtns!
Springbank has become a unicorn whisky in the last couple of years. Supply can't meet demand, so it's sold out pretty much everywhere nowadays. If you do manage to find it at a fair price it's worth grabbing, though. Good luck! 🥃
Great list! When I want a 'dirty whisky bitch slap' I always reach for that Ben Nevis Glencoe 8 blended CS from your list 😅. What an uncompromising bottle is that!
I love your reviews, the lists, basically all your videos, but what I just realised is that I am leaving those likes when you throw in a joke. 😅 BTW I was waiting for Ardnamurchan to show up on this list. I think it fits in the dirty profile.
Hah thanks, buddy. Yeah I try to keep things lighthearted. Love Ardnamurchan. For me, not quite as dirty as the stuff I included here, but I can see where you're coming from. Cheers! 🥃
Great list. Everything on here is amazing. Maybe my inner hipster is shining through, but I actually prefer Kilkerran over Springbank. I have both on the shelf but find myself reaching for the Kilkerran way more often. It has that fermented or rotten fruit note that’s just so beautiful. Also nice mention on the Ben Nevis. I know The Whisky Diary is also all about Ben Nevis.
I love ben nevis. Doesn't nikka own ben nevis? And im told "from the barrel" contains some ben nevis, but FTB is not "dirty" or any of that good 'challenging' stuff.. (I wouldn't say challenging, id say interesting. Drinking shouldn't be a challenge lol imho)
Yeah there's Ben Nevis in a lot of Japanese blends. Certainly some in FtB. But they tend to make their blends more accessible than standard Single Malts from the distillery. 🥃
Really love the Springbank 10, but definitely not a fan of Springbank 15. The farmy, “dirty” notes that make SB 10 so good just do not play well with that much sherry. I’m also not a huge Sherry guy anyways so take that with a grain of salt. SB15 is interesting though, just not something I would reach for. I tend to get like movie theater popcorn from it.
Have an idea for the new list: "you only need 5 bottles your collection". But this list should cover different styles of whiskies. For example, only Bourbon matured, only sherry matured, mixed casks, lightly peated (dirty) and heavily peated. Just an idea..
It's hard to articulate 'dirty whisky' but I think we kind of know what you mean. Here's the thing, Springbank are touted but I really think you should go back to that. I don't think they are any more. The 12 is but that's just because of the strength. The 10 is a very well balanced dram and not 'dirty' at all. I'll add that to all Campbelltown whisky. Talisker 10 is easily as dirty. Here's a dirty one and it's a complete stink bomb which I like - Croftengea. Complete farmyard/ cow pat nose and flavour. It's owned by Loch Lomond and used in their blends. The indi bottles always produce. WT
Yeah I agree the SB12 is dirtier than the 10. It's not particularly dirty, but it's got a farmy element that goes in that direction for me. While it's famous for being dirty, it doesn't compare to stuff like Ben Nevis, for example, which is off-the-charts dirty. Yeah I've had Croftengea. Not just owned by Loch Lomond... it's from the LL distillery. I think they've got roughly 8000 brands on the go at this point. Good stuff! 🥃
@@Gwhisky Talking of Ben Nevis, I've just opened an independent one I've been sitting on. It was bottled by the now defunct 'Exclusive Malts' range and is a 20 year cask strength (51.9%) refill sherry hogshead bottled in 2017. 242 bottles. Despite the very obvious sherry profile the distillery character is also present. The official 10 year cask strength (1st batch) was also a complete stunner. I don't think they're likely to repeat a bottling like that again.
Loch Lomond 12 is a good price. Non chill filtered. I was about to pull the trigger, but then realised it's most likely got e150 added. Not buying now.
I may be repeating myself, but... you get to the end of a long day, you take a sniff of your pits and you realise they stink, and a few minutes later you find yourself inexplicably drawn to take another sniff. That to me is the essence of a good, dirty whisky.
Nice list Geoff. It's so interesting that we all interpret "dirty" differently. For me it means sulfur, flinty, or a certain level (or quality) of peat that fights the rest of the whisky's profile. A bit rough or rugged in some odd ways I suppose which you mention also. Benromach 10 would be at the front of my list as it is flinty, sulfury and has a level of peat that fights the rest of the whisky IMO. Craigellachie 13 also sulfur and flint. Loch Lomond 12 and 18 also to some degree but mostly because of the industrial oil qualities, but Springbank 10 wouldn't be on my dirty list. Springbank 10 to me is more of a citrus bomb than a dirty whisky with very subtle and well integrated peat.
Flint and sulfur could definitely be added to the definition of dirty. I summed it up as anything that doesn't come off as polished or engineered, so while your descriptors fit that perfectly, I guess I just use the term to cast a wider net than you. Cheers! 🥃
I actually speak dirty to my scotch before I drink it. I call it things like slutty and dank. Then I threaten to publicly urinate in it. To finish it off, I keep my bottles of scotch in a special drawer with unwashed women’s thongs. It makes the scotch dirtier, but also with notes of maritime/coastal/clam. My wife doesn’t know about any of this.
The term beginner can be difficult, I have found. Someone completely new to Whisky, but who has a very adventurous palate for lots of different foods, wine, and beer can jump into challenging Whisky. Myself I started with Bourbon, and by the time I fell down the malt Whisky rabbit hole was drinking mostly cask strength. This coupled with a lot of research on WhiskyTube had me in adventurous Scotch right away. Great list. Cheers
Hah that's true. I have a friend who got drawn into whisky drinking CS peated stuff from day 1. You never know! 🥃
Great series! Looking forward to more.
Edradour, IMHO, is an absolutely fantastic dirty whisky. How did it miss this list? I believe it to be only second to Ben Nevis.
I enjoyed your dirty little video. MOAR Lists!!!
Original and interesting. Thanks,man!
Thanks for watching! 🥃
I was already wondering, what about the Craigellachie 13!? But then...of course 😁
What cracked me up is that I literally just ordered two bottles of the Kilkerran 12 when the notification popped up. Excellent timing good Sir😎
Great video! Great list!
- I like the new 3 words descriptives for each bottle/brand, nice touch 👍
Keep up the great work!
Slainte 🥃
That Kilkerran 12 is a beauty. One of my favourite whiskies in this video. Enjoy! 🥃
I've noticed I tend to like whiskies made with worm tub condensers... often described as meaty, funky or a bit sulfurous. Love the Craigellachie, Springbank, Edradour, Talisker, Mortlach, Speyburn, Oban and a few others. There are less than 2 dozen now that use them.
Yes! Worm tubs made a big difference! 🥃
Wow i love all those distilleries..so thats the secret 🤯
I never appreciated how much worm tub condensers make an impact or impart a flavor i highly favor anyway. Talisker and Oban surprise me the most from that list.
Agreed, only just realised the wormtub connection recently.
Mortlach even sprays cold water onto the line arm to condens the spirit even more before it descends into the worm to create an extra meatier whisky
Worm tubs and direct fired stills, good quality casks, knowledgeable staff and time. A good combination.
ah I was waiting for the mystery pour reveal. Got a little nervous when I didn't see Craigellachie on the down and dirty list. Good job Geoff!
Hah thanks man! Yeah Craigellachie had to make an appearance! 🥃
Loved this title and theme as soon as I saw it! Totally correct with the concept! I had Springbank's Kilkerran and Longrow (gifted to me by a friend) and they are indeed dirty! Funk makes 'em dirty! I pick up a yeasty note with Bruichladdich and the Springbank lines I have tried. Maybe that is the farmy note? And appealing to experienced whiskey lovers. I LOVE Glen Scotia 12! It's one of my fave single malts. Loch Lomond is an excellent distillery under the radar. Your channel is an ideal whiskey channel, in my opinion. On point across all criteria.
Thank you for an excellent video. I was expecting Edradour as one of your favorites in this category
I have two of your five: love Springbank and love Kilkerran. The other three are on my shopping list. Good review as always, Geoff! Slainte!
If you're interested in Loch Lomond, I recommend the 18 over the 12. Very cheap for the age and a big step up in quality. Cheers Victor! 🥃
@@Gwhisky Thanks Geoff. Can you believe Loch Lomond is pencilled in for December 2024 - eighteen months away! But I have made a note to make sure I buy the 18yr old. Thanks again.
My pleasure! 🥃
Hey Geoff, nice list. Kudos for placing Ben Nevis on #1. Oooh, those 1996 IB’s.. amazing stuff. Cheers!
No order, but it really deserves to top a "dirty" list. 🥃
One time I tasted a dram of loch lomond 18 and loved it! It smelled like a leather seatfrom a new car, while a glen garioch 15 tasted like horsehide
You're describing my favourite bottlings from both of those distilleries. Both great drams! 🥃
Great list Geoff. You know me, I do love a "damn good dirty whisky." Now I'm off to open my latest Edradour purchase. Mmmmm. Cheers bud.
Hah Edradour is as dirty as they come, but I though I'd save it for the sherry list. Cheers buddy! 🥃
Interesting list, think I will add Ben Nevis to my to do list.
Nicely done, looking forward to the heavy peated list.
Agreed on the Ben Nevis! I think my number one to look forward to is Dirty Sherried whiskys - at least that's what I would imagine it to be
Cheers 🥃
Great list with some of my favorite distilleries on it. I was not thinking about Ben Nevis but it fits perfectly on this list. I have actually never had a bottle of OB Ben Nevis only IB's which have been very good to excellent. I'm with a lot of the other's commenting and would put Edradour on here. Cheers to another great list that Mom would like 🤣
Hah thanks. Rest assured Edradour will make an appearance in this series! 🥃
Great list!
Thanks! 🥃
Great list Geoff, I'd love any of these whiskies. Benromach, Bladnoch and a recent find of mine Gold Cock 20 a Czech whisky would be my additions to the list. Cheers 🥃
I'll be looking out for that one on my Czech trip this summer! Cheers! 🥃
I just picked up the 2013 Islay Barley -- great stuff and a solid list as always Geoff!. I too love the the Ben Nevis, and have recently been drinking Signatory Vintage Unchillfiltered versions of them. I would add the Ben Nevis and several others on the list are full-bodied and oily. You know it's a dirty, dirty whisky, when you can't introduce it to your parents.
Hah love that last line! And yes... the Singatory Ben Nevis stuff is good! 🥃
Ben Nevis, gotta check that out!
Of course, you couldn't let the Craigellachie 13 unmentioned, haha.
With you on the Loch Lomond and the Ardmore for sure, two somewhat under the radar distilleries that are well capable of putting out amazing stuff.
Agreed the Ardmore is good and the malt whisky Soc seem to have great cask strength from both these distilleries. Loch Lomond grain is fast becoming a favourite👍
Excellent list.
I could add
*BenRiach 16* (old bottling from 10 years ago). This is really Springbank style.
*Ardmore 20* It's dirty with loads of copper pipe smells and flavours.
*Bruichladdich Octomore x.1* Particularly, the 07.1 was amazing. Dirty engine oil and burnt electric cables, with coal tar soap.
*Kilchoman 100% Islay 5th Edition* Oooh, this is burnt porridge and custard apple tart.
I've not had that Benriach 16, I don't think. Ardmore 20 is good, but I almost exlcusively buy the IBs from the brand. I'll admit the OBs are quite well priced, though.
As for the Kilchoman and Bruichladdich releases... well, there's a peated list on the way. Cheers Reb! 🥃
Keep up the good works, Goeff
Kind words. Thanks Jack. 🥃
If you want musty, dunnage warehouse and most definitely dirty, get your hands on an Edradour. Try a cask strength one, but if you can't get hold of that, then the 12YO Caledonia is everything you want from a real dirty sherried bomb. The standard 10 at 40% almost makes the grade but is perhaps a little too low on the ABV scale to really achieve that merit.
Love the rest of you r list and as I have commented many times before on your channel, that Glen Scotia 8 is a real dirty little dram which I love and was close to being my whisky of the year last year. Another dirty challenger also from Campbeltown is the Kilkerran 8 Cask Strength.
There's a list of characterful sherried whiskies coming... 🥃
Enjoyed the vid mate! slainté
Thanks Neil. Cheers! 🥃
Kilchoman is one that would be on the list for me, especially the cask strength series.
There's a heavily peated list coming soon. 🥃
"Springbank is my favourite Springbank alternative" 😂
No joke. It's as close as they come. 😂
@@Gwhisky Ben Nevis? Seriously? Not even close to Springbank. Neither is Craig, neither is LL. Glen Scotia, yes. Kilkerran, yes. They are similar. But they are made with the same Loch water. And they have some of the same employees even.
Nice list man! Indie Ardmore rarely lets me down. And Ben Nevis is dirty in all the right ways. In regards to that Laddie Rockside Farm release, there is still hope! I found a dusty one on a shelf in Alberta last year. Always hope it seems. I'll have to crack it soon! Cheers 🥃
Thanks Matt. Fingers crossed you can get that 2007. It's incredible stuff! Looks like you had (still having?) a hell of a trip! 🥃
Ah haha....your MOM. I appreciate the sarcastic punches, great channel brother. 😂
Ben Nevis - peated to some extent anyway. Thank you 🙏 Was shot down in flames in the BN distillery when I mentioned peat. I was able to live with the apparent error as I’m more of a drinker than an expert however the public denouncement of my palate was sore!! I’m defo subscribed as my drinking favourites seem to have a big overlap here. Thank you
Great content G.
Very funny 🤣. I have that 2007 Rockside farm. I think of it as the cleanest farm/malt forward dram.
Sounds like you shouldn't bring your best new shoes to Campbelltown, cause it's a dirty place.
I like my dirty little Mortlach.
That 2007 is amazing stuff. Incredibly salty and coastal, and yes, a great farm/malt character behind it.
Mortlach, you say. Well, there's a sherried list on the way... 🥃
@@Gwhisky I don't know about sherried, my indie Mortlach is 1st fill bourbon and the GOT seemed very similar. I've not tried any OB's.
I just bought a new Uigeadail to crack open with your Ardbeg video. I couldn't resist the last one on the shelf for $79. I usually see them for about 90 and Cory for more
Edradour is right up there, particularly their small batch and their parent, Signatory, company's indy bottles of the same.
There's a sherried list coming up! 🥃
Great list! I would add to that: Edradour/Ballechin, Mortlach, Benromach, Glenfarclas 15.
This isn't the sherried list, though. That's next week. 😉
@@Gwhisky You're right, my additions are usually sherried :). But Independent bottlers sometimes offer non-standard versions. I currently have a Mortlach open that's been in a bourbon barrel. Powerful stuff, reminds me of "old skool" Ardbeg 10 without the peat.
Yeah it gets blurry because sherry is separate from distillate, and distillate is often what makes sherried whiskies unique. Those brands would still be unique without the sherried influence, but the ones you named are all known for sherry, so that's the list where they're most likely to appear. 🥃
The best bottle I have a pepperoni and what is a spring bank 15. I loved the complex lightly Peated liver profile. I picked it up for $149 US to a half years ago since then, I’ve been trying to find an equal value
Pepperoni and peated liver, you say? 😉
Springbank 15 is good stuff! 🥃
@@Gwhisky Geoff “pepperoni” was inadvertently picked up from background- sorry. Srpringbank 15 👍🏻👍🏻
Hello Geoff,
Great List, nothing to add.
I actually love dirty Whiskies and i'm always searching for new Expressions of characterfull Bottlings.
Right now i have an IB of Ben Nevis (heavily peated and finished in Foursquare Rum Barrel which gives em a really great Pineapple Note)
Really Good Stuff.
Thanks for this Video and
Greetings from Germany 😎🤘
Damn that sounds like an incredible dram. Not usually a big rum finish guy... but Ben Nevis + Foursquare? Super cool...
Enjoy! 🥃
@@Gwhisky 🥃😃👍
Hi Geoff, thought Edradour would have made an appearance. Haven’t had the Victoriana but the rest are all excellent drams (for me). An excellent list and of course a good list video. 👍, slàinte Geoff 🥃
Thanks David. Edradour might make an appearance. More lists to come! 🥃
A solid list of characterful malts indeed. Haven't tasted Bruichladdich and Ben Nevis yet but the others are funky, no doubt about it:)
Mortlach and Tomatin also have something dirty and funky in their profiles. Edradour, despite the hammering of very active casks is also pretty dirty malt.
Cheers!
A sherried list is on the way!
Needless to say, but a great list it is. Thanks for sharing, Geoff.
Nothing to add... but if I have to: Craigellachie and Edradour.
Slàinte mhath
You missed the mystery pour, good sir! 😉
@@Gwhisky No, didn't miss it. Comment posted before mystery pour.🤪
Great list. Edradour and Glenturret would feature on my list, but I am sure you would list them as the dirty sherry matured/finished whiskies. Although Edradour has bourbon cask matured cask strength bottles, which are pretty awesome themselves.
Also Loch Dhu black, not a good whisky, but definitely a dirty one. In fact, it is really dirty.
Speaking of weird, dirty whiskies, I would name a lesser known Bruichladdich. The "Fishky". Single cask sherry and ex-herring cask finished. Yeah, I said ex-herring cask. I would not recommend this for the faint hearted and would never recommend buying this. But it is quite something to taste this bizarre whisky.
Hah some good picks. A couple of those brands will make appearances in later videos. Fishky? No thanks. 😂
I always find glen garioch to be a little “dirty”. Also aside from the ones mentioned are edradour, craigellachie and benromach
Makes sense! 🥃
Can't argue with Ben Nevis Geoff. Some of my picks will pop up in the later lists ;-)
That Glen Scotia 8 peated was a belter 🙂
Agree! One of the best of their annual releases imo! 🥃
I love "dirty " whisky. Good list mr.Geoff ))) Gaumarjos !
Don't we all? Hah. Cheers buddy! 🥃
@@Gwhisky yeah we all )))
That list was long overdue. Thanks. Have you tried a Rhinns from Bruichladdich? Super funky. The one I had had a lot of sulphur. Tasted just like a match box smells. Very weird. Still not sure whether I liked it or not.
I haven't tried a Rhinns release from them. Sounds interesting... 🥃
good call on the ben nevis! (although the new official 10 sucks haha). i'd recommend signatory editions of edradour for honorable mention
Yeah it seems the 10 is wildly inconsistent between releases. I didn't try the newest one, but I loved the last one I had. I couldn't tell you what year, though. 🥃
Gotta try some of these not known to me. :)
When are you reviewing the Indian single malt Indri? I saw it on your shelf.
I've got quite a backlog of whiskies to review, but I'll certainly get around to it in the coming months. 🥃
The peated expressions from Glenturret are often very dirty too!
True! 🥃
Octomore 13.3 is the GOAT in this category for me. All of the .3 series are like 5% more oily than the .1 and it's just bliss.
The Ben Nevis 10yo Batch 1 cask strength at 62% is fantastic. I was inspired to buy 2 of these a few years before covid and my only regret is not getting more than 2 bottles.
i dont understand kilkerran 12,but love loch lomond 12
Those Kilkerrans need to be open about 6 months to peak, and they're lovely when they do, but I'd agree with you for the most part
I think the Glen Scotia is a fantastic whiskey. The 15 is probably the closest to the Springbank I’ve found so far. Kilkerran 16 is miles better than the 12 but the 12 is beautiful. Got a bottle of the Loch Lomond 12 but not that bothered. Not had a Ben Nevis but it’ll be next on my list.
I've never really felt a big connection between SB and Glen Scotia. I like both, but I find there are other brands that come much closer to SB. Kilkerran 16 is one I've not tried yet. I've only seen it sold once here, and it was quite expensive. Agree about the LL12... not a favourite of mine either. Cheers! 🥃
Need to shower after that. I only know the Loch and love it so I'll look to sample these. You got this Craigellachie in my head. Saw it @$52. Worth it?
Yes! 🥃
Haven't tried any of them. Which one you suggest for starters? I think loch Lomond seems cheap if I won't like it
Loch Lomond is good, but my favourite from the lot is Kilkerran 12 tbh. 🥃
Dirty whisky for me are basically created when new makes go deep into the feints (aka tails), in other words when the lower cut point is significantly lower than usual.
Hence Edradour should definitely be on your list, Geoff.
Springbank is not overpriced, secondary market and greedy dealers drive prices up, when you buy at the distillery, price-performance ratios are clearly reasonable.
Edradour is dirty for sure, but I opted to place it on another list. And I agree, the fault for the high prices is not on Springbank. Cheers Doc. 🥃
Well done 👍 thanks for sharing your thoughts on these. I like ruggedly flavourful 🙏👋ciao S.
Thanks for watching Sandro! Cheers my friend!
I’d forgotten to hit the “like” until ‘…just like your mother’ and my thumb moved of it’s own volition 😁
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Good list... and I agree with your comments, but how could you omit Edradour? Pretty much any Edradour.
Yeah Edradour wpuld certainly for here. I tend to think of sherry first when I think of the brand, so I threw it on the "sherried" list, but it's undeniably a dirty whisky, too. Cheers, Chuck! 🥃
Ben Nevis is an interesting choice. I'll now look out for this one. The Benromach 15 is a lovely, farmy, funky dram.
Quite sherried, though. That's another list. 😉
Great list. Here's some others: Benromach, Edradour, Glen Garioch, and Craigellachie ✌️
Actually Craigellachie has been on both videos in this series so far. As for the others... more lists to come! 🥃
@@Gwhisky Actually typed that before watching your what's in the glass segment 😱🤣✌️
@@Gwhisky ...and I'll add Tomatin to my list.
@@MrChristopherMolloyhow is Tomatin dirty? Agree on your other suggestions, but Tomatin seems to belong in other lists ;-)
@@wouterblom7569 While "dirty" usually means there's a hint of smoke (Loch Lomond, Glen Scotia, Springbank/Kilkerran all have a hint or more of smoke), in the case of Tomatin, and come to think of it even Macallan, there is an underlying roughness verging on hotness to the spirit which punches through any cask influence.
Liking the channel, really 2 the point, and , good choices for review, so-- here's the thing, I'm assuming you're talking about peaty, Smoky 🥃 whiskys, where in the world can Springbank 15 yr. Be found? I have a smidgen of 12 yr. Cask strength and I'd like to find a btl. Of 10 , Cheers 🥂 from ETn Smoky Mtns!
Springbank has become a unicorn whisky in the last couple of years. Supply can't meet demand, so it's sold out pretty much everywhere nowadays. If you do manage to find it at a fair price it's worth grabbing, though. Good luck! 🥃
The “farmy” thing scares me
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I am looking for a dry dry salty citrusy whisky help is apriciated,thank you reinhart 11:38
I was thinking, no Craigallachie?????? 😂
Benromach Cask Strength.
Great list! When I want a 'dirty whisky bitch slap' I always reach for that Ben Nevis Glencoe 8 blended CS from your list 😅. What an uncompromising bottle is that!
Hah yeah that one is a BEAST. 🥃
I love your reviews, the lists, basically all your videos, but what I just realised is that I am leaving those likes when you throw in a joke. 😅 BTW I was waiting for Ardnamurchan to show up on this list. I think it fits in the dirty profile.
Hah thanks, buddy. Yeah I try to keep things lighthearted. Love Ardnamurchan. For me, not quite as dirty as the stuff I included here, but I can see where you're coming from. Cheers! 🥃
Dirty whisky = Let them be their all natural selves . See now u got me thinking dirty. I mean the whisky, of course.
Putting a word in for Mortlach....
Great list. Everything on here is amazing.
Maybe my inner hipster is shining through, but I actually prefer Kilkerran over Springbank. I have both on the shelf but find myself reaching for the Kilkerran way more often. It has that fermented or rotten fruit note that’s just so beautiful.
Also nice mention on the Ben Nevis. I know The Whisky Diary is also all about Ben Nevis.
I agree about Kilkerran. Every bit as good and it's actually available! 🥃
Edradour 10 y.o. Signatory Un-Chillfiltered is one the dirtiest imho. Not so easy to drink.
There's a characterful sherried whisky list coming. 🥃
Have not seen any kind of Springbank around here for years !
Yeah it's frustrating. 🥃
I love ben nevis. Doesn't nikka own ben nevis? And im told "from the barrel" contains some ben nevis, but FTB is not "dirty" or any of that good 'challenging' stuff.. (I wouldn't say challenging, id say interesting. Drinking shouldn't be a challenge lol imho)
Yeah there's Ben Nevis in a lot of Japanese blends. Certainly some in FtB. But they tend to make their blends more accessible than standard Single Malts from the distillery. 🥃
"Just like your mother...", 😆🤣🤣🤣😂
Really love the Springbank 10, but definitely not a fan of Springbank 15. The farmy, “dirty” notes that make SB 10 so good just do not play well with that much sherry. I’m also not a huge Sherry guy anyways so take that with a grain of salt. SB15 is interesting though, just not something I would reach for. I tend to get like movie theater popcorn from it.
Have an idea for the new list: "you only need 5 bottles your collection". But this list should cover different styles of whiskies. For example, only Bourbon matured, only sherry matured, mixed casks, lightly peated (dirty) and heavily peated. Just an idea..
Good idea! I might just use that. Thanks Mike! 🥃
There is no way I can find Springbank or Kilkerran in my market! :(
Glenrothes..?
It's hard to articulate 'dirty whisky' but I think we kind of know what you mean. Here's the thing, Springbank are touted but I really think you should go back to that. I don't think they are any more. The 12 is but that's just because of the strength. The 10 is a very well balanced dram and not 'dirty' at all. I'll add that to all Campbelltown whisky. Talisker 10 is easily as dirty. Here's a dirty one and it's a complete stink bomb which I like - Croftengea. Complete farmyard/ cow pat nose and flavour. It's owned by Loch Lomond and used in their blends. The indi bottles always produce. WT
Yeah I agree the SB12 is dirtier than the 10. It's not particularly dirty, but it's got a farmy element that goes in that direction for me. While it's famous for being dirty, it doesn't compare to stuff like Ben Nevis, for example, which is off-the-charts dirty. Yeah I've had Croftengea. Not just owned by Loch Lomond... it's from the LL distillery. I think they've got roughly 8000 brands on the go at this point. Good stuff! 🥃
@@Gwhisky Talking of Ben Nevis, I've just opened an independent one I've been sitting on. It was bottled by the now defunct 'Exclusive Malts' range and is a 20 year cask strength (51.9%) refill sherry hogshead bottled in 2017. 242 bottles. Despite the very obvious sherry profile the distillery character is also present.
The official 10 year cask strength (1st batch) was also a complete stunner. I don't think they're likely to repeat a bottling like that again.
Loch Lomond 12 is a good price. Non chill filtered. I was about to pull the trigger, but then realised it's most likely got e150 added. Not buying now.
I can confirm that it definitely does have added colour. 🥃
@@Gwhisky thanks bud.
Geoff! You missed the king of dirt. Edradour.
More lists to come! 🥃
Benromach CS, Kilkerran 8, Edradour 10 Signatory, and of course the legendary Springbank, especially the 12CS. You’ll need a shower after it
All great choices. A sherried list is coming... 😉
I know they are a blender, but Black Adder Peat Reek. That’s a dirty whisky.
Yes it is!
Why Loch Lomond 12 over the 18?
I think the 18 is a great buy for an 18 year old bolltle. Have never considered the 12
Not disagreeing just asking
The 18 is my favourite personally, but the 12 does capture the house style and it's incredibly cheap. 🥃
Mortlach dirty like your mother.Haha love the humor .
I may be repeating myself, but... you get to the end of a long day, you take a sniff of your pits and you realise they stink, and a few minutes later you find yourself inexplicably drawn to take another sniff. That to me is the essence of a good, dirty whisky.
Lol "hints of armpit." 🤮
Surprised there's no edradour
More lists to come! 🥃
@@Gwhisky unique peated for ballechin is my guess
Nice list Geoff. It's so interesting that we all interpret "dirty" differently. For me it means sulfur, flinty, or a certain level (or quality) of peat that fights the rest of the whisky's profile. A bit rough or rugged in some odd ways I suppose which you mention also. Benromach 10 would be at the front of my list as it is flinty, sulfury and has a level of peat that fights the rest of the whisky IMO. Craigellachie 13 also sulfur and flint. Loch Lomond 12 and 18 also to some degree but mostly because of the industrial oil qualities, but Springbank 10 wouldn't be on my dirty list. Springbank 10 to me is more of a citrus bomb than a dirty whisky with very subtle and well integrated peat.
Flint and sulfur could definitely be added to the definition of dirty. I summed it up as anything that doesn't come off as polished or engineered, so while your descriptors fit that perfectly, I guess I just use the term to cast a wider net than you. Cheers! 🥃
Ben Nevis is SO dirty, they ID you twice at the register. Btw, you forgot Macallan, Highland Park and Dalmore!
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Macallan? Dirty?
@@Gwhisky i jest of course. 😏
Where was Benromach? 😢
Older Benromach (pre-rebranding) was quite dirty. I find the new line, while characterful, to be quite polished, actually. 🥃
@@Gwhisky What about Glenturret?
Edradour???? 1
Unpeated dirty: Edradour
More lists to come. 😉
@@Gwhisky 2,000 Whiskys That Can't Compete with Edradour 12? 🤣🤣 But seriously, be the list man. Your lists never disappoint
@murduk88 Hah cheers buddy. Appreciate the kind words. And yeah Edradour 12 is a beauty! 🥃
I actually speak dirty to my scotch before I drink it. I call it things like slutty and dank. Then I threaten to publicly urinate in it. To finish it off, I keep my bottles of scotch in a special drawer with unwashed women’s thongs. It makes the scotch dirtier, but also with notes of maritime/coastal/clam. My wife doesn’t know about any of this.
I'm calling the police. 🥃
@@Gwhisky 😂
@@maritimeusyou made my day, friday evening actually. Sipping KK12 while watching this GR8 review and cant stop laughing. 😅👍🥂🙋🏻♂️
@@peatbull3426 lol, I’m glad you like. I took a creative writing class back in college. My old professor has never been the same since.
"I recommend the newer ones", is not something we hear all the time.
True! 🥃
LOL, YOU COULDN'T HELP YOURSELF
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