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This is mystery scotch tasting with gentlemen of the world

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. We are a club that gets together and we try

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scotch blind With me tonight

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. I'm Justin . I'm Andrew .

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Dave , nathan , chris , evan

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, alex and .

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Vern and we're gonna pick up these glasses

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in front of us . We're gonna , we're gonna

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look at this scotch .

0:32

We're gonna drink it right away .

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Don't tempt me , amber Straight

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to a night , it's just a 50-50 , burn right

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off the top .

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It's pretty dark with like a nice kind of brownish

0:46

yeah really yeah

0:48

, well , not tone .

0:49

Don't really delightful , amber Evan .

0:51

Did you say rat taint ?

0:54

I didn't definitely not say rat taint

0:57

.

0:57

I said red as a color . A red tint

1:00

.

1:00

We're all familiar with .

1:07

A rat same legs , though it's got some nice legs on it , though this

1:09

rat Long oily legs

1:12

.

1:12

Yeah , I mean , I feel like with this color , this has

1:14

got to be sherry , right . Absolutely

1:17

but probably smells

1:19

like it right .

1:21

You already smelled , it , alex

1:23

, sorry , not sorry . Wow , you and Chris

1:25

.

1:25

Sweet fruit , vanilla , whoa

1:27

. That smells good .

1:30

Super nutty Yep .

1:32

Yep Desert .

1:34

Alex , what do you say ?

1:35

Super nutty , nutty , yeah , for sure vanilla

1:38

and a big mouth

1:40

smoldering Pete .

1:42

Mmm .

1:43

That's all good stuff . Pile

1:45

of seaweed . It's just , it smells

1:47

like a sweeter , softer log of a lint . It's

1:50

yeah , it's really like sweet , salty

1:53

Seaweedie .

1:55

More asses say more asses smoke

1:57

.

1:57

Yes .

1:59

But just .

2:02

Sulfuric .

2:04

Yeah , so for us .

2:05

so for us . It's actually not that

2:07

so for us , it's all the other things I .

2:10

Again that PD campfire .

2:12

It's like a PD campfire , but there's just

2:14

a touch of like maple syrup in there . Yeah

2:16

something sweet in there for sure .

2:18

Yeah , it's like I'm not prepared

2:20

to go full campfire , I'm gonna . I'm

2:22

a little , you know , a little sexy too

2:24

, you know it kind of .

2:27

Because I had it last night for a birthday dinner

2:29

, but it's kind of reminding me of like a

2:31

bread pudding .

2:33

Like a little bit of a caramely kind

2:35

of brown buttery . Maraschino

2:38

cherries also Sandalwood

2:41

and like cardamom . Is

2:43

that okay ? Whoa Okay . Dang

2:45

easy boy . Well

2:49

you're , you're serving it . Yes .

2:52

It's very warm , like

2:54

a good French toast .

2:56

But this is like . I mean it's deserved

2:59

with heat .

2:59

Yeah yeah , crème brûlée

3:01

.

3:03

Yeah , cuz there's like a custard .

3:04

Yeah , underneath , yeah , some rum raisins

3:07

.

3:07

Rum , that's a good call .

3:11

In the bread pudding .

3:12

Mm-hmm .

3:13

Yep , same more . Didn't like some darker

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fruit like dark berries or yeah

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, raspberry's like

3:20

raspberries .

3:21

Blackberries yeah , yeah , yeah .

3:22

Yeah , very curious to try this with

3:25

my .

3:25

I dare you , I dare you .

3:28

Don't you dare put water in this before you try it .

3:33

I still want to do the same thing where I like over smell

3:35

it , and then there's nothing left to taste

3:37

.

3:38

Try it , do it , do it , hmm , hmm

3:41

, hmm , hmm , hmm

3:44

.

3:45

Wow , earthy , I

3:49

was gonna say ashy .

3:50

Hmm .

3:52

I do get some sweetness , though , yeah .

3:55

I took the smallest sip .

3:57

The smokiness is . There's definitely

3:59

still there the same smokiness from the nose

4:01

. It's like yeah .

4:03

It's like the pete-ness and the smokiness

4:06

and the seaweed , but it's like

4:08

I'm still there . But yeah

4:11

, so with the French toast

4:13

.

4:14

But it doesn't feel overly sweet to

4:16

me , no no no , because that's such

4:18

a bummer when you have a Scotch , that's just like a

4:20

sweet blast , you know .

4:22

I feel like it's walking that balance between smoky

4:25

, sweet , salty

4:28

, like kind of all at the same time , and

4:31

you . I just was

4:33

afraid that it was going to try and be

4:35

everything too far

4:38

and like something would get out of whack . But it's really

4:40

well balanced . Like it isn't

4:42

my type of Scotch normally

4:45

. I don't like the sherry and

4:47

the sweetness very much of my . Scotch , but

4:49

this is tasting very well balanced

4:52

, but it's like right on the edge of

4:54

like if they would have left it in for

4:57

you know another one more . Yeah

4:59

one more minute six to 10 seconds

5:02

longer than it

5:04

would have been . Yeah , like too far in

5:06

one . So I feel like there I I plan

5:08

that it's like really well balanced , that everything's

5:10

kind of moving forward , but it's a lot of flavor , it's

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a lot of Scotches , yeah . And the Scotch

5:15

.

5:16

And there's a little like saltwater taffy

5:18

that you pulled out of the seaweed .

5:21

I kind of get like um candied

5:24

bacon If you've had that the

5:26

brown sugar glazed bacon

5:28

. It's okay . Like a , like a charred

5:30

wood , it's like

5:33

an ashiness .

5:34

Got a lot of like campfire

5:36

.

5:36

Yeah , campfire .

5:37

Things going on like s'mores

5:39

campfire .

5:40

Yeah , like a really sweet , not like mesquite

5:42

. Yeah , like a sweet

5:44

wood like an apple or something

5:46

I would put on a smoker apple or pecan

5:48

or cherry . Yeah , like a fruit wood

5:50

.

5:51

Yeah , I'm going to take an early

5:53

wild guess , just before I forget . This

5:55

feels like a talusker , but

5:58

anyway , back to the notes .

6:01

Yeah , anybody getting any dark chocolate ? Hmm

6:03

.

6:04

I feel like if I added an appropriate

6:07

amount of water , I would get dark chocolate

6:09

.

6:09

I can't boot you . Yeah , if

6:11

you can't boot you , the fuck out of this Scotch .

6:15

Teach a lesson .

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Yeah , it's like there's some cacao in there , Like

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, but it's it's like unsweet , like

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it's a sweet Scotch . But

6:24

the cacao chocolate

6:26

like flavor is like very unsweet to

6:28

me .

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It's a little bit of a little bit of chocolate

6:31

, yeah , a little bit of cacao , just a

6:33

touch a little bit of dark chocolate .

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It's even better with water Really .

6:39

An appropriate amount of water . An appropriate amount

6:42

of water One to two drops

6:44

.

6:45

It takes that top burn off and it leaves

6:47

everything that's really enjoyable

6:50

about it , like more cherry corduroy A little

6:52

bit , but it's just much

6:56

more enjoyable .

6:58

Okay , you hit the nail on the head . This is

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like a cherry corduroy

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smore next to the campfire , like

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that's more .

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Yeah , because it's got the booziness of the cherry

7:10

corduroy .

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I don't get the marshmallow , but otherwise I'm

7:15

with you . Yeah , would you

7:17

get him the eyedropper ? You

7:19

can only have as much water as will fit in

7:22

that eyedropper .

7:25

Ooh , a few drops of water is very good

7:27

.

7:28

It's funny . Yeah , now that I've added water , I'm definitely

7:30

getting like a little bit of the cacao

7:33

. It's almost like it's become more drying

7:35

. It's almost like cocoa powder as opposed to

7:37

like actual chocolate . But

7:40

yeah , I'm actually really enjoying this . It's

7:42

kind of like is striking out nice balance

7:44

between really sweet upfront but

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then kind of finishing with that peaty kind of kind

7:49

of smoky notes .

7:51

I really like this yeah .

7:54

Yeah , hard to dislike

7:56

the scotch .

7:58

Like everything is in its place

8:00

the right way , like the balance

8:02

of all the notes is just there

8:05

.

8:06

Just making music over here .

8:08

Yeah , definitely drop water .

8:10

Well , oppenheimer , I Oppenheimered

8:12

the shit out of that .

8:15

With a little bit of water now on the nose , I'm getting

8:17

dates .

8:20

With water .

8:22

With water . Yeah , yeah .

8:24

Oh , it is good with water , Chris

8:26

.

8:27

I feel like just the nose changes . It

8:30

doesn't go away , Vern . It's just different than the nose

8:32

you had before .

8:34

Vern , you want to drop a season ?

8:36

on this bad boy Wow

8:38

.

8:42

So I just had it with water . That is really good .

8:43

Yeah , an

8:46

appropriate amount of water , it's kind of more savory with

8:48

water .

8:48

I wouldn't appropriate five drops .

8:50

Yeah , getting more barbecue , it's almost like , it's

8:52

almost like . Like

8:56

bibs and eunuchs , the .

9:10

September . September like

9:12

15 , pending order .

9:15

Pending order . Right

9:17

Leafs starting to change .

9:19

We have leaves you starting

9:21

to change .

9:23

Maybe it's me that's changing in September . Yeah

9:28

, that's really good . There's not

9:30

a lot bad to say

9:32

about and a lot of good to say about it's

9:34

cutting like .

9:35

For me it's like , no , it's soy

9:37

sauce and what's

9:40

the other poison .

9:42

Brighter soy sauce .

9:43

Like salty very

9:46

savory .

9:47

Yeah .

9:48

Yeah , it's just , I'm getting like the like

9:51

, the barbecue , the smoked meats like

9:53

, but also a little bit of dark fruit still

9:55

in there . It's delicious .

9:58

It's like that gum from Charlie and the Chocolate Factory

10:00

. That's like all like .

10:02

It's like a seven course meal , oh

10:05

, yeah

10:07

, I'm trying to not like

10:09

the Scotch because I don't

10:11

like these

10:13

types of Scotches . And

10:15

you do , let the hate swim with

10:18

you .

10:19

I'm just trying to be a contrarian .

10:21

No , I mean , I'm normally like fresh

10:24

, bright peediness

10:26

is what I'm looking for , or smoky

10:29

, like sticky , and

10:31

these kind of like fruity Scotches

10:33

are not my thing and I

10:35

love

10:38

this one pretty

10:40

pretty much all

10:44

the way .

10:45

You want to put your wiener in there .

10:46

I wouldn't say that I'm a married man

10:49

, it's a little jerky ask

10:51

, yeah , yeah .

10:54

Like teriyaki black pepper . Like

10:57

, yeah , black pepper

10:59

, jerky Slim Jim snap into a slim

11:01

Jim . Yeah , kind of .

11:03

Yeah , not quite right , not quite

11:05

artificial , not that artificial , more

11:09

like dear jerky .

11:12

Yeah , it's a bit more gamey yeah .

11:16

What kind of what would guest at

11:18

the party is this ?

11:20

I'm sorry , I was thinking like there's a day

11:22

dreaming . Yeah , it's daydreaming .

11:23

It's a nice person .

11:24

I was actually thinking about like I'll get

11:26

back to that , but I was trying to think there's a candy

11:29

. Maybe

11:32

it's like a honey . Do

11:34

I think what candy this is ? And

11:37

there was like a sticky carmely

11:40

. Yes , that's

11:42

it . Yeah , wow , it's like

11:44

a chewy you can actually bring .

11:45

Nathan for the win . Biddle honey , nathan

11:47

, for you , yes .

11:50

This is that , especially with the water . But

11:55

guest , it's

12:01

the guest that shows up and

12:05

pulls your guitar down off

12:07

the top shelf

12:09

. They kind of dust it off .

12:11

Like in the sense that , like it's playing flaming , it

12:13

just makes himself comfortable in your home .

12:16

No like you kind of I

12:18

don't think it's .

12:18

Flamenco yeah .

12:20

No , like full , like flamenco music . Like you

12:24

know from Andalusia , spain

12:27

, you know where it's you know , Flourishy

12:30

like free . No

12:32

, I don't know . Tell me more , I don't know Wow

12:35

. The gypsy guitar Conduende , conduende , look

12:40

it up or don't look it up ? Don't

12:42

look it up , don't look it up . Yeah , he's made

12:44

that up .

12:46

It was nothing to look up . Vern is actually

12:48

still in his daydream state .

12:50

Yeah , Flamenco music

12:52

, but when it's played so well

12:54

, I do , and

12:57

so I think that's the . To me . The party guest

12:59

is like they showed up and they're serenading you . No

13:02

, no , no , no , it's casual , it's

13:04

not for me .

13:05

It's for everyone .

13:07

It's like it just has to happen

13:09

, right , and there's a guitar , he's

13:11

there and he's like just this

13:14

is what happens . It's like now it's a flamenco

13:16

party .

13:18

Also a Scotch like this shows up at the perfect

13:20

moment , like when the party's going

13:22

.

13:23

Yeah , yeah , this you do need some timing

13:25

with the Scotch .

13:26

This is a Scotch that knows when to enter

13:28

and exit a party . Okay , good point .

13:31

I kind of think that this is the guest . I'm

13:33

with you both on this , but I think this is the

13:35

guest that it's

13:37

. It's like the host's best friend

13:39

, but was not invited to this party

13:42

because this party is like the classy

13:44

friends . But then

13:46

this friend shows up . It's

13:49

like I don't know why , but it's like Seth Rogen

13:51

, right , he's just like super

13:53

bad , the rugged , the

13:56

rugged . Best friend that you're like I love you , man

13:59

, but you're not invited to this party because these are

14:01

our classy friends , mm-hmm .

14:02

And then he shows up , anyway , and he pulls the guitar down

14:04

and starts playing and everybody loves

14:06

him yeah you're like I

14:09

was thinking , hey , your

14:11

Jimmy's brother the singer , many

14:14

sings and everyone loves him like , that's the Scotch

14:17

, it's one of those , it's a .

14:18

It's like a Harvard everybody's

14:21

got a PhD party and then the

14:23

tattooed uncle shows up , or maybe not

14:25

even uncle , because that's kind of gross , but like , just

14:27

like the guy he .

14:32

Went to Boston College . Yeah , he went to

14:34

Boston .

14:35

He went to community college . You know he's

14:37

got a couple tattoos and a couple earrings and

14:40

he pulls up the and grabs the guitar and

14:42

everybody's like blown away . All

14:44

these people with PhDs are blown away

14:46

by him .

14:48

See , I'm going the exact opposite . We're

14:51

at a normal party , and then this

14:53

dude shows up with somebody else . You've

14:56

heard of him through reputation . You're like

14:58

he's rich .

14:59

Whatever ?

15:00

you know this

15:05

fucking jerk . And then he comes in . Nicest

15:07

guy in the world . Conversation

15:10

clean up like does everything

15:13

and it turns out this guy's actually a great guy and

15:15

you misjudged him right from the beginning . Wow , yeah

15:17

, cuz it's not .

15:19

That's pretty damn good this . Scotch , that's

15:21

good Okay .

15:21

Yeah , I like that . I think this is the guy where you

15:24

say go and get the guitar and he says , no , fuck

15:26

you , I'm making everybody brioche French toast

15:28

. Yeah , I'm gonna , and

15:31

and that's what this friend is doing

15:33

.

15:38

Also a tasting note but I should also

15:40

Know

15:42

that it's not sticky sweet .

15:44

Which is what no ?

15:45

really redeems it for me , because we're saying a lot

15:47

of sweet notes but it's not .

15:50

No , it's like Christmas day is super balanced

15:52

, yeah , like it's sweet , but not like every

15:54

time I have a Scotch like this , it's way

15:56

pinned towards super sweet

15:58

for me , like that's always been my experience

16:01

.

16:01

So when you say a Scotch like

16:03

this , what do you mean ? I'm not , I'm being serious .

16:05

No , I just . I just mean , every time

16:07

I have a Scotch that has sweet notes , it

16:09

tends to be okay , like super

16:11

sweet quite sweet yeah , breakfast

16:13

yeah .

16:14

I don't , yeah , I just sorry . I don't

16:16

know if it's the tannins from the barrel

16:18

, but every time I go back to it like I

16:20

get that sweetness , but it's also like something

16:22

about it , super drying drying , so it's

16:24

almost powdery , yeah , which is sounds

16:27

weird , but it's a really good thing , because it doesn't

16:29

like Overpowering and clawing

16:31

and like it leaves your palate

16:33

clean , which is weird , yeah like I said , I actually

16:35

wanted to drink more of it .

16:37

Yeah , another word tasting . It's like pulp

16:39

, like paper pulp . Yeah , exactly

16:43

so you eat a lot of paper .

16:47

There is always one , but

16:49

I don't know if that's there or not . Oh , I was

16:52

gonna say it was like finishing with custard

16:55

, like vanilla or flan type

16:58

custard stuff , but without the like overly

17:01

sugary side of it .

17:03

Yeah , yeah , very flan flavors

17:05

though .

17:05

Yeah , I could like the flan , like sweet

17:08

.

17:09

I feel like I've kind of left that those or

17:11

those flavors have left me or I've left them . Maybe

17:14

I've left them you know , maybe you've left

17:16

, I still am getting the very ashy kind

17:19

of Chard flavor

17:22

at the beginning , but then , like Chris said , the dark

17:24

fruits , the blackberries , raspberries

17:27

, so

17:29

like the subtle sweetness with a , with that

17:31

smoky , really nice

17:33

, did you add ?

17:34

water .

17:35

I did yeah and I enjoyed the

17:37

flan custard

17:39

phase as well . But I'm

17:43

saving it because I don't want to finish it , yeah it's

17:45

very good Um

17:48

.

17:48

Should we go around ? Do any guesses thoughts

17:50

?

17:52

It's , it's Ila it's

17:54

definitely . Ila .

17:56

I already said to loud to also

17:58

, you're allowed to do anything you want to use the

18:00

knowledge that I have that you bought this .

18:02

Hmm , I'm gonna guess it's either

18:04

an art bag . It's pretty , it's pretty close

18:07

.

18:07

It's pretty close that our big that's

18:10

a tire fire yes , it's

18:12

a lot like Gugudel , which is finished in cherry casks .

18:14

That's my favorite art bag . Gugudel

18:17

. That could be a little bit of

18:20

the rings .

18:20

It could be a little frog .

18:22

I don't think it's smoking up for the fruit , but yeah

18:25

, it could be an old enough , for I still think it's a . I

18:29

have some .

18:29

I have some , some stuff that's a little less smoky , a little bit of a little bit of

18:31

a little bit of a little bit of a little bit of a that's a

18:33

little less smoky , a little sherry I think it's sherry

18:35

finished like for you . It's called some

18:38

gay look or like Karchus or something like that . But

18:40

If it's

18:42

not all be shocked , but I think it's Ila

18:45

12 ish years .

18:47

ABV 46 yeah

18:50

, but that .

18:51

Pete that was there early on

18:54

. I didn't get any of after I added

18:56

water . He was up there . I mean there

18:58

is Pete in it , but it wasn't

19:00

sticking around for me , my ball

19:02

.

19:02

Mm-hmm , I still got it .

19:04

Still got . Now You're

19:08

a virgin mouth .

19:17

Yeah , the only thing I've had between now

19:19

and the last club in December is

19:22

Johnny Walker

19:24

Blue .

19:24

And the old fashioned the other night .

19:26

And Torpegg and the old fashioned that's

19:29

not bad .

19:32

Yeah , if you're going to fuck up your life , yeah , that's good

19:34

.

19:39

Yeah , any other guesses ? Region or

19:42

LLL , lll .

19:44

Mm , hmm . Could

19:47

, be a lot of going on 48%

19:50

.

19:52

Okay , pretty

19:54

old , I would say over 16

19:56

years old .

19:57

Could this be the logable and offerment

19:59

?

20:01

No , I think we've had that before , didn't we ? I

20:03

don't think . I don't think it was that dark .

20:06

It does have that .

20:07

Yeah , it's logable .

20:09

It's got that chart .

20:11

Look at me , I'm going with some like weird

20:16

, do it Peded

20:19

space . I don't remember to this was

20:21

purchased in a duty free shop .

20:23

Yeah , In Mexico

20:25

.

20:27

So limits the probably logable . Yeah

20:29

Well

20:31

, and also , justin is a whore for my LLL .

20:33

Sneak attack . It's a

20:36

mess . Yeah

20:38

, all right .

20:42

Should we ?

20:42

rate it yeah .

20:45

Yeah , evan

20:48

, let's start with you ?

20:50

Honestly , I it wasn't . I , you know , like

20:53

Verna alluded to , it's not the scotch that he likes

20:55

, his flavor profile Same with

20:57

me , but God damn , this is delicious , so I

20:59

have to give it a 10 . This is fantastic . Wow

21:04

, wow .

21:06

Have you ever given anything a 10 before ?

21:09

No I almost gave no the one

21:11

like during the Christmas party .

21:12

I almost did ?

21:12

What about the Glen Merange you brought ? No

21:15

, that wasn't a 10 .

21:17

Wow , wait , what'd

21:19

you give the signet ?

21:21

Yeah , that's the Glen Merange .

21:24

The signet With the signet

21:26

side by side would be .

21:26

I still have some .

21:28

I can , I'll bring it back . Wait

21:30

, I mean feel free to deny my request , but I'd

21:33

love to hear more about why this is a 10 .

21:35

It just hit . It hit All

21:37

the notes that I was looking for because it

21:40

had on the nose it was like the sweetness and

21:42

like , and that's what

21:44

I was afraid of . But then the first sip I took had , like the PD , the

21:48

smoke , and then you add a little

21:50

bit of water and it , it changed but still maintain the same scotch and

21:53

it just I don't know for here . Tasting this

21:55

at Scotch Club like this is exactly what

21:58

I'm looking for in tasting a Scotch

22:00

, like it hits all four quadrants so

22:03

to speak . Chris

22:06

.

22:06

It's close .

22:07

I think it's To me , it's

22:09

not a perfect 10 , but I very

22:11

much want to put my dick in it . So , wow

22:16

, he does not put his dick in . Non-perfectance

22:18

.

22:19

He's and he's a married man .

22:21

I'll say I'll

22:24

say 9.8 . This is

22:26

just . It's just . To me , it's just

22:28

delicious . It's like everything's in balance

22:30

. I want like I want just a little bit more

22:32

that Pete's smoke , which

22:35

is that extra point to , I guess , but

22:37

it's very , very , very good . So the

22:41

balance of all everything is it's

22:43

just . It's just the balance of

22:45

all . Everything is just , I think

22:47

, where it should be .

22:48

Like every note is just , you

22:51

know nearly Right where it should

22:56

be Well , it feels odd to go after a

22:58

10 and a 9.8 . Yeah

23:01

, especially since you're going to give it a 5 . I'm probably going to give

23:03

it lower than that I found this a really

23:06

really nice Scotch , but

23:09

nothing necessarily blew

23:11

me away about it . I think it did everything

23:13

really well , but

23:16

as opposed to it doing

23:18

everything really well , I almost would have rather it

23:20

focused on one or two aspects and

23:22

and really honed in on that . Now

23:24

, that's not to say I thought it was bad . I thought

23:27

it had a really nice smoke and salt quality

23:29

to it , but it was balanced by sweet . There

23:31

was some heat , but

23:34

it wasn't too hot . There was just a lot of

23:36

nice aspects to it and I think even the way that we talked about

23:38

it there was a range of

23:40

kind of everything that we wanted

23:42

to find in our Scotch . I

23:45

thought it was great . To me it wasn't

23:47

9 or above . I'm rating

23:50

it this as an 8.8 .

23:52

Excellent , dave .

23:54

You're so eloquent , I feel terrible going after you . I'm

23:57

like , well , it's a 9 .

23:59

Well , see you guys later . I'm going to go home

24:01

, pretty cool .

24:03

I felt like it was a 9 . I

24:05

thought it was incredibly balanced , you know , and

24:07

I , you know , I

24:10

was on the . It was

24:12

sweet , balanced , you know , but

24:14

it was a little sweet forward , which isn't totally

24:16

. I'm still discovering what I like , but

24:19

I think that the sweetness is not something

24:21

I gravitate towards , but it's still a solid 9 .

24:25

Andrew .

24:28

Yeah , I'm going to give

24:30

it a 9 . And I'm pretty much

24:32

on Nathan's level

24:34

Loved it , Didn't

24:37

, wasn't disappointed by

24:39

anything , really . I

24:42

threw out a few names earlier . I

24:44

think it's in the camp with Logoville and

24:47

16 with Ardbeak . However

24:50

you say , it Guggedale like

24:52

these very heavily pitted scotches

24:54

that are finished in cherry casks for a little bit

24:56

, so it gets that sweetness

24:58

and the smokiness mixed . I

25:01

liked all that . It just when

25:04

I think about those . It wasn't quite to

25:07

their level . Um

25:09

, I loved

25:12

it . It was dynamic . It changed as we went

25:14

. Everybody

25:17

at the table was adding water and loving it . The

25:19

contrarian in me was like , nope , I'm not going to

25:21

add water . When I did

25:24

, everybody was right . It was great . Full

25:29

points for

25:32

how dynamic and

25:34

complex this was

25:36

. So solid nine .

25:45

I had never tried this scotch before . When I bought

25:47

it I did buy two

25:49

bottles . So I bought one for the club and

25:51

then one to have at home , without

25:53

ever trying it before . So

25:55

I do have this at home , which is usually my tier

25:58

for when I have this at home or

26:00

not . I

26:03

thought it was awesome . I

26:05

think I could have used a little bit

26:07

, maybe a little bit more of Pete , but

26:10

that's just me personally . It was fun

26:13

to find a scotch that was

26:15

like , hey , we're going to do the Pete thing , but we're

26:17

going to do the sweet thing too . So

26:20

that was really cool and , I think , made for great conversation

26:22

and stuff . I

26:26

enjoyed a lot . I'm going to give it a nine .

26:30

Yeah , I'm right with you . I

26:33

don't want to like this scotch

26:35

because I

26:37

don't like this type of scotch

26:39

, but I really like this scotch . It's

26:45

hard to vocalize in it . I

26:49

don't even know what it would be missing maybe a little

26:52

more stickiness or something like that

26:54

. Or yeah , Pete , it

26:57

was 9.3 . Alex .

27:04

I'm at a nine . I

27:06

also really liked

27:08

Andrew's word of it being dynamic

27:11

. I

27:13

thought it was pretty thin

27:16

for the amount that it packed . I

27:18

think I could have been a little thicker , like

27:21

you were saying , but the

27:24

fact that it was just

27:26

as good with water as it was on the

27:28

nose and as the palette without water I

27:30

think was pretty great . So nine .

27:32

What does that bring us to 9.2

27:36

.

27:38

It's a good one .

27:39

Yeah .

27:42

So 9.2 is awesome . So

27:48

it is a leader bottle

27:50

, which is awesome . Yeah , more of it . More

27:52

of it , duty

27:54

free , pulled through , chris

27:57

, it is a telescope , yeah . It's

28:00

telescope dark storm . So

28:04

we've tried the storm . Obviously , we

28:06

all love the telescope storm , but this is

28:08

the dark storm in the leader

28:10

bottle .

28:12

Yes , that is a big one

28:14

.

28:15

This was such a treat . Thank you , Justin .

28:18

Yeah , well

28:21

done , chris . I

28:23

had a feeling , yeah .

28:26

I feel bad for mocking you .

28:27

Sorry , chris , this is your favorite too , isn't it ?

28:29

I need to take five months off and then come back

28:32

and I'll just nail it .

28:32

Yeah , I

28:37

will say , I've never heard of dark storm , so

28:39

what a wonderful surprise .

28:40

I mean it's delicious .

28:41

And I had no idea . They made a dark

28:43

storm .

28:44

The back of the box is one of my all time favorites .

28:47

It's wild , because you can . We've

28:50

all had the Talisker storm in here and

28:53

you could taste the Talisker

28:55

storm in it , you know . But

28:57

this is called dark storm , so I thought maybe

28:59

it would be almost peter or

29:01

harsher in some way , but it felt

29:04

more fruity

29:06

.

29:06

Or jizzier yeah .

29:08

It's far less briny and it's in a one

29:10

liter .

29:10

So it's extra .

29:11

And it's in a one liter . It's extra . Yeah , what's

29:15

the ABV on it ? I didn't even look 45

29:17

. 45.8 .

29:19

Wow , that was one

29:21

off . I overbid .

29:25

I need to go find this and buy

29:27

some .

29:28

You need to take a flight internationally .

29:32

Yeah , price point

29:34

90 bucks For a one liter

29:36

.

29:38

For a one liter . That's a good price .

29:40

Yeah , is a one liter like a

29:42

bottle and a third 25% more

29:44

, 25% market .

29:45

Normal bottle is well , what is

29:47

normal ?

29:48

There we go .

29:49

Normal in the past has been 750

29:52

. 750 . Industry is going to 700

29:54

, sadly . So

29:58

a liter would be math

30:01

people 25% more .

30:03

They change their ways . Yeah

30:06

, it's unacceptable .

30:07

Yeah , except Jesus into

30:09

their hearts and maybe they change how many

30:11

for 50 liters .

30:13

You're going to revamp everything .

30:16

Nathan and Dave are counting the fonts . Give us a

30:18

report . Yeah , what's going on over there ?

30:20

You've got a 10 font combo on the front

30:22

. Yeah yeah , that's psycho Disappointing

30:25

.

30:26

So , alex , if you would please docket one

30:29

tenth of a point .

30:34

Dark storm . I am impressed , this

30:37

is great . So what was I

30:39

?

30:39

was certain it was an item from the bottle

30:41

.

30:41

Is there any actual tasting notes ?

30:44

The tasting notes on the back of the box are absolutely

30:47

absurd . Yeah , the tasting notes are

30:49

ridiculous .

30:49

The elements Hold on .

30:51

Okay , I think we're done here .

30:54

Tell us your dark storm Clear your

30:57

throat . The elements unleash

30:59

their power , you're doing Christian Bale's battle

31:01

. Untamed intensity wrestles with spice

31:03

and fruit . Surround yourself

31:05

. Surround yourself

31:08

With what ? With

31:10

roaring seas and rugged wilderness

31:12

, in the height of a storm .

31:15

Oh , my , that's it .

31:16

No , there's more than that Sounds good . Surround

31:19

yourself at the height of a storm and then

31:21

you're done .

31:21

That sounds delicious , maybe

31:23

on the bottle Nothing on the bottle . I

31:27

thought on the back of the box . This is something about fruit

31:29

.

31:29

But just nothing about fruit Tastes

31:33

of fruit , yeah .

31:36

So what do they do differently ? Is

31:38

it cherry finished or port finished

31:40

, or something ?

31:41

I would love to know what they do differently .

31:43

They are not finished , because

31:45

I just remember .

31:46

I don't shake off the label .

31:48

Regular Talister storm . I'm just being briny

31:50

deliciousness , and

31:52

this was not . I mean it had brininess

31:54

but not nearly as briny as just

31:57

regular Talister storm , just regular Talister storm .

32:00

It's like heating an oyster . Talister

32:02

dark storm , matured

32:05

in heavily charred oak casks , imparting

32:09

yet more smoke and spice to the already intensely

32:12

smoky whiskey . Okay

32:14

, this is tasting notes from

32:17

Master of Malt Nose

32:19

smoky bacon , black pepper and red chili

32:22

, dressed with a touch of orchard fruit and golden

32:24

malt Palate

32:26

huge oak influence

32:28

With a big burst

32:30

of smoke on palette entry . Beyond

32:32

that , though , you find red fruit , citrus and

32:34

fresh honey Finish , a very

32:37

, very long finish peppered with honey roasted

32:39

nuts .

32:40

Sounds about right .

32:41

Yeah , bang on . I think we did better . I

32:43

think so too .

32:45

There's a dark story coming .

32:48

Oh , do we have a toast ?

32:50

Who has a toast ?

32:51

Alex got it .

32:53

Here's to you and yours and mine

32:55

and ours . If mine and ours should ever

32:57

again cross paths with you and yours

32:59

, I hope mine and ours will be as good to

33:01

you and yours as you and

33:03

yours was to mine

33:05

and ours . Cheers

33:07

.

33:08

Cheers , wow . Okay , pronounce

33:11

Lunafaba Cheers , cheers , cheers .

33:17

Cheers .

33:19

Mmm , mmm , mmm

33:21

. Oh

33:24

, that's so good . That's , yeah

33:26

, that's pretty damn near a 10 . Yeah .