hello multi monopoly monday moonshiners and thank you to christian atala
for providing the malt mention for ralphie review 897
extras before i go any further could i just remind you that the oscars are happening
the online the online scotch whiskey awards so go to the website there's a link below oswa dot co
dot uk and register your vote when you participate you you you connect with a growing voice of online
enthusiasts and whiskey fans and buyers who are providing as direct as possible feedback through
the portal of the online scotch whisky awards to the industry as to what whiskey we value
and we want to buy and also we're telling the industry about the whiskey we don't want to buy
so i've just reviewed 12 year old cooperative supermarket single malt whiskey
and given an 81 out of 100 in rafi review 897 and it was a mock mark there you go 81
not a great mark but hey i've reviewed it so it's good enough and the way i reviewed it
was when opened the bottle and found it kind of fairly stale and unappetizing and uninteresting
i knew to leave the cork off let it breathe let it i'm in the northern hemisphere so i can leave the
cork off overnight and it's going to be fine no worries it's not going to all evaporate out during
the night in these tropical temperatures that we enjoy in the irish sea i don't think so and i let
it settle down and open up and it became a far far better version of itself in fact it improved
nothing short of spectacularly but we can take it further because what's important to me is i know
that many of ralphie fans and walt mates are in a budget and some of you are on a severe budget
you enjoy your whiskey you want to get into more whiskey but that budget's restraining you and
holding you back and i can relate to that because i've been in that situation myself in the past
and here's a way around it i'm going to empower you to invest in a better whiskey moment for the
maximum value and the best economy guess what you do you buy a bottle of the supermarket whiskey
and it doesn't cost much and you pour a weed ram
and then you pour another weed ram i'll just top this one up here
25 pounds a bottle competent malt not particularly sighting but hey
you get what you pay for sometimes to be honest you don't get what you pay for that's
one reason why you come and watch my channel malt mates is it not and here's what you do
see that bottle you got for your birthday that wasn't that expensive but it's really really good
here's an example le chick le chick la chaig the dig the choke whatever
10 year old isle of mull painted single malt integrity bottling 46 0.3 percent
until filtered great whiskey 90 over 100 from ralphie it's got to be good
prices are going up but it's still affordable it's still available how long will that last not long
and here's what you do you pour your supermarket whiskey
and this precious bottle which you need to take your time with you just put in a little
splash don't even bother measuring it
can if you want to you could get a dropper you could put in one drop two drops six drops 12 drops
you've got full control of it you do what you want because it's your whiskey
i've shown this before but this is so important that i'm showing it again
because it doesn't matter what your budget and where you're at this is always a good thing to do
you learn so much from it but in this instance for those who are seriously in the budget i'm showing
you how to to upsize and upscale the quality of your whiskey for the budget you've got and
this is the most immediate simple and spectacular way of doing it you're blending up having a nose
immediately i'm noticing the paint from the cheek
and i can contrast it contrast it now with the co-operative 12 year old budget single malt
very quiet very closed compared to this
so i'm gonna add a drop of water how much not much one milliliter
now you've got two glasses of whiskey your basic budget and your supercharged
what happens is you don't just change the flavor you upgrade the caliber of presentation you're
moving away from something which is harshly chill filtered and caramel colored with e150a
and you're moving away from that you're restoring it back to a more authentic
flavoursome integrity bottling whiskey and even a small nudge will take that
basic whiskey a big big distance now if you want you can add the pour one bottle into the other
and you know you could with a group of mates you could chip in buy a better bottle of whiskey
have a dram few drums split what's left into the bottle
into miniatures take it home and put it into your basic supermarket another great solution
but what's the real difference between here between this one
from the supermarket and this one which is supermarket enhanced le cheek is it marginal
because i've not added much le chick to the cooperative basic budget single malt
what's happening is because the cooperative malt is actually basically decent it's just a bit thin
a bit over processed it's being invigorated by the presence of this other
affordable whiskey as elevating it in its competency and in the tangible
improvement of smell and taste and the satisfaction that you get from thereof while
still managing your budget very very carefully having a taste now taste of the basic cooperative
fruity toffee better grapefruit better lemon bitter ginger slightly sour in the finish
short journey swift arrival swift development swift finish not a lot to see competent worth
81 out of 100 once you've really opened it up and given it time the enhanced version
i'm getting the paint on the nose it's distinctive it takes very very little to
have a significant impact because essentially the first whiskey is is a blank canvas it's a magnolia
canvas a vanilla canvas for to make the other additional flavors coming into it really pop more
this glass the peatiness is fresher and more earthy
and more zippy like kalila than in the original check
this little cheek is taking change direction the two whiskeys they literally bond together
immediately you could lose use our bag that would work kalila that would work benromach peach smoke
that would work laphroaig you're just going to get another version of laphroaig
when you do that let's shake great great sympathetic addition to your basic whiskey
and here you're getting a greatly elevated experience as cheaply as you can as is affordable
as cheaply as is affordable let's have another taste here because this is really quite
interesting i'm going to add just a drop more water before i tie things up and yes i will be
providing a malt mark for this infusion it's now a blended malt but hey so what who cares
there's plenty of blended mulch better than single malts you know that
well what strollipoli's a bit rapid better slow things down
i'm not in a hurry what's the hurry we're not going anywhere the clock can wait for us
much softer noise more substantial more complex more a lot more going on taste
a much more barley sugar
honeyed softer version in which this although it's much smaller quantity it's this that dominates
the finish is just slightly lacking but they are the development is so enhanced
the softness of the peat is so beguiling and refreshing in comparison to as a single malt
that i have no problem this is going to intrigue you now
and i've been experimenting about this so you will notice this is a significant
significant difference what what literally were up to 86 out of 100 and it's still a malt mark
because they're both malt whiskies but it's a blended mark now 8600 says it all says everything
you need to know i'm ralphie i hope you've enjoyed this extras i think the timing is quite important
here i'm recording this in october 2021 so for a historical point of reference in the time capsule
i i can tell you right now and i'm sorry to be the bearer of bad news but we are now on the doorstep
of serious global inflation of costs is serious it's not five percent not even 10 percent you're
looking at right across the board 20 plus rises in the cost of commodities globally i've seen
this brewing for long enough it's happened in the past there's nothing new about it
except this time it's going to happen so much faster than it has before it's the new reality
so buy your whiskies now malt makes because i anticipate come 2022 that we are going to see a
serious price hike right across the industry for all spirits all liquors all alcoholic beverages
and we're going to look back to now october 2021 and say my goodness remember back in 2021
whiskies were so cheap back then i could afford my whiskies and i was in a budget just
watch this space and i'm just telling you because you need to know you need to prepare
i'm rafi thank you for watching i hope you have many
quality malt moments and for those of you who are in a budget drink less keep it quality do this
and you're going to have more of the experience than other people with big fat budgets who have
paid 10 000 pounds for a bottle of whiskey and have no idea what they're tasting
they haven't having a clue but they just bought it because they had the money are they any happier
for it are they any better off at the end of the day no they're not you on the other hand because
you've really had to push and stretch your budget for something like this you'll make the most of it
and because of that you're going to get the most out of it and it will help to educate your palate
and you you'll just it's like a an artist canvas here you can add one black dash two dashes three
dashes you gotta splash the bottle see where it goes add a splash of that bottle to this bottle
it's complete open season and you're going to undoubtedly you as long as you keep it quality
you're going to get surprises you're going to come across things you did not expect
and anticipate and frankly think you have to have experiences that money can't buy these
experiences can only happen mock mates because you've got the courage and the initiative to make
it happen and stick your neck out a wee bit and explore with your blending on a budget good luck