hello multi-menacing multi-medlers and thank you to jw for that mod mention
because we always have a malt mentioned malt mix before we have a malt whiskey review or any review
of any quality spirits which is what this channel that you've arrived at is all about i'm ralphie
this is the bothy we're talking whiskey and other quality spirits but in this particular edition
ralphie review 891 specifically knock-and-do twelve-year-old right i shall pour a glass
smell it taste it tell you all about it
i think i'll also hold the bottle up so you can clearly see the label for points of
reference can you see that clearly i think you can actually yeah lovely it's in focus
bottled at 43 aged 12 years knocking though is a single space side malt whiskey from knocking
door distillery and it's what's described as a general all-rounder
represented representative of the region it comes from interestingly i've never actually in over 10
years i've never previously reviewed a knock in those single malt on this channel i mean there's
a number of whiskeys i haven't reviewed glenn keith um a good example strathmill another good
example i'm sure i haven't reviewed that but um i'm redressing the balance a little bit because
knocking though is more available than it used to be and people are more aware of it you get the 12
year old version which is the most reasonably priced version because it's got the youngest
age statement of the range and then you get the 15 year old the 18 year old and the 21 year old
all are realistically priced if you're buying in the uk i can't answer for if you're anywhere
else in the world because i don't know what sort of local markups tend to apply
uh or how much the retailers load up in the age statement when they're premiumizing their products
with the price tags which happens by the way but um one reason that i've put it off so long is
that i've just had a negative connection with knocking though which goes back to 1994
in which there was allegedly and i'm by the way no notice the word i'm using allegedly
because when it comes to official information from many channels about whiskey what you're told
you have to be prepared to be updated about it later on um and even though it's from relatively
orthodox established channels the facts you get from the whiskey industry are often no more
than official opinions and they don't have solid foundations and facts
so the general situation with nokindo is that near to nokindo is another distillery called knock doo
and either one distillery or the other distillery or both distilleries decided that the names were
too familiar and would cause confusion so one distillery had to change its name
and that distillery is now recognized by the brand name enoch and i have to say being dispassionate
about it a knock is consistently in my opinion a better prepared whiskey than knocking though
it's bottled uh more frequently at an integrity standard of 46 percent natural color and unshield
filtered and the prices for that better quality presentation are pretty good in the uk and
for that reason i've always kind of
felt that i'm taking sides here a wee bit and i've gone in the side of a knock
as far as i'm aware right again choosing my words carefully it was knocking though who didn't want
knock do to be using the knock do name but someone else would might tell you that in
fact the new owners in taking over the distillery in knock do in 1994 are the ones that instigated
the change to be honest it's all slightly fuzzy and as i've just mentioned when you get
official fact checker information do take it with a pinch of salt even from the most
seasoned of commentators because i've noticed a few times historically that
facts so-called facts have just been popped out into the whiskey world and they're
basically just a sound bite from marketing team but they've been accepted as the truth
back to the whiskey so plenty time to
open up in the glass a little bit of air into it and what we're getting in the nose
unpainted fresh slightly citrusy grainy cereal malted barley fresh fruit notes
relatively simple not as simple as the previous whisky i reviewed in ralphie review 890 just
passed called devon that was simpler than this this is a step up in complexity but this is
still a relatively simple single malt whiskey and ideal for people who want their whiskey
with ice in a rob roy cocktail or any other cocktail and they want a single malt to be used
it's ideal for that and also ideal for people who are nervous about their first single bolt whiskey
and don't want to be brutalized with a glass of laphroaig
give it a bit of time as i mentioned before minute in the glass for each year in the cask so about 10
minutes later 10 to 15 minutes you will notice that the serial note starts to become a bit more
complex in fairness to knock knocking knocking though um it does develop quite successfully in
the glass it doesn't remain as simple as the first pour and that which is quite refreshing
very sweet and sour
totally sweet and sour these sensations dominate the arrival development and a slightly gingery
slightly sweet and sour finish i'm going to add a drop of water just to highlight this is bottled
at 43 that helps 46 would be better but 43 is a good start i've only added about one milliliter
of water once five milliliters five centiliters sorry five cent one centiliter of water so i'm not
adding much to this it doesn't need much any more information i can tell you about knocking dough um
no
it's unfortunately in the whole wider scheme of things
it's a relatively anonymous distillery it's one of these distilleries that could
really benefit from a proper contemporary makeover and but that's not happening yet
this is chill filtered um but in fairness if you look at the color
you'll notice that it isn't particularly caramelized if any has been put in the tone
uh we go i'm just having a quick glance over the label in case
i missed that until filtered statement but no it's not there because it's definitely happened
so coming back just again bit in the nose
softer creamier more biscuity shortbread biscuits good quality ones like the ones deans make
which are better quality than walkers in my opinion if you're into your shortbread
slightly more lemony a little bit of fresh fruit citrus going on slight grapefruit hints
of pineapple in the background not particularly spicy gently underlying spicy with touch of
soft cinnamon and
what's that one you're not not you get used to be very valuable not meg and you'd get there
yeah those will be touching nutmeg in there it's quite
quite pleasant gives a little bit of identity to this taste wise
richer in the rival a little bit more toffeed the
flavor actually grows with the small addition of a small amount of water
quite fresh and crisp
the cask influence has been understated there's a touch of oak in the background
but it never imposes too much it certainly doesn't provide a cask overcoat and so i would say that's
a credit to this single mom the finish the development of the finish remains kind of
fairly short-lived so it's a 12 year old single mom behaving more like a nine or eight year old
in terms of form but the development has got a little bit more crispness vanilla
toffee when you've added some water the finish again you've got a little gingeriness
doesn't really hang about that much that long um i would say just a perfectly competent decent
capable available jobbing whiskey in which in the uk the prices are really quite accessible
what i'm going to give this remote mark
i'm going to give this 84 out of 100 more mates and that is my
malt mark there you go if you pop back shortly for ralphie review 891 extras
i shall be talking a bit more about
attitudes in the scotch whisky industry as regards names and possession of names
challenges to names infringements of names because what you'll find is the more you get
into the whiskey scene the more you find these pop up as a topic of conversation
so i want you to be informed about them before someone with the very best of intentions starts to
sort of kind of load you up with their prejudices see you soon mommy's bye