hello malty malt mates of mount mina i'm ralphie welcome to bothy welcome to ralphie review 923
extras and thank you to the brown water boys for that mock mention uh this is
an extras attached to a rum review i don't do rum reviews very often because i'm primarily
a single malt scotch whisky reviewer but every now and again i need to have an alternative for my own
sanity because things are pretty turbulent in the scotch whiskey in the world at the moment uh with
very variable bottlings and people increasingly antagonized by some of the disingenuous flanneless
can i call it [ __ ] well all right let's give it his opinion it's an opinion [ __ ] that's coming
out from some sectors some distilleries in the whiskey industry and one fine example is a recent
production of a non-fungible token oh ralphie what's a non-fungible token well basically it's
a little i ponzi scam that's what a non-fungible token is an i internet e or an e ponzi scam i
don't think i have to explain that but people are getting suckered into it because unfortunately a
lot of people out there may be into electronics and think they're all clued up in contemporary
but they also happen to be a bit thick but it can be helped it's just real life so who am i to judge
but in the meantime to preserve my sanity from some of the disingenuous crap that is masquerading
as marketing from some high profile distilleries which i will go into some detail in my patreon
only video shortly and yes my patreon pals will have to put on the seat belts because i am going
to be ranting i'm going to be really ranting and our bags ears are going to be burning but there
you go it's for patreon subscribers only but in the meantime let's just kick on back to rum um
i know what some of you are thinking hey ralphie the high-end rums are really really expensive
we're watching them getting really high prices option
they're getting as manipulated and as coveted as the fancy high-end collectible investment
grade whiskies these days and you know you're right when the certain italian companies really
pumping it to really get the prices up for the so-called best of the best and good luck to them
they're just looking after business however i have to say i am not one of the customers i'm looking
for value i'm looking for value in my rooms and when i find value i want to share it with you and
i've just recently reviewed binly bainly 2015 australian cask strength rum 59
it's the real deal it's the proper stuff but i'm very much aware i was able to buy a bottle
but shortly after i bought a bottle it kind of disappeared from the shops funny that
strange how these things happen
perhaps it's just another permutation of the ralphie effect who knows but in the meantime there
are here's a rum i'm going to introduce a rum to you if you're a whiskey drinker who's on a budget
now you're going to be paying for it but you're going to get the value as well and it is a hidden
permutation of four square distillery and barbados barbados produces very very very good rum it's
complex it's spiky spicy it's nuanced it's subtle and it's really good quality and at least three of
the four distilleries on barbados do a good job of this i think there's one distillery just doesn't
want to play the game but so sad too bad bad never mind moving on that's rum politics for you
um but this is the real mccoy 12 year old it's a limited edition room
and it's limited edition because it's been partly matured in ex madeira casks now for those of you
who are ralphie regulars you will know i'm a sucker for a madeira cask i really am whether
it's whiskey whether it's rum or whether it's anything else it tends to work with a madeira cask
so um let's put this one out the way that's my previous rum that i've reviewed i'm going to pour
a little bit of glass but a little glass of this just a little thought and i'm going to introduce
the real mccoy as a viable worth looking at better value alternative to the more high-end designer
rums that are being put out there as high-end collectibles
the real mccoy where's my steam punker i need my steam bunker so as i can actually
i've got my reading glasses on i still need my steampunker so i can actually read this stuff
oh my goodness here we go
legendary rum runner the real mccoy his name was mr mccoy and he got a reputation as having the
real mccoy because he refused to adulterate and cut up his imported rum from the caribbean into
florida into the united states during prohibition so if it was the real mccoy it was good quality
uncut undiluted uncontaminated liquor during prohibition many liquors
were heavily contaminated that's why they used to sweeten them up and color them up and use
fancy glasses and make fancy cocktails that's the story of cocktails the dark history of it
right single blended from portuguese madeira and american bourbon barrel aged rum
aged 12 years small batch crafted with a unique balance of copper column stills and pot stills
so like the previous review the benley australian rum it's a basically a blend of styles you've got
the column still which gives a more refined spirit and then you've got the pot still which
gives a heavier spirit and they blend them together to get the best of both
still properties it's been bottled at 46 not 40
not 40 46 this makes this an integrity room there's more this is batch number 2016
so i've actually got a batch clear batch reference which isn't some tiny little minuscule number code
that's been blasted onto the glass that you're supposed to ignore and hopefully not see
from foursquare square distilleries and philip barbados anything else yes
the 2016 madeira cask edition is a singular small batch of only 500 cases so now you're getting some
point of reference as to how small or large the batch actually is now it doesn't say where the
cases are six bottles or 12 bottles but generally it's six bottles so you're looking about 3 000
bottles in my opinion this 92 proof single blend drum is crapped is crafted with a high ratio
of copper pots still distillate and aged for 12 full years because some some rum distillers they
just say oh 12 years but that's the oldest rum in the blend you know what i mean jiggery pokery
but this is making it clear 12 full years in both american bourbon and portuguese madeira barrels
with no added sugar flavor or artificial color right can i repeat that can i repeat
that because let's face it many single malt scotch whiskies have in fact added sugar
if it's a px cask super sweet sherry it's added sugar in it tell me i'm wrong
flavor
cask finishes are added flavors tell me i'm wrong
our artificial color e150a
the industry claims it's natural color but it's produced in a lab it's produced in an
industrial site and through a chemical process what's natural about that
says get natural color in it and it's coming from an authentic and reputable distillery so
i see no reason to challenge it what i'm really saying here is for goodness sake
break your whiskey habit and try something else you're gonna be surprised pleasantly surprised
this is the genuine article the real mccoy right yo
consume considerably and find this in www.the so www.realmcoyrum.com
and flavor notes are saying matured vine bounce hints of toasted walnut a little bit
tropical fruit and sweet oak yeah and smooth warm finish yeah i'll go with that too
the thing is there's rooms out there getting better and better
and unfortunately some single moths are they're increasingly they're letting us down
um and i see it in my comments i'm not making this up malt mates i'm not plucking this out of thin
time and time and time as i sift through the comments that you leave i see
small to the point statements registering people's disappointment that they've bought
out and gone out and bought a bottle a single malt whiskey that they bought a few years ago
and it's just not the same anymore and they don't mean it's better they mean it's worse
and that is and i can confirm this because it is worse it's the quality of the casks see we're rum
they're much nearer to the casks rum when it matures it is not sensitive to poor quality casks
in the same way that malted barley spirit is
rum distillers have much more control over their wood policy than many scotch whiskey distillers
do who are stuck and trapped with the options of casks available to them at this moment in time
rum distillers can they use in the staves yeah of course they can not a problem
not a problem at all makes perfect sense because they work they really work so what do you get here
the nose
excellent spicy rich typical classic beijing foursquare distillery without
the massive premium tag it's a three-year-old five-year-old 10 year old 12 year old 14 year old
there's a great range of this and they're all good check the reviews go on i dare you
bottle of 46
flavors coming through sweet dry balanced complex warming
good aftertaste a little bit of oak a little bit of soft
american oak decent quality too no harshness to it no harshness at all this is a solid cask polishing
going on at this distillery because they're getting it right and the whisk the drums are
out there i'm good i was going to say whiskeys the rums are out there there's plenty of permutations
of it and see when you start diversifying into alternatives you will greatly enrich
your understanding of whiskey when you come back to whiskey you will explore further afield mezcals
arm and yanks not the 40 bottled cognacs i'm talking armagnacs single cast armagnacs you'll
find them at cayden heads they are giving you the knowledge giving you the knowledge
and then you'll get to the grappas not the tourist trap grappas that you find in bottle shops in rome
not the real grappas the grappas when you taste it as a seasoned old whiskey hack like me you
genuinely get a wave of excitement at the originality the authenticity and the sheer
quality of craftsmanship that has gone in to make a good grappa but can i review grappas for you no
because nobody will watch the videos you're just not there but reach out connect with the force
reach out and the force will come to you
fortune favors the brave and the adventurers and the travelers with without whatever you're
traveling with you will find great diversity and beauty beyond the familiar don't stick
with the familiar go exploring i'm ralphie and i commend this message see you soon bye