hello malty mysterious maritime militias and thank you to lucas burdike
uh bardet or burdick uh for the malt mention introducing ralphie review 907 that's what it
is i had to think about it there so welcome malt mates to the bothy welcome to a cold wintery day
in the middle of the irish sea which is the finest sort of day that you can have
to enjoy a single malt whiskey and this is one which when it first came out i
i was too late to buy a model uh i just couldn't track one down but eventually after persevering
um i came across one i've bought it and i'm going to review it for you it's called kill karen
12 year old single mulch scotch whiskey from glengale distillery in campbelltown and it's
bottled at 46 and if you look closely at the back of the label not the front the back of the label
not chill filtered and no added coloring wonderful
it's very reassuring that it means that whatever's in the bottle because it's an integrity
presentation is going to be a lot more tasty and smell better than otherwise being bottled basic
not that i'm criticizing basic bottlings because basic bottlings are produced
for the undiscerning mass consumer who wants a branded experience and frankly they are not that
fast and frankly they're not that interested in the complexity of smell and complexity of taste
but the thing is malt mates the fact that you're watching this video means that you are you are
in fact invested in other words you're not just buying six exclusively on the discounts and deep
discounts in supermarkets and amazon you're going malt hunting and you're prepared to pay that extra
premium but extra money wherever you are when you come across a product which is going to give you
a quality of experience and the primary components of that experience
are smell and taste and when you see the fact that a bottle is an integrity presentation
you're reassured very reassured so i've poured away glass here a lovely
honest color a little bit more about the distillery it's a small distillery
in other words there's not that lot produced not such a lot produced i should be saying i was just
bad grammar my apologies a little verbal ralphie blooper there and um being a small distillery
owned by spring bank who really know what they're doing who have a tremendous amount of collective
experience and that goes into the production of this whiskey there's a kind of high demand for it
it's spotted and the reason it's spotted is purely because of the internet the internet's been the
absolute game changer for the reputation of small distilleries and for connecting small distilleries
to their international customer base and nobody mock me no party is going to quibble with me
over that opinion so what have we got here we've got a whiskey that's different to spring bank the
distillery just down the road but it's still got a lot in common so those of you who can't get hold
of a spring bank despite it being recommended and despite it being absolutely fabulous stuff
well you could have a look at spring bank options being hazel burn and long row which
in their own right are fantastic whiskeys or alternatively you can look at the distillery
next door owned by spring bank which is glen gale distillery which is producing this single
malt lovely label by the way simple practical straightforward and unpretentious and importantly
on the back of the label be better in the front but hey it's in the back of the label it's on the
bottle where it matters noncha not chill filtered and no added coloring what have we got on the
nose very softly painted slightly savoury nose i'm really getting that kind of old school done
edge warehouse sort of soft sensations of sweet and sour hint of bitterness although bitterness
is often one of the hardest sensations to pick up on the nose tends to come across as an astringency
there's a soft intense rich sultana note not the standard baking sultanas that you buy in
the supermarket no no no we're talking about the bigger sultanas that you buy in continental europe
the real ones the fabulous ones that when you eat them on your own
on on their own you're just getting that much more flavor from them
it's that style of sultana very close relationship to the reason
there's a slight note of sharing the background it's quite indistinct it's very much integrated
with the the signature of the single malt which has got honey in it some soft ginger
some rich toffee-ish malt but again on the nose you you pick up on that fabulous soft savory
note and at 12 years old we're getting something which is quite signature rich
the the still signature from glen gales stills is very much to the front it isn't spectacularly
distinctive like some other distilleries but it's very good at what it is simples
i just love the old-fashioned nose here little libraries bit of bookcases a little bit of
old-fashioned leather wallet whenever you jump in an old british car like a jaguar with leather
seats in the sunshine the sunny day you can still smell a little bit of slight woodiness coming off
the dashboards veneer and you're getting that and of course a little bit of gear oil those those um
vehicle notes the complex vehicle notes that includes that savory aspect to it taste neat
dense complex naturally complex and in a word single word rich arrival
a very fat flavor on the tongue what i mean by that i mean there's all sorts of flavors in there
all compressed up you're aware of it you know they're going to unravel over the time and make
this strand much more interesting particularly when you add a drop of water although i have
to say you won't need that much but it's got that wonderful concentrated compressed
savory fruit fresh fresh fruit bit of fresh apple in there okay a little bit of russet or
tumble apple nutty apple um but it's the the dense sultana and raisin on the palate intermingled with
a little bit of soft soft dry toffee and some very mild spices and some soft powdered ginger
that makes it very engaging i'm going to add a drop of water now
naturally the actual form of the whiskey it's all tends to be up front in the arrival this is
why we're gonna add just a little drop of whiskey how much two or three milliliters that's all you
need in fact i just put two milliliters and and you'll see the transformation in this drum very
very quickly also because of the quality of production although it will change quickly once
you've added a drop of water it will be steady as well so it changes rapidly in a short space
of time but it's steady and paced as it unravels on the nose and particularly on the palate
little a gentle rolly rolly rolly this is how we do it in the birthday
you will see just to warn you at whiskey events people swirling their glasses
until the contents are practically flying out the top mop mates all you're doing is
agitating the whiskey it's really not helping there's no rush there's no rush to swirl it up
because there's no rush to drink it the slower you go the further you get and the more happens
it's the way it is when we drink slowly we're giving our senses time to adapt to the experience
if we drink if we drink whiskey quickly or even worse which many scottish people do knock it back
and go oh that was rare give us another glass this is what bells was bottled for and white and mackay
and famous grouse for the swiggers don't be a swigger
promise me your new year's resolution mock mates no swigging in fact get a sign for
your whiskey bathy your whiskey's whiskey zone no swigging here and the wee kind of red cross mark
particularly good quality whiskey's after you're paying the premium what's the point in rushing it
it's like going to an art gallery to view the paintings you see a really good painting do you
just give it a quick glance and walk on by no so why do it with whiskey why smell it taste it and
gulp it it's a no-brainer leave gulping mom mates to the dafties because dafties do daft things
small snow smell a little bit of scotch mist appearing in this glass now oh
lovely lovely to see it
rich complex dried and a little bit of fresh fruit
with that savory finish some beautiful [ __ ] little smoke coming out the development it's being
released because of the water giving that savory and some rich tink sparkling tannins in the finish
beautiful i'm going to get straight to my mouth mark now when i can find my marks here they are
this is an absolute joy
here you go malt mates kill karen very well made whiskey it's no wonder you struggle to
find a bottle because it's an absolute gem malt mark integrity malt mark 90 out of 100.
join me shortly for ralphie review 907 extras i shall be introducing
distilleries and whiskeys and other spirits that you should be looking out for in 2022.
ralphie's advice because it's the knowledge and i'm sharing it mates thanks for watching