Whisky Tasting 13: Ardbeg Uiegeadail Fr Islay, Scotland

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[goldenyama]

Dude your reviews are great, but do you have to cut them off abrubtly in mid sentence!? You need to fire your editor!!

[neqaell]

turf; salt; oak;sijt honey; and turf again and again mmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm­mmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm­mmmmmmmmmmmm I like it a lot . ardbeg uiqdail , blasda mmmmmmmmm

[chris24sj]

The nose is alchohol, the tongue is a salty creamy blast.

[opticalallusionz]

It pains me to see someone agitating whisky so much! Swirling wine encourages further alcohol evaporation which gives to the nosing.

This is most definitely not the case with whisky!

Try next time, to let it open for some minutes, but nose it when it is still with a glass with a more narrow top and a wider bottom.

[michaelyblam]

I am drinking one just now. Caol Ila 15 year, Independent bottling by Wilson & Morgan! As usual like the peat and I find this particular bottleing a tad on the sweet side.

[fockya]

kessler

[liverpool80000seater]

im talking about cave men, who discovered alcohol,

[TsarDusan87]

used to be a big fan of speysides, loved the sherried malts , macallans etc. Old man got me a bottle of uigadail for christmas, must admit i was blown away, big flavour, its just an assualt on the old 'buds. In a good way of course. Just ordered corryvreckan, cant wait to taste it, from what ive heared its pretty special. I love the smokey whiskys now esp talisker 18 is gorgeous. Havnt bought a macallan for over a year now!

[SirTristramofMalta]

Hey there ! same club as you was a big Mac fan but I turned to the peatey smokey Islays and Taliskers when iwas about 17. Uigeadail is one of my favs pretty sure it cures the common cold and make a warrior - poet out of anyone with three drams. LaterZ.

[liverpool80000seater]

@TsarDusan87 humans got into alcohol when fruit fell off trees and rotted

[BeeRich33]

Actually, humans got into fermentation well before that. Mesopotamia was founded based upon the "mistake" of rain hitting grain.  They settled due to the lowlands having natural wild yeast strains, and the plains lacking such moulds. It was the first beer, and it was a complete mistake.

[blurec]

please don't swirl whisky in the glass. and when smelling it, don't put the whole nose into the glass :) thanks!

[michaelyblam]

I appreciate your opinions but Why? Please could you give me the reasons as I have tasted thousands of samples and that's how and many professional tasters do.

[Domitianvs]

@michaelyblam The swirling makes a larger amount of the whisky come into contact with the glass, and thus cooling it down, which binds up aromas instead of releasing them. Or that's what Jim Murray tells you, anyhow. I find that not swirling it, but keeping the glass in my hand, cupping it, while covering the opening with the other to warm it up is a more efficient way of releasing aromas.

[BeeRich33]

Uh, that's what you're supposed to do. He knows what he's talking about. He's also holding the glass properly, but it's a wine glass. Should be a whiskey glass, which is smaller, but same shape.

[michaelyblam]

I know...I live in BC but I avoid buying spirits here...rather I get my odd bottles from Alberta, or coming back from US or ask overseas visitors to get me duty free stuffs. I paid about 200% tax+handling when I receive samples.  I only receive samples if the other end is willing to absorb all costs!

[soulchanter]

my favs

lagavulin

ardbeg

cragganmore

talisker

laphroiac

and of course almost everything from higland park :)

and the occassional port ellen (if i get the chance to)

[detoth67]

I thought Ardbeg was the most complex of the scotch I've had. It definitely isn't for the person experimenting with scotch. Its very strong flavored.

Its my favorite by far. Then Talisker, Laphroig, and Lagauvulin.

[IAmWanderingAengus]

just a friendly tip, "Uigeadail" in Gaelic would be pronounced more like "oo-gah-dal." Great channel and review by the way!

[wbmack10]

Aengus is quite correct in his pronunciation & according to the book "Peat Smoke and Spirit" the name comes from the distillery's water source- a small burn forming into a number of small pools.

[Beironnh]

Ardbeg Uigeadail is one of my absolute favourites! Have you tried Bruichladdich Peat? I wasn't very fond of it at first but now I think I must buy another bottle =) Great reviews and a Happy new year!

[leestephenj]

Good review michael.

[javierhejtmanek]

i would learn to learn more from the conoseurs..so please reply/comment

[javierhejtmanek]

i am drinking right now, glenlivet "nadurra" cask strenght (57.9%) and abelour "cask strenght" (59.9%), not islay single malt but very strong...and still not "gun powder" or "nail polish"..maybe a little bit of "thinner" or "dissan" on the nose but it desapears as you drink/enjoy it...laphroig always better though

[michaelyblam]

Nail polish and thinner is along the same line. These are volatile solvents that resembles the alcohol pungency from a high alcohol spirit. Aberlour a'bunadh has always been one of my favourites. I like it slightly diluted.

[javierhejtmanek]

once you go "islay" there's no way to change...i agree, bourbons are way too sweet and lacks in flavour and aroma

[michaelyblam]

I welcome many different styles of whiskies but of course everyone has his/her preferences. One thing though - a well made whisky but not my style is stil a good spirit. Conversely speaking, a simple malt that matches my likings is still an inferior made spirit. I think generally what distinguish between noble drinks from simple offerings are mainly complexities and balance.

[javierhejtmanek]

nail polish!!!??, i don't think so...maybe a cask strenght, but that's kind of offensive for a destillery that spends so much work and efford on the final product..you may like it or not but "nail polish"??, gun powder???, are you kidding me..what a disrespect for a destillery that does such a termendous job..

[javierhejtmanek]

any comments about this ??...

[javierhejtmanek]

i've never tasted any cinnamon, but again i'm not an expert and i might be wrong, this guy knows what he's talking about, it's just not my palate

[javierhejtmanek]

i've been tasting and trying islay single malt whiskies for quite awhile and i've never sensed any "cinnamon" or "cinnamony" note in all islay, peaty smoked single malt scotches, maybe i have to "refined" my palate or maybe im not sensitive or "expirienced" enough, the only thing i can say is that i hate cinnamon and i love islay whisky, laphroig, ardbeg, laguvalin, etc, and since i love laphroig over the rest (mostly the 15 yrs old)

[AusDavid12]

Whilst I had drank Scotch when I was young, I really became a Bourbon drinker BUT I had never drank good Scotch. So I decided to start with some of the peatest ones I could find and started with ones from Islay. Lagavulin was my first then Ardbeg and Laphroaig. Now I LOVE Scotch and find Bourbon far too sweet. Funny how you change!

[michaelyblam]

Indeed! I loved BIG Aussie wines when I was younger (still love them very much!) but now I chase after more elegant wines with finesse yet retaining their complexities. Our palates and preferences do change with age.

[cunningsalmon]

they always say first is best bowmore was the first to make islay whisky and they did it just right

[Ungart404]

nooooooo! where's the rest of the video?

[cunningsalmon]

what about the best islay whisky bowmore

[darkmillstone]

you are sooo right there. I love bowmore

[bashmets]

best islay whisky this Laphroaig!

[casa2ra]

i am with you

[woodie187]

Uiegeadail must be one of the best I've ever tasted.

[Seefood73]

Just one tiny hangup. it's not WISHKAdale, it's OOGIdale :-)

Got back from Islay a month ago, I started missing it since I got to it, even before I left :-)

[michaelyblam]

I think my pronounciation was not Wiskadale but Yoosh-ga-dale as to oo-ga-dale. If I pronounce the former then it's my bad habit of I always accidentally pronounce it WRONGLY as it's corrupted by saying uisge beatha (Water of Life) too much! Thanks for picking out. I appreciate it very much. Heading to a BIG whisky trade tasting this afternoon :) Check out Hopscotch 2007 in Vancouver!

[72WILLIE02]

i have only been drinking whisky for a year had to give up beer. what is peaty i seen this often i have no idea what that taste is. i like black green and gold label. also like pappy van wrinkle 12 year. looking into finding different brands. oh i do like glenlivette 18 year

[michaelyblam]

Peat bog is a layer of decay vegetative materials (dead trees, dead scrubs). It's an elementary fuel source for warming houses and cooking. When burnt, it has a distinct medicinal, rooty even disinfectant taste. To many it's a horrible foreign taste but to the devotees, it's a gift from God which imparts an additive taste in whiskies!

[lobzdik]

dont drink carppy blends man!

drink single malt wisky!

peat is the medicinal taste more or less

you dont get any in the Glenlivet

[detoth67]

Its a bit of a myth that single malts are the best.

It all depends on what is in the blend. Some of the blends are made from quality single malts.

On the other hand, some single malts are essentially kerosene.

Drink what you like. Dont get hung up on labels.

[fuckyourmamma]

Hey, dude. Thanks for the video blogs. I'm a relative novice in the Scotch world. I'm actually a bit drunk on a 10 year Springbank right now. Like you, I never add water, but with the Springbank it's helped cut the alcohol a bit and helped push the flavor in front a bit more. Anything over 80% tends to clash with the flavor, I've noticed. Anyways, cheers!

[RFBDLA]

I have now bought and finished 14 bottles of Scotch. This Uigedail is the first one I ever bought a second bottle of! It is great (I actually hate the taste of most whisky) and tastes like nothing else I have ever tried (I actually hate the taste of most whisky)! And please delete the stupid teenager's comment before mine.

[michaelyblam]

Why do you drink whisky if you hate the taste of it? I am so confused! I do not delete any messages so that people can see the positive and negative messages about my videos so as to be as neutral as possible!

[RFBDLA]

I grew up on bad American whisky. I knew Scotch had a mystiques to it, so I endeavored to understand why. I wasn't enjoying the Scotch at first, but I knew I loved malted barley in all of the other products it is used in. The Macallan cask strength let me know I was on to something! Then Laphroiag made it even better. Then A'bunadh. Then the magic Uigedail! the message before me is not about you... it is spam and doesn't belong on your nice channel!

[michaelyblam]

I have a collection of over 500 miniatures and for full bottles about 90+.

[malenchenko]

i've just opened a fresh bottle of balvenie 12 double wood. not much that i can describe, but it's definitely sweet honey and oak, a little bit dark and reasonably peaty on the nose which lasts for quite a good deal.

[malenchenko]

hello there Michael, thank you so much for this review on the ardbeg uigeadail. very generous of you to open up a fresh bottle :) your reviews are very beneficial haha whenever i come online, i'll look out for any new uploads! and by the way, you have a wonderful collection of single malts!