Serge Valentin - Tasting Whisky, Whisky Fun, Brora & Clynelish, Blind Tasting, Favourite Drams скачать в хорошем качестве

Serge Valentin - Tasting Whisky, Whisky Fun, Brora & Clynelish, Blind Tasting, Favourite Drams

Serge Valentin is a whisky expert and the founder of a ⁠whiskyfun.com⁠, which is widely regarded as the go-to review repository for whisky tasting notes and scores on the internet. Over the past 23 years Serge has tasted over 20,000 bottles, ranging from entry level staples to some of the rarest in the world. His scores have become the de facto benchmark by which many measure the quality of a dram, and Serge has become a cult hero amongst the world’s whisky geeks. On the episode we discuss tasting whisky - personal preferences over objective greatness, the hubris of blind tasting, whether whisky is too serious, the role of independent bottlers, how whisky changes in the bottle, recent exceptional whiskies, weird whisky, the founding of ⁠whiskyfun.com⁠, the importance of education, changing tastes, whisky myths, and much more Are you subscribed? :) 00:00 The Hubris of Blind Tasting 02:40 Clynelish & Brora - History, Peat, Johnnie Walker, The Magic of 1972 09:35 Taking Whisky Too Seriously, Prices & Presentation, Prognosis, Quality Now & Then 15:40 The Role of Independent Bottlers in Scotch 20:50 What Drives Seriousness in Whisky? 22:30 Tasting Methodology, Distractions, Consistency, Serge’s Whisky Library, Changing Nature of Comparative Tasting 35:00 Wine Casks 40:10 Good Innovation in Whisky: Egg Barrels, Maturing in Steel, Concrete, Limestone 45:10 Does Whisky Change in the Bottle? 47:10 How to Assess and Score Whiskies - Systems, Blind Tasting, Value & Price 56:25 The Allure of Weird Whisky - Nordics, Rye, The Magic of Cereals in Whisky 1:02:25 Serge’s Recent Exceptional Whiskies - Germany 1:05:20 New Types of Wood for Maturation, Effect of Wood on Whisky, Mizunara Oak 1:10:00 Speculation, Bottle Flipping, Secondary Market 1:11:40 The Old School Charm of Whiskyfun.com - Modernisation, Origins, Malt Madness, Malt Maniacs 1:17:40 Falling in Love with Whisky in France, Visiting Scotland 1:22:11 Looking Ahead: Shifting Attention to Drugs, Price of Alcohol, Accessibility & Diversity 1:28:34 The Importance of Education, Diageo’s Classic Malts 1:31:33 Designing the Perfect Whisky 1:33:27 Favourite Whisky Myths and Legends 1:34:30 St Magdalene Single Malt, Vintage Bottles Reaching Their Peak http://www.whiskyfun.com 📷 Follow me on Instagram -   / tristanstephenson   📚 I've written quite a few books on spirits and cocktails - https://www.thecuriousbartender.com/