CLASH OF THE DRAMS LIVE - PART 2

Gordon Dundas brings out Tamdhu’s Dalbeallie Dram, ninth edition — a natural-colour, first-fill sherry powerhouse sitting at 60.5% ABV. It’s everything you’d hope for from Tamdhu in full sherry beast mode: fruitcake sweetness, dark spice, espresso bitterness and a finish that somehow drinks far too easily for its strength.The panel get stuck into age statements, natural colour, value, pricing, and where the whisky market is heading after a few years of everyone releasing everything, everywhere, all at once.Then Stuart Buchanan steps up with the final dram: a newly shelved Benriach 2009 15-year-old peated whisky at 61.1% ABV, matured in refill hogsheads before spending six years in PX. Stuart talks through Benriach’s peated history, how cask choice shapes phenols, and why everyone apparently needs to save the hogshead.Along the way, the ambassadors talk favourite recent markets, from Japan and Turkey to Singapore and Australia, before looking ahead to what might be next for whisky: more highballs, more blends, more indie bottlers, and hopefully fewer releases that require remortgaging your house.The episode finishes with distillery recommendations from around the world, thoughts on new distilleries finding their feet, concerns around the pace of Irish whiskey growth, and the all-important audience vote.00:00 Next Dram Setup00:22 Dalbeallie Origins01:41 Sherry Bomb Breakdown03:44 Tasting Notes Banter04:29 Editions and Value Talk05:28 Age Statements Debate07:13 Whisky Market Correction10:06 Secondary Market Trends11:16 Final Dram Dedication12:17 Introducing Benriach Peat12:58 Peated Release Details14:50 Cask Strategy and Hogsheads17:09 PPM and Peat Science19:23 First Impressions Wrap19:29 Sherry Cask Debate20:14 Speyside DNA Explained21:10 Glenglassaugh Coastal Dram22:11 Travel Highlights Quickfire23:49 Whisky Trends Next Year26:41 Distillery Picks Worldwide33:32 New Distilleries Growing Pains34:59 Irish Whiskey Boom Concerns37:41 Global Whisky Wrap-Up39:39 Audience Vote ResultsHosted by Mitch Bechard and Daz Haldane, this is where the whisky world gets pulled apart properly, with stories, insights, and the occasional bit of chaos along the way.🥃 New episodes every week(ish)🎤 Live shows & tastings across Scotland🎟️ Web: www.notanotherwhiskypodcast.com📩 Enquiries & partnerships: whiskypodcast@gmail.com📲 Follow us on InstagramSupport this show http://supporter.acast.com/not-another-whisky-podcast. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.