Here it is. He says “Cindy and I are breaking up” - then proceeds with the review of Laphroaig 10 Year Single Malt Scotch, which he tells us has been his go-to single malt - it’s a “no compromise” Malt, he assures us.
After seeing this video for the first time, I watched some of his others.
Seemed to be a pretty standard review channel until it hit me in the face:
His earliest videos review restaurants together with his wife. Then it transitions to reviewing bars, then only him sitting in front of his camera at home reviewing whisky. Until the iconic video of his wife leaving him.
Most of these vids were only watched by a couple people, and he reviewed a new bottle of whisky almost every day.His Youtube channel documents his slow decline and slip into alcoholism. Dude must have drank several bottles of booze per week off camera, for years.
I used to buy for a liquor store. There are tons of whiskey people who open bottles but don’t finish them. He might be an alcoholic or he could be one of those guys. We don’t know why they broke up.
Agreed. I have about 20 open bottles of different whiskeys right now. I’ll probably have a glass or two each week.
You can have a very robust collection of whiskey and also drink in moderation. I know when I buy a new bottle I’m excited to try it, and the seal usually doesn’t last for longer than a day.
You can store whiskey for a very long time if the bottle is over halfway full. Keep them upright and away from the sun and they’ll last for many years and still hold their taste. You might lose some due to evaporation though.
If you used to buy for a liquor store, you’ll know Laphroaig 10yo is the absolute bottom level Laphroaig, it’s a liquid tourist trap lol
I’m not one of those guys. That’s why I quit collecting and drinking whiskey. Sadly enough.
Same here, loved the single malt scotch a little too much. 2 1/2 years sober now
Even if he had only one drink every time, it’s still a form of alcoholism to do so every single day (as the previous commenter alluded to). It’ll still devolve into compulsive behavior.
If he has a single drink a day he’s not an alcoholic by most standards. It’s only in the trash DARE adjacent programs that nonsense like that is taught.
and then there are people in the comments section calling him a “stoic”
Tragic as hell…
Edit: Plot Twist
This is what I came to comment. I’m glad someone beat me to it. It’s tough to watch, and I hope he’s doing better.
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If you are serious about help, and you are still early in the process, just one less bottle per night every day for a week, then the next week one less than that.
It takes will power, but if you want it you can do it. It doesn’t have to be cold turkey. If you are at a six pack a night, or a 4 pack of some 12% ones you can wean yourself off nightly binge drinking in a month or two.
When you are down to one a night, switch it to one every other night… Then don’t buy any for a week. Then you can figure out how to drink more responsibility.
If you are to the point where you drink one when you wake up, you will need medical detox. If you wait… You will probably eventually die from alcohol related diseases.
Thanks for reaching out. I’m at 12-15 6-9%s every night. Once or twice a week I’ll drink one or two before I leave for work so that the worst of the hangover hits at home/ can be staved off with another beer once I get back. I truly appreciate your sentiment and want to use this to give me some momentum to quit. I know I’ll have the shakes and be super sweaty for a week, but I can work with that. I quit meth, alcohol and smoking before, I can kick beer again. I think part of the problem is it’s a lesser issue than the other stuff I quit so I let myself keep slipping. Again, thank you
Genuinely, I encourage you to see a doctor first- at that rate you have a good chance of serious alcohol withdrawal. It is more dangerous than heroin withdrawal and the symptoms can range from sweats and shakes up to seizure and death.
Quitting booze will improve your life immeasurably but you need to do it with the assistance of a doctor or GP, your life depends on it. I believe in you, mate.
For me, if it’s in the house it’s getting drunk. I was lucky that my drinking wasn’t so bad that I could go cold turkey.
Weaning myself off doesn’t work for me, if I have one I’ll just keep going.
Now I only drink on the weekends which is a massive improvement for me.
Stay strong. Give yourself a reasonable limit. Keep that limit. Reduce that number. Maintain. Stay strong.
There is a community stopdrinking that has daily check ins. Check it out.
I believe in you too buddy, happy you’ve decided to make a change. You can do it!
Thank you. I’m gonna do it this time
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…we have about two hundred opened single malt whiskies and it takes us years and years to finish any one bottle; two or three wee drams are usually plenty to review fairly, maybe twice if we want to come back another day for a second opinion…
But if you buy and try a new bottle every other day and don’t finish it, they will pile up over time and eventually go bad. The amount you buy must be equal to the amount you drink in the long term.
…whisky really doesn’t ever go bad as long as the bottle is sealed; we use teflon plumber’s tape around the neck for long-term storage but there are other solutions, too…
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Looks like they are back together or something. Lots of videos of them both recently including one released 22 hours ago of them going out to eat together.
A few months ago he had a video where he was vacationing with Cindy too.
In the description there is follow up video as well:
https://youtube.com/watch?v=2D7y1Is0di8
It’s like 10m long and haven’t been bothered to watch all of it. I guess they just mended their relationship after so many years. I guess at a certain point in life you just say fuck it and go back to what you know.
There is definitely a degree of complacency with the familiar. That said, the guy reviews booze. Booze and relationships can be trouble lol. People say and do dumb shit no matter how “sober” they think they are.
I guess at a certain point in life you just say fuck it and go back to what you know.
Or you’ve been abused for so long as well as isolated from all your friends and family, that you’re easily manipulated back in to a situation you('ve been made to) feel you can never escape.
You got all that from a scotch review? Damn
Peaty and isolating, with just a touch of domestic violence.
4.5 stars.
First of all, let me introduce you to this little word:
or
it means one could be, or another could be. It is not an assertion.
Now to the point:
Imagine that, a guy who centres his entire life around booze to a degree that he prioritises recording a booze review for an audience of zero over interacting with his partner that is walking out on their relationship, is setting of some red flags.
Also imagine that - people who have suffered domestic abuse can recognise those red flags from miles away while those who haven’t sit there and smugly brush them off. I bet plenty of the people here also say shit like “if it was that bad she would have left” which is why I made my comment explaining why victims of abuse either don’t leave or leave and then go back.
But hey, it’s all jokes to those of you who think this shit will never impact you personally.
okay
Wow, you are significantly insufferable.
Or two people mended their relationship. Nobody is perfect. For all we know that review could have been after his tipping point. People do weird shit when they feel they can’t take anymore. Like reviewing whiskey while your wife is leaving.
Lol ok. Or you’re just annoying as hell dude
Was it a stunt?
It’s not a stunt. Some people just make better friends than partners. If there was no animosity during the break up, there’s no reason they can’t remain friends.
Not saying this is the case here because I don’t know, but on the other hand of that abusers are really good at manipulating their way back in to relationships, so unfortunately that’s also an option.
I don’t think it’s particularly helpful or even healthy to speculate about abuse in every conceivable scenario. The guy’s a whisky aficionado who goes on frequent trips to distilleries and has uploaded and average of a whisky related video every other day for several years. You can see by the thumbnails a story of him growing a wall of whisky over the years. That factor alone is difficult to live with if you’re not on the same wavelength as that person. It’s not, however, an issue that would require you to burn bridges after separation.
It’s also possible that most of those bottles are partially full. You don’t have to kill a bottle if spirits nearly as quickly as almost anything else.
That being said if they are empty and he’s keeping them around as a decoration that must be stopped. There are very few empty bottles that really hold sentimental value to the point where you should keep them. Most empties are trash
You’re not making the point you think you are, he clearly has an unhealth relationship with alcohol (and the woman in the video) and calling him an “aficionado” doesn’t change that.
The person I replied to was the one who started speculating, and I added an alternative speculation, which seemed much more realistic to me. all things considered.
You are also speculating.
So fuck off with somehow getting upset over people bringing up the possibility of abuse because it makes you uncomfortable (and the reasons why are for you to examine with yourself).You must be mistaken. I’m the one you originally replied to and I made no speculation. I said that the video isn’t an act (it demonstrably isn’t, having watched his channel for years), and that some people are better suited as friends than as romantic partners. In relationships that don’t involve abuse or infidelity, it’s common for former partners to be civil or even friendly to one another.
You know nothing about his relationship with alcohol, other than the fact that he has a Youtube channel where he reviews whisky. Having a collection of whisky is not evidence of substance abuse, just as me having a thousand books doesn’t mean I have an unhealthy relationship with books.
None of this is making me uncomfortable. I have grandparents and parents who married young, grew up to have different priorities in life, and remained good friends afterwards. I’ve just got back from my baby brother’s wedding where they all had an amazing time sharing a villa and having a party. I’m a happier, more mature person from having witnessed amicable breakups where people remain good friends afterwards.
You’re the one who seems personally affected by someone eight years ago reviewing whisky and breaking up with their wife. The moment you see an ostensibly healthy continuing relationship, your first thought is abuse. That’s on you. You may need to reflect on why that’s your kneejerk reaction.
Nah seemed real
No.
Maybe she was packing for a vacation?
I needed to hear that, thanks!
I’ll never understand scotch drinkers, “oh here’s a real good one, it tastes like road tar and dirty socks.”
Can we burn this heretic already?
Sips, a drop of water or two, with a good quality single malt or an extremely good quality blend (nothing Johnny Walker for example). Depending on the Scotch there can be Smokey caramel flavours, peaty salty, heavy flavours, some lite fruit tones, etc.
Its not for knocking back in shots, blends are nice with mixers, but if youre sipping a Johnny Walker red you are probably going to think this is shit because it is.
If you ever get the chance to try a really nice single malt I suggest you give it a try with just a couple of drops of water to open it up a bit. Then some gentle sips, enough to coat your mouth and spread the flavours.
Its like a nice cigar. Very rough if youre doing it wrong, very enjoyable if you do it right. I know most people will say “yuck, cigars are gross too”, but the point is that there is a way to approach these things that make them much more enjoyable to the point where people genuinely like them and the routine that goes with it.
same kind of thing with coffee. most of it is brewed terribly, usually over extracted, and then sit on a burner all day. Brew it up right and the flavors dance about. Single origin is the way to go; along with location, elevation profile makes a difference as well.
I think I had some decent single malts as my father quite enjoys whiskey, but I still think it’s horrible. It could be an acquired taste, I suppose, but I don’t know why I would want to acquire it tbh
Other than a good single malt, my favorite drink with a cigar is Dr. Pepper on ice. I was a member of a cigar club for several years, and the manager and resident cigar sommelier suggested it. Surprisingly good. The ice breaks down the carbonation a bit, and the spice and caramel of the soda goes surprisingly well with many cigars.
This is only tangentially related to your post, but it just popped into my head when you were mentioning cigars.
It’s defensively an acquired taste, not for everyone.
An acquired taste is just gaslighting your tastebuds.
Taste is a completely subjective thing, that happens mostly in your brain.
Yes, and acquired tastes are you telling your brain “No, actually, this tastes great!” until it gives up and accepts your false reality.
There is no objective taste reality, so there is no false reality. Taste is a complex experience of actual taste, aroma, texture, memories (your grandma used to cook that way), setting, hunger (ever been hungry on a long hiking trip?) - what ever combination gives you pleasurable experience, tastes good for you.
Whenever people start talking about their sensed experience in objective terms I get a strong urge to hit myself over the head with a 2x4. Explain that with your rationality, Mr science man.
I can only assume that they like it for the same reason that I like blue cheese. Somehow the intense, offensive flavor offends the taste buds in just the right way to tickle the pleasure center.
Friends and I did a big hot wings challenge a week or two ago. I made blue cheese dip, and thought it was Delicious. They made me throw it away because it “stank up the house.”
I just want my fart dip :(
Lol my bf called it stinky foot cheese one time trying to remember what it was
Well I also hate Bleu cheese, so I guess that makes sense.
gasp Blasphemy!
What about spicy food? Go for the Trifecta!
I love spicy food
That’s the peat, Pete. If it’s too heavy for you, you’re drinking the wrong scotch. Try a light Balblair or a Speyside or something similar.
Back in college, a friend described things he didn’t like as “brown” and when I asked him why, he said, “only drink the clear liquor.”
I was a scotch drinker back before I got sober. Road tar and dirty socks is as inoffensive as it gets. Truly top shelf stuff.
Funny, the one he reviewed is my favorite, always have at least 2 bottles at home.
Reminds me of centipedes. bleh.
Nobody but yanks call it scotch
I’d bet the confederates do as well.
What does this mean ? Aren’t confederates yanks ?
Scottish whisky. Why wouldn’t you just keep it as is
“Yankees” was the unofficial term of the people of the Union (who won the war and became the united states) vs the Confederates (“Rebs”) who supported slavery
Learning something new erday. But now all of Americans are classed as yanks ? Or no
it depends. Those foreign to the US are likely to say “yanks” to mean all Americans, but Americans may find it slightly odd to refer to Southerners as Yankees.
In the same way as calling a Catholic from Belfast “British” - it’s true but it could feel a little awkward.
Why would rekgiyhsve anything to do with it ? I think just calling someone Irish who identified as British or vice versa.
That seems to make more sense. Calling someone English who is Scottish Welsh Irish. Similar.
However yanks is meant to be derogatory so it may get its point across regardless
Only to furrerners
That video has a rich, complex undertone of depression. Mmmm that depression is smooth. You know, I find this video to be a real go-to for when I want that bouquet of isolation and denial. I just keep coming back to watch it again and again.
I can’t find it, but a dozen plus years ago I was reading an interview with Phillip K Dick, who was married 5 times, and during the interview one of his- wives was packing things - and he commented to the interviewer to just let them take what they wanted as he has already experienced this multiple times.
Tbf the laphroaig 10 year is a really good bottle
Laphroaig 10 is currently my favorite. Burnt electric wire that fires up every sense. Love it.
Tastes like a burnt-down hospital by the seashore.
With subtle notes of bark, moss, asphalt, and slightly dirty asshole
Delicious ozone!
The Wee Beasty is also very very good. My local shop has a couple of $100+ releases from Laphroaig that seem more trendy than anything else, but I’m still tempted. My wife would probably leave me if she knew I was willing to go into triple digits MSRP for a bottle… which is probably how we ended up with this thread.
I used to think Laphroaig was the poor man’s Lagavulin, but now I don’t believe there’s a single poor man’s thing about the brand.
joke comments aside, I always go back to it. familiar, comforting, pricey enough to be special, but not crazy enough to feel guilty.
I love a good single malt, but im not a fan of laphroig. Too peaty.
Agreed. I love scotch and slightly peaty is ok but Laphroig tastes like somebody put a cigarette out in the bottle before pouring your drink.
It’s great isn’t it?
DSFDF!
IMO I prefer quarter cask
QC FTW
Is this true. This is sad
God, who can tell anymore? It could be true, or he could just be doing it to get views. The internet is a shithole.
Video is 8 years old, I think it’s a true story at least based on what I read. Also the fact that his own video doesn’t mention this in the thumbnail/title makes me think it’s real.
Why is it sad?
Relationships end all the time. This guy is handling it better than most.
We’re not robots sir. Things can just be sad for human reasons.
Yep, no robots here. I too am experiencing squishy human emotions, fellow human.
Beep Boop.
Agreed, fellow human. This thread is devoid of emotionless artificial intelligences, attempting to pass themselves off as squishy emotional humans.
That is not an explanation. Everything is sad for human reasons as it is the humans that have the emotion.
Weird
Also not true. Other species experience grief as well.
This person has never seen a mama duck panicking because her babies are stuck.
And yes. They are heart breaking to watch.
Should it be happy? Should there be no emotions? It’s okay to be sad. It’s a normal average emotion.
I think It’s the companies/ads who promote always happy / always smile sick unnatural environment.
Old but gold
That goodbye was brutal
Guy Emotions level is over -9000
T-Shirt says it all.
Eww. Why is she so fat?
Chad
