Show us your whisky!

[williredale]

Showing as out of stock for me

[F-Stop Junkie]

Still showing in stock for me... £86 a bottle though? Sorry, it's just too much now.

Wonder how much non-committee stock there will be this time?

[DuncanM]

Picked up a bottle of Strathisla 12 for £27 in Sainsbury's, anyone tried it?







I'm close to finishing my bottle of The Arran Malt 14 now, and I love it, really good, just my taste.

[NRS]

F-Stop Junkie said:

Still showing in stock for me... £86 a bottle though? Sorry, it's just too much now.

Wonder how much non-committee stock there will be this time?

I guess when committee release bottles sell for around £110-200 at auction they were always going to put it up a bit to try and take some of the profit from speculators. As you would expect more recent bottles are cheaper though, I would guess partly due to it being more recent, but also more and more people buy them to sell compared to the older ones which would be drunk.

[krallicious]

NRS said:

F-Stop Junkie said:

Still showing in stock for me... £86 a bottle though? Sorry, it's just too much now.

Wonder how much non-committee stock there will be this time?

I guess when committee release bottles sell for around £110-200 at auction they were always going to put it up a bit to try and take some of the profit from speculators. As you would expect more recent bottles are cheaper though, I would guess partly due to it being more recent, but also more and more people buy them to sell compared to the older ones which would be drunk.

Very true. If you can hold onto them for 10 or 20 years, then it starts to make sense.

There are all ready bottles up on ebay.de for 300 - 400€!

[NRS]

krallicious said:

Very true. If you can hold onto them for 10 or 20 years, then it starts to make sense.

There are all ready bottles up on ebay.de for 300 - 400€!

Question is if that will still be the case for "modern" bottles, when so many are holding onto them for investment rather than drinking. Could be a lot more static in price in the future, particularly if the original RRP raises a bit.

It's always crazy - but there is always a few people who buy them so I guess if you sell it early enough there is always someone who is desperate enough to pay a massive premium to be the "first" to drink it. Swedish price is £75 and looks as if they will get around 1000 bottles, so think I will try and pick up two. They'll also have a few Chichibu releases too which I might try and get a hold of.

[BernB]

Should have bought a bigger bottle. Pesky monkey....

[jamiebae]

BernB said:

Should have bought a bigger bottle. Pesky monkey....

Is it good? All the Swiss whisky I've seen is very expensive so I haven't bothered so far and stick to Scottish and Japanese malts.

[krallicious]

jamiebae said:

Is it good? All the Swiss whisky I've seen is very expensive so I haven't bothered so far and stick to Scottish and Japanese malts.

It's one of my favourite whiskies and I always have a bottle of it. Well worth getting if you see it around.

[hoegaardenruls]

krallicious said:

jamiebae said:

Is it good? All the Swiss whisky I've seen is very expensive so I haven't bothered so far and stick to Scottish and Japanese malts.

It's one of my favourite whiskies and I always have a bottle of it. Well worth getting if you see it around.

One of my favourites as well - I'm on my second or third bottle of that one, but since its very smoky, and obviously peaty I can see it being a bit marmite for some. The other Santis malts I've tried have pretty good as well..so will be picking up some more if I'm back in Zurich during the summer.

It's not too expensive either, as I've typically paid £45-50 for a 50cl bottle although that's been Switzerland and Germany so if you did find it in you UK I'd expect to pay a bit more.

Edited by hoegaardenruls on Wednesday 16th March 10:07

[Shnozz]

Anyone interested in a bottle of Aultmore 1974 before I send it over to the whisky exchange who will almost double the price for retail?

Labels all perfect and can be collected or posted in a wooden cask.

[Podie]

Shnozz said:

Anyone interested in a bottle of Aultmore 1974 before I send it over to the whisky exchange who will almost double the price for retail?

Labels all perfect and can be collected or posted in a wooden cask.

I can vouch for Shnozz and the fact this bottle is legit.

[crmcatee]

BernB said:

Should have bought a bigger bottle. Pesky monkey....

Funnily enough, in a couple of months I was thinking of visiting their distillery (if they do tours) as it's nearby our planned route (Leaving Egg and heading through Lichenstein to pop back into Germany).

Their website is borked but I may give them a call; unless you know if they do tours ?

[Shnozz]

Podie said:

Shnozz said:

Anyone interested in a bottle of Aultmore 1974 before I send it over to the whisky exchange who will almost double the price for retail?

Labels all perfect and can be collected or posted in a wooden cask.

I can vouch for Shnozz and the fact this bottle is legit.

Thanks Pod, but if you're buttering me up for a free wee dram it defeats the purpose...

[Podie]

Shnozz said:

Podie said:

Shnozz said:

Anyone interested in a bottle of Aultmore 1974 before I send it over to the whisky exchange who will almost double the price for retail?

Labels all perfect and can be collected or posted in a wooden cask.

I can vouch for Shnozz and the fact this bottle is legit.

Thanks Pod, but if you're buttering me up for a free wee dram it defeats the purpose...

Shut up you fool, we can drink it and fill it with tea!

[jamiebae]

hoegaardenruls said:

krallicious said:

jamiebae said:

Is it good? All the Swiss whisky I've seen is very expensive so I haven't bothered so far and stick to Scottish and Japanese malts.

It's one of my favourite whiskies and I always have a bottle of it. Well worth getting if you see it around.

One of my favourites as well - I'm on my second or third bottle of that one, but since its very smoky, and obviously peaty I can see it being a bit marmite for some. The other Santis malts I've tried have pretty good as well..so will be picking up some more if I'm back in Zurich during the summer.

It's not too expensive either, as I've typically paid £45-50 for a 50cl bottle although that's been Switzerland and Germany so if you did find it in you UK I'd expect to pay a bit more.

I live in Zürich, so finding it isn't a problem (it's available in my local supermarket in fact) but have always assumed it'd be overpriced and selling on the 'Swissness' rather than the quality of the drink.

I'm flying to London and back tomorrow so might grab something from LHR, but will pick up a bottle of the Swiss malt as well next time I reach the bottom of a bottle (cupboard space is limited at the moment!).

[Shnozz]

Podie said:

Shnozz said:

Podie said:

Shnozz said:

Anyone interested in a bottle of Aultmore 1974 before I send it over to the whisky exchange who will almost double the price for retail?

Labels all perfect and can be collected or posted in a wooden cask.

I can vouch for Shnozz and the fact this bottle is legit.

Thanks Pod, but if you're buttering me up for a free wee dram it defeats the purpose...

Shut up you fool, we can drink it and fill it with tea!

I couldn't do that.

I don't have any tea from 1974.

[NRS]

Think I am already using my "whisky money" for near future at the moment,

Hakushu 12yo here tonight. Small reward to myself after a cross country ski race!

[Blown2CV]

bottle of ardbeg dark cove coming on friday... i am branching out from ardbeg now though! Will be on the hunt for decent, non-mass market varieties of sherry, bourbon, rum, gin!

[lenny007]

So this happened





Superb service and such an improvement over previous years ordering / delivery. Whoever has "fixed" this deserves a massive pat on the back.

Now, what to do this evening...