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I feel any release of the Glenlivet 16 y/o "nadurra" (ex-bourbon casks?) is a steal :)
8 years ago 0
Is $76 for a bottle of Amrut Peated CS a steal? It used to be $106 at KGBO.
8 years ago 0
I rarely think deals that worm their way into my email are worth passing on, but I just got blasted with these from Hi-Time Wine Cellars. They ship.
•CROWN ROYAL MONARCH 75TH ANNIVERSARY BLEND. $30
•MORTLACH RARE OLD. $50
•TALISKER STORM. $46
I'm not really interested in those bottles, but the prices seemed good enough to call out the class here.
8 years ago 1Who liked this?
@OlJas I'd get the Crown Royal , I've never tried it but I've heard good things and for 30 dollars you can't go wrong. Everything I've heard about the Mortlach as been very average indeed and I wouldn't bother getting one. As for the Storm you would probably be better off putting the money towards a bottle of the 10.
8 years ago 0
@maltmate302 & @Alexsweden , I'm not buying any of those—I just thought the prices were good enough to share. I've never had the Crown or the Mortlach and I'm not too interested.
I've had the Talisker Storm and it's OK but much less good than the 10, 18, or 57. Depending on what someone's local prices are on decent peated single malts, though, that Storm could be a decent buy.
8 years ago 0
Just picked up a bottle of Old Grand Dad 114 for $20. It's usually $24-25.
8 years ago 0
I picked mine up for $19.95 online at ACE liquor. They sell it at that price several times a year, and if you buy 4 it"s $5 shipping per bottle.
My steal of December is Uigeadail for less than half the price it would cost in Ontario.
8 years ago 0
Black Bull 40yo batch #1 40.2% which was bottled Nov. of 2009. The store I found it in had it marked down from $300 to $220. Granted, it is sill more expensive than the original retail price of $180 . . . six years ago. Personally, I believe it is impossible to find a 40 year old whisky (of any kind) for that price these days. Glad to have a 40yo to open on my 40th this year.
8 years ago 3Who liked this?
ABC Wine & Spirits here in southeast Florida ran two online coupon promotions this month. The Christmas coupon was worth a $10 discount on any bottle of spirits priced at least $30. So armed with 3 copies of the coupon that indicated only a one time use, I went to three stores all within 12 miles of where I live. I purchased a Glenfiddich 14 Yr Bourbon Barrel Reserve for $39.99, a Bunnahabhain 12 Yr for $37.99 and a Bushmills 10Yr single malt for $21.99.
The New Years coupon was similar, i.e., $10 off, except the minimum retail price for the bottle of spirits was only $25. So repeating what I did earlier in the visits to the three stores, I purchased a Glen Moray Classic Port Cask single malt for $19.99, a Tomatin 12 Yr for $19.99 and a Monkey Shoulder blended malt also for $19.99.
So all told, I purchased six single (one blended) malts for $160 plus 6% tax. Nothing really super but not a bad haul for the money.
8 years ago 0
Mortlach Old & Rare has been on sale lately around SoCal. I picked this up for $39 last week at Costco in Marina Del Rey. I heard they had it at the Burbank location a couple days later. Hi-times Cellars in Costa Mesa also has this too for $49.
When this came out (for $100ish) I didn't even consider it, but at this price, about half the price of the G&M 15 year bottling, I'll take it!
8 years ago 0
I tried the Mortlach not so old and not so rare and it wasn't worth getting at any price. Too many other things better than it are much too available... like caffeine free diet coke.
8 years ago 0
I think I'd prefer any scotch over Caffeine Free Diet Coke. To each his own. :o)
8 years ago 1Who liked this?
Even glenlivet founder's reserve NAS drain disinfectant?
8 years ago 1Who liked this?
I've had the opportunity to buy Mortlach Old & Rare on sale several times but there have been just to many poor reviews to justify purchasing it . The fact that it's always seems to be on offer could indicate that Mortlach's efforts to make their whisky a premium product is not going as well as expected!
8 years ago 1Who liked this?
Laphroaig 18 Year Old for AUD$121, cheapest I've seen from the usual retail price of around AUD$180.
8 years ago 0
@Nozinan I tried disinfecting my drain with it, but it didn't work - it just made my sink smell bad.
8 years ago 1Who liked this?
Picked up two bottles of Dickel 9yr single barrel for $21 each. Normal price is $50. The store had them marked with the price of a normal Dickel 750ml.
8 years ago 0
Scarcely believable, but I found a bottle of Glenfiddich 15 year old Distillery Edition at the back of the top shelf of local Tesco. No label, no box. I had them scan it and it returned a price of £13.88. Barely contained my glee.
8 years ago 4Who liked this?
That's a wonderful drop and at that price, fabulously so.
8 years ago 1Who liked this?
Amrut Bourbon Cask for around $46 when it was D Listed at the LCBO. Hummed and hawed when it was $121 but did not pull the trigger. Should have bought 2.
8 years ago 0
I chased those remaining four bottles of Amrut single cask when they were reduced. They kept on popping up in different stores online. Glad one of them made it into good hands. It was $127.50 before the original price cut to ~ $74.75, which was when I stocked up with 6 (one is almost gone now). If they hadn't been so overpriced originally that would have been a steal too.
8 years ago 0
@Nozinan Yes, I should have been paying attention on the first price reduction as that price was fair for this quality Whiskey. The LCBO is so frustrating on pricing and selection. Most of my prized purchases have come from the US or other provinces from travelling friends or relatives. Unfortunately the LCBO is run by Wine purchasing idiots.
8 years ago 2Who liked this?
Currently waiting for 5 bottles of Four Roses 2015 limited edition small batch to arrive showing as dispatched and no further stock available €222 including shipping. That is the price for all 5 the vendor is a wine merchant and fingers crossed he has made a pricing error.
Shipment should be here next week will let you know if it is genuine but does show as 54.3abv which fits for the 2015.
7 years ago 0
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