A Steal of a Deal ?!

Found Talisker Storm for 34.99 at Binny's in Chicago. It sells for $90 here in Ontario, so relative to my local price it was a steal.

Bottle of Parker's 13 yr old wheat for £66.49 in October from a provisional store. Spotted it at the back of the shelf. Guy knew it was worth way more but as it was priced said he had to sell it to me!

@mscottydunc That is a fantastic price! I wish I could pick up a bottle for that. In my area it is $63.59

@MuddyFunster that is an amazing find. I can't believe it has sat of the shelf that long. I had a bottle of the higher ABV version at 68.7%. Do let us know what you think!

@Nozinan I very much enjoyed my taste of the Lagavulin 12yo CS 2015. I certainly hope to pick up a bottle before it all disappears from shelves. I had to pass on on a bottle while I was on vacation (my whisky budget and my available trunk space were both maxed). My main motivation is that I still have an unopened bottle of Lagavulin 12yo CS from 2003. I would love to open it along side the 2015 batch. I would love to compare what they were bottling in 2003 alongside the spirit they were distilling at the same time.

@MuddyFunster Parker Beam may be smiling down on this Steal of a Deal transaction.

Funny to read the posting from 5 years ago. You can see what happened with the prices of good whisky. I felt it was time to take advantage of the Brexit and the devaluation of the pound. I ordered 3 bottles of Talisker 18 in the UK for € 82,- a bottle. Free shipping within 3 days! That's a 25% discount, in my region you can't find a Talisker 18 for under € 100,-.

A tip for other European (some ship overseas) costumers on Connosr: this dutch site, www.whiskyprijzen.com helps me a lot in finding 'Steal of a deals'.

@DutchGaelisch try whiskysite.nl currently got an offer on Glen Garioch 15 Renaissance at €70, HP18 at 90 and PC12 at 100 I would need to put a decent order in to make shipping worthwhile to U.K. And a little short on whisky tokens after Xmas. Shipping inside Netherlands is only €6.95 no matter how many bottles ordered.

I was buying all my bourbon from a different site in the Netherlands but prices have started to balance by the time shipping to U.K. is taken into account and the poor exchange rate. Bad luck for me good luck for Scotch lovers on the continent. :-(

Fine purchase of the Talisker 18 the one advantage of living in U.K. At the moment is that the Scotch pricing has not changed, fingers crossed Sturgeon does not manage to split the nation. I really will feel depressed if I have to pay import duty on Scotch.

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@Pete1969 Whiskysite is great, I bought 3 bottles of HP 18 for € 62,- a bottle. This was in 2014, 2 bottles of them are still unopened in my 'stock'.

adbeg 10 for 45USD. I think it's still about the same price today

Picked up a Stagg Jr today for 27.99 I couldn't believe the price.

@Dreambuie , $45 is the best price I ever see for Ardbeg Ten in the US. Usually, I see it around $55.

I'm not sure this is fully in the spirit of this thread, but I just grabbed a couple of bottles of Gooderham & Worts, which is on sale for $35 at the LCBO. That's 22% off regular price, which is about as good a sale as you'll see from the LCBO on a non-discontinued product. The sale ends on January 25th, so any G&W fans in Ontario reading this may want to strike while the iron is hot.

@Nelom I don't mind it, and I love a good deal, but the bottle I bought when it was first released (in 2014?) is still over 2/3 full, so unless someone needs me to pick some up for them (which I would do), I will pass.

Ardbeg Ten "reduced to clear" (why?!) in Tesco tonight, down to £23.50. Sorely tempted as that is surely a steal, but it isn't my favourite type of whisky. This year I'm trying to look beyond bagging a bargain for a bargain's sake. Walked away empty handed but glad to have saved the pennies for something less of a steal, but more to my taste.

Bottle of Tesco's "Finest" 12 year old Speyside ...down to £13. Rumoured to be Tamnavulin. I couldn't leave it on the shelf at that price, despite my last post.

Contrary to my most recent posts in this thread, I try not to buy my whisky from Tesco.

Talisker Distillers edition distilled 2005 bottled 2015 for £34.

Great price for the Talisker DE 2005 @Pete1969 . Where did you pick that up from?

Tesco have knocked a tenner off to £42 and had a booklet of vouchers on doorstep when got back off holiday. Spend £40 and get £8 off, even the wife couldn't stop me buying a bottle for £34. It is worth getting a Tesco club card just for the vouchers you get occasionally, I don't shop there regularly but top up spirits from there usually rum offers for mixing but the whisky selection is Ok.

Got another voucher for next week and the DE will still be on offer but tempted to get Caol Ila 12 for £30 and Jim Beam white for £13 will knock it down to £35 for the 2 bottles. Need a cheap mixing bourbon after my holiday the drinks at the hotel were poor and the wife ended up drinking the bottle of Woodford Double Oak I bought at airport (with Coke) and has decided she likes it, I do love her but she is not getting into my bourbon collection if she wants Coke with it.

I wouldn't let her have the Glenfiddich Distillers I had bought with Coke so have returned with that intact.

The current edition Johnnie Walker Green Label 15 Year Old for AUD $57 (USD $43.75) a 700ml bottle, not a bad price for a good, honest pure malt blend in my opinion.

Anyone in UK Amazon have daily deal up to 30% off Talisker the 10 year is £25 and 57 degrees is £45.

@Pete1969: up to 30% off Talisker the 10 year is £25 and 57 degrees is £45.

That's pretty good, thanks for the heads-up

I just pressed BUY on a bottle of Rock Oyster cask strength, for £40 including delivery. I haven't had the cask strength version before but I really enjoyed the regular strength version at a couple of festivals last year. It's only a few quid below the normal price but I was pleased to pick it up for that.

Astor Wines has 15% off ALL WHISKY for a Father's Day sale:

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Got to echo Ol_Jas prior post about Astor Wine and Spirits Father's Day Sale on all whiskey. In addition to 15% off on my $360 order (saved $54), since this was my first on-line order with Astor, I was granted free shipping on this order too (saved $18.62). Able to purchase afew bottles unavailable to me here in Michigan, and saved $72.62. Maybe not quite a steal, but a very satisfying transaction.

My local grocery story randomly has Laphroaig 10 CS on sale for $58 right now. My favorite whisky! At the best price I've ever seen!

(And I'm broke! Noooooooo!!! I so badly want to clear that shelf.)

@Ol_Jas That's why credit cards were invented...

@Nosebleed sent me a flyer today for a Father's day sale. if I lived in Calgary and could get Benromach 10 for < $50 I would call that a steal!

@Nozinan anybody tried the glendronach bottles?

Apparently, K&L and Total Wine in California are having a price war over Lagavulin 16. Around $55-60 at each place. You can follow one side of the battle on the K&L blog: spiritsjournal.klwines.com

I wish this had started before I placed my last K&L order—I'd've definitely tossed a Lag 16 into my cart for under 60 big ones.

The K&L v. Total Wine price war continues. I don't know if this thing is real or ginned up or what, but Laphroaig 10 is now in the low $30s.

And again, you can follow K&L's side of this pissing contest on their blog: spiritsjournal.klwines.com/klwinescom-spiri…