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A Steal of a Deal ?!

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By @HP12 @HP12 on 13th Mar 2011, show post

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@BlueNote
BlueNote replied

@RianC I think Ardbeg must be having a big worldwide sale. I just ordered 2 bottles of Ten at the unheard of price of $59 Canadian. Grab some Ten if it's still available on your side of the pond.

3 years ago 1Who liked this?

@Victor
Victor replied

@BlueNote the sales are just beginning. Global Depression will do that. I'll call a top right here to (real inflation-adjusted) prices of whiskies up through 12 years old.

We have all wanted lower whisky prices. We will get them, absent rarities and collector's items. Now we just have to see how to maintain our incomes to purchase them.

3 years ago 5Who liked this?

@BlueNote
BlueNote replied

@Victor Maintaining income, that’s the sticky point all right. I’m not even looking at my investment portfolio these days. Whisky might go down, but food is sure as hell going up.

3 years ago 2Who liked this?

@RianC
RianC replied

@BlueNote - Aye, and at a time when Supermarkets and the like are making more £$€¥ than ever before, apparently ... don't get me started ha ha laughing

And I've got a couple of Ardbeg 10 stashed away so no need really, but I would definitely like to add a Corry (or two) and another Oogy for the stash; especially at those recent prices!

3 years ago 1Who liked this?

@BlueNote
BlueNote replied

@RianC yeah, me too. But I’m having to get it approved by the CFO.

3 years ago 3Who liked this?

@Nozinan
Nozinan replied

This week began with a flurry of activity.

I was invited to participate in a little caper. Monday evening, I was informed that someone had got wind of an impending manager’s special at one Downtown Toronto store, in which Wiser’s 23 was to be marked down from $150.25 to $105.

Now $105 is an expensive whisky. But at essentially 1/3 off it was a must, because this is a good whisky, a groundbreaking, landmark spirit release, and while price does not affect the taste, it does affect how many bottles one is able to buy.

Tues. morning there were 26 bottles listed. I needed 10 (2 for me). I called the store and they confirmed they were in stock but refused to hold clearance items (I was to call, and someone else was to pick up). I gave up.

You have to understand that going out nowadays is a rarity. I only go see patients if they are willing to not breath while I am there. Actually, not breathing patients make up About 95% of my in-home visits now. That and shopping or a bike ride with the kids.

I live in a North suburban part of Toronto. But this store was downtown, further south than my office (that I have not been to since March and to which I usually take the subway).

Then I got called to do one of these above-mentioned patient visits. I decided to go for it. After removing all my protective gear and spraying myself down with adulterated and not drinkable Dillon’s newmake 80% spirit, I headed south.

When I got to the store there were 5 bottles on the shelf. Then suddenly there were none. Thankfully one of the employees was willing to go to the store-room and hunt down a case and fill the rest of my quota.

The next day there were none left in the store.

Thanks to someone who had their ear to the ground, 5 of us padded our positions on Wiser’s 23. I should have enough to leave one to each of my kids....I will come back to haunt them if they mix it with gingerale....

3 years ago 10Who liked this?

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DevD replied

@Nozinan, Was the markdown at 1 particular store or across all stores. Could you provide that shop details if possible.

3 years ago 1Who liked this?

RikS replied

Ardbeg 10 for £33.95 on Amazon.co.uk today instead of normal price £47. Pretty good deal, I'd say!

3 years ago 3Who liked this?

@Nock
Nock replied

@Nozinan well played

3 years ago 1Who liked this?

@BlueNote
BlueNote replied

@Wierdo See my advice to @RikS above. We in the colonies can only wish.

3 years ago 2Who liked this?

@Nock
Nock replied

Tonight, I was out buying groceries I just decided to see what was in my state controlled liquor store.

As I walked in the door the lady said, “We are out of Blanton’s.” Clearly the truck arrived that day and there had been a swarm of bourbon hunters. Sad world we live in. “But we still have some Buffalo Trace.” I politely replied that I appreciated the information and went to go peruse the shelves.

And I noted the clearly marked “1-bottle-per-customer-per-day” signs beside the Buffalo Trace bottles, the empty Blanton shelf, and the two last bottles of Eagle Rare. The Blanton’s was priced at $59.99, the Buffalo Trace was $26.99, and Eagle Rare was marked at . . . $16.50.

Oh, come on! This is ridiculous. This one store made this mistake back in the fall. Someone mistakenly priced Eagle Rare at their “cost” instead of the “list price” on the Website and every other Virginia ABC store which is $32.99. Well, considering that Virgin Bourbon from Heaven Hill is now priced at $17.99 and has dropped the 7 year age statement (it used to be $13.45 with a 7 year age statement) this bottle of Eagle Rare at $17.49 with tax and out the door is my new official “best bourbon for the money.” Unfair, and disgusting I know. This is the second bottle I have picked up at this price from this one store. I plan to continue to take advantage of this absurdity as often as I can. Here is to incompetence at the state run liquor stores. They are not good for much, but when they are . . . they are fantastic.

3 years ago 5Who liked this?

@BlueNote
BlueNote replied

@Victor That's a grand theft kinda deal.

3 years ago 2Who liked this?

@RianC
RianC replied

For those in the UK (and perhaps some of you outside?) Master of Malt is selling Glen Scotia Victoriana on a Flash sale for £55 - so £10 off. Given the love it's getting from the OSWAs, I think it's a steal and worthy of getting another for the stash while you can ...

Heard aquatvitae mention about the mAke up of this recently - quite convoluted but from memory it's a mix of 10 & 12 year first fill bourbon with some older 15-18 ex-bourbon. This is all then either married in or mixed with (I think the latter) some fresh PX sherry cask matured juice. Then something is done with heavier charred casks. This is all then married in less active casks to mingle. I think I hAve that mostly right and find it a very interesting process. Can't wait to try it now.

2 years ago 6Who liked this?

Wierdo replied

Not a deal as such. But for UK based Connosrs Really good whisky company currently have stocks of Springbank. Which considering how hard it is to get a bottle of Springbank lately is newsworthy. I've just ordered batch 5 of Kilkerran heavily peated and a Springbank 10.

Kilkerran heavily peated. Really can't go wrong. £42 for heavily peated cask strength whisky.

2 years ago 6Who liked this?

@RianC
RianC replied

More for UK folk (sorry, gents!) but Amazon have Deanston 12 on a Flash sale for £33! I'm holding for a birthday splurge on another AnCnoc 18 or I'd be buying a couple at that price.

2 years ago 1Who liked this?

@BlueNote
BlueNote replied

@RianC Hell of a deal. Maybe just one? grin

2 years ago 1Who liked this?

@RianC
RianC replied

@BlueNote - No I'm hanging tough! stuck_out_tongue_closed_eyes I really want more AnCnoc and the prices seem to be rising everywhere. So much so I'm currently scouring the 'net for the lowest UK price ...

Man, I'm so annoyed with myself. Missed out on some cheap bottles at the last auction including the AnCnoc 18 going for £60! Win some lose some, I guess ...

2 years ago 4Who liked this?

@BlueNote
BlueNote replied

@RianC Oooh, that would have been a steal on the AnCnoc 18. I've only tasted a sample and I liked it a lot. If I see a price like that I'd probably have to have two.

2 years ago 3Who liked this?

@paddockjudge
paddockjudge replied

I picked up a couple of these the other night. While checking the inventory level the next morning, I noticed a price increase of $50 per bottle! scream

2 years ago 6Who liked this?

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@BlueNote
BlueNote replied

@paddockjudge Lucky you grabbing those yesterday. I was going to fill my gas guzzling 4Runner up yesterday when the price was a "mere" $1.71/litre. Filled up today at $1.80/litre. disappointed

2 years ago 1Who liked this?

RikS replied

All, @RianC — Amazon UK has some of their funky pricing algorithms doing good things again. My keepa.com monitoring beeped, and I managed to pick up a Talisker 18 for £70. Now back up to £180 again. :)

11 months ago 4Who liked this?

@BlueNote
BlueNote replied

@RikS I wish you hadn't told me that. I can barely contain my lust for Talisker 18 at that price. Well scored sir, well scored. yum

11 months ago 3Who liked this?

RikS replied

@BlueNote I have scored quite a few like this now, and it’s starting to be annoying. Yeeees, I know that whisky is to be enjoyed and not stashed away - but it feels different to crack a £60 bottle that can be replaced with £60… and opening one that one found for £60 that’s now £350. Cause, I probably wouldn’t spend £300 on a bottle myself so… now a bunch of them just sit there ????. I know… very silly…. I’m ready for the comments smiley

11 months ago 5Who liked this?

@Victor
Victor replied

@RikS it IS possible to balance living in the present with some realistic expectations about the future.

I am NOT sorry that I bought a lot of Van Winkles and BTACs when I could. Will I drink them all? Maybe, maybe not. But I have been pleased at every moment over the last 11 years to have had the option. And I DO know and publicly affirm that the present is where we actually live and create our lives, and the future is merely a possibility for which we are leaving clear the path.

11 months ago 3Who liked this?

@Nozinan
Nozinan replied

@RikS opening a bottle that has appreciated in value is often like this.

But thing is to look at the price you paid and not think about actual value. We’ve done this at tastings in the past. We had scored a bottle of Lot 40 18 YO CS (already expensive but a bottle share). Probably could have made a profit in the secondary market but we opened it without a second thought.

At another tasting we opened a long-awaited Springbank 12 YO CS Calvados Wood. I had purchased it for just under $100 a few years ago. After tasting it we looked it up on Wine-Searcher. Oops.

11 months ago 3Who liked this?

@BlueNote
BlueNote replied

@RikS I know that conflicted feeling. I've got a few in the bunker that have appreciated considerably over the years. But as the years slip by I'm leaning much more towards enjoying these with some friends rather than having them end up in my estate and being disposed of at a fraction of their value. You can't take 'em with you, so I say drink 'em while you still can. And the grim reaper isn't going to grant you some more time so you can drink all that good whisky before he whacks you with that big sickle. Cheers, mate.

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