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@pr0mille I'm 100% with you. All of the reasons you mentioned make 1l bottles a poor choice, compared to 70 cl ones.
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I have found that the couple of bottles in litre format I have tend to sit at the back of the cabinet as I just do not gravitate towards them as much due to the reasons you mention. There is a good deal of psychology attached to bottle design and the larger bottles certainly have some negativity attached to them. Although I am sure if it was an emergency I would have no problem adding the larger format bottles to my collection.
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@RoganFox In case of emergency I would buy a cardboard cup if it would contain the water of life. Let's just hope neither those or the 1L bottle will be the next standard!
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I agree. I really like the nice regular sized bottles. They just look nicer on a bar... but if you have an every day whisky that you revert to on a regular basis, I think buying the bigger bottles is a good deal and you can pour it into a nice decanter, which is also attractive sitting out.
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Right on Wodha. The prices here in Vancouver are such a rip that I now do most of my buying at the duty free when I travel back from Bigside. I've got about a dozen litre bottles in my collection. More bang for the buck, it's all good.
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@BlueNote You are certainly right about the prices here in Vancouver...absolutely crazy!!
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RoganFox. Last time I came through the border I picked up a litre of Arbeg 10 for $48.00. BC Liquor Store price $94.00 for 750ml. I could almost get 2 litres for the cost of one 750ml bottle here. Our other option is to take a cube van to Alberta and load 'er up. Cheers.
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Here, in Seattle, most single malts come in the 750ml size. A friend returned from London with a 1l Lagavulin Distiller's Edition and it blew my mind. I like the heft of it. Ever since then I've wanter 1l bottles. To paraphrase Henry Miller, it's "like a lead pipe with wings."
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@BlueNote The Alberta trip sounds like a plan !!! I picked up a 1litre bottle of Talisker 10 last time I came though duty free and it too was half the price of a 750 ml bottle.
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For the most part, I have only seen the liter bottles at Duty Free shops. Occasionally I'll see one in a regular store but in my area in the US, it is a rarity.
I don't mind the larger bottles, however I only have a few.
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The only liter bottle that I've ever seen or handled was a bottle of Captain Morgan my friend bought, I didn't care for it at all, just something about it. I really don't think I'd care for it with a whisky bottle either.
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Ardbeg Mor comes in a 4.5 liter bottle. I want one. I don't like big bottles shaped like gallon milk bottles or with handles. I like them in the traditional shape, but bigger.
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It seems more and more distillers like Bowmore, Laphroig and Ardbeg are using liter bottles. Some shops don't even sell the Ardbeg Ten in 70cl anymore.
Personally, I don't like the bottles and here is why: -more expensive (ok, probably cheaper by the dram, but the bottle costs more) -the design of the bottle suffers being so bulky -doesn't fit as well in my cabinet -takes longer to finish (can be a good thing sometimes, but as I like experimenting with different styles, I usually look forward finishing my last dram, so I can buy a new one)
What are your thoughts on liters? Or is it just here in The Netherlands that these bottles are sold more and more?
If it was up to me, they kept them in Duty-free shops!