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by **Aidan** » Fri Oct 28, 2005 9:59 am

Bamber, have you tried the ASDA Islay malt? Do you know which distillery it's from?

by **bamber** » Fri Oct 28, 2005 1:32 pm

That's one I haven't tried (the Sainsbury's, Safeway's and Tesco's are really good IMO), but I was going to pick up a bottle of that and some Talikser tomorrow, unless my head is turned by the Fiddich 18yo

Don't know the distillery.

by **Iain** » Sun Oct 30, 2005 6:33 pm

I saw Glen Bracken single malt 12 yo in Lidl today. I've not heard of that one before. Can't remember the exact price but I think it was in the area of £12-15. Maltmadness site suggests that it's actually Tamnavulin. Does anyone have more info?

It was next to a shelf full of the blend with the trad Scottish name, Queen Margot

by **Deactivated Member** » Sun Oct 30, 2005 6:56 pm

Ben Bracken, maybe? Murray rates a 12yo at 88, under "Unspecified Speyside".

by **Iain** » Mon Oct 31, 2005 8:19 am

That'll be it. I must wear my glasses next time I visit...

That's a high score for a "cheapie", I think. JM scores the ob Tamnavulin 12 at 79 in my old edition of the WB.

by **Admiral** » Mon Oct 31, 2005 12:02 pm

How's this? One of the supermarket chain liquor stores here (bear in mind that you can't actually buy liquor from a supermarket here in Australia) has an offer of Highland Park 25yo on sale $210.

That's about 5.1 JWB. How does that compare with the local market for any of you English or Scottish folks?

The competitor's supermarket chain store has the same bottling on sale for $450!!! $210 strikes me as being an insanely good deal, but I'd love to know how that compares on the Johnnie Walker Black Price index in other countries, particularly the UK?

(As an aside, they're also selling Highland Park 18yo for $130, whereas it normally retails for $175!)

Cheers,
Admiral

by **bernstein** » Mon Oct 31, 2005 1:28 pm

Sorry, it's not exactly what you were asking for, because I'm living in a non-UK market. But you'll get HP 25 from 4,8 up to 6,0 JWB around here. So your 5,1 sounds interesting´even from my point of view.

by **Deactivated Member** » Mon Oct 31, 2005 5:17 pm

Iain wrote:That'll be it. I must wear my glasses next time I visit...

Aye, the reading glasses are vital equipment! Otherwise that $35 bargain bottle turns out half the time to be $85 at the cashier. :shock:

by **Iain** » Mon Oct 31, 2005 7:31 pm

Reminds me of the chap who had a red weal on the bridge of his nose.

"What happened?" I asked

"It's my glasses," he explained.

"Why don't you try contact lenses," I said.

"Because they don't hold enough beer," he explained.

(quick exit, to avoid catcalls and being pelted with rotten fruit... )

Like whiskies, the old ones aren't necessarily the best ones :wink:

by **Deactivated Member** » Thu Nov 03, 2005 8:13 pm

Morrisons - Falkirk
HP12 - £18.00
Fam Grouse 10yo vatted malt -a new expression £14.99 io
Laddie Rocks £19.99
Various others - in a hurry at lunch time. Will be back tomorrow!

Tesco -
Balvenie FR £18.95 - DW £20.95

by **msanime** » Wed Dec 14, 2005 12:38 am

Trader Joes in the US

Laphraoig 10 yr $29.99 (usd)
Ardbeg 10 yr $34.99
Dalwhinnie 15 yr $39.99

to name a few!!

In a local Japanese chain liquor store outside of Tokyo (in chiba) I found:

Talisker 10 for US $25
Caol Ila 18 for US $45!!!!!

by **Badmonkey** » Wed Dec 14, 2005 7:49 am

Msanime,

Why do you insist on torturing us this way? I curse your soul.

Badmonkey

by **Lawrence** » Wed Dec 14, 2005 5:16 pm

Those are really good prices.

by **MGillespie** » Thu Dec 15, 2005 2:33 am

Unfortunately, not all Trader Joe's locations sell alcohol -- including the one in my neighborhood!

Arrrgggghhh!

Mark

by **Deactivated Member** » Thu Dec 15, 2005 2:50 am

Well, no one sells alcohol in the regrettably dry town of Haddonfield.

Do you suppose anyone does in Lawrenceville, where I will be spending this weekend?

by **MGillespie** » Thu Dec 15, 2005 3:49 pm

You're coming to Lawrenceville??? It's about two miles from my day job in Princeton, and yes, there are many fine establishments that sell adult beverages...

Mark

by **DramMeister** » Fri Oct 20, 2006 9:12 pm

Just been to Asda where they're selling Auchentoshan Select for just £10.
I didn't get one myself as I had a bottle a while ago and it seemed to last forever, it's not a very interesting dram IMO.
Am I right in thinking this is to be replaced by the 10yr as their cheapy?

by **ikendal** » Fri Oct 20, 2006 9:44 pm

wow must be sold at a loss!

by **Frodo** » Fri Oct 20, 2006 11:47 pm

DramMeister wrote:Just been to Asda where they're selling Auchentoshan Select for just £10.
I didn't get one myself as I had a bottle a while ago and it seemed to last forever, it's not a very interesting dram IMO.

Raises an interesting question. If it's a great bargain, but you wouldn't like it, is it still a bargain?

by **DramMeister** » Sat Oct 21, 2006 7:42 pm

I raised in case anyone else is interested.
It is kind of annoying though, I wish I liked it more!

by **Marvin** » Sat Oct 21, 2006 8:10 pm

So it isnt a bargain because it isnt very good.

by **DramMeister** » Sat Oct 21, 2006 8:14 pm

It's not a terrible whisky - quite light and lemony I seem to remember - but not to my taste. That doesn't mean others won't enjoy it especially at the price.
It's not like we're talking about Ledaig NAS

by **Ardbeg311** » Sat Oct 21, 2006 8:38 pm

Lagavulin 16 for 31.00 euros. COOP (Florence, Italy).

by **Marvin** » Sat Oct 21, 2006 8:42 pm

Ardbeg311 wrote:Lagavulin 16 for 31.00 euros. COOP (Florence, Italy).

Good deal but you wont find that in UK.

by **Scotched** » Sun Oct 22, 2006 10:05 am

Tescos
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Highland park £19.98
Aberlour £16.98
Ardbeg £21.47
Balvenie £21.99
Glenfiddich £18.48
Glenlivet £18.98
Glenmorangie £19.98
Laphroaig £19.98
Talisker £19.97

All above , offer closes 7th November

Got these from http://www.fixtureferrets.co.uk Other supermarkets on there but none with deals close to Tescos...

by **StephenBaird** » Sun Oct 22, 2006 11:14 am

our local (Zetland Wines, Northallerton) does excellent whisky deals - usually as cheap, if not cheaper than tescos

for example, Highland Park £18.99 last month

by **slojo** » Mon Oct 23, 2006 5:18 pm

Ardbeg311 wrote:Lagavulin 16 for 31.00 euros. COOP (Florence, Italy).

Would they ship to the UK? Here it seems to be around the £36 mark.

by **Marvin** » Mon Oct 23, 2006 7:11 pm

slojo wrote:
Ardbeg311 wrote:Lagavulin 16 for 31.00 euros. COOP (Florence, Italy).

Would they ship to the UK? Here it seems to be around the £36 mark.

How much would you save? Might end up with a broken bottle.

by **richard** » Fri Oct 27, 2006 8:22 pm

justa carry on from scotched just been up to tesco caol ila 12 years old £19.99 i think thats a cracking price the cheapest glenlivet 12 years old £16.99 at alldays now coop i also got yhe new gleffidich toasted oak i might give it a try later just under £25.00

richard

by **DramMeister** » Fri Oct 27, 2006 8:39 pm

The Co op still has the Grant Grant 10 for £12. How can you refuse?

by **Reggaeblues** » Fri Oct 27, 2006 9:46 pm

Me mum got me a Lagavulin16 from cash n' carry ...for £18!!!

ok, so you gotta be a member, or have a mum sharp enuff to call you while at the whisky section(or in this case sharp enuff to know how to use a mobile phone at 83...)

However...methinks it was a less than brilliant vintage (compare JM's score of the Lag 16 in '05(88) and '06(95).Lacking a bit of power...but nonetheless a good buy!

Was tempted by a Black Bottle ...for £12 ...in Waitrose! but had to settle for a replacement Aberlour a'bunadh batch 16 for £30...still a bargain in my book!! At 59.6% that's a lot of first class whisky...

by **Scotchio** » Sun Oct 29, 2006 10:29 am

My local Sainsbury has a Mediera finish Penderyn for £22. Nice presentation but I know nothing of the contents. Anyone tried this?

by **Drammer** » Sun Oct 29, 2006 3:03 pm

Scotchio wrote:My local Sainsbury has a Mediera finish Penderyn for £22. Nice presentation but I know nothing of the contents. Anyone tried this?

Yes, it's Welsh whisky actually, and it's quite sweet and smooth. Because it's a new distillery (opened 2000-ish) it's not very old, but it sure is a very nice dram and i'm sure the 10YO will be crackin' 22 quid is a good price and I dont thing you'll be dissapointed in it. The bottle sure looks nice as well, too bad it doesn't fit my cabinet

by **Marvin** » Sun Oct 29, 2006 4:09 pm

Morrisons has Johnny Walker Black for £18

by **Marvin** » Sun Oct 29, 2006 4:11 pm

Drammer wrote:
Scotchio wrote:My local Sainsbury has a Mediera finish Penderyn for £22. Nice presentation but I know nothing of the contents. Anyone tried this?

Yes, it's Welsh whisky actually, and it's quite sweet and smooth. Because it's a new distillery (opened 2000-ish) it's not very old, but it sure is a very nice dram and i'm sure the 10YO will be crackin' 22 quid is a good price and I dont thing you'll be dissapointed in it. The bottle sure looks nice as well, too bad it doesn't fit my cabinet

I would say it's hard to justify £22 for a 5 year old whiskey.

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