Ardbeg Supernova

[LagaDrinker]

Very good thread from the warehouse.

[Spirit of Islay]

Super"Duppa"nova arrive and was duly opened.....Notes soon on my site.....

[kyorke1]

Mine too, about time!

[whiskyhibby]

Mines hasn't and I only live in Stirling!!!

[Spirit of Islay]

Mines hasn't and I only live in Stirling!!!

Doesn't go on Geographical location , goes on Order Number....

[whiskyhibby]

Thanks for the confirmation Spirit, my stress levels are reducing already, or perhaps that;'s the Ardbeg Uigedail effect

[Klas]

What happened with the US release?
Did it sell out?

[r900p]

This is all my contact knows...

'Ok, just confirmed 4 SuperNova so far. Price is estimated between 120-150 US. No Canadian allocation. I am going to try and get some. Park Avenue called back and said the sales person did not know there was one per customer. I have three shops in New York with my name on their list and the San Fran shop K&L Wines where we got the First Born Laddie has two for me'.

Rob

[borgom]

Why are there seperate allocation for the US? Why not sell worldwide on a first come first served basis?

[bcrossan]

Why are there seperate allocation for the US? Why not sell worldwide on a first come first served basis?

Marketing tactics... create a feeling of scarcity and everyone will want it and have to have it.... they just have to hope that the hype will last until the full release (which it probably will)

[Spirit of Islay]

Why are there seperate allocation for the US? Why not sell worldwide on a first come first served basis?

Marketing tactics... create a feeling of scarcity and everyone will want it and have to have it.... they just have to hope that the hype will last until the full release (which it probably will)

Distilleries are not allowed to send the bottles through the post (don't think shops are legally either....) , they have to go through the 3 tier system i believe . That's why there is a separate allocation for the USA .
That's why the SMWS has a separate Section in the USA as well .
Supposed to go through an official importer .
I believe the US Govt is to blame for this .

[Iain]

I believe the US Govt is to blame for this .

Not so, SoI - you should know better!

It's all down to marketing tactics dreamed up by the evil geniuses at Ardbeg, who (of course) have unlimited supplies of the stuff to ship merrily around the world, but have cunningly hidden the lot in a cave on Staffa, away from prying Ardbeggian eyes..

Or so I've been told.

[chajin]

For US seekers, one of the two Florida "outposts" was still taking orders as of this morning EST. Pantry Liquors in Miami. pantry@bellsouth.net.

[borgom]

Cheers SOI, that makes sense although I don't remember this being done with the Corry, or was it?
I like the tasting notes on your site, sounds like a tasty drop.
If you had to choose between this and the Corry which would you go for?

[Spirit of Islay]

Cheers SOI, that makes sense although I don't remember this being done with the Corry, or was it?
I like the tasting notes on your site, sounds like a tasty drop.
If you had to choose between this and the Corry which would you go for?

This is the first time it's been done , all the hassle of getting passed the US laws meant it wasn't worth their while but they decided to go for it on this one (American Committee members requesting it so much ?) . Quite a few distillers don't release bottles in the US because of the requirements to import , heard it referred to as a right pain in the Arse in some quarters.....

Hard to choose one ! i'll let you know when i've drank a little bit more SN....

[kyorke1]

[Spirit of Islay]

So Nick it is true about a fool and his money !
Mad !

[LagaDrinker]

Unbelievable, whats wrong with the world today.

[PaulP]

I see you are selling one too Collector57 aka ebsellerett??

[Whisky]

And one of them has just sold for £255 !!

Bugger me with Riedel Sommerliers whisky glass. Credit crunch be damned, eh?

[Spirit of Islay]

Bugger me with Riedel Sommerliers whisky glass. Credit crunch be damned, eh?

I'd rather not thanks......

[jazz lover]

I have a few on the way...

[Rannoch Moor]

... and it has begun. The Ardbeg Supernovas are popping up on ebay. 5 on ebay uk, 12 on ebay Germany. Prices will drop. The 255£ will never be reached again. People were smart enough to wait until they've actually have the bottle in their possession before selling. Most of these 2400 bottles wont be drunk, but sold and swapped by collectors. That's the economic market, if demand is far higher then supply.

Rannoch Moor

[borgom]

a few....? I thought it was 2 per person.

[les taylor]

a few....? I thought it was 2 per person.

Borgom you are right and this is what they look like.

[r900p]

They look awesome, Les you shoudl pop a photo of them with their cousins.

Rob

[les taylor]

They look awesome, Les you shoudl pop a photo of them with their cousins.

Rob

Rob just for you, some of the family.

[r900p]

Hope they got dusted down when you photographed them!

[Ganga]

Rant on.

It's so frustrating. First they post a list of places to contact about placing yourself on a list with a retail outlet. Then they start removing those contacts to be replaced by a "We'll mail you when they get to the US" sign. Except how do we know they've actually got your email?

Rant off.

Looking forward to an opportunity to try this one, especially HTH with the Octomore.

[lohssanami]

Very nice pics there Les!

[les taylor]

Very nice pics there Les!

Cheers Tim. I thought there'd been a lot of talk about this bottling but very little in the way of piccies or tasting notes.

[Spirit of Islay]

......very little in the way of piccies or tasting notes.

'Scuse Me ?
Some of us aren't just looking at our pretty bottles on a shelf collecting dust......

[kyorke1]

Cheers Tim. I thought there'd been a lot of talk about this bottling but very little in the way of piccies or tasting notes.

In that case then here is my attempt at recreating the "Supernova in space" graphic employed by Ardbeg at the time of advertising the coming Supernova.

Inspired by Iain

[Spirit of Islay]

Cheers Tim. I thought there'd been a lot of talk about this bottling but very little in the way of piccies or tasting notes.

In that case then here is my attempt at recreating the "Supernova in space" graphic employed by Ardbeg at the time of advertising the coming Supernova.

Inspired by Iain

Great stuff !

[papercrack]

Have Ardbeg got round to shipping the spare Supernova yet that they kept safe.

Got told I was on the list incase people, cancelled their orders, were rejected no breakages etc.