Laphroaig 27yo 1980/2007 (57.4%, Oloroso cask)

[slojo]

Winner of the 2007 Malt Maniacs Non-Plus-Ultra award, scoring 90+ from all tasters.

Good investment?

[LagaDrinker]

Not sure about investment but a good dram I would think

[slojo]

Not sure about investment but a good dram I would think

Of that I have no doubt, but sadly outside my budget for a drinking whisky

I am thinking of buying two bottles, and then hopefully in the future if they go up selling one of them at a nice profit so that I can drink the other one with a clear conscience

[LagaDrinker]

Why have you chosen this exact whisky to buy then? I am curious - do you love the Laphroaig?

[kyorke1]

I didn't realise this is still out there, where are you buying from? Is it still £500? I wouldn't have thought this would be a great investment being the price it is already, although I think Laphroaig is pretty collectable so a great limited edition like this could be sought after in a few years time, who knows.

[slojo]

Why have you chosen this exact whisky to buy then? I am curious - do you love the Laphroaig?

This whisky sounds like the kind that I would love, but at c£500 a bottle is prohibitively expensive and hard to justify. But buying as an investment I would apply different price criteria and so if I could afford to buy a couple of bottles and sell one in X years to pay for both then that would work for me.

[LagaDrinker]

Good luck to you then I would love to try this one as well

[Ganga]

I seem to recall that there was an on-line tasting of the Laphroaigs back in November/December 2007. Panel was not overly impressed with that particular bottling of 27 yo (if it is indeed the same one).

With the bottling starting at such a premium already, combined with todays economy, I think you'd need a fair bit of time to recoup your investment even with the Malt Maniacs behind the quality of the product.