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torcross
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ralfy legend
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| who in there right mind is going to pay that?? geez as a normal working man i cant and will.not pay that. |
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sorren
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Craven
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I see it has sold out again.
Ralfy i am sure there will be plenty queueing up to buy this and the other 3 whiskies in the Macallan 1824 Masters Series.
I wonder what the price on the Macallan No.6 will be and it is a pity that the Macallan Rare Cask is exclusive to the US as i wouldnt have minded giving it a try. |
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Samson
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| I have a bottle of the Macallan Rare Cask to open sometime which i picked up in the US, it isnt avaialble in Canada either. |
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Big Mac
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| I have only had the Macallan Rare Cask and it is very good although i am not happy with this no age statement road the Macallan is now heading down and charging premium prices for. Glenfarclas is now my distillery of choice these days. |
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whisky_rob
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| Big Mac wrote: | | I have only had the Macallan Rare Cask and it is very good although i am not happy with this no age statement road the Macallan is now heading down and charging premium prices for. Glenfarclas is now my distillery of choice these days. |
I'm with you Big Mac, Glenfarclas have so much in their favour. No fussy packaging which must add £100s to some bottles with hand blown crystal this or solid silver that (60yo aside), just decent whisky with an age statement at a good price. |
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STUDOGG37
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yeah the Macallan Reflexion seems overpriced for a non-age statement but would love to sample it, then judge.
Regarding Glenfarclas, I was really disappointed with the 1966 fino cask, at around £800 a bottle, it was only one dram I tried but prefer the 30 year.
I have been drinking Glendronach more than anything else, Age & £££ they seem the best
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Big Mac
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| whisky_rob wrote: | | Big Mac wrote: | | I have only had the Macallan Rare Cask and it is very good although i am not happy with this no age statement road the Macallan is now heading down and charging premium prices for. Glenfarclas is now my distillery of choice these days. |
I'm with you Big Mac, Glenfarclas have so much in their favour. No fussy packaging which must add £100s to some bottles with hand blown crystal this or solid silver that (60yo aside), just decent whisky with an age statement at a good price. |
I dont mind paying for good whisky, and no matter what the marketing people try to sell us, age and therefore rarity of whisky due to cask evapouration is what qualifys a whisky for a premium price, when Macallan started hiding the age i new they were ripping me off and i have tasted more than a few of these no age statement whiskies and i know they are ripping me off, they are good but i have been a Macallan drinker for over 40 years and i have had some amazing aged Macallan and i am certain what they are punting now has a weak content of aged whisky.
As i said Glenfarclas is now my distillery of choice these days but i have a big collection of the Macallan which i have built up over the years, probably over 300 Macallan whiskies, i now drink the Macallan but rarely buy it other than the 12 & 18 year old which is a regular dram. Having said that i am drinking the superb no age statement Macallan Oscuro this evening, but i did open this over the holidays and i wouldnt like to see it go off  |
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torcross
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Bottle of this sold for £725 on whisky online auction
If the bottle cost £895 (still readily available at Whisky Exchange) and sold for £725, £72.50 commission and then VAT is 20% of commission = £14.50. This makes an overall loss of............£257.00 OUCH. |
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Kray
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| torcross wrote: | Bottle of this sold for £725 on whisky online auction
If the bottle cost £895 (still readily available at Whisky Exchange) and sold for £725, £72.50 commission and then VAT is 20% of commission = £14.50. This makes an overall loss of............£257.00 OUCH. |
When a bottle is still available from a whisky shop I would not expect it to fetch the shop price or above at auction. If I wanted to pay the shop price i would go to the shop. The shop price would include the shop profit and 20% VAT which when the VAT is removed takes the price of the bottle iin TWE down from £895 to £745. AFAIK the Macallan Reflexion is part of a series with limited availability but will always be available until the Macallan end the series or have i got that wrong? Therefore these bottles wont make you a profit at auction until the series is ended. |
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