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jwbassman
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 Posted: Wed Sep 14, 2016 12:59 pm Post subject: Diageo Special Releases 2016 |
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Just been having a read of this http://blog.thewhiskyexchange.com/2016/09/diageo-special-releases-2016/
I suspect it's another set of releases that will be way outside of most of our budgets, with perhaps the exceptions of the Caol Ila and the Lagavulin...
For the collectors? Destined never to be drunk? |
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opelfruit
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| Posted: Wed Sep 14, 2016 2:13 pm Post subject: |
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Oh dear.
I've had many in the past, from Lagavulin through Auchroisk, Rosebanks and to Talisker 30yos. All of them have been drunk or will be drunk.
The prices are giddy. My Rosebank cost £120 and one of the Talisker 30ys only £190.....oh how the world has gone mad.
No. These are for collectors and investors only.
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Alexppp
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| Posted: Wed Sep 14, 2016 2:32 pm Post subject: |
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NAS Cragganmore for £400  |
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IndianaBlues
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| Posted: Wed Sep 14, 2016 3:07 pm Post subject: |
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| opelfruit wrote: | Oh dear.
I've had many in the past, from Lagavulin through Auchroisk, Rosebanks and to Talisker 30yos. All of them have been drunk or will be drunk.
The prices are giddy. My Rosebank cost £120 and one of the Talisker 30ys only £190.....oh how the world has gone mad.
No. These are for collectors and investors only. |
Amazon had the previous Talisker 30 on lightning deal a few days ago for £230...I had it in my basket and stupidly deleted it again... |
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William
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Alexppp
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| Posted: Wed Sep 14, 2016 5:42 pm Post subject: |
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| What can I say, I guess they must be pretty confident of the quality of the Cragganmore if they're charging that much for it. It may well be amazing for all I know, but the price - with no info provided other than types of casks - is ridiculous. |
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Blackadder
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| Posted: Wed Sep 14, 2016 6:11 pm Post subject: |
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| No doubt I will have a bottle or 2 of the Lagavulin 12. Yes it will be interesting to see how fast they shift the Cragganmore |
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Islay Pete
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| Posted: Wed Sep 14, 2016 6:22 pm Post subject: |
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| Just 2 Brora's and 1 Port Ellen for me or perhaps just a couple of Lagavulin 12s again. |
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leg_iron
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| Posted: Wed Sep 14, 2016 8:44 pm Post subject: |
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| Only one I could afford is the lagavulin 12yo. |
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JKD
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| Posted: Wed Sep 14, 2016 9:16 pm Post subject: |
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That is by far the most expensive no age statement whisky I have heard of to date, surely they wouldn't be able to offload 4,932 of them at £400 a go.
Other than the Brora and Port Ellen I wouldn't mind trying the Linkwood. |
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Mark
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| Posted: Wed Sep 14, 2016 10:22 pm Post subject: |
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| Just the Lagavulin 12 for me. |
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William
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| Posted: Thu Sep 15, 2016 1:04 pm Post subject: |
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With the maturing stock which Diageo has to hand, I wish they would do some special releases of some younger and more affordable for everyday drinking whisky, perhaps a "Diageo Small Batch Series", all non chill filtered each from no more than a vatting of 10 casks, bottled at 46% - 50%, and aged no more than 18 years.
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jwbassman
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| Posted: Thu Sep 15, 2016 1:24 pm Post subject: |
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| That sounds like a great idea William but will be very surprised if it happens. Totally agree that they should release some more affordable, drinking whiskies. |
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Brummie
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| Posted: Thu Sep 15, 2016 1:29 pm Post subject: |
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| William wrote: | | With the maturing stock which Diageo has to hand, I wish they would do some special releases of some younger and more affordable for everyday drinking whisky, perhaps a "Diageo Small Batch Series", all non chill filtered each from no more than a vatting of 10 casks, bottled at 46% - 50%, and aged no more than 18 years. |
I would be up for that, kind of what the independent bottlers offer but they will have a huge choice of stock to choose from were I sometimes think the indie bottlers bottle anything they can get hold of. |
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Diademo
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| Brummie wrote: | | William wrote: | | With the maturing stock which Diageo has to hand, I wish they would do some special releases of some younger and more affordable for everyday drinking whisky, perhaps a "Diageo Small Batch Series", all non chill filtered each from no more than a vatting of 10 casks, bottled at 46% - 50%, and aged no more than 18 years. |
I would be up for that, kind of what the independent bottlers offer but they will have a huge choice of stock to choose from were I sometimes think the indie bottlers bottle anything they can get hold of. |
Except maybe older IB as Cadenhead and G&M. It seems that they still have large stock of older casks. |
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