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William
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 Posted: Wed Oct 18, 2017 12:10 pm Post subject: Ardbeg Twenty Something |
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Ardbeg Twenty Something is a 23 year old whisky which will be available exclusively to Ardbeg Committee members from the 2nd November.
Matured in a combination of ex-Bourbon and Oloroso casks, bottled at 46.3% ABV it will be sold exclusively to members of the Ardbeg Committee at a price of £430 for a 70cl bottle.
More info here:
http://www.scotchmaltwhisky.co.uk/ardbegtwentysomething.htm
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Kray
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| Posted: Wed Oct 18, 2017 2:05 pm Post subject: |
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| t will be interesting to see have fast this sells at £430 a bottle. |
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webdunk
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| Posted: Wed Oct 18, 2017 2:06 pm Post subject: |
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| Kray wrote: | | t will be interesting to see have fast this sells at £430 a bottle. |
Should take about 4 or 5 minutes I would think for it to be sold out. |
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These aren't the droids we're looking for. You can go about your business. Move along... move along.
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JKD
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| Posted: Wed Oct 18, 2017 4:55 pm Post subject: |
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| opelfruit wrote: | | These aren't the droids we're looking for. You can go about your business. Move along... move along. |
I am clearly missing something here  |
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opelfruit
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| JKD wrote: | | opelfruit wrote: | | These aren't the droids we're looking for. You can go about your business. Move along... move along. |
I am clearly missing something here |
Just using my Jedi mind tricks to cause people to incidentally overlook this ridiculously over priced bottle of whisky.
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JKD
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| Posted: Wed Oct 18, 2017 5:23 pm Post subject: |
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| opelfruit wrote: | | JKD wrote: | | opelfruit wrote: | | These aren't the droids we're looking for. You can go about your business. Move along... move along. |
I am clearly missing something here |
Just using my Jedi mind tricks to cause people to incidentally overlook this ridiculously over priced bottle of whisky. |
 let that be a warning to you all to drink sensibly  |
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Islay Pete
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| Posted: Wed Oct 18, 2017 8:25 pm Post subject: |
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| I wouldn't have expected it to be priced any less to be honest, and I am sure it will sell without a problem, I am tempted to get it myself, hopefully there will be some reviews before it sells out. |
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webdunk
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| Posted: Thu Oct 19, 2017 7:45 am Post subject: |
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| opelfruit wrote: | | this ridiculously over priced bottle of whisky. |
Normally I'd be the first to cry foul over over-ambitious pricing, but this feels about right. It's an aged, OB Ardbeg and a committee reserve to boot. In the current market, what's the closest OB offering? A Lord of the Isles? Makes this look positively reasonable... |
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Forbes
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| Unfortunately this is probably the going rate for such a bottle, kinda lets me know if the Ardbeg 17 was ever to make a return it would be way out of my everyday drinking price range. |
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lincoln imp
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| Posted: Thu Oct 19, 2017 4:08 pm Post subject: |
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| webdunk wrote: | | opelfruit wrote: | | this ridiculously over priced bottle of whisky. |
Normally I'd be the first to cry foul over over-ambitious pricing, but this feels about right. It's an aged, OB Ardbeg and a committee reserve to boot. In the current market, what's the closest OB offering? A Lord of the Isles? Makes this look positively reasonable... |
Politely I will say that this is the problem with the whisky world in general, £430 for a 23 year and people think it feels right?
I would have to disagree, Ardbeg is overpriced, over hyped and well moderate quality at the moment at best?
It is not worth it period, no matter which fiscal planet you hail from.
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Lennox
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| I don't think anyone is saying they think it is right but they do know that whisky is a business, they know how much Ardbeg can ask and get for this, I would have been more surprised if they had asked for less. |
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blackcipher
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Scandalous price but no doubt it will sell
out fast |
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lincoln imp
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| Lennox wrote: | | I don't think anyone is saying they think it is right but they do know that whisky is a business, they know how much Ardbeg can ask and get for this, I would have been more surprised if they had asked for less. |
But that is the problem because if everyone said that £430 for a 23 year was a rip off and did not make the obligatory purchase then the price would have to come down. Until people start making those difficult choices nothing will change.
Of course if people think this is good value then good luck to them.
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webdunk
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| Posted: Fri Oct 20, 2017 10:43 am Post subject: |
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| lincoln imp wrote: | But that is the problem because if everyone said that £430 for a 23 year was a rip off and did not make the obligatory purchase then the price would have to come down. Until people start making those difficult choices nothing will change.
Of course if people think this is good value then good luck to them. |
The thing is that plenty of people in the secondary market are saying that's exactly what Ardbeg is worth. Even routine NAS committee reserves typically double in value shortly after release - so people must see value in them. These days, the market is also global so while there's certainly an argument that this may be steep for UK, it seems to be perfectly acceptable in other markets. |
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