![]() Glenlivet 18 - Starts Fri 9:57am: probably around £43 Talisker Storm - Starts Fri 7:57am: probably around £28 (personally I would go for the regular Talisker 10 yr £27)īallentines 17 - Starts Fri 7:57am: probably around £36 (a well regarded premium blend) As an example, these are what I can see at the moment, but others will be added as time goes on:Īberlour 12 - Starts today 5:57pm: probably around £23 The upcoming deals for the next 24 hours are shown on the website (). the highly regarded Talisker 10 yr old at £27. You also need to be a little cautious of some of the glowing reviews and it is worth bearing in mind that the Amazon deal prices can sometimes be matched by some of the supermarkets.Įven without the deals, some (but by no means all) of the normal prices on Amazon also represent very good value, e.g. It is best to be be very selective and only buy whiskies that you really want, pass over the rest and be prepared to wait to see what turns up in the future. You do need willpower not to click the button on any old whisky just because is appears to be a good deal - a dull whisky is still a dull whisky whatever the price. This is important because deals on the most attractive malts are usually sold out within 10 minutes, well within that first 30 minutes. There is limited stock allocated to the deals and Amazon Prime members have access to the deals 30 minutes before other people. The deals are staggered throughout the day and only last for a limited time. It's worth keeping an eye on the Amazon "Lightening" Deals as there are usually one or two malts on offer on any particular day at discounts between 30% and 35% on the rrp (if that is already quoted in the normal Amazon listing) or the normal Amazon price (if no rrp is quoted). In the meantime, I'll stick to buying Springbank, Glenfarclas and those other distilleries which are still hanging on without feeling the need to come up with utter nonsense about Vikings, Rob Roy, Braveheart or the rest of it. The whisky itself has, happily, not changed but I still feel like supporting a, "Campaign for Real Whisky". departure lounges of various airports (unavoidable now, for instance, in Edinburgh and - the horror! the horror! - Bristol), I am forcibly reminded of the nonsense now purveyed by the marketeers of the conglomerates which have swallowed up the likes of Glenmorangie. Every time I am forced to go through the shopping malls a.k.a. I realise that I sound like a reactionary and boring old fart - and if jobs are created and preserved through increasing the sales of the stuff through such gimmickry that can only be a good thing - but the fact that Glenmorangie is now owned by the ubiquitous LVMH (Louis Vuitton Moet Hennessy for those still blissfully unaware of this behemoth of "brands") plays, I fear, a large part in why it is no longer sold. The disappearance of the excellent and much-liked BNJ from shops (and pubs) is a depressing step on the increasing "designer brandification" of whisky. ![]() Thanks, HD! Most interesting! It's the Scottish in me, most likely! But I'm beginning to sound like Mr McTumshie, the whisky bore, with his You-tube page. Glenfarclas and Mortlach are "old-fashioned", well-made whiskies which you might enjoy. Springbank - that would be my BaL choice (but you absolutely cannot go wrong with Highland Park). ![]() If Glenfiddich is the Karajan Beethoven cycle, Abbado the Glenmorangie and Jura the Bruggen, then Laphroaig might well be the Krivine. ![]() If you like Lagavulin, then Laphroaig might be a good next step. it's highly drinkable) and, although just across the water from Islay, Jura (which has, alas, been "brand-ised" - the 16 year old used to be good value but has leapt up in price, although a great drink) a bit like it but then not really. In reverse order, not anything like Glenfiddich (in its bog-standard 10 year old form about my least-favourite malt whisky, although I'd be happy to hear that it has improved), not very like Glenmorangie (what used to be described by malt-whisky bores as a, "lady's tipple", i.e. I like to try the less well known malts as well. How does Laphroaig compare to say Jura, Glenmorangie or Glendfiddich.
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