Any One for a Scotch?

[SkinnyGoomba]

NYR, I havent had the 12yr, just the 16. I enjoy it enough I think I would consider a case.

 

[Longmorn]

I appreciate the effort, but it says they wont ship distilled spirits out of DC.

I plan to be in their area sometime next year so I might load up.

Crap - sorry about that. The shipping laws are ridiculous.

 

[SkinnyGoomba]

Not to worry, I think I just have to take advantage of pricing in my travels.

 

[gopherblue]

I have a number of bottles of the 12 y.o. Lagavulin, from various years (it's an annual special release). I like it quite a bit...more so than the standard 16. Funny thing, it is younger, but bottled at cask strength and thus spendier.

 

[Nil]

Every whiskey should be bottled at cask strength.

 

[ama]

http://www.astorwines.com/SearchRes...type=Contains&term=Lagavulin,16,Yr,Scotch&p=2

http://www.riversidewinemerchants.com/items/detail?itemid=100774

 

[SkinnyGoomba]

Thanks ama, the second one ships to joisey.

 

[aravenel]

Astor definitely has the best price on it I have seen in the city. My local place wants $90 for it.

 

[ama]

Astor used to be $50.

 

[Huntsman]

Whisky used to be much cheaper. In even recent history.

 

[Morgan]

Seriously. My best score was on Thanksgiving Day in 2004, when I went to pick up a bottle of wine on the way to my parents' house. I saw a bottle of Pappy Van Winkle 20 yr lying on its side at the back of the shelf, and brought it to the front so that the clerk could reshelve it. I knew it usually retailed for about $80 or $90, and I had not planned to spend that kind of money that day, but there was no price tag and on a whim I asked how much it cost. The clerk was a young woman in her early twenties, and clearly didn't want to be at work that day. She turned the bottle over a couple times looking for price tag and, finding none, said "uh ... $19.99." Sold! It only comes out on special occasions and I still have a few fingers left.

 

[Longmorn]

 

[SkinnyGoomba]

how was that one?

 

[Longmorn]

It's great. Longrow is a heavily peated expression of Springbank. I'm not a usually fan of strong peat, but the finishing in Burgundy casks balances it with a strong wine character. Really good stuff. They make a Gaja finish too that is also excellent but harder to find.

 

[gopherblue]

I'm a big fan of the Longrow CV--used to be a deal-and-a-half but it's suffering the same price creep as other Scotch whiskies these days...still a good buy though.

...And I have a couple bottles of the Longrow 18 squirreled away that I picked up in London a few years back.

BTW, regarding the price of Laga 16...used to be seen regularly at Astor and Warehouse in NYC for under $50. But that was back when Oban was $35.