Whisky Forum - Game of Thrones - Page 5

lincoln imp · Posted: Thu Mar 07, 2019 7:48 pm Post subject:

This is what everyone is paying for, sorry if its already been mentioned.

House Tully: Singleton of Glendullan - Singleton 12 y/o
House Stark: Dalwhinnie Winter's Frost - Dalwhinnie Winter's Gold NAS
House Targaryen: Cardhu Gold Reserve - standard NAS release
House Lannister: Lagavulin 9 year old suggested to not be as good as 8 y/o but probably best of the bunch)
House Baratheon: Royal Lochnagar 12 year old
House Tyrell: Clynelish Reserve (possibly 14 y/o but no guarantee)
The Night's Watch: Oban Bay Reserve - Oban Little Bay NAS )
White Walker: Johnnie Walker - most reviews peg it below JW Red.

The comments on a few are not mine as I have not tried them but it may be useful for someone?
In essence roughly 300 euro worth of whisky so about Â£257 or $335 worth of whisky.
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eelbrook · Master Of Malts Joined: 19 Sep 2007 Posts: 648

Doesn't sound up to much at all.

Dave h · Posted: Thu Mar 07, 2019 8:01 pm Post subject:

The biggest scam in modern day whisky. So many people flipping, so many idiots buying (must be far flung places with no access)

I'm seeing so many sets on my Facebook feed up for sale I actually hate the sight of the bottles.

lincoln imp · Posted: Thu Mar 07, 2019 8:21 pm Post subject:

davidbe · Master Of Malts Joined: 28 May 2015 Posts: 497

It's the best marketing scam since whatever Douglas Laing's last ruse was.

Alastair · Posted: Thu Mar 07, 2019 11:05 pm Post subject:

Well my bottle of Talisker Select Reserve is opened and half gone and I cant fault it, in fact I am more than happy with it for what I paid for it at the airport.

Coco33 · Posted: Fri Mar 08, 2019 10:01 am Post subject:

Totally agree the talisker was a lovely dram Very Happy

RageN17 · Single Malt Member Joined: 02 Mar 2017 Posts: 23

I think people need to understand the meaning of 'scam' before banding it about

davidbe · Master Of Malts Joined: 28 May 2015 Posts: 497

19 sets on Just-Whisky auction. Can't wait to see the numbers on the bigger sites.

eelbrook · Master Of Malts Joined: 19 Sep 2007 Posts: 648

Thirty to forty sets at SWA

unblended · Master Of Malts Joined: 20 Mar 2015 Posts: 437

theres one set on gumtree only selling the cardboard containers cheap at Â£ 900.00 contact him if you need anymore imformation Wink

there also on ebay

richard

Timp · Posted: Sat Mar 09, 2019 8:01 am Post subject:

Dave h · Posted: Sat Mar 09, 2019 9:22 am Post subject:

Scam yes it is, it's clearly deception.
Slight edit to name, bottle existing product, different package, higher price. Great advertising, all for financial gain.

A scam is not defined solely be legality, a scam can be legal when its deception.

Winters Frost? Is this really worth Â£12 more per bottle, Winters Gold can be sourced as low as Â£20, so Â£48 for this edition, ouch. But I assume there must be some variation of the two, a spoonful of their leaking casks perharps.
Oban Bay Reserve @ Â£65 Why is this Â£11 more than Oban Little Bay, is it the same or is it a better whisky?
Cardhu Gold Reseve is a Â£15 to 25 more expensive per bottle in this release.

They are targetting fans of a tv show to shift 1000 of units, not all people will be interested or familiar in the contents.

Scotchnthings · Double Malt Member Joined: 11 Feb 2019 Posts: 144

Has anybody actually tried them side by side, I do agree some of them seem a bit too close to some of the standard range products (like the lochnagar 12 which is only available in europe), but laga 9 is new a'd the Oban GOT is bottled at 52% if im not mistaken.

arqueturus · Master Of Malts Joined: 31 Jul 2016 Posts: 262