Whisky Forum - Â£75+

TheWM · Posted: Thu Dec 20, 2012 7:41 pm Post subject: Â£75+

So, I listed all the whiskies I had on another thread, nothing standout in there, although I wanted to come back to this post in years to come to see the journey I've been on.

I'm not yet confident enough to go out and splash more than Â£75+ on a bottle. I know in the scheme of things that's peanuts, although it is for a relative novice.

This is one of the reasons I haven't yet taken the plunge at SMWS, the annual fee is more than I would spend on 3 bottles Embarassed

Can you remember the first 'more' expensive bottles you bought?

Quaich1 · Posted: Thu Dec 20, 2012 9:05 pm Post subject: Re: Â£75+

Big Mac · Posted: Fri Dec 21, 2012 2:39 am Post subject:

My first more expensive whisky would have been from the Macallan back in the 1970s, i already loved the Macallan and treated myself to some of the more expensive vintage bottlings, i wish i had kept some as they would be worth a small fortune now.

My advice is if you are going to step up in price then go for a brand you already know you like and read the reviews on it and you cant really go wrong. Having said that you dont need to go over Â£75 to find some outstanding whiskies. There are plenty of whiskies to explore before stepping up the price range.

albo · Master Of Malts Joined: 22 Mar 2011 Posts: 1888

I can very well remember the first more expensive bottle I got.

Actually it started with the wife picking up a single cask bottle of Glen Spay for me to celebrate my son being born, a 25yr old and it cost Â£50ish, at the time that was by far the most Id spent (used to stick to the Â£20 - Â£30 supermarket bottles). After that we were on holiday in the highlands and took a day trip to Oban, where I visited the distillery, had a look at the wears available there, standard 14yr old anda distillers edition, all available at various outlets, but they also had a distillery only bottle, which was Â£65, I walked out wthout the bottle. back to the car to set off, when the wife asked me if I had of picked up a bottle which one I would I have got. I answered the distillery only bottle and she told me to go back and pick it up. Then earlier in the year, I wanted a nice bottled becasue Id done some serious overtime in work and as a treat to myself wanted to pick up a nice bottle. After going to the Whisky fringe in Edinburgh, I really liked the Black Art 3, so a couple of weeks later after much deliberation, I picked up a bottle, that one was just short of Â£100 and well worth it in my opinion. So where next? at some point I've got to push past the 3 figuers mark, in 2013? quite possibly, just dont tell the wife Wink

bifter · Posted: Sun Dec 23, 2012 11:32 pm Post subject:

I've been a SMWS member for a couple of years so I've regularly spent up to Â£70 on bottles and I've had a couple of DB bottles such as HP18 that retail in the Â£60-Â£70 range. However it was only last month I broke the Â£75 mark with a SMWS 25yo Glen Ord that was Â£84. Unfortunately they recently ran a sale and I could have got 15% off but it's still worth every penny! Really looking forward to opening it. Top Malt

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albo · Master Of Malts Joined: 22 Mar 2011 Posts: 1888

TheWM · Posted: Fri Dec 28, 2012 4:31 pm Post subject:

albo · Master Of Malts Joined: 22 Mar 2011 Posts: 1888

I would also add that Big Mac has it spot on, there is no need at all to go over the Â£75 range, there are plent of excellent quality bottles out there under that. I just spent Â£107 on 2 bottles, OP 17 and a Balblair 97, both around the Â£50 mark. For now I'd stick to that, if you have Â£70 - Â£100 a month to spend, I'd happily have 2 bottles like the above each month rather than 1 bottle of the Black Art. Perhaps you could save the extravagant bottle for birthday or xmas/new year?