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blackcipher
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 Posted: Thu May 23, 2019 10:46 pm Post subject: Highland Park 26 year old |
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| Recieved an email today from Highland Park today inviting me to enter a ballot for another limited edition bottle. A 26 year old in collaboration with a photographer. Then I saw the price. £500. Wow! No mention of the number of bottles but still way overpriced for me. |
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Craig Mac
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| Posted: Fri May 24, 2019 12:11 am Post subject: |
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| Sadly and increasingly this seems to be the going rate for this kind of aged whisky releases. |
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Scotchnthings
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| Posted: Fri May 24, 2019 6:00 am Post subject: Re: Highland Park 26 year old |
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| blackcipher wrote: | | Recieved an email today from Highland Park today inviting me to enter a ballot for another limited edition bottle. A 26 year old in collaboration with a photographer. Then I saw the price. £500. Wow! No mention of the number of bottles but still way overpriced for me. |
Its sad to see Highland Park changing (or shall I say chasing their EdringtonGroup bud Macallan), I used to think they were a decent malt. However, I completly lost interest in them, and even when I come accros them now, they just taste *. |
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Scotchnthings
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| Posted: Fri May 24, 2019 6:00 am Post subject: Re: Highland Park 26 year old |
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| blackcipher wrote: | | Recieved an email today from Highland Park today inviting me to enter a ballot for another limited edition bottle. A 26 year old in collaboration with a photographer. Then I saw the price. £500. Wow! No mention of the number of bottles but still way overpriced for me. |
Its sad to see Highland Park changing (or shall I say chasing their EdringtonGroup bud Macallan), I used to think they were a decent malt. However, I completly lost interest in them, and even when I come accros them now, they just taste *. |
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lincoln imp
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| Posted: Fri May 24, 2019 9:49 am Post subject: Re: Highland Park 26 year old |
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| Scotchnthings wrote: | | blackcipher wrote: | | Recieved an email today from Highland Park today inviting me to enter a ballot for another limited edition bottle. A 26 year old in collaboration with a photographer. Then I saw the price. £500. Wow! No mention of the number of bottles but still way overpriced for me. |
Its sad to see Highland Park changing (or shall I say chasing their EdringtonGroup bud Macallan), I used to think they were a decent malt. However, I completly lost interest in them, and even when I come accros them now, they just taste *. |
These auctions are supposed to give everyone a chance to get them but in reality they are a marketing ploy nothing more to drum up interest and to give the air of exclusivity.
If there were no ballots I bet some of them would not actually sell that quickly.
I think it is a load of * personally, if you cannot get one this time there will be more to come that is for sure, they are churning these ballots out regular, why bother, most of the time the whisky is not that good, look at some of the reviews that the oh so exclusive Macallan actually get.
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Scotchnthings
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| Posted: Fri May 24, 2019 12:30 pm Post subject: Re: Highland Park 26 year old |
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| lincoln imp wrote: | | Scotchnthings wrote: | | blackcipher wrote: | | Recieved an email today from Highland Park today inviting me to enter a ballot for another limited edition bottle. A 26 year old in collaboration with a photographer. Then I saw the price. £500. Wow! No mention of the number of bottles but still way overpriced for me. |
Its sad to see Highland Park changing (or shall I say chasing their EdringtonGroup bud Macallan), I used to think they were a decent malt. However, I completly lost interest in them, and even when I come accros them now, they just taste *. |
These auctions are supposed to give everyone a chance to get them but in reality they are a marketing ploy nothing more to drum up interest and to give the air of exclusivity.
If there were no ballots I bet some of them would not actually sell that quickly.
I think it is a load of * personally, if you cannot get one this time there will be more to come that is for sure, they are churning these ballots out regular, why bother, most of the time the whisky is not that good, look at some of the reviews that the oh so exclusive Macallan actually get. |
Thats probably their greatest fear, someone actually opening and drinking the bottle, but then again, who in their sane mind would  |
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Dramarama
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Got an email there offering an opportunity to buy one of these after initially being unsuccessful in the ballot. Is this type of bottle a worthy investment? It certainly wouldn't be an opener for me? Is this a marketing gimmick? £500 seems quite excessive. Thoughts?
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Scotchnthings
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| I just find it adorable they now have to sell the bottles because either no one entered the ballot or the winners simply didnt want it. 500 pounds for a 26 year old 40% whisky is quite a lot yes. |
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blackcipher
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| Posted: Thu Jul 25, 2019 10:50 pm Post subject: |
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| Also recieved an email today. My money will be staying in my pocket. Ridiculous price. |
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Rd_xb
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| I realise £500 sounds a lot - but considering that HP 25 years retails for £400, an extra £100 for a limited edition, with some good packaging etc - doesn't seem that high a price tbh. Though I admit this will be more collector item rather than for consumption at that kind of price. |
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lincoln imp
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| Rd_xb wrote: | | I realise £500 sounds a lot - but considering that HP 25 years retails for £400, an extra £100 for a limited edition, with some good packaging etc - doesn't seem that high a price tbh. Though I admit this will be more collector item rather than for consumption at that kind of price. |
Everything is either a limited release or a special release, it is a much over used phrase where whisky is concerned.
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