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bifter
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| nitram wrote: | Drank a bottle of Glenlivet 18 over Easter. When I bought this (two years back) it was on a great offer at £29 in Waitrose.
Looked into replacing it, but I was horrified to see it at over £60 in Asda and around £50 elsewhere so I gave it a miss.
Wandered into Waitroise today (to buy jelly of all things) and had a quick look at the whisky, as you do.
Glenlivet 18 reduced to clear £36.80. There were 4 bottles, there is one left if anyone is near Newton Mearns |
On a tip from albo I went into Waitrose at lunchtime. There were a number of discounts on, presumably for the approach of Father's Day (16th June in case you were wondering). Among them was the Glenlivet 18 at £36.80 though it wasn't marked as reduced. I asked one of the assistants but he didn't think it was being discontinued so maybe just a labelling error? Or maybe he's the last to know! Anyway bagged myself a bottle. Some of the discounts on offer were:
Glenlivet 18 - £36.80
Glenlivet 12 - £25
Dalwhinnie 15 - £29
Glenfarclas 12 - £31
Glenrothes Select Reserve - £27.99
Old Pulteney 12 - £24.50
Tamdhu 10 - £28
Singleton of Dufftown 12 - £29
Laphroaig Quarter Cask - £28.50
Talisker 10 - £28
Highland Park 12 - £27
Ardbeg 10 - £36
Penderyn and Jura whiskies were also discounted but I took a snap on my phone camera and I can't make out the details. You almost never see Ardbeg discounted and the sheer range of discounts is impressive! I wish I could operate on an economy of scale but, alas, an economy of scope is the best I can do right now. Still happy with my swag though.
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nitram
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| Posted: Fri May 31, 2013 5:45 pm Post subject: |
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| Quote: | | You almost never see Ardbeg discounted |
Indeed. SWMBO has her car in for the MOT just now. Depending on the damage I may be visiting Waistrose for a couple of Ardbeg 10 |
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bifter
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| Posted: Sat Jun 01, 2013 11:19 am Post subject: |
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| nitram wrote: | | Quote: | | You almost never see Ardbeg discounted |
Indeed. SWMBO has her car in for the MOT just now. Depending on the damage I may be visiting Waistrose for a couple of Ardbeg 10 |
I'd get one myself but World of Whiskies are running a promotion for 1l of Ardbeg 10 at £41 and I had a pal going through the airport so I asked him to pick one up for me. Won't see it until the week after next but I know there's no danger of him opening it as he hates peat, strange man!
Father's Day, and Christmas of course, are definitely the prime times for discounts.
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nitram
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| Posted: Sun Jun 02, 2013 10:48 am Post subject: |
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| Just been and picked up a couple of Ardbeg at that price. The Glenlivet 18 is still marked down as £36.80, reduced to clear in my local Waitrose. They had 4 or 5 bottles on the shelf. When I stocked up last visit there was one bottle left so I guess they must have had some in store. The range of whiskies they have is very impressive, but a lot of the discounts aren't as good as you'd get elsewhere because they are starting of at a higher price before the discount. Still the Glenlivet and Ardbeg are very good offers. |
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minesascotch
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| Posted: Thu Jun 06, 2013 10:26 am Post subject: |
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Glenlivet 18 now £26.00 to clear, did as instructed and cleared the shelf, also HP 18 now £50.00 had them away as well, a good fathers day coming up for me.
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Alastair
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| Posted: Thu Jun 06, 2013 12:53 pm Post subject: |
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| minesascotch wrote: | Glenlivet 18 now £26.00 to clear, did as instructed and cleared the shelf, also HP 18 now £50.00 had them away as well, a good fathers day coming up for me.
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Now that is a good price, i wish i had a Waitrose near me, very few of them in Scotland. I reckon in the near future we will be hard pushed to find the Glenlivet 18 under £60, enjoy your bargain. |
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nitram
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| Posted: Wed Jun 19, 2013 9:00 pm Post subject: |
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Talisker Storm Single Malt Whisky Isle of Skye 70cl
£34.50 (was £40.50 )
Who has tried this? Is this worth ta shot at this price? |
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albo
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| Posted: Wed Jun 19, 2013 9:07 pm Post subject: |
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| nitram wrote: | Talisker Storm Single Malt Whisky Isle of Skye 70cl
£34.50 (was £40.50 )
Who has tried this? Is this worth ta shot at this price? |
I tried it at a recent whisky event and wasn't overly impressed if I'm honest. I like the 10yo but this one did noting for me. That said I had tried quite a number of whiskies before then so my critical ability was somewhat impaired. If pushed for an answer I'd say no. Try and get a dram at a bar somewhere first. Though the offer no doubt won't be on for long so that may be impractical. |
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William
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| Posted: Wed Jun 19, 2013 11:01 pm Post subject: |
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| nitram wrote: | Talisker Storm Single Malt Whisky Isle of Skye 70cl
£34.50 (was £40.50 )
Who has tried this? Is this worth ta shot at this price? |
If you scroll down this page: www.scotchmaltwhisky.co.uk/taliskerstorm.htm you can read my thoughts on the Talsiker Storm.
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| Posted: Thu Jun 20, 2013 3:04 pm Post subject: |
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| I like the new Talisker Storm but when you can pick up the 10 year old cheaper i will always go for that for my Talisker hit. |
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bifter
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William
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| Posted: Thu Sep 19, 2013 12:24 pm Post subject: |
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Waitrose do some great offers but you have to order 12 bottles, they used to have a whisky gift section where you could order 1 or 2 bottles but they seem to have done away with the whisky gift section. Waitrose is fine if you or the Mrs are also wine drinkers.
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Alastair
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| Posted: Thu Sep 19, 2013 5:43 pm Post subject: |
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| William wrote: | | Waitrose do some great offers but you have to order 12 bottles, they used to have a whisky gift section where you could order 1 or 2 bottles but they seem to have done away with the whisky gift section. Waitrose is fine if you or the Mrs are also wine drinkers. |
Yes it is annoying that you cant order single bottles from Waitrose as they do sometimes have some good whisky offers. |
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nitram
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| Posted: Thu Sep 19, 2013 6:50 pm Post subject: |
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| Alastair wrote: | | William wrote: | | Waitrose do some great offers but you have to order 12 bottles, they used to have a whisky gift section where you could order 1 or 2 bottles but they seem to have done away with the whisky gift section. Waitrose is fine if you or the Mrs are also wine drinkers. |
Yes it is annoying that you cant order single bottles from Waitrose as they do sometimes have some good whisky offers. |
If you are within delivery area of a store you can order a 'grocery' shop with free delivery on orders over £100. There are often discounts to be found on your first order too boot. No good if you are not in a delivery area I know. |
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bifter
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| Posted: Fri Sep 20, 2013 7:42 am Post subject: |
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| nitram wrote: | | Alastair wrote: | | William wrote: | | Waitrose do some great offers but you have to order 12 bottles, they used to have a whisky gift section where you could order 1 or 2 bottles but they seem to have done away with the whisky gift section. Waitrose is fine if you or the Mrs are also wine drinkers. |
Yes it is annoying that you cant order single bottles from Waitrose as they do sometimes have some good whisky offers. |
If you are within delivery area of a store you can order a 'grocery' shop with free delivery on orders over £100. There are often discounts to be found on your first order too boot. No good if you are not in a delivery area I know. |
I've also found it to be the case that the discounts are mirrored in-store, which is handy if you have one locally - of course in Scotland they are few and far between.
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