The Scotch Thread

[ercchry]

I bought zero… none on the reserve, but I did get some brunello… so not a total loss

[ThePenIsMightier]

Whoa there! If there's anymore talk of that terrible word @Disoblige said and/or reserves, we're going to end up with the flags half down again...
I need my reconciling callouses to heal for a bit before we spend another few confusing months with the flags half down!

[Eride]

The Glenfiddich Grand Cru is finally starting to pop up around here, pricey but nice juice for the Fiddich fans out there.

[LongCity]

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The Glenfiddich Grand Cru is finally starting to pop up around here, pricey but nice juice for the Fiddich fans out there.

Meh, the bottle and packing are probably better than what's inside

With that being said, can I still try it when you pop it open, to confirm or disprove my claim?! hahah

Edit: Looks awesome against the white snow, fam!

[Perceptionist]

I got the JW sampler set last year for Christmas. Not a fan of the black but the rest are decent. The blue is obviously very smooth but not something I would pay full price for. There are quite a few decent alternatives in the $80 - $100 range that I would pick up before going back to JW. Makes a nice gift though!

[tirebob]

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I got the JW sampler set last year for Christmas. Not a fan of the black but the rest are decent. The blue is obviously very smooth but not something I would pay full price for. There are quite a few decent alternatives in the $80 - $100 range that I would pick up before going back to JW. Makes a nice gift though!

Yeah not the biggest JW fan either. Not saying it is bad, but really it is very meh... If someone gave it to me as a gift I would not poo poo it, but if I am buying scotch I would spend my dollars on something else.

[Eride]

I really like Green, Black is decent too, but that’s about it for me with JW.

[ThePenIsMightier]

We opened one last night and did a couple "flights" I guess you'd say.
We found that at room temp, the Gold was boring, 18 was just about bad and the Blue wasn't very special. With an ice cube, everything changed and the Blue tasted so so much better along with the 18. But I have always felt its (Blue) price is too far out to justify.
It was a fun mini test and there's enough there that we can definitely do that a few more times.

[Strider]

Superstore has the JW pack too if you can't find it at Costco. They'll price match (they phoned for the price).

[89coupe]

Just got this for my bday

[Disoblige]

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I got the JW sampler set last year for Christmas. Not a fan of the black but the rest are decent. The blue is obviously very smooth but not something I would pay full price for. There are quite a few decent alternatives in the $80 - $100 range that I would pick up before going back to JW. Makes a nice gift though!

JW is so smart. I never would have spent $$ on JW, ever. But because they came out with a cleverly boxed set at the right time and the right pricepoint, it makes for a great gift. Great marketing.

[Strider]

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JW is so smart. I never would have spent $$ on JW, ever. But because they came out with a cleverly boxed set at the right time and the right pricepoint, it makes for a great gift. Great marketing.

I wouldn't have bought it if not for the hype on beyond and rfd... but here we are, 2 boxes later. The blue label is $250 at Superstore, so I feel the value was a bit overstated.
I only buy Pellegrino in glass bottles are those still a superior liquor transporting vessel?

[ThePenIsMightier]

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I wouldn't have bought it if not for the hype on beyond and rfd... but here we are, 2 boxes later. The blue label is $250 at Superstore, so I feel the value was a bit overstated.
I only buy Pellegrino in glass bottles are those still a superior liquor transporting vessel?

You're asking the wrong guy about San Pellegrino storage!
No - the glass bottles are completely horse shit for storage.

The value isn't overstated. If Blue is $250 a bottle, then $66 of the cost is Blue, alone. Plus, you're getting another three 200mL bottles. The "value" based on market cost is easily over $110 and that is being overly conservative.

It's valueless for an existing connoisseur who has their mind made up that they don't like Johnnie Walker, but it's one of the best gifts in the world for someone who has previously not had an interest in Scotch to quickly taste 4 significantly different products in one hot minute.

[2Legit2Quit]

I don't think there's any question there's better scotch out there for the price of Johnnie but the gift set makes it a reasonable purchase. The 18 year/platinum is very good and the blue is smooth tasty whisky.

[davidI]

Yea yea yea, the bottles aren't Scotch but the books are Scotch related.

Couldn't pass up the Black Friday deals on these two bottles I've been wanting for a while... and the books were a great price too.

[bjstare]

Idk if anyone had any luck, but Highlander released some Ardbeg Scorch today (on sale, no less). I missed the email by 45 min and it was sold out.. same with the Lagavulin 12 special release. I bought a Lagavulin distillers edition to try out though.

[RX_EVOLV]

They had a couple Scorch at Wine and Beyond (sage hill) over the weekend. It's not the Committee Release so personally not too excited about them.

[CompletelyNumb]

Okotoks still has the JW 4 pack in stock fyi

[89coupe]

First one in the calendar

[89coupe]

Day 2