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Everyday we stray further from the light

In case anyone’s favourites are in here…

https://www.shortlist.com/news/best-amazon-prime-day-whisky-deals-400466

Bloody hell, since when has a bottle of A'Bunadh cost 90 quid! It was one of the few nas bottlings I'd happily recomend to people but that is a piss take.

Most of those deals are no better than supermarket prices (when in special) if not worse.

This thread can be so depressing for those who pay in CAD…

In Ontario, you can buy 4 ounces of weed for the price of a bottle Corrywrekan and in Scotland you can buy four bottles of Corrywrekan for the price of an ounce of weed.

#economics

No idea what price weed around here, but just one province west of ON and everything, especially luxury items, costs way more.
Of course, one province over for us is more akin to 4 countries for some.

$35 domestic luxury

(not sure if you encountered or remember the craze about this stuff 5 years ago)

Everyday we stray further from the light

It's still tequila/rum season

Yeah, had it when it came out, good ice cream topping.

Sad times. Sadly out of contention at the price it is now. I think I paid £90 for the two bottles I’ve had. Basically double now, as we all well know.

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I remember went you could actually buy Yamazaki 18 at £160. It's now £800, assuming you can even find it.

Well japanese whisky has been a joke for a long time now and will probably won't ever get better fur to their inability to produce high enough volumes.

I'm just hoping the trend for certain scotch distilleries to go ever higher in price will bite them in the arse if people do the sensible thing and stop buying it. The good thing about scotch is the amount of choice out there.

Yeah there’s always bells eh?

I'm more of a Teacher's man tbh.

But seriously you can pick up a bottle of Ledaig 18 for under 90 quid and even if they were the same price I'd still go for the Ledaig. There's plenty of options put there.

I was up in Lossiemouth a couple of months ago and managed to nip into a few distilleries, these two from Benriach and Glenfarclas are really nice, got talked into some limited run distillery only bottles as well but don't have pictures of those right now. Was tempted by a birth year bottle at Glenfarclas but cashflow issues so couldn't do it. Standout so far is a Glenallachie 12, I'll get a pic of that soon, properly nice that.

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Partner picked this up in Aldi because she found out how much I'd been spending on other stuff. £17, actually not bad at all.

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You inspired me to get the Islay one. Smells great. Smokey and sweet. Will be kicking back with some drams tonight…

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Nice! I know the square root of sod all about whisky but I know I don't generally like smoky ones, like Jura for example. Keen to hear your take on this one though!

The verdict is: not great. But, for the price, it’s still whisky!

I’d agree with most of this: https://whiskyreviews.net/2022/01/31/glen-marnoch-islay-single-malt-aldi/

There really isn’t a lot of smoke and it’s definitely young and as a result harsh.

It’s not terrible, but for £16 I’d be foolish or just very, very wishful to hope for much more.

I’ve mentioned it a few times in here but the Aerolite Lyndsey is the best thing out there for a reasonably priced Islay single malt. It’s over twice the price of the Aldi one (£37 on Amazon), but more than twice as good.

I am very, very afraid that it is not going to remain so - these guys have it up there with Lagavulin 16 prices!!

https://www.masterofmalt.com/whiskies/the-character-of-islay-whisky-company/aerolite-lyndsay-10-year-old-the-character-of-islay-whisky-company-whisky/

Harsh is exactly how I'd describe the Highland one, as soon as i cracked it open and had a sniff I thought "oof, that's a bit industrial!". Not very subtle, not a lot on the palate and the weak flavours just sort of fading away quickly. Worth a try though and as you say, still whisky and not terrible.

I've never really tried much from Islay, I'm pretty middle of the road in liking Speyside stuff but in the spirit of discovery, trusting strangers on the internet and having had a couple of wee drams on a Monday night, I've just ordered a bottle of the Aerolite Lyndsey!

Excellent! Do report back what you think.

It’s not super smokey or TCP-ey. It’ll be a good intro into the start of what a decent Islay whisky is. This review rings true for me: https://whiskyforeveryone.blogspot.com/2020/07/review-aerolite-lyndsay-10-years-old.html

I’ve had another dram of the Aldi with a bit more water and I’m getting more smoke in the aftertaste. It’s definitely not terrible for the price. It does make me appreciate just how complex and rewarding the premium malts are, just wish it didn’t feel like they were receding at light speed, price-wise.

Can we all agree to stop saying “wee drams”? Kthnksbye.

2nded.

How's that Benriach? Reviews online seem good, might be my next bottle.