That's the point I was trying (badly) to make. Maybe the old blends are more expensive because they are using older, rarer whisky?
The fact is that if distilleries have anything really old/good in their store rooms in any kind of volume they aren't going to sell it at a cut price to a blender. That's why any old blends are really expensive, which is fine if that blend really tickles your trout, but if it doesn't then I'd be a bit gutted.
One whiskey I'd stay away from is Benromach-it's marketed as 'organic' and tastes like shit. The blend and the single.
The fact is that if distilleries have anything really old/good in their store rooms in any kind of volume they aren't going to sell it at a cut price to a blender. That's why any old blends are really expensive, which is fine if that blend really tickles your trout, but if it doesn't then I'd be a bit gutted.
One whiskey I'd stay away from is Benromach-it's marketed as 'organic' and tastes like shit. The blend and the single.