Whisky / Whiskey / Bourbon

That's the point I was trying (badly) to make. Maybe the old blends are more expensive because they are using older, rarer whisky?

indeed, I went to the Whisky tasting in January was great fun and there were some really nice malts/blends and bourbons there and many many fucked up people. Quite eye opening as I'd dismissed blends previously to that

http://www.whiskylive.com/

Might be worth a look for next year... riding home would be foolish