Weird Sainsbury's Laphroaig Offer

WELL DONE ,that man! Green with envy down here in the Antipodes

Same here (Stafford). They only had two left - they now belong to me :-)

Jim

"phil..c" wrote in news:gp89hn$c2l$1 @news.motzarella.org:

Indeedy Doo!...friggin Dan Murphy sucks eh

Hallo zusammen,

Meehan Mydog schrieb:

Sounds all like quite a good offer. I can find it in Germany online for

Sure, if it's genuine I wouldn't question the pricing but just go ahead, buy it and be happy.

To reply by email, lose the Ks...

Lots in Sainsbury's Craigleith (Edinburgh)...

I suspect the QC may be a bit younger than the standard 10 year old.

My guess is 7-8yo.

Jim

Hmmm, well it is true that there is no age mentioned on the QC label, of course, but I always thought it was usually priced higher than the 10yr old anyway. Where I've seen both on sale, prior to this Sainsbury's thing, the QC has generally been between £5 and £6 more expensive than the 10yr old.

As I said in my original post, I think that it, (the QC), is a far better drink, whatever it's age. (I have a feeling that the 10yr old has been 'dumbed-down' of late; it is nowhere near as characteristically Laphroaig as I remember it from a few years back.)

And the extra duty on the alcohol content has _got_ to be higher for the QC, whatever level it is being aimed at.

I am certainly very pleased to be able to get QC more cheaply than the

According to peatfreak.com it's 5-6 years old. The point with small casks - QC's - is of course to give more cask surface in propotion to the whisky volume, in order to enhance the cask effect. You could say it sort of speeds up maturation in some ways, (but not in all!).

Gunnar

Makes sense. I suspect that actually stating the age might have a negative effect on marketing, as many people still think "older is better".

Jim

...and surprise, surprise, they had no more in when I checked today.

Ho hum.

Jim

Hallo zusammen,

snipped-for-privacy@magrathea.plus.com (Jim) schrieb:

Don't need to suspect that. In Germany, you'll rarely find a whisky marked with an age of less than ten years because experience has told that these don't sell too well. So in these cases to age is given.

Where in Germany please? Do you have a webshop URL? Whiskywizard.de has it for €37.

Peace,

Jock

I just got a bottle of Tomatin 29 years old whisky from whisky wizard. One of there own bottlings. Its at 49.1% vol and itys amazing. Cost me €52. They even sent it free to my home in The Netherlands for that price.

Peace,

Jock

Hallo all,

Jacues Loofjes schrieb:

Not exactly Germany, but google turned up this also:

Just got to open this Andy. Thanks, there are a few gems there. Cheaper than The Netherlands.