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> Where are you getting cheap Aberlour A'bunadh?? It's my favorite scotch but I cannot find it for less than 2 to 3 times the price of Macallan 12. I was going

> Where are you getting cheap Aberlour A'bunadh?? It's my favorite scotch but I cannot find it for less than 2 to 3 times the price of Macallan 12. I was going to ask that, as well. :-) In Chicagoland at least, there isn't a huge price difference, though ($67 for Macallan 12, $90 for A'bunadh). On the other hand, last time I had a bottle of A'bunadh, it was in the $60-$65 range. Fortunately, being cask strength, the A'bunadh bottle can go farther, provided you dilute it properly. While I like the Speyside style, I like peated Islays as well. I'm interested in the Lagavulin 8 - the 16 is still just a bit too dear (though down in price from a few years ago).

tptacek 8y ago
Weird. I just paid mid-60s for a bottle, from Binnys, off Instacart no less, but yeah the price right now is just shy of $90. It’s not worth $90. You can get a Dronach for that much. A good relatively inexpensive sherry Speyside is Dailuane (in my experience only the cheap Dailuanes are good).
- wheels 8y ago
  Whisky became hip in the last 5-ish years and all of the stuff I used to recommend to people has gotten too expensive. I've expanded significantly towards other matured spirits where the prices haven't gotten as redonkulous yet: rum, brandy, and even some good tequila.
  - peterwwillis 8y ago
    Weird side effect: I found Scottish whiskeys were cheaper in Japan for the past 5 years compared to the US. That and buying in a spirit's native country saves me a chunk of change. I'm almost out of good rum, so I might need to plan my next vacation to the Caribbean..
    - omnimus 8y ago
      Go Barbados or Jamaica.
BurnGpuBurn 8y ago
I suspect you're in the US but for Europeans whiskyauction.com is interesting. See https://whiskyauction.com/cgi-bin/auction/auction.pl?action=Go&category=Highland%20Malt%20A-B https://whiskyauction.com/cgi-bin/auction/auction.pl?action=... for Aberlour A'bunadh for instance. I don't know anything about price differences between EU and US.

tptacek 8y ago

Weird. I just paid mid-60s for a bottle, from Binnys, off Instacart no less, but yeah the price right now is just shy of $90. It’s not worth $90. You can get a Dronach for that much. A good relatively inexpensive sherry Speyside is Dailuane (in my experience only the cheap Dailuanes are good).

wheels 8y ago
Whisky became hip in the last 5-ish years and all of the stuff I used to recommend to people has gotten too expensive. I've expanded significantly towards other matured spirits where the prices haven't gotten as redonkulous yet: rum, brandy, and even some good tequila.
- peterwwillis 8y ago
  Weird side effect: I found Scottish whiskeys were cheaper in Japan for the past 5 years compared to the US. That and buying in a spirit's native country saves me a chunk of change. I'm almost out of good rum, so I might need to plan my next vacation to the Caribbean..
  - omnimus 8y ago
    Go Barbados or Jamaica.

BurnGpuBurn 8y ago

I suspect you're in the US but for Europeans whiskyauction.com is interesting. See https://whiskyauction.com/cgi-bin/auction/auction.pl?action=Go&category=Highland%20Malt%20A-B https://whiskyauction.com/cgi-bin/auction/auction.pl?action=... for Aberlour A'bunadh for instance. I don't know anything about price differences between EU and US.