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That’s quite a score. Where did you buy it? I can’t even find a 12 locally. Have to settle for bottles of Harmony.

jsjohnst 7y ago
So I guess I shouldn’t tell you where I live then... I’ve got Hibiki 12, 17, 21, 30, and 35 (plus I’ve got 350ml each of the five Whiskeys that are blended together to make Hibiki 17 that I got at the Suntory distillery outside Osaka).
- testfoobar 7y ago
  Are we still on for the Halloween party at your place? I’ll bring a tray from the local mission taqueria.
  - jsjohnst 7y ago
    My insurance agent thought I was crazy for wanting to itemize my liquor collection on my policy until I showed receipts for what it was worth. Insane as it sounds, just what I listed above is about the price of a new BMW (if everything was unopened that is) and that’s only a fraction of my full collection.
    - testfoobar 7y ago
      Good to hear you’re drinking it. What other rare bottles are in the collection?
      - jsjohnst 7y ago
        Let’s chat outside HN if you want to know (see profile), don’t want to tangent any further than I have on this thread.
- mandeepj 7y ago
  > So I guess I shouldn’t tell you where I live then You live in Japan. In the respect of your privacy, I will not share your exact location here
  - jsjohnst 7y ago
    > You live in Japan. Nope, but have traveled there multiple times. > In the respect of your privacy, I will not share your exact location here 1) if you knew my exact location, you wouldn’t have made the claim I live in Japan. 2) the tone definitely feels creepy, even if you were trying to cover yourself by implying you were doing the honorable thing.
    - mandeepj 7y ago
      > the tone definitely feels creepy Impossible to get the "exact" tone via text.
      - JetSpiegel 7y ago
        The Japanese solved this problem. :)
      - jsjohnst 7y ago
        > Impossible to get the "exact" tone via text. Somewhat true, but re-read your statement again. When you don’t know me (or really anything about me), why would you imply you know my exact location and the only reason you didn’t share it was because of respecting my privacy? Your first sentence was fine (although factually incorrect), but I feel many who read your second sentence would find it to have a bit of a creepy tone (possibly why it was downvoted, but who knows what actually goes through someone’s mind who downvotes w/o commenting).
        mandeepj 7y ago
        I'm sorry about that
rdl 7y ago
My 17 is from some years ago. I fly through NRT or KIX or HND multiple times a year of something interesting at duty free over the past 20 years and tend to buy a bottle each trip to stockpile or give as gifts. My standard purchase now is Kabuto (old g+g blend in a plastic samurai themed bottle) since they are $50 at JAL duty free and worth $300-400 on the second-hand market, since they are a JAL Duty Free exclusive. (I’m in the JAL F lounge at NRT right now, actually)
kstenerud 7y ago
Hibiki was "discovered" a few years back, and now is basically sold out or overpriced. The 17 was a fine whisky in the $100-150 range, but it's not worth today's inflated price.

So I guess I shouldn’t tell you where I live then... I’ve got Hibiki 12, 17, 21, 30, and 35 (plus I’ve got 350ml each of the five Whiskeys that are blended together to make Hibiki 17 that I got at the Suntory distillery outside Osaka).

testfoobar 7y ago
Are we still on for the Halloween party at your place? I’ll bring a tray from the local mission taqueria.
- jsjohnst 7y ago
  My insurance agent thought I was crazy for wanting to itemize my liquor collection on my policy until I showed receipts for what it was worth. Insane as it sounds, just what I listed above is about the price of a new BMW (if everything was unopened that is) and that’s only a fraction of my full collection.
  - testfoobar 7y ago
    Good to hear you’re drinking it. What other rare bottles are in the collection?
    - jsjohnst 7y ago
      Let’s chat outside HN if you want to know (see profile), don’t want to tangent any further than I have on this thread.
mandeepj 7y ago
> So I guess I shouldn’t tell you where I live then You live in Japan. In the respect of your privacy, I will not share your exact location here
- jsjohnst 7y ago
  > You live in Japan. Nope, but have traveled there multiple times. > In the respect of your privacy, I will not share your exact location here 1) if you knew my exact location, you wouldn’t have made the claim I live in Japan. 2) the tone definitely feels creepy, even if you were trying to cover yourself by implying you were doing the honorable thing.
  - mandeepj 7y ago
    > the tone definitely feels creepy Impossible to get the "exact" tone via text.
    - JetSpiegel 7y ago
      The Japanese solved this problem. :)
    - jsjohnst 7y ago
      > Impossible to get the "exact" tone via text. Somewhat true, but re-read your statement again. When you don’t know me (or really anything about me), why would you imply you know my exact location and the only reason you didn’t share it was because of respecting my privacy? Your first sentence was fine (although factually incorrect), but I feel many who read your second sentence would find it to have a bit of a creepy tone (possibly why it was downvoted, but who knows what actually goes through someone’s mind who downvotes w/o commenting).
      - mandeepj 7y ago
        I'm sorry about that

rdl 7y ago

My 17 is from some years ago. I fly through NRT or KIX or HND multiple times a year of something interesting at duty free over the past 20 years and tend to buy a bottle each trip to stockpile or give as gifts. My standard purchase now is Kabuto (old g+g blend in a plastic samurai themed bottle) since they are $50 at JAL duty free and worth $300-400 on the second-hand market, since they are a JAL Duty Free exclusive. (I’m in the JAL F lounge at NRT right now, actually)

kstenerud 7y ago

Hibiki was "discovered" a few years back, and now is basically sold out or overpriced. The 17 was a fine whisky in the $100-150 range, but it's not worth today's inflated price.