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Does anyone find the large price premium that Baileys commands over its many imitations worth it? In the U.S. I used to regularly buy one called Molly's and th
by tromp 5y ago
Does anyone find the large price premium that Baileys commands over its many imitations worth it?
In the U.S. I used to regularly buy one called Molly's
and that name has stuck with me since. I still write Molly's on my shopping list here in Europe.
- noiwillnot 5y agoNo. Also there are similar drinks in other places the world (often much older than Baileys), maybe not with whiskey but brandy or other liquors.
- lmm 5y agoThe Aldi equivalent never tasted quite the same. Maybe it'd be fine if you were used to it, but I'd like Baileys to taste the same as it does in a bar.
- busterarm 5y agoPremium? Stuff is cheap here in the northeastern US.
- Broken_Hippo 5y agoSomething can be fairly cheap in price yet still be a premium version of it. It happens with toilet paper - but if you want another liquor example, liqueurs are often cheap yet there are definitely premium versions out there (but still cost fairly little).
- GlennS 5y agoAs a student I used to drink "Irish Nights" at about 1/5th of the price. Couldn't really tell the difference from real Baileys. My partner tells me she used to drink "Delayleys" (spelling lost to time), but would not buy it again today.
- phpnode 5y agoMaybe you mean Dooleys. It's toffee rather than coffee and is typically sold at extremely low end bars and nightclubs in the UK, or at least it was 15 years ago
- gandalfian 5y agoI find nobody buys it at full price which makes it only slightly premium. It's designed to be discounted. Always on offer somewhere. Most people just buy a half price bottle at Christmas and that must be a sizable chunk of the market.
- dsr_ 5y agoI buy Irish whiskey at CostCo and if I want something like Baileys, I can make it myself in a shaker. Honestly, chocolate-Irish ice cream is very good, but so is chocolate-Bourbon or chocolate-rum.