Any Scotch drinkers in the house?

[Slava]

Originally Posted by CaptainYooh

That should go well.

Well we don't have to drink the whole bottle!

[Top Shelf]

Originally Posted by Slava

Alright, I'm just going to throw this out there. How about a CP scotch tasting/meet-up? I'm not sure about where to have it, and I'm not sure I would volunteer for that, but I will help organize. Essentially what I'm thinking is that everyone who wants to come brings a bottle and we all sample each others wares. I also don't want to have any liability for stupidity or hilarity that might result!

So, who's in? Like I say I will brainstorm a location and we can just set a time that works for some people (it won't work for everyone of course, but if we have one successful tasting, there could be more to follow!)

I am in, would need to establish some guidelines on how much to spend. Don't want someone bringing 150$ bottles and another guy bringing cheap Johnny Walker.

[calgarygeologist]

I would be interested in trying out some different bottles of scotch. I probably have two buddies who would be very interested in joining as well.

[calgarygeologist]

Pot luck??

[CaptainYooh]

My Islay Scotch wish list. Not that I see myself spending this much per bottle, but I'd love to taste each and every one of these one day.

• Bunnahabhain 1976 31 Year Old Oloroso Sherry
  • 51.9% / 70cl
  • Islay Single Malt Scotch Whisky
  • Murray McDavid
  £250.00

• Port Ellen 1979 23 Year Old Butt:6769
  • 46% / 70cl
  • Islay Single Malt Scotch Whisky
  • Wilson & Morgan
  £550.00

• Bruichladdich 1967 32 Year Old Sherry Cask
  • 47.7% / 70cl
  • Islay Single Malt Scotch Whisky
  • Signatory
  £999.00

• Bunnahabhain 1960 38 Year Old Sherry Cask
  • 43.6% / 70cl
  • Islay Single Malt Scotch Whisky
  • Douglas Laing
  £999.00

• Laphroaig 1980 27 Year Old Sherry Cask
  • 57.4% / 70cl
  • Islay Single Malt Scotch Whisky
  • Distillery Bottling
  £1,500.00

• Bowmore 1962 Sherry Cask Moon Import
  • 43% / 75cl
  • Islay Single Malt Scotch Whisky
  • Moon Import
  £1,500.00

• Bowmore 1989 23 Year Old Port Cask Matured
  • 50.8% / 70cl
  • Islay Single Malt Scotch Whisky
  • Distillery Bottling
  £348.00

• Port Ellen 1978 24 Year Old Edition 2 Port Finish
  • 59.3% / 70cl
  • Islay Single Malt Scotch Whisky
  • Signatory
  £699.00

• Laphroaig 1976 35 year Old Scotia Royale
  • 43.4% / 70cl
  • Islay Single Malt Scotch Whisky
  • Scotia Royale
  £599.00

• Caol Ila 1980 28 Year Old Barsac Finish
  • 55.4% / 75cl
  • Islay Single Malt Scotch Whisky
  • Murray McDavid
  
  
  £125.00
  
  

• Lagavulin 1991 21 Year Old Bot.2012 Sherry Cask
  • 52% / 70cl
  • Islay Single Malt Scotch Whisky
  • Distillery Bottling
  
  
  £599.00
  
  

[ricosuave]

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/foodanddr...the-world.html

[CaptainYooh]

Japan is big into Scotch whiskey. Suntory owns quite a few distilleries in Scotland already and they are quick learners.

[ernie]

Picked up some of this at the duty free in Tokyo this weekend. Love the 12 year so looking forward to cracking this open.

[DoubleF]

Originally Posted by ernie

Picked up some of this at the duty free in Tokyo this weekend. Love the 12 year so looking forward to cracking this open.

I drink this on occasion. Good stuff. I also enjoyed Yamazaki. It was Japanese whiskey that started my foray into real scotch.

[Locke]

I had a Welsh whiskey not too long ago that was fantastic.

Where can you find some of this Japanese stuff? I'd love to give it a try.

[DoubleF]

I think I've seen Yamazaki 12 and 18 at Coop liquor locations. I don't recall ever seeing it at a Crowfoot liquor, but I could be wrong. There's also a liquor store in the strip mall by the Edgemont Superstore I've seen it in.

However, for a slam dunk hit, the NE T&T mall has a liquor store which will likely have it. Unfortunately though, I do not know of any place that sells Hibiki in Calgary. Just Yamazaki. My Hibiki also came from a duty free in Japan.

[ernie]

Quick searching for Canadian online sales and not having much luck. The other sites don't seem to ship it to Canada.

Beginning to think I should have bought more.....

[DoubleF]

Originally Posted by ernie

Quick searching for Canadian online sales and not having much luck. The other sites don't seem to ship it to Canada.

Beginning to think I should have bought more.....

Price isn't the issue with Hibiki. It's a damn good deal IMO. The biggest issue I believe is that you cannot buy it in Calgary even if you had the money. I haven't seen the 12 or 17 here. Yamazaki isn't common, but not super difficult to find.

[rain_e]

Use liquorconnect.com to find the closest place that sells it.

[DoubleF]

Originally Posted by rain_e

Use liquorconnect.com to find the closest place that sells it.

Just tried. Nothing shows up in the system for Hibiki.

Yamazaki does show up though.

[rain_e]

If nothing show up it isn't available in an Alberta liquor store.

[Top Shelf]

So I have a buddy who is going to Cancun. What should I get him to pick up there that either is a really good price, or not readily available in Calgary? Preferably Scotch but would take suggestions for Rum or Tequila.

[rain_e]

Originally Posted by Top Shelf

So I have a buddy who is going to Cancun. What should I get him to pick up there that either is a really good price, or not readily available in Calgary? Preferably Scotch but would take suggestions for Rum or Tequila.

The best bang for your buck in duty free from my experience (depending on the country) is JW Platinum. You can usually save about $40-60 a bottle depending on the promo they have.

I never see a great price saving on single malts. If anything all you see a the travellers editions of scotches that you can't buy in regular liquor stores. Can't really recommend any of those as I haven't tried them but if you have a favorite brand you are pretty safe trying a bottle.

[DownhillGoat]

Originally Posted by rain_e

The best bang for your buck in duty free from my experience (depending on the country) is JW Platinum.

I'll second that. Just have a look at prices here first. I've found some of the duty frees vary wildly on JW Platinum, but yeah usually you can save around $50.

The Ballantine's exclusive to duty free (Can't remember the year, but it's usually $40 a bottle) as surprisingly fantastic, especially for the price.

[CaptainYooh]

YYC Duty Free prices suck big time. A few times, I noticed some spirits priced higher than they are in local stores and that's after the GST.

The best prices on Scotch in the world are actually in US online stores, especially in the states with no or low state taxes. The differences with our pricing of the same bottles are incredible sometimes.