You guys may know all this already but...
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Originally Posted by mr.MikeD
Thanks, good to know. Also ~half the price. Him and I are currently debating the price point where we stop noticing a significant difference (subject to personal taste of course). I’m not willing to going much higher than 100 bucks to find out, but I think he might be...
There is a good whiskey bar here with lots of selection. Obviously pay way more per ounce that way but don’t have to commit to whole bottle.
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Price has literally nothing to do with quality. Granted I've not had any whiskies, scotch or otherwise, over 21 yrs, but I've had quite a few 18s and not a single one of them is in my top 5, maybe even top 10 favorites. Even with vertical tastings from the same distilleries, there's been 10s, 12, 15s, NAS I've liked better that 18s. All subjective of course, but older scotch is mostly expensive just because part of it took longer to exist. And for things like Signet it's pure marketing. Not to say potentially overpriced bottles aren't great, they usually still are.
Having said that, there's a ton of really great bottles in the $120-150 range that I'd say is worth the splurge if you wanna get a special bottle. GlenDronach 15 for example is one in particular I love. Aberlour 18 as well, with a splash of water.
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Originally Posted by sheldonlevene
If you're gonna pay $100 for a glenmorangie, best just get the 18. The signet is NAS, which is fine...but the yearly expressions and the 18 all range around 90-100 and are really great.
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I think NAS's get a bad rap. I've had a bunch I love. It's just a marketing thing to avoid having to say it's a super young bottle, as the age is the youngest in the bottle. So you can have a whiskey that's 95% 30 year and 5% 7 year and you'd have to call it a 7 year old.