Cheapest Whiskey?

JonathanAnon

I dont normally shop in Lidl, but I was just wondering does anybody know the nicest/cheapest Whiskey in Lidl. What's the best bang for the buck?

I've another post looking for the cheapest milk on another forum :-)

shanel23

Aldi are doing a great blend at the moment - I think it's 24.99 - well worth it . Lidl do an Irish too - it's not great in my opinion though.

syklops

shanel23 wrote: »

Aldi are doing a great blend at the moment - I think it's 24.99 - well worth it . Lidl do an Irish too - it's not great in my opinion though.

24.99???

I bought a bottle of Bushmills in Dunnes 2 weeks ago for 16.99. I am sure ldi have one for cheaper.

donaghs

Does seem a little high. But one of their blends is from Cooley Distellery who do make quite a few "premium" whiskeys. The Bushmills price was part of the Christmas price reductions. I've checked at the weekend and the all the regular Irish whiskeys (jameson, paddy, powers, bushmills) seem to be back to around €24. And the 12-year old versions are back to around €36.

Brockagh

Yeah, anyone can call their whiskey "premium" by typing it on the label. That said, there are quite a few cheap whiskeys that are also cheap - and Cooley make good whiskey.

I heard the Aldi ones are supposed to be quite good - the blend and the single malt.

shanel23

Was in superquinn tonight and if you want cheap whiskey they have Dunphy's for 19.99

IrishWhiskeyCha

Usually if it's cheap it's cheap for a reason.

What do you want it for? If you want to mix it you may as well go for something cheap. Aldi's has had 4 different Irish whiskey's in their stores through september so not sure what they are still carrying. They have 2 in their Specially Selected range. A single malt for €28.99 which is not a bad whiskey but was reduced before christmas but if that is still the case I don't know. Then there is a blend for €24.99 which is sweet and toffee. Then Avoca which I think it is 18.99 but I do believe that they have another even cheaper that I cannot remember the name of.

The Dundalgan/Gold Shield from Lidl is rough enough.

Brockagh

shanel23 wrote: »

Was in superquinn tonight and if you want cheap whiskey they have Dunphy's for 19.99

The Dunne's one is highly rated by Jim Murray. Cheap enough, I think. I thikn it's quite nice.

aDeener

Midleton :pac:

donaghs

Recently got a bottle of Aldi's "Avoca" blended Irish whiskey. And its great stuff, I find it very drinkable. Think it was only €16. Nice mellow flavour, not rough. Almost has a woody aged flavour.

I drink Irish and Scotch, single malts and blends, so I was surprised by this one.

IrishWhiskeyCha

donaghs wrote: »

Recently got a bottle of Aldi's "Avoca" blended Irish whiskey. And its great stuff, I find it very drinkable. Think it was only €16. Nice mellow flavour, not rough. Almost has a woody aged flavour.

I drink Irish and Scotch, single malts and blends, so I was surprised by this one.

I bought a bottle lately too to give it a go ... have not opened it yet but will be interesting to see what it's like.

grenache

shanel23 wrote: »

Was in superquinn tonight and if you want cheap whiskey they have Dunphy's for 19.99

Dunphys is €15.99 in Fine Wines.

Aldi have Avoca Irish Whiskey for €15.99.

donaghs

Saw an add recently for O'Briens. They're selling Jameson-12 for €26 allegedly. A good price methinks.

the hunter

dunnes have dropped the price on redbrest its €38 now ??

Funkfield

My local Superquinn has Paddy for 16.99 at the mo.

Not sure if its just my local though.

grenache

Funkfield wrote: »

My local Superquinn has Paddy for 16.99 at the mo.

Not sure if its just my local though.

Paddy's awful harsh on the throat though. A few of the independent offies in Cork (O'Donovans & Fine Wines) have Bushmills back at E16.99 again!

IrishWhiskeyCha

grenache wrote: »

Paddy's awful harsh on the throat though. A few of the independent offies in Cork (O'Donovans & Fine Wines) have Bushmills back at E16.99 again!

This is a bit of a misnomer and does not really hold true ... Paddy may not be the best of the Powers, Jameson, Paddy trio but it is not as harsh as people make out and has a lot of fans. Can't say I'm a fan but it is actually quite smooth and toffee sweet. However as a cheap alternative (offer price) this whiskey is perfect for mixing.

Whiskey is just like wine in ways ... it can really depend on the form your in or what you have been drinking or eating prior to it. If your in the wrong mood or you've eaten/or drank sweeter foods/drinks before your whiskey it can very easily come across as harsh no matter how good the whiskey is. That is why stout goes very well with whiskey, the bitterness of stout compliments and enhances the natural sweetness of whiskey. However it needs to be remembered that whiskeys can be dry which should not be confused with harsh.

However that is not to say it will not suit a persons palate either. Trial an error is the only way to find a whiskey that suits you. But if you get into whiskey there are very few whiskeys that you will dislike just some you will like much more than others

Jordan Berbatov

keep an eye out in dunnes, picked up tullamore dew, with 2 glasses for 17 or 18 euro.

horse7

Jordan Berbatov wrote: »

keep an eye out in dunnes, picked up tullamore dew, with 2 glasses for 17 or 18 euro.

Any good prices for paddy at the minute?

fret_wimp2

donaghs wrote: »

Saw an add recently for O'Briens. They're selling Jameson-12 for €26 allegedly. A good price methinks.

Link! Link!

ectoraige

I didn't really like the Lidl cheap blends, but I've found the Clontarf one sold in Aldi to be drinkable - it's fine for making hot whiskeys, and it's okay straight when everything else has run out.

Urrr... zombie thread

L1011

fret_wimp2 wrote: »

Link! Link!

5 years ago. Good few euro on duty and 2% on VAT since.

fret_wimp2

ah, didnt realize it was a zombie thread!

When the Sun Hits

Western Gold in Lidl is around 16 Euro for 70cl and it's decent IMO.

The Hill Billy

fret_wimp2 wrote: »

Link! Link!

That post was from over 5 years ago.

BeerNut

In before the Locke's!
/top whiskey bantz

syklops

The Hill Billy wrote: »

That post was from over 5 years ago.

It does serve as a handy reminder of how much whiskey has gone up in price in that 5 years. One poster mentioned Jameson for 16 euros in Dunnes. In the past 2 years I've not seen it below 24 in Dunnes and that was only a couple of times. And now they want to make alcohol even more expensive.

CramCycle

Aldis Clontarf is quite nice at 18.50 a bottle, one of my favourites at the minute.

omicron

syklops wrote: »

It does serve as a handy reminder of how much whiskey has gone up in price in that 5 years. One poster mentioned Jameson for 16 euros in Dunnes. In the past 2 years I've not seen it below 24 in Dunnes and that was only a couple of times. And now they want to make alcohol even more expensive.

It was €18 in eurospar at Christmas, and €20 in supervalu. The deals from the start of this thread were pre Christmas deals also.

Sam Kade

Whiskey all year round in aldi for 14.99

L1011

syklops wrote: »

It does serve as a handy reminder of how much whiskey has gone up in price in that 5 years. One poster mentioned Jameson for 16 euros in Dunnes. In the past 2 years I've not seen it below 24 in Dunnes and that was only a couple of times. And now they want to make alcohol even more expensive.

There's maybe €2.50 in duty and another 2% on the whole price since then - the rest of the price inflation is due to currency rates and in some cases supply pressure although that's easing now.

The loss-leader prices (which the €16 was) haven't been hit that badly but unfortunately its the regular prices on medium range stuff that have been hammered. A €30 blended branded Scotch is now over €40 easily, maybe €35 on offer when it was maybe €28 on offer 5 years ago.

syklops

L1011 wrote: »

There's maybe €2.50 in duty and another 2% on the whole price since then - the rest of the price inflation is due to currency rates and in some cases supply pressure although that's easing now.

The loss-leader prices (which the €16 was) haven't been hit that badly but unfortunately its the regular prices on medium range stuff that have been hammered. A €30 blended branded Scotch is now over €40 easily, maybe €35 on offer when it was maybe €28 on offer 5 years ago.

Currency rates? Jameson gets made here.

L1011

syklops wrote: »

Currency rates? Jameson gets made here.

All these products are price based in dollars - and I wasn't solely talking about Jameson either.

Ireland is a very small sales market.