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Irish Reserve 26 Y/O Single Malt Whiskey - Aldi - 49.99€

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  • #212
    denismac
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 267 ✭✭denismac


    None in Limerick, none in Killarney. That's it I'd say.


  • #213
    fmul9798
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 773 ✭✭✭fmul9798


    Thanks to the OP for this one. Opened at Christmas and haven't tasted anything like it before. So much fruit!


  • #214
    sceach16
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 917 ✭✭✭sceach16


    For those who are desperate, try

    https://www.scotchwhiskyauctions.com/auctions/119_the-81st-auction/?filter%5B%5D=13

    Remember its Sterling plus fees plus shipping, Current bids are 40 to 60 sterling. There are 7 single bottles in the auction which closes this evening.


  • #215
    sceach16
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 917 ✭✭✭sceach16


    sceach16 wrote: »
    For those who are desperate, try

    https://www.scotchwhiskyauctions.com/auctions/119_the-81st-auction/?filter%5B%5D=13

    Remember its Sterling plus fees plus shipping, Current bids are 40 to 60 sterling. There are 7 single bottles in the auction which closes this evening.

    All went for between 60 and 70 sterling (plus fees plus delivery) !


  • #216
    cloudatlas
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,711 ✭✭✭cloudatlas


    sceach16 wrote: »
    All went for between 60 and 70 sterling (plus fees plus delivery) !

    That's not a huge mark up considering the product and the fact that it's sold out, it was 40 sterling in the supermarket.


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  • #217
    Eoins90
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    Selling again on the whiskeyauctioneer site. Current bids between £30-£40.


  • #218
    tphase
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,323 ✭✭✭tphase


    Eoins90 wrote: »
    Selling again on the whiskeyauctioneer site. Current bids between £30-£40.
    currently £24-£36, below original price


  • #219
    fmul9798
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 773 ✭✭✭fmul9798


    Seemed to finish mainly around the £65 mark


  • #220
    mik_da_man
    Hosted Moderators Posts: 10,042 ✭✭✭✭mik_da_man


    Yeah, its a nice enough whiskey for the original price, but add on commission 10% and delivery £23 and it's not worth it IMO


  • #221
    Geuze
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    I have an unopened bottle, I am tempted to sell it.

    I note one made 105 euro in 2024, on Irish Whiskey Auctions.

    https://irishwhiskeyauctions.ie/views/product.php?id=65716975

    Do people think this price is achievable?

    EDIT: I alse see prices of 85 at the same auction.



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  • #222
    limnam
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 9,343 ✭✭✭limnam


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122805264#Comment_122805264

    would you not drink it for the sake of 30 quid?

    Saying that. I still have some of the bottle left I opened in 2017 :/



  • #223
    Black Sheep
    Moderators, Sports Moderators Posts: 3,378 Mod ✭✭✭✭Black Sheep


    I'm sure this is a good whiskey for the price, but I find it really interesting that the age statement pulls in so many people.

    I think people misunderstand that aging is not always a successful process, depending on the original distillate, and the barrels. Either can yield a fairly middling result sometimes.

    I was gifted a Glenrothes a number of years ago that was 25 years old or so. I did a bit of digging, and basically established that it had endured several cask aging periods because they were more or less trying to get it to a stage where it could be sold as a premium whisky. It was "ok" in the end, but hardly exceptional.

    If something is 26 years old but selling for 50 euro, there's a reason. Doesn't mean it's trash, but if it were as good as Teeling Reserves with the same age statement, it would probably have been snapped up and been sold in a format like that.



  • #224
    the beer revolu
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 17,770 ✭✭✭✭the beer revolu


    Yeah. It was a decent whiskey at €50. It certainly wasn't a €100 bottle, imo.



  • #225
    Markcheese
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 9,062 ✭✭✭Markcheese


    I suppose if you're really interested in aged whiskeys,and didn't have a bottle even at a hundred bucks it's not a bad price, wether people would go back and buy a second bottle after finishing the first is another story ..

    yeah if it had been exceptional the whole lot could have been sold off to any one of the newer whiskey distillers ,

    Slava ukraini 🇺🇦



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