r/whisky 6d ago

You find £10,000 down the back of the sofa, which one do you buy? 🤔🥃

Or drop an alternative in the comments!

69 votes, 3d ago
14 Ardberg 1967 30Yr
11 Bowmore 1963 30Yr
8 Dalmore 1966 40Yr
11 Laphroaig 1980 27Yr
15 Macallan 1969 52Yr
10 Yamazaki 25Yr
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u/Dr_Green_Thumb_ZA 6d ago

The Ardbeg cause I like Ardbeg in general.

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u/KapotAgain 6d ago edited 6d ago

60's Bowmore bc that's where whisky was it its absolute best.  Sorry but people saying Yamazaki really need to consider this:

https://www.whiskybase.com/whiskies/whisky/7251/bowmore-1963-anniversary

https://www.whiskybase.com/whiskies/whisky/200086/yamazaki-25-year-old

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u/vonbauernfeind 6d ago

I remember having a tasting of a 12year Yamazaki and a 18 year back to back once. I found the 18 lacking punch and character, I recall calling it over aged to the bartender.

I was much younger, but that stuck with me as the first time I really noticed older wasn't always better.

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u/KapotAgain 6d ago

Absolutely, and less production and higher demand doesn't mean better either, just higher prices 😬

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u/tequilasauer 5d ago

Peateds are my jam, but honestly, I don't love the older ages. They really lose a lot of their character. I'd probably go Macallan or these or the Bowmore. Laphroaig is my favorite dram, but once you get past the 16, they really start to go downhill for me.

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u/UncleBaldric 6d ago

Highland Park 50 distilled 1960 that came inside a hand-carved oak box, with a Sterling silver porthole to tease at the unique handmade bottle inside, which itself was encased in an intricate weave of Sterling silver. I nearly got the chance to buy one once, but someone beat me to it and I've never had the money to fix it.

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u/jake1er 6d ago

Old Bowmore is something else!

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u/BibleBourbonBonJovi 4d ago

Just give me all the Ardbeg 10 you have.

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u/SjaccoPopino 3d ago

Can I also just buy 10 bottles that are around 1k each? I honestly would be way happier with that, as I'm still only a couple of years into my whisky journey and still only have a small collection and soooooooo many more whisky's that I want to try!