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Watched a whiskey tribe vid on bourbons... Got myself a bottle of buffalo trace was 299 at checkers. Slowly building the collection

Just having my first few sips... mmmm its good.
 
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Snyper564 said:
Watched a whiskey tribe vid on bourbons... Got myself a bottle of buffalo trace was 299 at checkers. Slowly building the collection
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Next one to get then is the Szaerac Rye, around R650 and then you can see the difference between a bourbon and a rye whisky.

I've our schedules allow, get some sample bottles and visit me, I've got open bottles of:
Wild Turkey 101
Knob Creek
W.L Weller 12 year old
Crown Royal (Canadian Whisky)
 
Luben said:
Next one to get then is the Szaerac Rye, around R650 and then you can see the difference between a bourbon and a rye whisky.

I've our schedules allow, get some sample bottles and visit me, I've got open bottles of:
Wild Turkey 101
Knob Creek
W.L Weller 12 year old
Crown Royal (Canadian Whisky)
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You guys need to give Blanton's a shot too. Good stuff.
 
Messugga said:
You guys need to give Blanton's a shot too. Good stuff.
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The Blanton's gold is almost R1000 now, was worth it at R600 a few years ago. Got this on the weekend when I bought the GWC's dad's collection. Oh, also got a bottle of Bulleit open.

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Luben said:
Next one to get then is the Szaerac Rye, around R650 and then you can see the difference between a bourbon and a rye whisky.

I've our schedules allow, get some sample bottles and visit me, I've got open bottles of:
Wild Turkey 101
Knob Creek
W.L Weller 12 year old
Crown Royal (Canadian Whisky)
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Thanks man will keep that in mind :)
 
On a side note any of you tried the Johnnie walker green island? I believe it is quite delicious and worth picking up if you have the chance you concur?
Wass on onedayonly when I didnt care much about it :p

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Snyper564 said:
On a side note any of you tried the Johnnie walker green island? I believe it is quite delicious and worth picking up if you have the chance you concur?
Wass on onedayonly when I didnt care much about it :p

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I have a 1L bottle like this. Well, half of one...

Completely different blend to JW Green......and absolutely delicious.
 
Went out for dinner. For the first time I had a look at what whiskeys were available. Saw Laphroaig was available as it's one of the Islays I wanted to try, gave it a shot, delicious ... Definitely on the to buy list. Thanks again to all for the recommendation
 
Luben said:
Next one to get then is the Szaerac Rye, around R650 and then you can see the difference between a bourbon and a rye whisky.

I've our schedules allow, get some sample bottles and visit me, I've got open bottles of:
Wild Turkey 101
Knob Creek
W.L Weller 12 year old
Crown Royal (Canadian Whisky)
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Sazerac Rye is incredible. Also, the WhiskyBrother bottling of Woodford Reserve was probably one of the best bourbons I've ever had. Sadly sold out now.

Anyway I had an interesting experience on Saturday. I happened upon someone with a full Game of Thrones set. I was having a look at them and chatting about how much it would be to bring in a set by yourself. Long story short, I offered him R14.5k. He accepted and then when he was about to pack them for me, he had a change of heart and I still have my R14.5k, which is probably a good thing. I'm questioning the value of the collection...
 
Quad said:
Sazerac Rye is incredible. Also, the WhiskyBrother bottling of Woodford Reserve was probably one of the best bourbons I've ever had. Sadly sold out now.

Anyway I had an interesting experience on Saturday. I happened upon someone with a full Game of Thrones set. I was having a look at them and chatting about how much it would be to bring in a set by yourself. Long story short, I offered him R14.5k. He accepted and then when he was about to pack them for me, he had a change of heart and I still have my R14.5k, which is probably a good thing. I'm questioning the value of the collection...
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What would it cost now versus when it was in stock? Judging by the prices on Masterofmalt it would have cost a lot less to bring it in yourself when it was in stock. There's still some bottles in stock on Masterofmalt.
 
Luben said:
What would it cost now versus when it was in stock? Judging by the prices on Masterofmalt it would have cost a lot less to bring it in yourself when it was in stock. There's still some bottles in stock on Masterofmalt.
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Shipping, duty and customs does add quite a bit to your MoM bill....believe me, I know. :oops:
 
Luben said:
What would it cost now versus when it was in stock? Judging by the prices on Masterofmalt it would have cost a lot less to bring it in yourself when it was in stock. There's still some bottles in stock on Masterofmalt.
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There are sets doing the rounds for around GBP500 (I've seen a few for GBP450). I've seen US based sets going for $1000 but you would be crazy to try bring this in from the US just baed on FX alone. If you can pick up a set for 450 GBP then after taking shipping, duties, VAT and FX into account, you're in for about 14K anyway.
 
MightyQuin said:
Shipping, duty and customs does add quite a bit to your MoM bill....believe me, I know. :oops:
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I didn't find it to bad. I brought in 5 bottles of the Glenfiddich Winter Storm when they had it on special. Shopping/customs/clearance worked out to around R3500. I thought it was fairly reasonable.
 
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