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morkhans said:
...and what an interesting tasting this turned out to be! I was somewhat worried that these wouldn't have a lot of variance, but certainly you can taste the "progress".
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Yep I definitely was MORE than pleasantly surprised. Outstanding Whisky...but then again I am a Campbeltown fanboi.

Now we have to buy Batch 4 on auction at ridiculous prices again...since the stock released was just 10 bottles world wide it would seem.
 
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MightyQuin said:
Yep I definitely was MORE than pleasantly surprised. Outstanding Whisky...but then again I am a Campbeltown fanboi.

Now we have to buy Batch 4 on auction at ridiculous prices again...since the stock released was just 10 bottles world wide it would seem.
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Really enjoyable tasting and so impressed with the whiskies and the progression of them.
 
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Rah_Skill said:
Picked this up for R550. Glen Scotia 15.

Good price? Checkers Malvern. View attachment 1069389
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It's a good price but I prefer the Victoriana which is R800 last time I saw it in a Checkers (Saturday). The Victoriana is very very close to Hazelburn 10/Craigellachie 13 so it's a good buy over all.

I couldn't connect or enjoy the Glen Scotia 15 or Double cask, yet I quite like everything else I've tried from them.
 
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axsis said:
It's a good price but I prefer the Victoriana which is R800 last time I saw it in a Checkers (Saturday). The Victoriana is very very close to Hazelburn 10/Craigellachie 13 so it's a good buy over all.

I couldn't connect or enjoy the Glen Scotia 15 or Double cask, yet I quite like everything else I've tried from them.
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Hey, where did you find Victoriana for R800?
 
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axsis said:
It's a good price but I prefer the Victoriana which is R800 last time I saw it in a Checkers (Saturday). The Victoriana is very very close to Hazelburn 10/Craigellachie 13 so it's a good buy over all.

I couldn't connect or enjoy the Glen Scotia 15 or Double cask, yet I quite like everything else I've tried from them.
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I went blindly because of Ralfy's review.

I'm picking up the Hazelburn this week so I guess it's a good thing I went with this. I'm still trying to vary my collection to pinpoint where on the Whisky map I lie.
 
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klessius said:
Hey, where did you find Victoriana for R800?
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Zewenwacht Checkers Liquor.

Parow Checkers Liquor may still have.


Rah_Skill said:
I went blindly because of Ralfy's review.

I'm picking up the Hazelburn this week so I guess it's a good thing I went with this. I'm still trying to vary my collection to pinpoint where on the Whisky map I lie.
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Yeah I don't know if I trust Ralfy reviews. Sometimes he rates perfectly good whisky 85 sometimes he rates perfectly normal whisky 85, and sometimes he rates things so high they become hard to find. I do wonder if some of the Springbank auction hype isn't partially down to his reviews over time.
 
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