The People's Forum: Yup, the more affordable whiskies are where it's at during this time. The high end stuff is just

sitting around gaining dust. And collectors are of an age now where they have too much saved for a rainy day, so are drinking their stock and not buying.

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Great that, thanks. Not that I’d be bidding… You can get heavily pissed with cheaper malts, too. 🫣

In early noughties on Islay, I also tasted some local malts from the late sixties and the early 70’s, and thought that ”you’re leading a decent life when your whisky is older than your woman”, which was true at that time. But the older I get, and still enjoying my morning coffee with the same missus, my life has obviously turned into, well, less decent. Luckily there are still pretty good single malts available for nearly affordable prices. 😄

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https://whiskyhunter.net/base/ardbeg-17-year-old-700-ml-40

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I remember how I bought a bottle of 17 years old Ardbeg for £29.75 from the Port Ellen Spar on my first trip to Islay in 2001. It must be over 20 years since that 17 years old was even available. If there’s a bottle out there somewhere, it must cost a four or five figure amount of £s.

A friend of mine has a saying ”life is too short to waste it drinking bad whiskies”. I’d love to follow that principle, but it’s getting pretty expensive.

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