How Sherry Became the Secret to Great Scotch

Re:How Sherry Became the Secret to Great Scotch by voltagex_ on Thursday July 19, 2018 @01:34AM (#17564124)

Australian prices:

Aberlour A'bunadh $140 (Dan Murphy's, so pretty much everywhere)

Bunnahabhain 18 $199.00 (Nicks, mail order only)

Glenmorangie Original $80 (Dan Murphy)

It's actually not that much higher that US prices, which is surprising

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Re:How Sherry Became the Secret to Great Scotch by wheels on Thursday July 19, 2018 @07:30AM (#17565350)

The US particularly has high "sin" taxes on alcohol. I live in Germany, which has lower taxes on alcohol than the US and Scotland, so ironically, both bourbon and Scotch whisky are cheaper than in their home countries:

These are the lowest prices for each in the 3 places I usually buy stuff online:

Aberlour A'bunadh: €53 ($61 / AUD 84)

Bunnahabhain 18: €91 ($105 / AUD 144)

Glenmorangie Original: €29 ($34 / AUD 46)

The Aberlour has gotten back down (interestingly) to what it used to be when I started buying it about 7 years ago. Glenmorangie used to be €25 at the grocery store. And the Bunnahabhain used to be about €65 when I found it.

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