Hey George (cheap) scotch question
-
@doctor-phibes if you read the article, you’ll see that Trader Joe’s gets their whiskey from the same independent bottler as Costco. So it’s probably the same juice, just cheaper at Costco.
More than one reviewer is convinced the Kirkland 25 YO Speyside is Macallan...
@lufins-dad said in Hey George (cheap) scotch question:
More than one reviewer is convinced the Kirkland 25 YO Speyside is Macallan...
I love Kirkland (in general).
-
The Trader Joe's stuff is dirt cheap already - is Costco that much cheaper?
@doctor-phibes said in Hey George (cheap) scotch question:
The Trader Joe's stuff is dirt cheap already - is Costco that much cheaper?
Don't know. Our Trader Joe's can't sell Liquor, though I imagine the ones in DC can. I'll have to compare. My guess would be yes. Costco is very aggressive with negotiating with their vendors for pricing, but they are worth dealing with due to the volume... And there's no question that Costco's volume is orders of magnitude higher than Trader Joe's. Plus, they run on a much lower margin. TJ's runs about 30 points if I remember correctly and Costo runs 12.
-
@doctor-phibes said in Hey George (cheap) scotch question:
The Trader Joe's stuff is dirt cheap already - is Costco that much cheaper?
Don't know. Our Trader Joe's can't sell Liquor, though I imagine the ones in DC can. I'll have to compare. My guess would be yes. Costco is very aggressive with negotiating with their vendors for pricing, but they are worth dealing with due to the volume... And there's no question that Costco's volume is orders of magnitude higher than Trader Joe's. Plus, they run on a much lower margin. TJ's runs about 30 points if I remember correctly and Costo runs 12.
@lufins-dad said in Hey George (cheap) scotch question:
Our Trader Joe's can't sell Liquor,
A few years ago I went into a Costco in Florida and wandered into the liquor section.
I was floored, it was beautiful.
Giant bottles stacked floor to ceiling with cheap whisky.
The Virginia Costco doesn't have alcohol, I wasn't expecting it. I told my wife to go home and sell the house, I'm staying here. But she wouldn't go along with it.
-
@doctor-phibes said in Hey George (cheap) scotch question:
The Trader Joe's stuff is dirt cheap already - is Costco that much cheaper?
Tell me more about the TJ's stuff (I've never been to a Trader Joe's). Name? Price?
Perhaps I'll take a run out that way.
@george-k said in Hey George (cheap) scotch question:
@doctor-phibes said in Hey George (cheap) scotch question:
The Trader Joe's stuff is dirt cheap already - is Costco that much cheaper?
Tell me more about the TJ's stuff (I've never been to a Trader Joe's). Name? Price?
Perhaps I'll take a run out that way.
I've had a 10-year old Highland single malt for $20, and a Speyside for about $25, but this was a few years ago. I've cut right back on my whisky intake, so I haven't had anything recently.
Both of them were good value - they were never going to be confused with the good stuff, but I liked them a lot more than the cheap blends I've tried.
-
@lufins-dad said in Hey George (cheap) scotch question:
Our Trader Joe's can't sell Liquor,
A few years ago I went into a Costco in Florida and wandered into the liquor section.
I was floored, it was beautiful.
Giant bottles stacked floor to ceiling with cheap whisky.
The Virginia Costco doesn't have alcohol, I wasn't expecting it. I told my wife to go home and sell the house, I'm staying here. But she wouldn't go along with it.
@copper said in Hey George (cheap) scotch question:
@lufins-dad said in Hey George (cheap) scotch question:
Our Trader Joe's can't sell Liquor,
A few years ago I went into a Costco in Florida and wandered into the liquor section.
I was floored, it was beautiful.
Giant bottles stacked floor to ceiling with cheap whisky.
The Virginia Costco doesn't have alcohol, I wasn't expecting it. I told my wife to go home and sell the house, I'm staying here. But she wouldn't go along with it.
The DC Costco is absolutely mind-boggling. They have everything from gallons of cheap rockgut to $30,000 per bottle special reserve scotch... I've posted pictures a few times. I understand that liquor represents over 20% of their revenue in that warehouse and that revenue is over 150 million per day...
-
Enjoying a Macallan 12 right now.
Good day at work and being a dad, so May as well drink “Dad’s scotch”.
-
@mik said in Hey George (cheap) scotch question:
@jolly said in Hey George (cheap) scotch question:
@copper said in Hey George (cheap) scotch question:
You might want to think about some Jim Beam Bourbon.
This is my every day whiskey now. It is cheaper than Grant's and , if memory serves me, it is smoother.
I keep Canadian, Scotch, Irish, Tennessee, Kentucky and Virginia whisky on the shelf now. And I rotate through them, but Jim Beam price/performance is ok.
Evan Williams Black Label.
Around the same price, but better.
Evan Williams is my go to bourbon.
I guess it’s more but I go Buffalo Trace. Then Elijah Craig when it’s slightly more festive. From there it could anywhere. Blantons but you gotta ration because it’s hard to get.
@loki said in Hey George (cheap) scotch question:
@mik said in Hey George (cheap) scotch question:
@jolly said in Hey George (cheap) scotch question:
@copper said in Hey George (cheap) scotch question:
You might want to think about some Jim Beam Bourbon.
This is my every day whiskey now. It is cheaper than Grant's and , if memory serves me, it is smoother.
I keep Canadian, Scotch, Irish, Tennessee, Kentucky and Virginia whisky on the shelf now. And I rotate through them, but Jim Beam price/performance is ok.
Evan Williams Black Label.
Around the same price, but better.
Evan Williams is my go to bourbon.
I guess it’s more but I go Buffalo Trace. Then Elijah Craig when it’s slightly more festive. From there it could anywhere. Blantons but you gotta ration because it’s hard to get.
I should have clarified Evans Williams Single Barrel.
Learned something this week..my uncle, retired cop who lives upstate NY on his game preserve makes not only some pretty good moonshine, but some damn fine barrel aged bourbon as well. Which is funny because his taste in drink, which he hardly ever does at all, is to the sweet stuff.
-
I once bought a bottle of Evan Williams with honey whiskey. One of the few times a bottle has entered the toilet before it entered me.
-
A couple of times, I have go to the scotch bar in the basement of the Grand Hyatt in Bangkok. Cheap for me, as I dont drink it, but the people I was with impressed with the selection. LOL
