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The Yamazaki is about $800 here so $600 is ok. Nice present for someone!
Thanks opusman, I think I feel better now!
The Yamazaki is about $800 here so $600 is ok. Nice present for someone!
Not at the duty free shop, usually much cheaper if you have time to shop.
However aged Japanese whisky is hard to find now.
As a teetotaler, I have recently just bought 2 bottles of Japanese whisky as a gift, a bottle of Yamazaki 18 yrs single malt and a Hibiki 21 yrs blended.
I just went by recommendations and have no idea of the cost but was told that the place to buy them is in Japan where it would be the cheapest place to buy from. So I asked a friend who was travelling there to get them for me at Narita duty free.
Received the said bottles today and I had a shock when I got the receipt. A$600 each!! (Y50,000 each!!). Seriously??
How does the price compared to Oz?
Is Japan the cheapest place to buy them?
Cheers!
Would need to be gold plated for me....
Holy S*&T looks like the Yamazaki 18yr you have is the limited edition and not the usual bottling which goes for $800.
A little bird told me the Y50,000 yen from Narita Duty Free is the limited edition and is $1500.
Does it comes in wooden case?
https://www.mybottleshop.com.au/yamazaki-18-year-old-limited-edition-single-malt-whisky
The Hibiki 21yr is $1000 here in OZ.
https://www.nicks.com.au/hibiki-21-year-old-blended-japanese-whisky-700ml
Santa smiles on your gift recipients.![]()
I do not want to encourage this sort of bubble.
Well, you have just burst mine! :-|
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The Hibiki 21yr is also of limited edition, only 2000 released.The packaging and presentation are really exquisite!!
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Such bargain compared to Oz,maybe I should get a bottle each for myself!....even if I don't drink!!
Been quiet here so will put up a few comments - having enjoyed the balance of the BUNNAHABHAIN12, have to say it's pretty good but I couldn't go past the Tal10 for value.
In TAS. in Jan, picked up a HELLYERS ROAD PEATED, now this is very nice and smoooth as.........., better than Tal10 but a line call re $$ value.
Also tasted the LARK SINGLE CASK, as good a whiskey ever sampled !!!, delicious.
Arrived home with a Sullivans Cove Single Cask French Oak Whisky 700mL, 47.5%, unopened and in the safe for a future significant family event, as yet unconceived
Some real Aussie quality whiskey being produced in Tassie, must explore the HELLYERS ROAD further !
Give Starward a go, a really nice Aussie whisky without the price tag of the Tassie distilleries.
I grabbed a bottle of Glen Deveron 16 years Highland single malt from the duty free recently. I had not come across this one before but found it very smooth
Enjoying it immensely
Haven't given STARWARD a honest taste, a small nip at a tasting left no lasting impression, find that
more than that taste test is needed to appreciate some whiskys.
The LARK though, well worth it it you can afford the $$$'s at around $150 / 500ml............not something I can do to often![]()