Scotch whiskey Experts?

[Cuda 69]

ok,so have a 21 year old bottle of Whyte &Mackay blended scotch whiskey that I got probably 10 years ago.It has a metal emblem on the front with a metal chain going around the neck of the bottle,I saw itonline being sold from an English site (I think) for 199.99 L. I have no idea how much this is.Can I get any help.

[jetmechmarty]

Lesson 1: If it's spelled whiskey, it isn't scotch. For scotch, it's whisky.

Their 22 year old is listed at about $80 US. I don't know what currency you're viewing. You might find someone who will pay you $50 for what you have, but first we need a little more info to figure out what it is. We need more info from the label.

Personally, I would not be willing to pay that much for a blended whisky. Keep in mind that the longer the whisky stays in the barrel, the more it will taste like a stick! Longer is not necessarily better.

You should try to find out if that bottle is rare and has collector value. If not, pour some in a glass with a splash of distilled water and tell us how it is.

[MaximPhil]

This review of their Special blend is a good read.

http://jason-scotchreviews.blogspot.ca/2010/05/whyte-mackay-special-blended-scotch.html

http://www.masterofmalt.com/whiskies...ar-old-whisky/

At 46 Pounds a bottle hardly a collector item.

Ginger wine and Diet Coke seem to be the favourite mixers........which leads to the conclusion this is not from a family of great whisky.

Phil

[slow mo]

if i may be so bold with apologies to the jet man ,,,BUT i much prefer a nicely decanted and chilled bottle of Night Train or Thunderbird and in a pinch Old Sailor will do ,,,ride safe slow mo!!

[Cuda 69]

It's an older bottle,probably from the 80's.They don't make this bottle anymore.Gonna try and get a pic.Can't remember how to get it on to photobucket frommy phone anymore.How much is 199.00 Leer(L)?

[jetmechmarty]

Well then, according to Jason, there is nothing good about it. That being the case, drink it or give it away.

[Cuda 69]

I don't drink scotch,rather have Cognac or I really like Grand Marnier on a cold winters nite. After long thought,I've had this bottle at least 20 years and I got it off a gentleman who received it as a retirement present,and he was in his 80's.Makes me wonder.

[Cuda 69]

They must be doing something right Phil,been in buisness since the 1800's and said they were making record profit's.lol. I'll just stick it back in the closet.

[jetmechmarty]

It's an older bottle,probably from the 80's.They don't make this bottle anymore.Gonna try and get a pic.Can't remember how to get it on to photobucket frommy phone anymore.How much is 199.00 Leer(L)?

199 L today is Turkish lira or about $110. In Italian lira it would have been about 20 cents.

[Cuda 69]

ok,thanks Marty,I saw this bottle for sale used on a site,said 199.99 with a L that looked like writing,I thought it was french,who knew? not me.

[jetmechmarty]

£199 is GB pounds. That's about $322.

[CaptonZap]

And anybody can start the auction at the price they want, and if a fool and his money show up, all the better.
For the seller. CZ

[Cuda 69]

there 30 yr old scotch sells for about $2500 a bottle.
.They have a 67 yr old bottle that sold for over $100,000.00 but they said there were only 3 bottle's in exsistence.Wonder if I could pull that one off? That bottle I saw was for sale,not an auction.

[jetmechmarty]

Whyte & MacKay -30 Year Old

PRICE:
$ 272.63 -This one is Canadian dollars

http://www.masterofmalt.com/whiskies...ar-old-whisky/

$220.92 USD

[fredintoon]

Hi 'Cuda,
the L is most likely the £ sign for Pound sterling, like Marty posts, £199 is about US$320.
But the thing about whisky is that it only ages in the cask. That sealed bottle of 5-year scotch your grandpa left you is no better now than it was then he bought it.
A scotch that's been in the cask for (say) 21 years before it's been bottled commands a premium price and it's value may increase with age-in-bottle but it won't improve in taste.