Scotch whiskey in Scotland
Jul 25th, 2013, 10:14 AM
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Some points:
1) Years ago I had a personal search in Detroit. The agent hauled bottle after bottle of single malt whisky out of my luggage. I said, "I think I'm a bit over the limit." She said, "I don't think anybody is too concerned about that." Why? Because of the Paperwork Reduction Act - - they figured out that it is more costly to charge people duty on excess booze than it is to let people coast by. It is now policy to not give people a hard time over multiple liters of the finest.
2) The Aberlour tour we did last November WAS the finest. Their searing honesty about the whisky trade, accompanied by a truly palate-opening tasting of different expressions, was super.
3) Yes, you can get just about anything you buy at the distilleries cheaper elsewhere. I spend half the year in Hamburg, and can get pretty much anything malt (incredible selection and range of offerings) cheaper there than in Scotland, or duty free (meaning, duty-free any airport anywhere). The market in the States has gone haywire in comparison. In the States I stick with bourbon nowadays, becuase single malt prices in the US have become a joke (duty-free at UK airports also sucks).
1) Years ago I had a personal search in Detroit. The agent hauled bottle after bottle of single malt whisky out of my luggage. I said, "I think I'm a bit over the limit." She said, "I don't think anybody is too concerned about that." Why? Because of the Paperwork Reduction Act - - they figured out that it is more costly to charge people duty on excess booze than it is to let people coast by. It is now policy to not give people a hard time over multiple liters of the finest.
2) The Aberlour tour we did last November WAS the finest. Their searing honesty about the whisky trade, accompanied by a truly palate-opening tasting of different expressions, was super.
3) Yes, you can get just about anything you buy at the distilleries cheaper elsewhere. I spend half the year in Hamburg, and can get pretty much anything malt (incredible selection and range of offerings) cheaper there than in Scotland, or duty free (meaning, duty-free any airport anywhere). The market in the States has gone haywire in comparison. In the States I stick with bourbon nowadays, becuase single malt prices in the US have become a joke (duty-free at UK airports also sucks).
