Birdie1212 Posted February 20, 2016 Share Posted February 20, 2016 I know this has been discontinued but there is a store near me with a number on the shelf for $240 each (probably why they are on the shelf), I remember this as being a really great pour and now its gone these could be the last I see......should I grab one. My family back in the UK, who loved this release from Macallan, say I would be nuts not to. My brother just saw one in a London store for $500+. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jvd99 Posted February 20, 2016 Share Posted February 20, 2016 I don't think so. I've been drinking the Mac CS for quite a while, and I have plenty in reserve, but when it's gone, it's gone. There are better places to spend your money on what was a $60 bottle 2 or 3 years ago. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BigPapa Posted February 20, 2016 Share Posted February 20, 2016 I would rather have 4 bottles of 12 year. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
portwood Posted February 20, 2016 Share Posted February 20, 2016 11 hours ago, jvd99 said: I don't think so. I've been drinking the Mac CS for quite a while, and I have plenty in reserve, but when it's gone, it's gone. There are better places to spend your money on what was a $60 bottle 2 or 3 years ago. As collectible as (old, age stated) Macallan is, the cask strength is not worth $120, let alone $240 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Birdie1212 Posted February 20, 2016 Author Share Posted February 20, 2016 Thanks all, makes sense, much better options out there for the money like Glenfarclas 105 for example, just not seen the Macallan in forever and I travel all over the US on business. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Black Tot Posted February 20, 2016 Share Posted February 20, 2016 I have the feeling we'll see this again for $60 as a new release within the next 10yrs. I think I've got a few of these in reserve myself. They're good, but I don't think I'd pay more than the $60 I did. We are in a time now where the best strategy is to tie yourself to the mast and try to stick to affordable readily available pours until this mania blows over, no matter how long it takes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JoeTerp Posted February 21, 2016 Share Posted February 21, 2016 17 hours ago, The Black Tot said: I have the feeling we'll see this again for $60 as a new release within the next 10yrs. I think I've got a few of these in reserve myself. They're good, but I don't think I'd pay more than the $60 I did. We are in a time now where the best strategy is to tie yourself to the mast and try to stick to affordable readily available pours until this mania blows over, no matter how long it takes. I wouldn't be surprised to see this again, but I don't think it will be near $60. The regular 12 year is almost $70 in VA. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Black Tot Posted February 21, 2016 Share Posted February 21, 2016 (edited) I believe prices will come back down when the historic levels of aging whisky/ey come of age and flip the demand/supply situation we're in right now. Edited February 21, 2016 by The Black Tot Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tanstaafl2 Posted February 21, 2016 Share Posted February 21, 2016 24 minutes ago, The Black Tot said: I believe prices will come back down when the historic levels of aging whisky/ey come of age and flip the demand/supply situation we're in right now. Paul, you could be right! Or you could have been out at sea too long and started seeing those dugongs turn into mermaids... I suppose it could come back at the inflationary equivalent of what $60 was in 10 years but I am not sure that it will occur that quickly. Especially with outfits like Macallan that have tried to position themselves as "the best of the best" and will likely try hard to maintain that facade as long as possible. Only way to know for sure is to wait ten years and see! If I make it that long... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Black Tot Posted February 21, 2016 Share Posted February 21, 2016 After a few weeks Bruce the dugongs don't even need to turn into mermaids, really... Of course no one can predict the future. But I look at the big oil cos right now and have to think that the situation is not too far different (ie the whiskey makers are in their boom phase that oil was in 8yrs ago, and are setting up the conditions for the glut that oil now is going through. Funny that, from exploration to production is almost the same 5-7yrish lag that producing something like an OWA is ). I think Diageo has grown used to these higher margins, and may actually NEED them now. When (I don't think it's an if, nothing stays on top forever) we hit a whisky glut, as has happened before, I think Diageo will be disproportionately punished the way they are disproportionately gaining in the present market. It's true that Macallan is now a household name, so you're right, who knows? Maybe the independent bottlers will take the new make they're buying from Macallan today and give us the cask strength bottles we want for a $60 equivalent, just in a different bottle. No matter what happens though, there's going to be lots of 12yr cask strength malt to drink in 2026! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JoeTerp Posted February 22, 2016 Share Posted February 22, 2016 I hope you're right Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Trey Manthey Posted February 22, 2016 Share Posted February 22, 2016 I think there's plenty of more reasonable alternatives in the cask strength & sherried space: GlenDronach Cask Strength, Glenfarclas 105, and Aberlour A'bunadh should scratch that itch just as well as the Macallan. I did, however, grab a couple extra when it started going the way of the buffalo... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GaryT Posted February 24, 2016 Share Posted February 24, 2016 I've paid up to $90 with no regrets (this was after it was canned, but unfortunately when I was first discovering it), but agree with the group - easy pass at those prices. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jvd99 Posted February 25, 2016 Share Posted February 25, 2016 $90 was about the most I've paid, but most came in the $55-70 range. These have been gone for awhile now and I don't really know what the secondary market says about it Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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