Price gouging and the secondary market

[dcbt]

On ‎5‎/‎17‎/‎2016 at 3:02 PM, berto said:

I did a blind side by side and preferred St. Bernardus by a hair.  Another tasting might yield a different result but they're really close.  I'm happy with St. Bernardus and its easy availability.  

 

I've never had a chance to try the Westvleteren so it's good to know the St. Bernardus comes close.  Rochefort is another one I enjoy.

Edited May 23, 2016 by dcbt
typo. Westvleteren is hard to spell!

[berto]

2 minutes ago, dcbt said:

 

I've never had a chance to try the Westvleteren so it's good to know the St. Bernardus comes close.  Rochefort is another one I enjoy.

 

The story is Westy and St Bernardus are the same recipe but use different yeast.  The Westy monks quit brewing in 1945 and outsourced it to St Bernardus until 1992 when regulation required trappist beers be brewed at an abbey.  St. Bernardus kept brewing the recipe.  They're really close.  Rochefort 10 is my least favorite of the three quads but Rochefort 6 is one of my favorite beers.  La Trappe makes a nice quad too.  

[tanstaafl2]

On ‎5‎/‎20‎/‎2016 at 9:20 AM, Kyjd75 said:

David Driscoll has an interesting and I believe relevant discussion about what is going on with his most recent blog entries:

 

http://spiritsjournal.klwines.com

 

I think perhaps the most interesting thing I read on his blog was that the Nikka Coffey malt is finally in the US. Don't know how widely it is available yet but well worth it to those who like malt whisky! Although I don't see it yet on several other big internet retailers so hopefully it isn't a K&L exclusive...

 

The sibling to the also excellent Nikka Coffey Grain, I have had the good fortune to be able to also drink the Coffey malt, if sparingly, since I brought my first bottle back from the UK back in about 2012.

Edited May 23, 2016 by tanstaafl2

[fenderbender4]

On 5/23/2016 at 4:57 PM, tanstaafl2 said:

 

I think perhaps the most interesting thing I read on his blog was that the Nikka Coffey malt is finally in the US. Don't know how widely it is available yet but well worth it to those who like malt whisky! Although I don't see it yet on several other big internet retailers so hopefully it isn't a K&L exclusive...

 

The sibling to the also excellent Nikka Coffey Grain, I have had the good fortune to be able to also drink the Coffey malt, if sparingly, since I brought my first bottle back from the UK back in about 2012.

So the Coffee Grain is worth a shot in your opinion?  I've been curious about it.

[tanstaafl2]

21 hours ago, fenderbender4 said:

So the Coffee Grain is worth a shot in your opinion?  I've been curious about it.

 

I think it is a very pleasant drinking whisky although like most all Japanese whisky these days it isn't cheap at around $70 (Although that is inexpensive for NIkka these days.). But it is 90 proof, well aged (probably around 10 years but it is an NAS) and as a grain whisky perhaps more approachable for the bourbon drinker, especially one that doesn't like Scotch, than some of the malts.