Oh and another thing ......I'm a Domer, GO IRISH!!!!!!! 😀

I'm happy to pay the Swedish tax and import duties, you can send an ounze to me Lee? half an ounce? a thimble? Just dab some on a tissue and I'll just eat the tissue. 😀

@Soba: yeah, we actually evolved from a point to point sharing I started to a highly networked organized model that Lee came up with, which now allows us to sample all distillleries in Scotland

With whiskies like this I really do have to echo Slainte's comment. Would love to get into sharing samples with you guys. Unfortunately postage costs between NZ and USA mean it'd be to price prohibitive

My mistake. I must have been going on bar pricing lol

$345...damn keys...

He's including shipping, price of box and vials, and then the intrinsic je ne sais quoi which adds the $445

Whoa whoa whoa, Paul. That's not even close to $400/ounce. Whew, I'd have a heart attack if that were the case. The bottle was $1299 for a 750ml. That puts it closer to $51 per ounce. Don't scare me like that, 😂

I was also pleasantly surprised with a sample of this ultra premium scotch from Lee (although he told me what it was). Some day soon I will pour that $400 ounce and savor every last bit of it

@Slainte: that, plus the 3000 mile difference between Norway and US' eastern seaboard.

What a pity that I can't trade samples with you guys... Silly tax regulations.

Very true. I initially bought a handful of bottles with rather high price tags after reading about how the scotch industry wasn't prepared for this recent surge in popularity. Case in point, this Macallan 25- word is that Macallan won't have the stock available to offer this bottling again until at least 2025, they just didn't put enough stock away. What's out their on the market is all that's available and with the recent trend in NAS whisky they very well may never release a 25 year again. So I bought a couple of bottles in hopes the latter does happen and they become the last of the breed. Then, I realized that by the time they do become that rare (if ever) I will be too damn old or too dead to capitalize on that. So, I've made a conscious decision to open the ones that have really been tempting me as of late. I'd rather have the experience you speak of, than some unknown dollar amount when I'm too old to spend it.

It's an experience. I've come to learn that in life sometimes you spend the money for the experience. And there's a time for that...you probably couldn't enjoy this in your young 20s ( and I don't recommend having it while playing Ticket to Ride with an 8 year old as well...this demands more respect). You know, we normally take vacations like Norway, Croatia, etc...and we're always told by family members that why waste money traveling with young kids. But, it's the experience...if not now, then when? I think this is similar...can't put a price on it, but if one has the means, it's worth the savor.

Cheers, Pranay! Great job tasting this in the blind and getting pretty close to guessing it. It is so incredibly smooth and lacks the signature Macallan "taste profile", that's probably what kept you from nailing down the distillery. It's a great single malt, although there is no way it's worth the insane price tag.