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The Singleton 38 Year Old Special Release Scotch Whisky - $1200 - Dan Murphy's Member Offer

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Junes Dan Murphy member offer email arrived with the usual 6 packs of beer for $10.
Looking through the other offers a Scotch Whisky popped up $199 discount on normal price and at least a hundred cheaper than what I see other stores have it.
No it isn't cheap at $1200 but a heap cheaper than normal ( and they also have a code MGIFT and get a free mystery gift - seems like it's a random 50ml liqueur).

The Singleton 38 Year Old Single Malt Scotch Whisky is rich, mellow and elegant, with all the confidence of age. A wonderfully fresh and interesting nose with a complex interplay of fresh acidity and cereal sweetness; like a fine old wine with flavours beyond fruit, you feel strangely drawn to its subtleties and splendid dry, absorbing finish.
Hot and racy on the nose (unusual for a whisky of this advanced age), this is one you can tell from the outset will benefit from a little water. Aromas of orange peel and a little sea salt muddle through, however. With lots of acidity, the body is equally punchy and quite sharp, citrus peel backed by modest granary notes. The finish is quite drying. Give it water and plenty of it and things start to open up nicely. The nose takes on an almost pretty floral character, and the sweetness on the palate really starts to develop, offering coconut and banana notes amid the spice-dusted grains. That finish remains on the dry side, though it’s less intense more accessible with a little water to smooth things out.

I haven't tried this, I usually prefer my Balvenie https://www.danmurphys.com.au/product/DM_800505/the-balvenie… when I have a Scotch but seeing The Singleton is $44000 cheaper it's probably worth a try.

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edit - Don't forget cashrewards for 5% cashback http://www.cashrewards.com.au/dan-murphys.

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  • +118

    I wonder if it goes well with coke life.

    • +8

      Doesn't go well with coke zero, but the stevia from the coke life really enhances the piquancy of this scotch.

        • +84

          I'm a little surprised to hear you say that, colaman

        • +1

          @nismo: LOL! Made my day

        • Pretty sure they were joking.

    • +2

      Nothing beats LA Ice. The sweetness really marries well with the smokiness. It also gets rid of some of that richness that older whiskies can have. I'm not a big fan of the thick, syrupy nature of decent whiskies.

  • +12

    I think he's been sniffing his own name.

  • +1

    Cheers. Got just a Singleton.

    • +8

      excellent, I dont think it's worth buying a dozen.

      • +3

        Na. It's too cheap. Just picked up mine to enjoy with GOT e08. Winter is here.

  • +15

    you'd have to be Singleton to spend $1200 on Whisky.

    • -3

      My missus and I spend around $500 on certain bottles (wine + cognac). Not yet into the grand-a-bottle category yet! lol

      • sorry communists! We use cash rewards if that makes any of the neggers warmer … lol

  • +5

    Can I return it if I don't like it?

  • +4

    Got the last 8 bottles available at my local DM, cheers OP
    got a handsome $480 back from cash rewards

    • +1

      hope you did single purchases so you got 8 free gifts (50ml bottles) as well.

      • +3

        Damn I didn't!

        • +7

          you don't need the free gift since u are able to purchase 8 bottles! 8 bottles!!

        • +12

          @2308: yeah, I don't think he bought any.

  • -4

    yeah sure he can afford to buy Balvenie

  • +5

    dupe, but worth it for the usual expensive alcohol comments ;)

  • Another 29 days to think about this……

    • +7

      as long as it doesn't sell out!

      • +1

        buy now think later

    • +1

      Another 29 days to think about this…… yeah good thinking that will make it 38 years and 29 days… so should taste even better;)

  • +10

    Speaking as a poor dude, I can only afford one sip lol

  • +12

    For that price you could buy thirty eight year olds.

    • +19

      Buy this then forever refill the empty bottle with 8yo scotch, most wouldnt know the diffrenece.

    • +20

      pedobear approves of this comment

      • :) I read it a few times thinking the same.
        but I assume they meant 8yo scotches.

        • +3

          I prefer to read it as a double entendre. The obvious Scotch meaning, and a variation on the old joke, whats the best part about sex with twenty eight yr olds? Theres twenty of them.

          But he says below, its just the Scotch

        • +1

          @Tuba: i like my scotch like my women, 18 years old on ice.

        • @Tuba: I'm just glad it wasn't me that said this out loud.

        • +2

          I like my scotch like my women; 18 years old and mixed up with coke.

    • +3

      Wait… 30x8 = 240 years old!
      I should get the 30 eight-year-olds and mix them together!

    • Scotch, I trust

      • +1

        Thirty Scotches

        • +6

          Why did I hear that in an Irish accent…

        • +5

          @pensionday:

          That would be turty scotches ;)

  • +12

    That's more than I make in a week.

    • +2

      It's more than I make in a day!

      • @johnno07: You do get that you failed, yeah? Unless gloating?

        • +2

          It's also more than I make an hour.

          Not gloating, as it's also more than I make in a fortnight at the moment.

  • +14

    This product is excellent for removing the sticky residue after removing labels.

    • +28

      This product is also excellent for putting shy guys into situations that create sticky residue.

    • +23

      too*, useful*, either*

    • +2

      Depends how much you earn, to some its the cheap stuff, they could have $50,000 scotch for special occasions and swill $2400 Scotch with Coke. How about $100,000+? Or the Lalique bottled scotch that fetched something like half a million?

      Youd be surprised how many Scotches cost in excess of $2000. And they sell.

      Edit: Ill be jiggered, how about 1.4 million? http://www.themost10.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/105-Year…

      • I think you'll find that alleged $1.4 million bottle was an April fools joke

  • +5

    Serious comment, how can someone justify spending that much on a bottle of alcohol? If I had 1200 lying around I wouldnt spend it on a single bottle of alcohol as I find it really hard to justify. I would appreciate some insight.

    • +17

      because the people that spend $1200 on a bottle of alcohol likely don't need to be, or aren't as conservative with their money…

      no difference than someone buying a 100, 200, 300 thousand dollar vehicle.. It's all relative

    • +4

      I remember listening to an interview once about food, they were asked about the most expensive meal they had and it was 1200 for one person, they said one of the courses was just the scent, no actual eating.

      • +2

        I wonder if I would go to something like that if I ever won the lotto.

        • +1

          Father Ted, wouldn't you keep the raffle money and then you could buy it?

        • +3

          @PVA: "That money was just resting in my account"

          :-)

      • +4

        Hilarious. I haven't had a proper lol for a while until this comment. 'Scent'

        • +1

          Kind of non seriously (but really, quite seriously); this is how you make money off stupid rich people. Usually "new money" and trying to impress/be flashy new money.

          People who pay $25K for a watch. People who pay $20K for a Prada phone.

          You market exclusivity (and garishness) to these people and they will jump at it because it is all about appearances/insecurity.

        • +1

          @Mr Wowtrousers: You don't sound a bit jealous. Honestly you don't.

        • @Mr Wowtrousers:
          Gotta agree, and get Kanye west or a kardashian to have one and all the wannabes buy.

        • +2

          @Mr Wowtrousers:

          People who pay $25K for a watch. People who pay $20K for a Prada phone.

          To be fair, a $25K watch purchase might be an OK investment (unless it's an Apple Watch). The phone, however, is not.

        • +1

          @Diji1:

          Oh mate, I am very jealous, no doubt about it. Who wouldn't want that kind of money? Given my financial plan of winning both Powerball and OzLotta yielded me $15 last week, I will go on being jealous. But that is why I have zero problem with people taking advantage of people like this :D

          It seems to me (because I don't know any vaguely rich people) that genuinely rich people don't do stuff like that. That's how they stay unfeasibly wealthy.

          Look at people like Damien Hirst. I think he is awesome. He has convinced clueless rich people that paying ludicrous amounts for his work somehow gives them credibility. Basically they want something to show everyone else that:

          a) They are rich; and
          b) They have style

          Someone else has decided this thing is stylish and worth collecting, so they pay for it.

          More power to him!

      • +3

        If a waiter served me a scent at a restaurant, sht is going to ugly. That sht ain't funny. You don't mess with a man that way.

        • Depends what it is served in?

        • @argonbay:

          and depends what scent it was! Hopefully not the scent that was "going to get ugly and aint funny"

      • +6

        "they said one of the courses was just the scent, no actual eating."

        Sounds like last night at the nudie bar.

        • +2

          I got served a scent once. It was my nasty ass girlfriend cupcaking me. Bitch.

    • It could quite possibly be seen as an investment. Similarly to how some buy art etc to diversify their portfolio

    • +1

      Because you can't take your money with you when you die?

      $1200 is not a large sum in the great scheme of things.

    • +3

      Yeah $1200 is way too much, just think about how many Eneloops you could get with that.

    • Because to some people, $1200 is like $12 for you and me. It's an afterthought.

    • +8

      Lettuce Be Cereal here.

    • +6

      Get back to your VB brah.

    • +5

      Is it really your business who buys what?
      I think you'd be surprised how many people frequent here that can afford something like that.
      Just because they earn lots of money doesn't mean they don't look for bargains.

      • +4

        Most obscenely rich people are likely the biggest, most selfish tightarses around. They'd love Ozbargain.

        • You know me too well

    • +5

      "Stop liking things I can't afford".

      Lolm8

    • +7

      I don't know what worse, the OP who thinks paying an obscene amount for some piss is a bargain or the sheep who voted for this deal. I think the latter is worse.

      I'll tell you what's worse; the bah-humbugs that can't see a joke when it all but literally slaps them in the face.

      • Voted up your comment just for your use of bah-humbug, brilliant.

      • excellent!

  • +4

    If you drink this Singleton, do you end up like this Singleton? https://youtu.be/w6BuptBacXs

  • +2

    I was about to buy this but then I saw you could buy Johnny Walker Red for a fraction of the price. Thanks anyway OP.

    • +7

      Nice, I went for the bag of goon. Fraction of the price too.

  • Poor me.. Cant afford.. Can some one give me an empty bottle :)

    • +5

      Then you can smell the scent.

      • +2

        Its like a three course meal apparently…

  • +10

    If i ever want to get divorced, i'll buy this whiskey.

    • +2

      whisky not whiskey.

      Here’s a quick way to remember how some of the world’s biggest producers spell their products:

      Countries that have E’s in their names (UnitEd StatEs and IrEland) tend to spell it whiskEy (plural whiskeys)
      Countries without E’s in their names (Canada, Scotland, and Japan) spell it whisky (plural whiskies)
      

      Whew! Time for a drink.

      • +1

        Seems a tad complex, and fails at least three times. Both England and Wales have an E but spell it without one, as does Germany.
        The Irish and Yanks tend to call it Whisky, every other country that makes it tends to use Whisky whether the nations name contain an E or not.

        At least it would appear that way, there is no convention so its open to being bucked as in some US makers do not use the 'e'. Some argue the e denotes or should denote 'a type', not a place. As far as I know American style Whiskey is aged in charred virgin white oak barrels, Scotch is aged in older used barrels such as old sherry barrels, or American Whiskey barrels. Im not an expert but I guess the use of peat to smoke the malt could be the reason too. Both impart a flavour to the product. Neither bourbons or Irish Whiskey use smoked peat, but again, its not always true.

        • i just cut and paste from a site, I actually dont know.

          I actually thought Irish/scotch was whiskey and bourbon was whiskey.

        • It's a decent heuristic for non-whisky drinkers. England, Wales and Germany aren't famous for their whisky. Transliterated, the Japanese call it "uisukii 「ウイスキー」". To put it another way though, who cares, it's the same word, and people will know what you mean.

        • +1

          @PVA - To some you would be right, but the reasons arent simple geography. You could make a Scotch (not that you could call it Scotch) in Iceland and it would be Whisky not Whiskey. Again, to some, not necessarily an accepted standard.

          Barrel material is critical t the two as each wood has its own chemicals that make it up. And the extent the woods character can 'spice' the volume of liquid is impacted by the volume of the barrel, less volume the wood has more impact, more volume the flavour is diluted more. Americans use charred American White Oak, and use it before anything else has been in it, they tend not to reuse the barrels as the flavour of the wood itself is gone (or less at least) and no longer gives that distinct Bourbon taste. It is now after its been used for Bourbon that barrel is suited for Scotch or Irish Whisky. Which suggests that Whisky relied more on other things for its flavour, but moreover explains why Scotches are distinctly different to Bourbons as opposed to slightly different.

          Scotches are aged in old Bourbon barrels due to their abundance now, but historically it was fortified wine casks like Madeira and Ports or wines like Burgundy that were used.

          Point being that Scotch prefers not to get flavours from the wood itself (or much milder flavours from it), instead from ingredients like the old liquid in the barrel and smoking peat to malt the barley etc. Partly this tradition of used barrels might be due to the European Oak being much more bitter than the US Oak, and at the time there was no product of American White Oak known to the old world. Or it could be the Scots are very canny with their money and old barrels are cheaper, the rest is just a fortunate result.

          Or you could believe that Whisky comes from Vikings and not the Scots or the Arabs the Irish monks may have stolen the process from and it has no rules, just recipes from different people over time, in widely dispersed places.

          Well thats my take on it anyway.

          @Meconium:
          I guess I care a little. I found the process interesting at least. Knowing the difference between moonshine and Bourbon, and Scotch since they all share roots.

        • @Tuba:
          Thanks Tuba, interesting.

          I remember when my wife and I were in a pub in Ireland and she asked for a scotch - she never made that mistake again!!
          and on top of that she wanted coke, they added a quick squirt just like you add water and that was it.
          We had beer / Guinness after that..

      • +1

        Too much thnkin' not enough drinkin'

  • +1

    I love the descriptions. Also they love to repeat water-adding.

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