Just purchased this from First Choice Liquor online. The original price says $120, but got $96 at the checkout plus delivery.
A Free Pick up options are available at some stores which have the stocks available.
There is no solid statement that No Age whiskies would be around less than 5yo. No ones know for sure. :-)
Scotch has to be 3 years old by law there, no laws in Japan, so who knows. When I was at the Suntory distillery a guy asked and they said around 4 and older.
3 years, 4 years, 5 years, same shit really.
not really. 3 years aged in hokkaido probably isn't the same as if they somehow warehoused it in okinawa for 3 years (not that they do)
There are better aged Scotch whiskys than this for the same or less money. The 12 year old is lovely. This is less lovely by a fair margin.
I love Yamazaki 12 (and 18 when I can afford it), but this one is not good at all for the money. I tried it once and will never buy it again.
How much would these be duty free? I can't seem to find the duty free pricing as I'm flying out soon
They don't stock at duty free.
What's a shame is how good Japanese whisky has suddenly become more expensive over the last couple of years. I remember being able to buy this same one about three years ago for less than $90 at shelf price.
That would be the 12yo.. Which retails around $200 now.
It is a shame. I bought a hibiki 17 today for $330.
Bought a hibiki 17 about 5 years ago in Japan for around $120.
bought Hibiki 17 in DM approx $190 3 yrs ago….
bought Yamazaki 18 in Jap approx $300 3 yrs ago.
Hibiki Japanese Harmony Master's Select gets the nod from me.
Got that at Adelaide Airport Duty Free for about $117. The flavour really opened up once I added a very small amount of water. A little harsh without it.
The Yamazaki 12yo is a beautiful whisky. The distillers reserve is junk. Don't even bother.
Better off spending $60 on a bottle of Glenfiddich 12yo for a much nicer drinking whisky..
Before someone asks, yes I think the 12yo is 50% better than this.
The age of this is guessed at around 4yo.
But like all things, taste is subjective and your opinion may vary.
EDIT: Should we have a firstchoice clickfrenzy mega post instead of one per item?