vPub Live - OSWAs 2024: What's Missing?
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- Опубликовано: 21 сен 2024
- Now that everyone knows what the 2024 OSWA nominations are, there's much excitement. The nominations this year strike an uncanny balance between familiar, strong old faithfuls and new interesting additions. But there's a problem. Or two.
Because there can only be six nominations in each category, there are some really obvious omissions - and some less obvious possibilities that I'm just as sad about.
So how about we give up the vPub to celebrate those that didn't get a mention this time around? Lest we forget?
Share what you think should've made it this year...
As an American, love seeing Westland on the shelf with all of the other scotch. They’re making some of the best single malts in the world.
Hi Roy, I’m a Bruichladdich fanboy and I completely agree with you. I purchased the Port Charlotte 18 because I was a fan and it was easily twice as expensive as any other bottle I had ever previously purchased. Since then I don’t even look at their releases purely because of the price. It feels like they have gone corporate price gouging and I’m looking elsewhere for my peat at the moment. It feels like if Springbank were to take part in the price hikes directly rather than it being part of the secondary market… such a shame and they have managed to turn me off as a fan until prices correct.
In New Zealand PC 10 is much more expensive than Ardbeg 10 and Ledaig 10. Shame
LVMH: "We have listened to our customers and that's why we are releasing Ardbeg 17 for £160..."
Diageo: "Hold my beer... Lagavulin 14 Jazz Fest for £240!!"
What a great Vpub, i enjoyed it tremendously
I'm glad you mentioned Clydeside, been a fan for a while and are second on my best new distillery list. Going to their distillery tour next weekend in which having a few drams there might just bump it to my number one spot
Back in the upside down, so back on replay. Surprised that Speyburn didn't appear in the OSWAs but do agree with you on the Balblair. Have that 15yo and its magic, slainte
Fascinating and considered as always.
Cheeky question Roy - if you can't in all conscience bring yersell to buy another Laddie 18 at £150 should you be nominating it as Whisky of the Year?
Interesting take on what's missing. I'm not surprised Bruichladdich isn't there. They are just too expensive in my market. PC10 was OK value a couple of years ago at $110 NZD though still pricey compared to other 10-year-olds. However, it is also 50% where others are 46%. But now I think the cheapest I can get it is $126 and most retailers have it at $130-150. For comparison the Glen Garioch 12 at 48% is retailing for around $100. The Classic Laddie has also increased in price in the last 2 years. It's also interesting to see Jura and Fettercairn putting out good bottles. If more whisky companies do this, it will be interesting to see if any of them get nominated in future. Got 7/10 on the quiz. Happy with that, it was a tough one. Cheers!
Really hope people buy that Jura or we'll prove their experiment wrong.
It sold out on Loch Fyne in minutes and then they had to re-stock…
Q: What's missing?
A: The best 10 year old whisky on the market...
Hi Roy, great VPub that I caught on the replay. Hope that Jura 16 comes to Germany, looking forward to trying it. I did enjoy the superstition a few years back. I think that why many of the big producers don’t get nominated is because they don’t put out whisky that appeals to the enthusiasts. Sad really. Slàinte Roy.
Looking at whisky prices in general maybe the Ancnoc 24 should have been in the Best Value category? ;)
Cheers Roy, great chilled Vpub! Looking forward to seeing you next weekend ❤! Much love as always from the two of us
Jura 16 over Lagavulin 16!
Great Vpub Roy. I too am enjoying Glenglassaugh 12 which will become a permashelf bottle. I have visited 3 distilleries this year; Ardnamurchan, Kingsbarns and Lindores Abbey. I wonder what the connection is 🤔
Catching the replay and as always interesting to hear you charing your thoughts and love for whisky.
Who doesn’t stay for the quiz at the end? I’ve learned so much from just the quiz by itself. I love it. I even got an 8/10 today. Lots of luck though.
Another whisky for me that is out of the OSWA conversation that really should be included but due to distillery/company policy rule themselves out are Bladnoch. Like with the new Jura 16 they brought out that cracking 10 year old a few years back. Natural presentation. Seemed to be aimed at the enthusiasts market. It was a bit pricy but not so overpriced that people weren't prepared to stretch their budget to grab a bottle. It seemed like we had a distillery that hadn't really been that relevant that might suddenly be a distillery we could have a bottle or two of in our collections. But from that moment on they just ramped up the price of pretty much everything. The 10 yo was replaced by an 11yo and gained £5-10 in the process. The 14yo is £110! The 19yo will set you back around £170+. I don't know who they're aiming their pricing at, but it seems to me like maybe they're trying to chase the luxury market and take some of the Macallan dollar. No idea if they're managing to sell much whisky in that market or not. But from what I can tell they're not selling much whisky to enthusiasts like us. And they don't even get a mention at the OSWAs. Shame because it seems to me that if they were a bit more realistic with their pricing it could be a distillery we were all really excited about.
Minute 25:30 Why? Because mostly they don’t produce „Integrity Whisky“.
Cheers Roy, great chilled Vpub! Looking forward to seeing you next weekend ❤! Much love as always from the two of us