5 Whiskies I HATE, Bourbon VS Scotch, TOP Overrated whiskies | Q&A
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In this video, we discuss some controversial topics with a Q&A, like 5 Whiskies I hate, Bourbon VS Scotch and the TOP Overrated whiskies.
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Which whisky personality would you have dinner with? Keen to know!
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I have two problems with the whisky dinner question: talking vs eating and being star-struck. I did have dinner with a couple of fellow barflies the other night and they finished their food while I was just blethering! As for the second problem: when I met Serge Valentin I was so tongue-tied I could barely put a sentence together! I've fared much better (several times) with Charlie MacLean...
I think I would choose historic figures, rather than live ones, knowing it would only ever be hypothetical, so how about Tommy Dewar, Bessie Williamson and George Urquhart?
3 whiskey personalities? Rex Daniel and Brianna (is that spelled right?) Or Brianna, John Jameson, and Elijah Craig.
Ralphy ! From The Isle of Man, is your man.
Hi have you tried the Glenfarclas 105 ?
Jura 18 is really nice as is the Deanston range ..
Tomatin I’d just delicious
Try limeburners, overpriced aussie whiskey, pretty good thou
For the non-Americans watching this video, Phil named two quintessential bourbons. If you try Elijah Craig Barrel Proof and Wild Turkey Rare Breed and don’t like either of them, then you probably just don’t like bourbon.
Ha great point. Thanks David
I’m Portuguese and really like bourbon. The first I really liked was the Eagle Rare.
I love the Elijah Craig and am partial to most Wild Turkeys, but think the rare breed is over rated and only popular due to its particularly high voltage.
Bourbon is great for some occasions and Scotch for others.
Nothing wrong with Jack Daniels, Jim Beam, or Jameson!
I struggle to get in with bourbon
Thank you for the shout out Phil! Much appreciated, and an honour to be featured on your incredible channel. This was another great video. You've inspired me to add a Q&A session to the pipeline! Kanpai and much respect from Tokyo!
I find Auchentoshan to be criminally underrated for its great entries at a low-ish budget
Great Q&A Phil, I would love to hear more about your whisky video process, how you decide what to film and how you go through the filming and editing. Looking forward to the still video. Cheers and slap on buddy!
Very nice Q&A video. You rapid fire through them yet keeping them contents interesting.
Most enjoyable whisky is the often the one that is good for sharing especially the springbank products.
Another great video, Phil. I agree with many of your comments and think we may have very similar tastes. I really love the Loch Gorum! Thanks for all your great content and I do think you provide excellent information to help those just starting on their journey.
Thank you so much for answering my question!! Kanpai Planet was an excellent suggestion. His videos are so well put together (as are yours!). I appreciate you!
Great video Phil. It's always a joy to watch. My whisky journey started because of your channel and i'm gradefull for all the usefull information you put out there. My next mission is to go to scotland and visit some distillery's to expand my knowledge and enjoy a dram making new friends. Thanks again mate, cheers.
Wow that’s awesome. Glad and grateful I can play a part in your whisky journey. You will love visiting Scotland. Cheers!
Tonnes of good Australian whiskies!!
- Overeem
- Sullivan's Cove
- Spring Bay
- Archie Rose
- 5Nines
- Iniquity
- Bakery Hill
- Cape Byron
- Killara
- Fleurieu
- Backwoods
- Cut Hill
I could go on and on!
I need you in my life. Time to go deep on Australian whisky I think.
@@FirstPhilWhisky whatever you need brother, happy to help if I can 😊
Definitely Spring Bay. And if you can get your hands on it, grab their Rheban edition. Also Launceston Distillery (aka Hanger 17). The owner, Chris Conden, is a top distiller and was earlier in his life, the head brewer at Boags Brewery in Launceston.
@@yezzum Got a Rheban in my cabinet 😉
Love the shout out to Kanpai Planet. What an awesome channel if you are interested in Japanese drinks. Great video as always Phil!
Love the content man. Saw ya on the aquavite awards show. Good on ya.
Macallan… indeed, I tried their 12 y/o Sherry Oak Cask and liked it enough to consider buying a bottle, and when I saw the price I was like… nope
Thanks for answering 2 of my questions from Instagram. All the best and good luck to the your growing whanau. Great video as always; well thought, very interesting and artistically put together.
My 3 whisky people would be:
-Aqvavitae
-First Phil Whisky
-Bessie Williamson (Laphroaig)
If someone will crash the party, it'll be Father John Cor!
I haven't tried any NZ whisky but Scapgrace Black Gin, yes definitely! Having said that, I have their 3rd release Single Malt (Manuka Smoked) waiting to be un-corked!
Cheers Phil!
Glad you like the Balblair man. My Great Grandfather and Grandfather worked at the distillery most of their lives and it's always had a huge place in my heart. The run of 12, 15 and 18 year olds they did with the 90s years labels are amazing. 97, 99 and 00 well worth trying if you haven't already.
Blanton's was great, when it was selling for $60.00. It was my everyday drinker for awhile but I moved on to better stuff. I can't believe what it is going for now.
Great video Phil. As an Australian, don't just limit your Australian Whisky to Tasmania, there are some fantastic whiskies on the mainland. Fleurieu Distillery here in South Australia is a good example, they have some great stuff
I'm in Hong Kong (American) and I have that exact Elijah Craig A120 bottle. Seems like that batch made it over into the Asia-Pac market, and it's amazing. When I was a boy, I grew up farming and summers were spent picking, shucking, eating, and canning sweet corn and that bottle has an amazing corn-silk taste on the back end that reminds me of those summers.
Nice work Phil, great to find a NZ Whiskey Bourbon page... got myself a special Elijah Craig Barrel Batch B519, to sit next to the Dalmore 15yr and 18yr. Looking forward to seeing more of your content, not easy to find good stuff in NZ
Very very good channel ..all good interesting stuff ..Thanks Phil !
Thanks Allan!
Love the 80's stock footage 3:00. That's pretty much how I remember it.
So the only whisky I haven't liked so far is Talisker 10, it has a really sharp arrival (maybe that's the "briny" note). Now, I'll come back to it later and I may end up liking it once I get to know it, but that is literally the only single malt I've tried that I haven't liked so far.
Awesome Stuff. I’m looking forward to the Stills video. Keep up the great work. Hopefully one day I get to try some New Zealand Whiskey. I kinda got a new appreciation for all the different weird not overly sweet bourbons I have had over the years just because it’s availability but I do want to say the prices on Bourbon have gotten ridiculous. Irish Whiskey is my favorite/
Great vid, as always, Phil. And…congrats on the baby on the way!
Thanks Paul!
Great information and production on your videos man! This and the whisky tribes are the videos I look forward to when it comes to all things whisk(e)y
Much appreciated!
New to your channel, but, hands down, yours is my favorite. Keep up the great work!
Thank you! Great to have you watching
Hey Phil. Best whisky content on the web by far! Thank you from Canada!
Thanks Marc!
I learned the most from your video on different sherry casks. It also made me realise why I don’t like certain whisky: the more sherry the more it doesn’t suit my palate. Therefore agreed on Macallan…
I finally snagged an Arran 18 for 160$. So happy with it.
Its always fun to hear other people's opinions. Cheers my friend.
Hey Phil love your videos. Could you come up with a top 5 list of progessive whiskeys for beginners? A list more for poeple starting out. Something like a entry or introduction type whiskey as your first whiskey then the remaining 4 whiskeys introducing other type of whiskies that touch on the different types of whiskies from a beginner level.
I really like the Speyburn 15 as an underrated, inexpensive whisky. Sadly, so does everyone else, as the liquor stores in my area keep getting cleared out of stock.
Old Pulteney is underrated, and not well known. I had a chance to try a 23 single barrel - amazing. The 12 is great.
Underrated: Bunnahbahain special bottlings (getting too expensive though), Edradour.
Boy, do I look forward to your stills video!!!
You have a background in video? Who would have thought😜?
Ha thanks Benjamin!
Thanks for answering my question! I think I was asking from a personal politics perspective, but I also agree with your answer. At the end of the day a good bottle is a good bottle, regardless. Lagavulin, for an obvious answer, is a great, corporate owned brand. But then you get a bottle of, say, Kilchoman, and you know your dollar is going to help a family rather than a shareholder. It was this angle I was leaning towards with my query. I have both distilleries on my shelf, so I'm not one to get all high and mighty about it.
Great to see you on the OSWA well done, regarding the question The Grail Girls and better looking than Ralfy and Roy plus they have a whisky shop a no brainer.
Unpopular opinion but I cant get on the Glenallachie train like so many have. I especially find the 12yo overly sweet which distracts from anything else that could be of interest. As far as underrated right now I'm enjoying the Glen Garioch 12. Its got that dirty character that I also find in Craigallachie which I enjoy. Also the brilliance of Hazelburn often gets overlooked by its more lusted housemates Springbank and Longrow.
Agree. I’m actually the same with the Glenallachie 12. It’s too sweet for me, but I respect the distilleries direction. Thanks mate!
Totally agree about GlenAllechie. I wish him luck and have nothing against him, but "Billy Walker" seems to have a bit of cult and seems to be the only whisky-maker's name many folks know. Don't ask me why that rubs me the wrong way, but it does ✌️
Intresting I don’t think Glenallachie that sweet at all! Find Glen Dronach far more sweet
I only had the first batch of the Billy Walker Glenallachie 12 but found it a bit harsh and nothing special. I've heard later batches are better but the price has skyrocketed so I'll skip it from now on.
Bogus, you're just flexing 💪😂💀
As to the whisky personality, Anthony Wills from Kilchoman. Moving as an Enlishman to Islay and founding a successful distillery, before that was the hot new thing is a ballsy move and I’d love hear his insights!
True! He would be so interesting to talk to.
Hopefully the video on stills will mention Edradour, who supposedly have the smallest traditional stills in Scotland.
Yes, Compass Box is brilliant. A little pricey when you get beyond their two basic bottles (Artist Blend, Glasgow Blend), but such great quality.
You can usually get oak cross, spice tree, peat monster, etc relatively cheap.
Hey Phil, what are your thoughts on GlenAllachie? I've recently been really loving their 15 yr as well as the 10 yr cask strength. Many people have been saying their stored whisky is past their prime and each release have been getting worse. Have you been following their whisky and what are your thoughts? Love the channel, keep it up.
Do you mean over oaked? Over sherried? I’ve personally never had a GlenAllachie I haven’t really enjoyed apart from an old Chivas release which was so so….
I think in regards to whiskies such as Blantons, when they become harder to find the product becomes more desirable. Plus I know that with Blanton's some people collect the product for the caps themselves because the horse on top is different from bottle to bottle, and each bottle cap will have a different letter on it.
Hi Phil, thanks for answering my question. Yes, agree anConc 18 is excellent. Got the Speyburn 15 last week, but the only Jura I actually liked was the superstition. Love your vids. Slàinte
Thanks for the question David! Ha, shows how subjective it all is. I will have to revisit the superstition at some point.
The glendronach 12 is truly something special. I'm on my 6th bottle.
I feel like Ralfy was snubbed in the 3 whiskey personalities question. That guy is a knowledge machine when it comes to whiskey.
Yes he has great knowledge but that may not translate well into a dinner or social personality.
I think Ralfy is nice to have as someone to rant and rave about Scotch. The 3 he named are more people who actually own whiskey businesses so it will be more educational how they see the full process.
I would love to chat to Ralfy one on one rather than the three. He would have some great rants and stories.
Well done sir! Cheers from Saskatchewan 😃🥃
I don't have anyone who enjoys whisky like I do... they don't nose it, they don't try to figure out the tastes... when I pour one of my whisky bottles that I bought with my hard earned money, I wanna make the whisky front and center. I realized I won't be getting this sharing it with my buddies... they just wanna get drunk. So I mostly drink alone and I love it. (it was one of the lessons I learned in my journey... single malt is not a social drink, it won't replace having a beer with friends... it's a different experience. That is unless you're rich enough that you don't mind going over a $200 bottle without paying much attention to it).
You got me with the Rare Breed and ECBP! Those are near and dear to me.
I did was lucky to be treated to taste a few at Liquor Land Stonefields. I am a pelted Smokey sherry cask finished fan. I was treated to a few especially from Isla. They were great and then they brought out the Thomson’s peated it was fantastic and cheaper than many of the others I was tasting. Have you done a session on NZ Whiskies?
No shirt! Benromach is the Springbank stand-in? Damn. No wonder it's hard to get ahold of in these parts. Springbank doesn't even come up to Sector O. I spent a couple of years looking for a decent replacement for HP Einar, having numerous correspondents directing me to the nonexistent Springbank. I finally found my goal in Benromach 15. (Bowmore 12 is passing acceptable, too.) It's fairly difficult to obtain around here. So...Can you keep that on the down-low? Just between you and the limited number of folks who might have been paying attention as you glossed over it? ;)
Ben Nevis Glencoe is in my top 3, 100% worth a go, if you can find it.
Loving the channel, keep up the good work!
Kia ora, Phil! In NZ right now and need to pick up a bottle of the Moss! Any stores in Auckland you recommend I shop at for good prices?
Hey mate! Buy it directly from the distillery website.
As to finding new whiskeys without spending a ton, there are bars in my area that are very whiskey specialized and I've found some of my favorite bottles doing tasting flights and talking to the bartender. I'm wondering if this is not common outside the US.
Hey Phil great videos you make keep going 👍. 100% agree with you on John Paul.... I don't like it. Tried several times different time it just doesn't work for me. However 18 loch lomond I like it but 12 is just better my everyday sipper. Cheers
Thanks Jozef! I mis spoke in the video and actually meant the Inchmurrin 18. I’m a big fan of the Loch Lomond 12 though.
Mate, where in NZ are you? Would be good to have a dram with you one day.
Might be able to get a old bottling of the Arran 'The Bothy' Quarter Cask for 43.7 GBP - yay or nay?
I asked a guy in an Edinburgh whisky shop if they had any Ben Nevis - I had one in Fort William a few days earlier and enjoy it. Guy in Edinburgh said it's not that easy to get hold of because most of the whisky is shipped to Japan and ends up in nikka blended whisky.
Love the content phil. Keep it up. Slainte
Thanks Chris!
Whiskey finished in black walnut syrup barrels is heavenly - Cooper's Daughter Black Walnut is my personal fav...
If you like the Speyburn 15... step it up and get the 18. It is fantastic
Kia Ora Phil, where ru based in NZ? Im in Cambridge, travel a lot tho in NZ. Perhaps a dram one day mate!
You need to do more bourbon phil! 😂👊 i loved old grandad bonded. We cant get the Old grandad 114 here.😪 i just tried Jack Daniels bonded 50% quite nice. I wouldnt might exploring a few more higher proof bourbons. Not cheap. But hey love my new journey exploring scotish and irish whiskies. I love the illicit still 12yr glenlivet it beats the licensed dram. I really enjoyed the glenturret triple wood 2022. Yum. I like my spiced rums. We need more videos phil.😁👊🎥🎥🎥 Nice to see a kiwi rocking it. I want to try some irish and smokey. This journey aint cheap for us kiwis.keep up the great work of have learned alot. And the journey has only just begun.😝🤘🤘🤘🌏🌏🌏🥝🥝🥝🌿🌿🌿🌿
Springbank being rare is kind of annoying but the bar I worked at recently got a bottle of an independently bottle springbank cuvée of 1965 and 1993 distillate finished in I believe champagne casks, ludicrous bottle but smelled absolutely unreal
Great topic my favourite ia original longmorn 16 and springbank 10
The original Longmorn is legendary. Great picks!
Wow! Inchmurrin 18 you don’t like it!? One of my favorite 18-y and it is so affordable. Fully agree on Japanese whisky. I live in Japan and actually stopped buying Japanese whiskies. It is now on the road to recovery though. 😊
Yeah it’s totally a personal taste thing. But I agree on the value, incredible considering it’s age. There’s just a ‘farmy’ note I can’t get past. It’s strange as I love the Loch Lomond 12. Fascinating! I can’t wait to Japanese whisky takes the stage again for most whisky drinkers.
Love Blanton. But, but, I don’t go out of my way to find it. If I come across a bottle for around $80 USD I will pick it up.
Erik Wait is my #1 interest in having drinks with. I have to say that Ralfy would be exciting too!
Daniel from Whiskey Vault would definitely be my #1 to have some drinks with. Seems like an awesome guy.
Love the Peep Show transition sound
I haven't tried the Loch Lomond 18 yet but I was very impressed with the 12. I compare it to Glenfiddich and I prefer Lomond
I actually meant the Inchmurrin 18. Loch Lomond 18 is great and so is the 12.
kinda surprised by the Paul John, havent had the brilliance, but the edited, and at first it was meh, kinda forgot about it and 6 months later, i did a mini blind tasting at home, and the edited was very good. Its a bottle i kinda forget but everytime im happy to sip it, it got some orangy signature but with a weird non scotch grasy note. It really needed time, and maybe the hint of peat in it elevates it and counters the sweetness.
Single malt, sherry cask only for me. My preference is 2nd fill, 3rd fill, 4th fill sherry casks, which are among the unbeatable whiskys out there.
As I'm sure you know, Compass Box makes BLENDED SCOTCH, but highlighting their BLENDED MALT and grouping it together with BLENDED SCOTCH is confusing and misleading.
BLENDED MALT is 100% Malt Whisky, is a completely separate and distinct category of its own, and as Compass Box regularly demonstrates, is in no way inferior to SINGLE MALT; in fact, the category has the potential to be superior to SINGLE MALT because of the flexibility it affords the Master Blender.
I don't see eye-to-eye with you on some of the whiskies you "hate", but I appreciate your opinions & well-made vids ✌️
A couple everyone loves but simply don't sit well with me - Glen Garioch 12 and Talisker 10. It's not like I'll throw them out and it's not like they're bad, it's just something about them that I don't like much.
Well at least you got to try a good batch of ECBP. In my state that is pretty much the best stuff we can find relatively easily but still only seasonally and thrice a year. A fairly high percentage of bottles that appear on a lot of bourbon channels are mostly difficult to get or absurdly over priced even in most of the states because its in demand and the companies keep customers blueballed for certain “special” items… none of which are really any better than ECBP in my and most bourbon boyz opinions. I’ve had some amazing experiences with select random batches of fairly common bottles that kill the hyped stuff I’ve tried. The best stuff I’ve had isn’t so “sweet” as much as it is complex fruits and brown sugar antique wood resins in a balanced way where its not high in caramel/vanilla flavors. Think either red or green apples or peaches as the base flavors with random semi tannic antique mixed wood / country cooking flavors as secondary evolving flavors. I do enjoy the sweeter more basic floral stuff too though personally. Favorite bottle of scotch remains dimple pinch 15 and I realize its in poor taste to most and just a blend but i adore it. I thought Laphroigh 10 was beautiful but I would never want to regular swig a heavily peated item like that, too warming for my blood.
Thanks for the super informative comment! Fascinating stuff, especially how these special release whiskies are even hard to get state to state. How interesting!
@@FirstPhilWhisky yeah we have government controlled sales stores in my state for hard liquor and I’m not far from kentucky yet we still have to drive around to random stores at random times in hopes of finding seasonal release bottles like elijah barrel proof because everyone wants it and you cant special order or reserve it. Buffalo trace in particular sends a big portion of their best stuff overseas in marketing ploys. Bourbon is an infuriating game over here.
How does Independent bottling whiskies work? What is their process? I was in Scotland recently (from the US) and the shops I went too were talking them up and pushing them hard. Are they worth it or is it better to get the whiskey they bottled straight from the source?
Distilleries (or their owning companies, actually) bottle their whisky at specific ages and the goal is partly to have consistently between batches. Independent bottlers buy casks of whisky, or whisky to be filled into their own casks, which they bottle when they feel it is ready. The batches are mostly one-offs so consistency is not an issue. They may also add a finish that is unique and they frequently bottle at cask strength, un-chillfiltered and uncoloured. Most distillery owners have sales brokers who sell to the independents and they provide regular lists of what is available. In some cases, Gordon & Macphail for example, an independent bottler will have a standing contract with a distillery to buy a certain amount of whisky each year. They are definitely worth it but not necessarily for a beginner - I’d try standard distillery bottlings first and when you find a distillery you like then try some independent bottlings of their whisky as well. Also, a lot of the IBs, Douglas Laing and Compass Box for example, produce some excellent blended malts that are worth exploring.
My whisk(e)y personalities would be John Campbell formerly from Laphroaig. Booker Noe, and not in the whiskey industry but he loved whiskey, "too much of anything is bad but too much good whiskey is barely enough" & "the more people I meet, the more I like my dog". Mr. Samuel Clemens aka Mark Twain
Or Anthony Bourdain, but mostly because his approach to food, drink, and people is something I admire.
I like woodford reserve blue label malt. Green river is good also
I heard someone say Ben Nevis... good call. That's fantastic stuff, especially as it gets deep into its teens.
anCoc has been slept on for years. Fantastic whisky.
Now im curious what you paid for that elijah craig barrel proof. They arent expensive at all in america.
It was $175 nzd, about $100 usd
@@FirstPhilWhisky yeah thats about 1.5 times the cost here
I bet Australian whisky is phenomenal!
Arran quarter cask is fking excellent!
One of my first high ABV bottles. So over due for a new one
Oh man... yesterday I came up on a huge deal on a Port Charlotte 10... but I already went overboard with my whisky buying this year so I mustered all my power to not buy it... I feel dirty.
Couldn't agree more about Macallan. Yes, they're justifiably well-known but - much like Louis Roederer Cristal champagne or Cloudy Bay wines - you're paying for the name as much as the quality. And when a standard 18 year old Macallan costs almost _three times_ as much as many other 18 year old single malts, thats a lot of name to be paying for.
Budget whiskey? Try Evan Williams Bonded. It hits way above its price range.
I never thought about population size as a reason why bourbon isn’t exported as much as Scotch, but it makes total sense. Scotland produces a tremendous amount of whisky. I know the Brits can handle their alcohol with the best of them, but not even they can drink that much whisky. Whereas in America, there are 335 million of us. We don’t all drink whiskey, obviously, but millions of us do.
Exactly. I wish they would export more though, I want to give bourbon a better chance.
@@FirstPhilWhisky I’m sure you know this but your audience probably doesn’t. Until the 2000’s, America didn’t have many actual distilleries. We still had laws on the books from after Prohibition which made it practically impossible to open a new distillery. I live near Philadelphia, one of America’s largest cities. It didn’t have even one distillery until 2010. Point being, America, for its size, doesn’t produce much whiskey. Only in the last decade are we starting to barrel a lot of whiskey. So I suspect you’ll be seeing more American whiskey, including bourbon, in the next ten years but right now our distilleries can hardly keep up with domestic demand. Love the channel, by the way. Cheers from Pennsylvania.
Whisky is best enjoyed with friends. If you are after Australian whisky, get into “Morris of Rutherglen”. Great Aussie sherry bomb.
Regarding standard bottles of single malts I'd say the most overrated was Glenfiddich and the most underrated Highland Park
The japanese also filled their bottles with scotch and canadian firewater
Over-rated doesn’t mean over-priced, you simply mixed between the two, for example Macallan 18 year Sherry oak is consistent good if you compare with 18 years of other brands
Have had some lovely Indy bottlings of Ben Nevis. Don’t know what’s available on that side of the world though…
You have to head to Tassie. Or at least get a bottle of Overeem. Their cask strength Port barrel is to die for.
You should join up with Nick and Ted from the Whisky Waffle podcast.
They are entertaining and seem to know everyone at every distillery in Tassie.
Amazing. I’m so keen, it’s not even that far for me to get to. Great suggestion
More doable than Scotland, even with another one on the way.
Hobart is nice, loads of good distilleries within an hours drive. You should to a long weekend trip for sure.
Actually, get a bottle of Heartwood from Tim Duckett if you can. He’s an IB and has been buying barrels from distilleries since the early days of Tassie Whisky. Pricy, but certainly worth it
Ha ha. Glencaddam comes from Brechin which is where I come from
Amazing!
1:01 my dad...
Thank you
Thanks for watching!
Why don't you like the Talisker Skye?
Not sure. Just not my personal taste I guess
I think buying bottles is a terrible way to taste whisky. Best is probably tastings. Free tastings at a bottle shop, or even paid tastings in your area. Following that would be whisky bars that do smaller tasting pours. And bottles dead last; the goal probably isn't to know a little bit about whisky a decade from now when you've tried a hundred bottles or so. And with all of those bring a friend and share your drinks; a 15ml tasting pour is more than you need and a 700ml bottle is way more than you need.
GROUNDSKEEPER WILLIE!!
I would say another overrated one is Wellers. Wellers special reserve is a good whiskey for the 21 dollars and change my local liquor store sells it for. The reason I say it's overrated is that I have heard of people routinely paying from 70 to well over a hundred bucks for it