Scotch Whisky / Bourbon Whiskey thread
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BarnBuster
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Ratings and reviews aren't good. Company has no physical address on website, hinky email contact # and 4 poor reviews on FB.
Scammers are jumping on the bourbon popularity bandwagon. I've seen a few sites selling "too good to be true" pricing on bourbon as well.
raratt
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Exactly why I said what I did.Ratings and reviews aren't good. Company has no physical address on website, hinky email contact # and 4 poor reviews on FB.
BarnBuster
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Is that the same as: Lagavulin Offerman Edition? One of the two Scotch's I picked up because the reviews were so good. The other was a Laphroaig Cask Strength 10 Yr.
Singlemalt
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Nice find!
edit: Oops, didn't read the thread far enough
raratt
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Caveat Emptor.
Coldnasty
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Yup that’s the one. Great stuff
BarnBuster
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Here's another Scotch that's been getting good reviews and my State store has it relatively cheap ($55) and 96 proof.
"The Glenlivet 12 Years Illicit Still".
www.whiskybase.com
"The Glenlivet 12 Years Illicit Still".
Glenlivet 12-year-old - Ratings and reviews - Whiskybase
Glenlivet 12-year-old 12 yr. The strength of this whisky is 48.0 % Vol. A bottle from Glenlivet
www.whiskybase.com
BarnBuster
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Use to seal up spirit bottles
Hiphophippo
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I can’t drink scotch that stuff fucks me up and makes me sick I don’t sip i guzzle that’s the real problem
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