Post #346907 by The Gnomon on Fri, Nov 30, 2007 6:44 AM

On 2007-11-27 11:11, Scottes wrote:

On 2007-11-27 08:23, The Gnomon wrote:
So far AE 21 yr has never gone on sale and I'm reluctant to spring for the $160 even though it would be a treat.

Appleton Estate 21-year-old for $160?!?!? I think I paid $65 for it...

Wow, I see it for as low as $67 in Arkansas up to $140 in Chicago. Ouch on the high end!

Good news and bad news.

The good news is the quotes I got over the phone from two county stores that carried it were from people with thick foreign accents (non-Hispanic, otherwise, I'd've gotten the quotes en castellanito). When I showed up at one of those stores to get something else they had that no one else did, I checked out the AEs, of course. They had been telling me $116 and it always sounded like $160.

The good news is that it's $44 cheaper than I thought. The bad news is that I'm still not springing for it at $116. Last bottle I had was a gift. As you might imagine, I nursed that bottle for a long time. Probably coulda used the inert gas to keep it longer. Toward the end I just used it up fast. Can't remember what I paid before that, but it was a long time ago. I only sort of remember what it tastes like because I use a lot of Extra. Extra costs me $26 on sale. I don't recall the 21 yr being 4 to 5 times better. More like twice as good.