tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3101162324715983722.post8907807825832933416..comments2024-03-16T11:28:41.525-04:00Comments on Diving for Pearls: Single Malt Report: Glen Garioch 12 year oldMichaelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02288790197865570681noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3101162324715983722.post-35685307459197833382012-07-18T19:02:35.672-04:002012-07-18T19:02:35.672-04:00Hey Jordan, thank you for your comment.
It pained...Hey Jordan, thank you for your comment.<br /><br />It pained me to call Garioch's pricing reasonable, because outside of the single malt world it's not reasonable. I have 1000s of feelings about the current single malt pricing. That'll probably need to be its own post or series of posts. But in general, I agree with you.<br /><br />But specifically, a whisky without chill-filtering and caramel coloring requires fewer resources in its production thus would cost less to bottle. But the bottlers charge more by advertising the "purity" and "old fashioned-ness" of the product. And the market seems to be buying it. So far.<br /><br />Glen Garioch IS a small distillery, currently producing 1/3rd the spirit that Bruichladdich does (according to the Malt Yearbook). So that almost excuses a higher price BUT they are owned by a conglomerate.<br /><br />The best excuse I can see for their pricing is the ABV. Had they bottled it at 40%ABV, they could have bottled 20% more product than they did at 48%ABV. That's the only defense I can think of at the moment.Diving for Pearlshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02373371259792882112noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3101162324715983722.post-92178655852477731942012-07-18T16:04:30.661-04:002012-07-18T16:04:30.661-04:00I will admit to having mixed feelings about the ra...I will admit to having mixed feelings about the rather significant (50+%) price increases that we've been seeing as some single malts change over to higher ABV and non-chill filtering. On the one hand, I appreciate that they're being released in that fashion, as they're going to be better whiskies. On the other, I just can't see the costs of putting the whiskies out being that much higher to justify the price jumps. When your basic, 10-12 year old whisky gets above $50, you're going to start losing me unless it's really, really good. There are a lot of options for my booze dollars at that point.Jordanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06448702693643593156noreply@blogger.com