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its actually in the Scotch Whiskey market. Sometime over 15 years ago, the conventional wisdom of the time seemed to be that the "fad" (or fashion, if you will) for aged single-malt scotch would wind down in 15 years time, leaving some distileries overloaded with stock that wouldn't go anywhere.
so they cut down production.
significantly.
15 years later, and the fashion has increased n-fold, and suddenly the distileries are finding themselves out of stock for a great many popular brands. In particular, Oban 14 and Lagevulin 16 are (2 of the 6 "classic" malts) are now on the "very hard to get list". In Virginia, Oban jumped in price from $45 to $75 a bottle (and what you see in the stores is all VA's going to get for the rest of the year), and the Lagevulin simply can't be found at all.
Thank god for privately-owned stores. I found the Lag up in New Jersey (mind you, for $20 more than I paid for the same bottle 2 years ago) to get for a co-worker. And this place had a lot of it. Probably more Lag in this store than in the entire state of Virginia right now. While I was at it, the MacAllan seems to be in the opposite situation, and has an overstock of the 12 (though the 15 is long-gone as an item -- seems they don't want to risk losing stock for their 18s now), so I got a bottle of that for about $12 less than I would have paid in VA. Kinda makes up for it.
Also got a bottle of a 16 of something I'd never seen before, but i'm holding on to that for the annual party. If i'm risking a scotch i've never had before, i'm *not* doing it alone.
so they cut down production.
significantly.
15 years later, and the fashion has increased n-fold, and suddenly the distileries are finding themselves out of stock for a great many popular brands. In particular, Oban 14 and Lagevulin 16 are (2 of the 6 "classic" malts) are now on the "very hard to get list". In Virginia, Oban jumped in price from $45 to $75 a bottle (and what you see in the stores is all VA's going to get for the rest of the year), and the Lagevulin simply can't be found at all.
Thank god for privately-owned stores. I found the Lag up in New Jersey (mind you, for $20 more than I paid for the same bottle 2 years ago) to get for a co-worker. And this place had a lot of it. Probably more Lag in this store than in the entire state of Virginia right now. While I was at it, the MacAllan seems to be in the opposite situation, and has an overstock of the 12 (though the 15 is long-gone as an item -- seems they don't want to risk losing stock for their 18s now), so I got a bottle of that for about $12 less than I would have paid in VA. Kinda makes up for it.
Also got a bottle of a 16 of something I'd never seen before, but i'm holding on to that for the annual party. If i'm risking a scotch i've never had before, i'm *not* doing it alone.
