do whiskies vary depending on where you buy them?

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do whiskies vary depending on where you buy them?

Postby JohnnyV » 04 Feb 2012, 16:26

I first tried to google this in order to spare you from a potential stupid question, but with no luck. So bear with me.
As the title says, I'm wondering if whiskies do in fact vary depending on where in the world you happen to buy them.
I have felt subtle differences myself, but I'm not sure if it has been my imagination or factual differences in the whisky.
What's your thoughts?
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Re: do whiskies vary depending on where you buy them?

Postby MacDeffe » 04 Feb 2012, 16:34

Batch variations, and different batches go to different parts of the world. So whisky do vary depending on where you buy them, usually not a lot. Whisky do also vary if you buy a bottle now and one more a year from now, same place, but it might be a different batch

The differences can be more obvious, like the 3 different singletons from Diageo, but it would be a stretch to call them the same whisky

Others, like the legendary 100 proof Springbanks, have also been very different (100 proof is different ABV in US and in UK), but this can also hardly be described as the same whisky in my book

I have never heard of the apparently same whisky being designed differently for differerent markets, similar to Coca-cola being fashioned to local tastes around the world

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Re: do whiskies vary depending on where you buy them?

Postby corbuso » 06 Feb 2012, 16:57

Depends on the meaning of your question.
If about price, the price of the whiskies will vary quite a lot depending on the retailer ;)

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