Scotch shopping

[Mr. MacDougall]

On the other hand, if you can, you should try before you buy. I've sampled the Johnny Walker blue label and the Bushmill's 21, and my palate is not sophisticated enough to find any significant difference between them and less expensive vintages of the same marque. Therefore, for me, the extra cost of such vintages is not worth the money.

[Drac]

On the other hand, if you can, you should try before you buy. I've sampled the Johnny Walker blue label and the Bushmill's 21, and my palate is not sophisticated enough to find any significant difference between them and less expensive vintages of the same marque. Therefore, for me, the extra cost of such vintages is not worth the money.

Sometimes that can be a case for me too but I recently got a bit of an awakening to how much different superior products can taste. I was in San Diego a month ago and tried a glass of tequila from a set of bottles they had locked up behind the bar. It turned out the investment, that's the only way I can describe the cost, was worth it. I also had a friend bring me back a bottle of 15 year old Haitian rum that was so far beyond everything I had ever had in rum (one of my favorite drinks) that it wasn't even in the same category as previous ones. I can hardly wait to try the 18 year old he has been teasing with.

Jim