Originally Posted by
dhammer53
I tasted this a couple of weeks ago in SYD. It was good, but overpriced.
A$66 is about USD$59, and for a few bucks more, I'd buy the real thing Lagavulin, or it's less expensive cousin, other Islay single malts.
No way will I spend A$66 on JW. FYI, I thought SYD duty free was very expensive vs other airports.
SYD is getting more expensive but the package deal of A$99 was a reasonable trade off considering those of us who do not live in the US tend to pay our health care premiums through our purchases of alcohol. (And I'd rather pay $5 a bottle more every couple of months than $800 a month to an insurance company!) But also, this stuff isn't widely available so makes a good offering to one's whiskey loving friends.
What I miss at SYD were those 200ml bottles of JW Black that went for A$5 a bottle. Worked out to be cheaper than the liter bottles. I think they're up to A$9 now so not a good deal.