This is news I’ve been waiting to hear!
Costco Cognac, mmm!
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Can’t wait to try the Isley!
Sorry messed up that post
@mso489
What you said about Costco only offering a a small selection of choices is spot on. Barry Schwartz wrote a book about the “paradox of choice” and he has a very interesting Ted talk about
The paradox of choice
Psychologist Barry Schwartz takes aim at a central tenet of western societies: freedom of choice. In Schwartz's estimation, choice has made us not freer but more paralyzed, not happier but more dissatisfied.
Heading to Costco in CT tomorrow so will check they’re selection.
The gf, who loves Cognac, was about to put that Kirkland Cognac in the cart when I looked askance. Boy do I look like an idiot now. I told her as much. Next trip.
Picked these 3 up today. Was going to get the XO Cognac but decided to hold off as I was getting the whiskies. Is that he XO usually around? Don’t know if the small batch Tennessee Bourbon is a standard offering. Having some now in a Manhattan with a bowl of KBV Dark Fired Cherry. A good pairing. Prices are a bit higher in CT still a great deal. With tax was $99.
I’d be interested to hear what you think of the Islay when you try it. Is there any suggestion on the bottles as to who the actual distillers are?
Not that I can see. Alexander Murray is on the label. Don’t know that helps.
Alexander Murray is an independent bottler that does a fair amount of scotch. The Islay distiller isn't disclosed, but seems like a Bruichladdich. It's quite good and I don't think that it can be beat at the price point.
I grabbed a bottle of this yesterday when I went back to get some more of their bourbon. Excellent recommendation shanez! Definitely holds it own with much more expensive XO's.
Thanks for the info
I think I’m going to try the Islay and probably the bourbon too
The Costco near my work only had the small batch in but I grabbed a bottle to try. $19.99 for a 1 liter bottle! Can't be bad for that price.
I also picked up a bottle of 15 year old Sam Houston. Really looking forward to trying this.
If the small batch 1792 tastes like I think it will I'll get more at another location that will hopefully have the bottled in bond version.
I'll post some thoughts after I try this stuff.
I also picked up a bottle of 15 year old Sam Houston. Really looking forward to trying this.
If the small batch 1792 tastes like I think it will I'll get more at another location that will hopefully have the bottled in bond version.
I'll post some thoughts after I try this stuff.
I just got a bottle of the Cognac and the Islay Scotch to take with me on vacation. Sampled the cognac last night and thought it was delightful. I'm looking forward to some time in the woods with both!
Before I gave up the vice of alcohol, I used to enjoy Pierre Ferrand cognac, which was relatively inexpensive. Kinda spiked in price over the years.
There was another gimmick cognac I received as a gift, Celt, that supposedly sailed around the globe. It was good, though I doubted the circumnavigating the globe story.
There was another gimmick cognac I received as a gift, Celt, that supposedly sailed around the globe. It was good, though I doubted the circumnavigating the globe story.
Kelt Tour du Monde XO is a stellar Cognac. I've not tried the less aged offerings. I have tried their Petra though which is about $1700/bottle. My personal opinion is that the Petra would be worth maybe another $50/bottle over the XO but certainly not $1500/bottle more.
To be fair though I didn't try the Petra from a regular bottle. It was one of those little airplane bottles that was free with a couple of glasses in a Christmas box of the XO. It shouldn't make a difference though.
Costco seemed to have plenty of it and it was about $30/bottle less than other retailers.
I bought a Sam Houston 14 year old last year and haven’t cracked it yet. Looks like tonight might be the night.
My local Costco does not carry alcohol, so it’s a 35-40 min drive each way to one which does.
I did made the journey once.
Good - I found an excellent 21 yo Single Malt. Researching later, I understood that those are generally rejected Macallan Barrels.
Good - I also found a premium Bourbon offering from Jefferson’s Reserve
Not so good - No choices in the Single Malt Category / mid-range to premium category
Not so good - Feels a bit weird standing in a Costco line with only alcohol, when everyone else is buying groceries
I did made the journey once.
Good - I found an excellent 21 yo Single Malt. Researching later, I understood that those are generally rejected Macallan Barrels.
Good - I also found a premium Bourbon offering from Jefferson’s Reserve
Not so good - No choices in the Single Malt Category / mid-range to premium category
Not so good - Feels a bit weird standing in a Costco line with only alcohol, when everyone else is buying groceries
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