The Best Ardbeg Whisky Investment

[@MarkLittler]

BUY THIS BOTTLE: shop.marklittler.com/product/ardbeg-lord-of-the-isles/ - sure it's slightly over auction prices - but it's the lowest UK retail price by a long way AND we offer wordwide shipping.

[@YoJimBo851610]

The Glendronach 15 and 18 a few years ago had older whiskey than the age statement on the bottle.

[@kurjan1]

I adore Lord of the Isles. I fell in love with it during sampling at an Ardbeg function in Singapore. I bought a few bottles, but, as you say it became discontinued and I drank them all. So annoyed at myself now. I just saw on Whisky Exchange it being offered for over $4000.00 AUD. Still might work my way to getting a bottle. Shhh, don't let the minister of the treasury and warfare know. The only core range bottle I have in my collection which remains in mint condition, unopened, with Parafilm seal is an old blue bottle in blue canister of 30yo Glenfiddich.

[@haikitmichaeltruong3358]

I agree with you completely. Although definitely not as old as the Lord of the Isles bottling you referenced here, and also not a Scotch, the Hibiki core range has seen this happen through their aged releases being discontinued. You used to be able to buy the 12 year old for under £40 in Tesco, now look at their prices. The same goes for their 17 and 21 year olds. It's also evident in many of the Macallan core range bottles of yesteryear. To say a bottle is not a good investment whisky, simply because it's a core range bottling, is absolutely untrue.

[@MarkLittler]

Hey - good to hear from you again. 100% on Hibiki too - the prices have gone wild havn't they. I wonder what Tesco bottle will be the next one we wished we had bought more of. One of my regrets is not buying more Lagavulin 16 when it was only £30-40RRP - it's one of my all time favourite drams and now the price is just jumping like mad at RRP. And I agree totally with your sentiment too! It's all about identifying value rather than just following the market.

[@haikitmichaeltruong3358]

@@MarkLittler Agree with you on the Lagavulin! I woke up one day and the prices had almost doubled overnight! Same happened with Glenfarclas 25 just to add another to the list. Costco were selling them for £99 not so long ago, and I thought they'd be around for a while at that price. How wrong was I?! I should've stocked up. Now they're £215 RRP at least. Another great drinker core range whisky that's shot up in value exponentially! 😩

[@VaryingViewpoint]

Look at what happened to the entire core range of Sprinkbank in the last two years.

[@MarkLittler]

Exactly - and a video about this is on the way too - as the market is now starting to turn for some of their bottles....

[@scottmichals9191]

Love it Mark!! Like I said, I am from Louisville, KY USA, (bourbon capital of the world) and I have a nice collection of Bourbon. I have recently discovered that very high end, nice scotch sits on the shelves here. In the past week I have purchased a bottle of 2014 Macallan Rare Cask for $200 with a perfect condition box, from someone in my bourbon group. I also purchased Lagavulin 12 year 2021 Special Release and Lagavulin 11 Year Offerman edition Guinness Cask Finish (2021 Whisky Advocate #1 most exciting whisky) from my local grocery store for $130 and $85. I love your content and keep up the good work!!

[@MetroCollectablesandvlogs]

Hey Scott, I am in AZ and was thinking the same. buying older bottles, but where do you go if you want to sell them. Thats the hard part.

[@markfiddy395]

Interesting video. My “collection” is pretty much all core range, the best performing one appears to be Macallan Directors Edition for reasons I cant fathom, now appears to sell around £400 at auction possibly todays Bells decanter?!!

[@MarkLittler]

Haha - I think it will always be better than a Bells Decanter :) And you say "collection" but they all start somewhere - wait 5 years and I bet you end up with a whisky room to hold all your bottles 😂

[@sorrowmmussy1649]

Hey Mark, lovely video as always. Few thoughts around the value and investment we make. Taking into account inflation (especially recent rising of it in each country %) It's interesting to notice, that these bottle $$$ Especially the 40-yo Glenfarclas will 100% increase in value. Question is from my side to you, will it outpace the normal inflation values to the bottle itself? Currently you can find it easily 900-1.2k range. 10 years down the line it might go up to 10k. Depending on each year how we are currently going, I would guess (note on the guess part fellas :D ) The actual value - inflation for this investment would be around 300 after 10 years. Would be interesting to know if you have some math behind this also. To end, as I said, not rebuking or stating it's not a great choice, Im far off in this field than 99% of you, just curious and recently getting into whiskey tasting and investing. So your opinion and insights are very interesting to hear. Thank you

[@MarkLittler]

Hey - well, my wife is a finacial advisor. The markets will always be the safest place to invest from a regulatory point of view. And if people took the risks with stocks that they take with bottles people would be very wealthy. However, bottles are a great hedge and also a lot of fun. I'd never advise anyone to put more than they can afford to loose into whisky inevstments - but as you well know - historically they have been great! What bottles do you have in your collection?

[@krubin8942]

Looking forward to hear your thoughts on the Glenallachie 21 and 30y batch series. I guess these will be "core ranges" as well. Love your stuff, keep up the good work Sir.

[@MarkLittler]

We're working on a Glenallachie video at the min - hopefully will be ready in aout 4 weeks!

[@lightplays2181]

My favorite , ARDBEG ! I lked this whisky but dont like price ))) Cheers Mark !

[@MarkLittler]

Haha - I know - it would have been nice to get a few at £100 eh! Madness. I've never had the chance to try it - but by all accounts it's incredible.

[@lightplays2181]

@@MarkLittler )))

[@VaryingViewpoint]

Great video!

[@MarkLittler]

Thank you :) Thanks for taking the time to comment too. Are you a drinker, collector, or a bit of both?

[@YoJimBo851610]

48👍

[@jujtan5412]

By keeping btls for so many years, liquid level would drop thru angels share. Especially for collectors in the tropics. Surely that will affect the value in future?

[@MarkLittler]

Technically they shouldn't suffer from the angels share if they are stored correctly. That is much easier said than done in the topics though!