The Whiskey Collection - The Loop Dublin Airport

[TheWhiskeyBro]

This thread is for updates on the availability of exclusive and hard to find Irish Whiskey in Terminal 2, Duty Free @ 'The Loop' in Dublin Airport.

Greenore 19 Single Grain Single Cask #1798 d. 05.12.90 b. 29.10.10 @ 60.5% 300 bottles €195
Midleton Bourbon PPS Single Cask #48709 d. 12.11.91 b. 10.10.10 @ 53.7% 204 bottles? €250
Bushmills Bourbon Barrel Single Cask #298? d. c.1993 b. c.2006? @ 56.5% €175 (Maison du Whisky)

Although the above prices are eye watering also worth noting in terms of availability are:

John L. Sullivan Irish Whiskey 1L @ 40.0%
Kellan Irish Whiskey 1L @ 40.0%
Jameson Distillers Selection Old Irish Whiskey Aged 12 Years d. 1993 b. 2005? @ 43.0% 5,000 bottles.

If you arrive early in Terminal 1 in Dublin Airport, once you are through security and airside you can walk to your left after security, walk to the end of the corridor turn right , take lifts down 1 level at you will find the Irish Whiskey Collection down to the right hand corner of the duty free shopping area after you come out of the lifts. (About 10/15 mins walk). You can use the shop and collect service if buying at non-duty free prices.

It appears they are continually trying to source whiskeys to ensure they have the largest duty free selection of Irish Whiskey.

[varizoltan]

the Greenore is 195 euros

[TheWhiskeyBro]

Fixed that thanks

[JohnM]

[John]

I hate to be beating the 'value for money' drum AGAIN, but €195 for a 19yo grain whiskey seems way over the top for me. Many of the 21yo quality single malts and blends are available at just over half the cost of that. Where exactly are Cooley going with this pricing strategy?? Their 17yo single malt was priced way under €195!!

Maybe however this is probably more the fault of the 'The Loop' (ironic name considering they are defintely not in 'the Loop' when it comes to market value! ) From what I can gather from the general commentary on the new stores in T2, the one common feature that they all share is that their goods and services are all priced at a premium, whether the premium is warranted or not!

[IrishWhiskeyChaser]

I hate to be beating the 'value for money' drum AGAIN, but €195 for a 19yo grain whiskey seems way over the top for me. Many of the 21yo quality single malts and blends are available at just over half the cost of that. Where exactly are Cooley going with this pricing strategy?? Their 17yo single malt was priced way under €195!!

The whiskey is only 95Euro and an extra 100euro for the box

I wonder how long they will be in stock for ... taking bets now. I think we should go in years for this one though

[Luke Gough]

This thread is for updates on the availability of exclusive and hard to find Irish Whiskey in Terminal 2, Duty Free @ 'The Loop' in Dublin Airport.

€195.00 for a 19YO Grain??? Blinking Flip!!!

"...exclusive and hard to find Irish Whiskey..."? Long may it stay that way!

DOWN - with this sort of thing!

[IainB]

Careful Now!

[Luke Gough]

Careful Now!

"That would be an Ecumenical matter..."

"Lantherin' Jaysus!" Does anyone else have an opinion on these, ahh, premium prices?

This month's tasting should throw up some interesting debate.

[John]

John,
Did you get that image from the Loop website? I can't seem to find out what the rest of the range is and what prices are being charged - anyone have a good link?
J.

[DavidH]

Does anyone else have an opinion on these, ahh, premium prices?

Although it means I can't buy it, if they can sell at that price, then it's the correct price. I wish people wouldn't pay these prices though. We could send a clear signal what we think is a fair price if we kept our money in our wallets. I am optimistic that this is happening with the recession - the whiskey standards seem to be permanently "on offer" these days.

[JohnM]

John,
Did you get that image from the Loop website? I can't seem to find out what the rest of the range is and what prices are being charged - anyone have a good link?
J.

Hi John

No, I got it from Cooley's facebook page...

[jcskinner]

Don't want to drag this thread off topic at all, but I've been through Heathrow's World of Whiskies twice recently and the prices really do put Dublin to shame. £30 for Bush 16 yo, or £15 for Tyrconnell, for example.
However, they simply don't have anything like a decent selection of Irish whiskey at all. (Even worse when it comes to Japanese or World whiskies.)
They told me there this morning that they'd love to stock more Irish whiskeys but simply can't source the stock! Can't get the Redbreast 15 yo, or older Tyrconnells or Connemaras, or even the Bush 21 yo. There's not even any Powers or Paddys.
Instead, they have a moribund little corner of standard Jamesons, Bush and some Tyrconnell, Kilbeggan blend and regular Connemara, dwarfed by a spectacular range of Scotch.
I think that the Irish distillers are missing an opportunity here. The WoW guys told me they get asked about Irish whiskeys all the time, but just can't source them from the manufacturers. Apparently they recently asked IDL about a limited edition, and instead were given the travel retail signature reserve.
Heathrow is a major hub for whiskey retail, and in the few minutes I spent there this morning, they must have sold in the region of a £1,000 worth of Scotch. Their prices are keen, and they have a lot of people coming through the place, including many people who are keen to purchase limited, rare and expensive whiskey.
I'm delighted to see that Dublin airport now stocks a great range of Irish whiskey. I hope the Irish whiskey industry will build on this and seek to emulate the Dublin range in other airports like Heathrow.

[matt]

I visited the Shop in terminal 2 on Monday. Had a great talk whit the Staff and the told me the get in a full Midleton collection (1984-2010).
It will be on sale for 27´000 Euro.
The Midleton Single cask is selling well, nummers going at the moment are around 130.
Ther is also a Knappogue Castle 1951. (no cask nr. on bottle)

[IrishWhiskeyChaser]

.... get in a full Midleton collection (1984-2010).
It will be on sale for 27´000 Euro.

A mere €1000 a bottle on average ... bargain

[JohnM]

I visited the Shop in terminal 2 on Monday. Had a great talk whit the Staff and the told me the get in a full Midleton collection (1984-2010).
It will be on sale for 27´000 Euro.
The Midleton Single cask is selling well, nummers going at the moment are around 130.
Ther is also a Knappogue Castle 1951. (no cask nr. on bottle)

The single cask versions of the 1951 generally have "36 years" on the neck and don't come in the box. The other versions are generally vattings, I think.

[matt]

Hi John,
I am not sure if ther was someting on the Neck. But ther was a red Box with it in the Display.
Slainte

[DublinGus]

T2 Midleton Single Cask €250

Has sold out a couple of weeks ago.

The Irish whiskey store in T2 don't know if there going to bottle another 19yrs old cask, or leave it for a while longer to make it a 20yrs old cask.

[JohnM]

http://www.moodiereport.com/document.ph ... c_id=28307

[IrishWhiskeyChaser]

http://www.moodiereport.com/document.php?c_id=31&doc_id=28307

It's quite astonishing somebody did not do it sooner but brilliant to hear it's success.

Not been through it but from the picture it looks quite small but very nicely done at the same time.

[DublinGus]

The shop is open plan and well designed. For me a major plus was how friendly and knowledgeable the staff were, the young fella who served me loved it when I could hold a whiskey conversation with him. Another plus is you can collect your whiskey on the way back from your journey.
Good to hear of the plans for T1, Cork and Shannon.

[rathbeggan]

Congratulations to the Whiskey Collection at Dublin Airport for winning an international retail award:

http://www.dublinairport.com/gns/at-the ... 84123.aspx

[kurtbenoit]

In the Loop over the weekend, they have a new Midleton Single Cask which is exclusive to the Loop. It's cask number 48710, the first one was 48709. There's 197 bottles and the same price as the first one (250 euro). The guy in the shop said there was 4 casks purchased by the Loop, so 2 down and 2 to go. He also said that Cooley have other exclusives to come to the Loop aswell, to follow the Greenore 19 year old. Plans for a 19 year old Tyrconnal and a Connemara, most likely single casks.