r/Scotch • u/finnpass • 1d ago

Buying IB’s

So I am really getting into independent bottlers like Cadenheads, Signatory, Adelphi, etc. But how do you know what you are buying? Some shops near me have some open bottles but a lot of times there are so few bottles produced that I have no way of trying before buying. Are you guys just buying them with the information on the label/good experiences with previous bottles from the distillery/bottler?

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u/Hpulley4 1d ago

Be glad you don’t live where I do where anything not at the government liquor store needs to be ordered by the case so you aren’t gambling on a bottle you are gambling on at least 6 bottles! And you can’t legally sell it to anyone if you don’t like it, aside from the official government auction which happens a few times a year…

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u/finnpass 1d ago

O wow, that sounds rough! Where are you based? Here in The Netherlands there are luckily a lot of (online) shops with hundreds of bottles to choose from

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u/Hpulley4 1d ago

Canada. We have provincial liquor boards which do all the buying. We can’t import liquor ourselves, only through the board. Hold over from Prohibition.

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u/runsongas 1d ago

TIL Canada had prohibition like the US did. I had to Google it.