20 Year Old Scotch Costco

Kirkland brand scotch.

20 year old scotch costco. Could this possibly be 20 year old macallan price. At about 70 for 750 ml the quality for the price just doesn t hold up like costco s better options. The company sells a range of single malt scotch whiskies from various regions including 12 16 20 and 25 year old expressions as well as some blended scotch whisky. From a mystery distillery in speyside.

170 at least for 45 bucks. While the kirkland signature blended scotch may be one of the best liquor buys at costco its 24 year old cousin doesn t make the cut. Kirkland signature premium small batch bourbon 7 year. Did costco get a deal because they agreed not to put the name on the label.

Ex bourbon 6 mo ex sherry finish. The name comes from the then location of its headquarters in kirkland washington. Fruity and malty with dried figs dates and chocolate covered berries earthy sweet ginger worn leather and fresh toasted dark bread give. In fact i ve never seen any other scotch from kirkland that is not macallan.

Alexander murray country region. Kirkland costco s brand has a new version of its 20 year old speyside single malt with a sherry cask finish link to the last one i reviewed in 2013 here. The name of the company is inspired by his great uncle alexander murray who was born at the beginning of the. Alexander murray co is an independent scotch bottler company run by steve lipp.

This is made by none other than jim beam. Costco sells whisky under its private label kirkland signature which was introduced in 1992. It s produced at the same distillery as cielo tequila. As before this is bottled by those big box contact maestros alexander murray co.

The most telling clue. This weekend i noticed a new version of the 2013 classic. At the beginning of our quest we have gathered all the information on the company that stands behind the kirkland brand scotch. Almost every private label kirkland scotch to date has been macallan.

You ve probably never heard of alexander murray company but according to market watch magazine as of 2016 costco sells 100 000 cases of its scotch per year. This is produced by alexander murray. Please note that msrp may have changed since the date of our review. Costco has a volume deal with spirits companies including edrington and diageo claims mike raymond owner of reserve 101 a top whiskey bar in houston and a judge at the annual whiskies of the world conference.

Kirkland 20 year speyside single malt scotch. Medium to light body with a mild dryness savory notes of sweet barbecue rye bread and. Kirkland 18 year single malt scotch.