AWA Newsflash

AWA to become 25 yo in 2023 (To be celebrated) – Stay tuned.

AWA boycott Put-in-sanity (2022).

AWA celebrated it’s 10 years online in year 2008. The members of awa.dk celebrated the anniversary in Scotland / Islay where we collected more information and pictures to all of you.

Se our reports on our site.

FAQ – Frequently Asked Questions about Whisky

FAQ – Frequently Asked Questions about Whisky

Due to a lot of questions sent to us by e-mail , we will try to answer most possible frequently asked questions about whisky here..

Whisky FAQ – Frequently Asked Questions about Whisky is divided into sections – hope you can use the information below for any type of question you may have.


FAQ – Frequently Asked Questions about Whisky
Price : Q: I found a old bottle of whisky with bla…bla.. bla.. is how much is it worth ?
A: Please se our page with hints here
Selling / buy whisky : Q: I live in ? and are searching for a whisky called ? where can i buy it ?
A: AWA.dk is a none selling, none profit whisky academy. For price, info etc. check our links to Whisky-shops or distillers
Aging :

Q: I found an old bottle of whisky in my cellar is it drinkable ?
A: Whisky do NOT mature or change while on bottle. If not exposed to exteame heat or cold it should be drinkable.
For other hints check our Whisky glossary

How old is awa.dk?

The website was established 28th of february 1998. So in 2018 we celebrate 20 years going strong. Members more or less drinking whisky since 1984… so lots of knowledge.

Manufactor

Q: Who updates and host awa.dk

A: Website is done by Gregers Inoue – https://www.inoue.dk

 

Q: Some of the photo’s looks different and cool, what’s the origin?

A: Most pictures are made by https://foto-labo.com/

Types of whisky : Q: What is the difference between whisky, whiskey , bourbon etc.
A: Please check our Whisky glossary for details.
alt.drinks.scotch-whisky FAQ

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Q: The newsgroup is about scotch whisky. No?
A: The newsgroup is about scotch whisky, yes.

Q: Is whiskey spelled with or without an ‘e’?
A: I think you just answered your own question there, mate.


Q: I don’t know how much water I should add to my Ardbeg 22.
A: Send us your bottle of Ardbeg 22, and we shall return it filled with what we feel is an appropriate amount of water.

Q: The Ardbeg 22 you sent back to me is now perfectly clear, whereas before it was amber in color–what gives?
A: The newsgroup is about scotch whisky, yes.

Q: What to do with the Loch Dhu?
A: Word has it you can do the Dhu in the dumpster.

Q: What’s with that funny perfumy taste with the Bowmore 12?
A: What perfumy taste?

Q: How many ice cubes should I put in my Glenlivet 1961?
A: The history of the guillotine goes back well before the French Revolution. The French doctor Joseph Ignace Guillotine (1738-1814) was supposedly the one who invented the guillotine, but a machine similar to the guillotine had already been built in Germany, England, Italy, Scotland, and Persia. The guillotine itself wasn’t just the machine that was used for executions. When it was used in Germany, England, and Persia, the guillotine wasn’t used in public or for executions. It was used on the farm. It was an axe which was used in slaughtering poultry. So basically, the guillotine was invented or had been used by people who were working on farms. Designed to make execution more humane, the guillotine quickly became a symbol of tyranny during the French Revolution. Victims were placed on a bench, face down, and their necks positioned between the uprights. The actual beheading was very quick, taking less than half a second from blade drop to the victim’s head rolling into the waiting basket. However, debate rages over whether the quickness of the execution was humane or not, as many doctors put forward the notion that it could take up to 30 seconds before the victim lost consciousness. That piece of gruesome news would not have worried the crowd, which continually called for aristocratic and royalist blood to be spilt. An estimated 40,000 people have already lain under the tumbrils to die under Madame Guillotine.

Q: How much Mohr could a Glen Mohr Mohr if a Glen Mohr could Glen Mohr?
A: You have clearly had one dram too many.

 

Q: Some says that alcohol kills Covid-19/Corona, can I drink whisky in ordre to prevent the virus?

A: We are currently testing a lot, to check up on your question!

Price and value of whisky ?

Sorry but links below may no longer work.

We do not supply price or sell whisky. In order to find value search with google.


Price and value of whisky


Searching for value and valuation of old bottle of whisky ?


What is the value of my old whisky Bottlings


Price and value of whisky bottling
Sorry but we are unable to give you an exact value of your bottling. There are millions of different bottlings, collectors value and different interest. We haven't seen a database with price information of world whiskies (like stamps and coins) !
Whenever we have time and are able to set value or price information on single bottlings we will update our Whisky index. But then again the price information is only a hint and it may vary from country to country and in time. (So please only use it as a guideline.)


We can recommend you to take a look at http://www.mctears.com or http://mctears.co.uk in order to search for older bottlings !

The price information on our testpage or in our whiskyindex are guidelines and printed on the given time.

For real-time price information you should check the shops or whisky webselling sites.
or you could search on e-bay for whisky


bottlebooks if your are looking for value of empty bottle check : Digger Odell Bottle price guides sometimes gives you the value of old bottle or decanters..

The old glenfiddich value search are no longer available..

 

Rare Scotch whisky tops world record auction price

A 157-year-old whisky was sold for more than £29,000, $59,200, setting what is thought to be a world record auction price for a bottle of Scotch. The Bowmore single malt, which was bottled in 1850, was sold at McTear’s auctioneers in Glasgow for £29,400 to an anonymous telephone bidder, beating the distillery itself.

The price, which included buyer’s premium, comfortably beat the pre-sale estimate of between 15,000 and £20,000. The whisky, which was was sold on behalf of a private owner, is the oldest known bottle of Bowmore in existence. An auction spokesman said the sale came despite the bottle’s cork dropping into the whisky itself. Bowmore’s brand director Glen Moore said they had planned to bring the bottle back to the distillery to take pride of place in its new visitor centre on the island of Islay, off Scotland’s west coast.

“We bid beyond the value limit we had set ourselves, but unfortunately, the winning bidder went beyond that,” he said. “There are some serious whisky collectors around the world, and we know Bowmore is incredibly popular amongst them.” Twin brothers William and James Mutter operated the distillery from the 1850s until the early 1890s when Bowmore Distillery Company Limited was formed.

The bottle was presented to William Mutter in 1851 at the time of him giving up his share of the distillery and has remained in the family for generations. In 2005, a businessman paid £32,000 for a 1942 bottle of Dalmore 62 Single Highland Malt Scotch Whisky. A bottle of Glenavon Special Liqueur Whisky from the 1850s sold at auction in London for £14,850 last year. afp

Try  a to google the whisky or search for whisky auction

http://www.dramnation.com/auction.htm