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[Closed] Bringing whisky back from Islay

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Off to Islay in a couple of weeks for a short stay (2 nights). Plan is to visit a few distillerys and probably involve purchasing a few bottles for enjoying at home.
Will be flying, ( southampton to glasgow and glasgow to islay), and only have hand luggage booked.

The question is how am i going to be able to get 4-6 bottles home? I did think about trying to find a nice strong box and then posting it home. Maybe the islay postoffice have some sort of dedicated service for this?

Any great ideas?


 
Posted : 24/03/2013 6:11 pm
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The distilleries may offer a posting service? Can't hurt to ask.


 
Posted : 24/03/2013 6:13 pm
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If you cycled there you could put them in your panniers?


 
Posted : 24/03/2013 6:28 pm
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Many of the distilleries will post them for you.


 
Posted : 24/03/2013 6:31 pm
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Ah, yes thanks for pointing out the obvious. Not sure why i thought that i was going to have to sort the postage out myself. The distillery shops must post out hundreds of bottles everyday.

Thanks all


 
Posted : 24/03/2013 7:08 pm
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Bear in mind that unless you are going for factory specials, you will find most Islay stuff cheaper in the super markets.the nearest i got to the stuff on the island was a taste during a distillery visit


 
Posted : 24/03/2013 8:19 pm
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True dat ^^^ Good [s]excuse[/s] reason to spend at least £50+ on each bottle to get something a little bit special 🙂


 
Posted : 24/03/2013 9:04 pm

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