03-11-2009, 09:29 PM
For those in the GR area, there's a fairly new place that opened up over by the Woodland Mall, ABC Fine Wine, or something like that. They seem to have a very good selection of liquor, and the prices seem to be quite competitive (picked up a bottle of scotch for $15 less then the last place I got it)... only thing is, come knowing what exactly it is you want.
When I was getting my scotch today, I was asking the clerk some questions about the various brands, and dude knew nothing. I'd ask how one compared to another, which ones were highland malts, stuff that is pretty common when it comes to scotch and he'd just tell me that he hadn't tried them, or that he hasn't heard anything about them. For the way they've tried to promote themselves as being a high end specialty store, they sure don't seem to have the knowledge you'd like to see.
Looks like in the future I'll be going to Martha's to ask questions, and then ABC to make the actual purchase.
When I was getting my scotch today, I was asking the clerk some questions about the various brands, and dude knew nothing. I'd ask how one compared to another, which ones were highland malts, stuff that is pretty common when it comes to scotch and he'd just tell me that he hadn't tried them, or that he hasn't heard anything about them. For the way they've tried to promote themselves as being a high end specialty store, they sure don't seem to have the knowledge you'd like to see.
Looks like in the future I'll be going to Martha's to ask questions, and then ABC to make the actual purchase.