Duty free whisky shopping is a scam? Or just badly named? 

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Duty Free can be a good bet but only for experienced whisky monsters like me. I walk past 95 % of it because I'm thinking of a cheap and quality slurp on my holiday. A litre of Ardbeg 10 for less than £50. I'm good with that. One litre Glen Garioch 12 the same. Most of the rest, especially when it's Travel Retail excusive, is absolute pants. Duty Free retail is a market for 'normal whisky buyers' and people like us only occasionally.

I've only been to duty-free shops in the US, the UK, and France, and the prices I've seen were about the same as retail, but in some cases, much lower. Not to mention the access to the travel exclusives, which sometimes are interesting. I recently bought a bottle of Ardbeg Smoketrails Bourbon & Côte Rôtie at Orly in Paris for 74 euro for a 1-liter bottle, and it's delicious. I wish I'd bought more. And they had Glenmorangie Signet for under 200 euros (it's a bit over US$300 in my local market). I think the key is to have good knowledge of the market and prices at regular retail before passing by those tempting duty-free shops.

I use to love duty free years ago (about 10 years ago) when it use to be legit. Now it is just a money grab.

I"ve noticed that some whisky shops in the UK will sell you whisky duty-free if you show them your passport/airline ticket. That's a much better way to get a good deal and find the bottle you actually want.

Another point is a lot of well known single malts have started to make lines just for duty free. For example they may use a lot of marketing, but not make it clear what the age is, or if it is a blend of different aged whisky etc etc. a lot of marketing and a lot of obfuscation.

I only buy at the duty free shop if there is Travel exclusive bottles or i cant find the whisky in Sweden. Cheers.

You just need to know your whiskies and prices. I have a problem finding any bigger selection over 40% ABV in the airports I am travelling. The biggest duty-free scam is not in whisky/whiskey but in local products (Greek products in Greek airports, Italian products in Italian airports, etc.) which can easily be 2-3 times more expensive then in local shops.

Only buy whiskey from duty free for travel exclusives.

Not all duty free shops have good prices. LHR, Gibraltar (the best) and Delhi are some that I have found to be good. Most of the ones in the US do noy have good prices.

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What about buying Johnny Walker Black label, Red Label or Famous Grouse. That is cheaper right? Obviously not connoisseur grade!