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Does anyone find the large price premium that Baileys commands over its many imitations worth it?

In the U.S. I used to regularly buy one called Molly's and that name has stuck with me since. I still write Molly's on my shopping list here in Europe.

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The Aldi equivalent never tasted quite the same. Maybe it'd be fine if you were used to it, but I'd like Baileys to taste the same as it does in a bar.

I find nobody buys it at full price which makes it only slightly premium. It's designed to be discounted. Always on offer somewhere. Most people just buy a half price bottle at Christmas and that must be a sizable chunk of the market.

As a student I used to drink "Irish Nights" at about 1/5th of the price. Couldn't really tell the difference from real Baileys.

My partner tells me she used to drink "Delayleys" (spelling lost to time), but would not buy it again today.

Maybe you mean Dooleys. It's toffee rather than coffee and is typically sold at extremely low end bars and nightclubs in the UK, or at least it was 15 years ago

I buy Irish whiskey at CostCo and if I want something like Baileys, I can make it myself in a shaker.

Honestly, chocolate-Irish ice cream is very good, but so is chocolate-Bourbon or chocolate-rum.

Premium? Stuff is cheap here in the northeastern US.

Something can be fairly cheap in price yet still be a premium version of it. It happens with toilet paper - but if you want another liquor example, liqueurs are often cheap yet there are definitely premium versions out there (but still cost fairly little).

No.

Also there are similar drinks in other places the world (often much older than Baileys), maybe not with whiskey but brandy or other liquors.

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