Top bang for the buck whisky
Don't despair! Here is my bang for the buck list of whiskies.
These whiskies include blended, vatted and single malt whiskies as well as whiskeys and bourbons. The formula to include them here is really simple:
B4B = rating - ( price - £40 ) / 7 + ( strength - 43% ) / 9
- If the bottle if way above £40 it gets penalized, as well as if it is cheaper it gets a better bigger score. But in order not to have the list full of the cheapest booze around I just make it matter a bit.
- I prefer whisky bottled at cask strength so I give a good bonus to bottles that has an abv above 43%. The more alcohol the better. You can always add water yourself to get it back to 40%.
- Finally, the more expensive the bottle the lower its final score.
Top Bang for the Buck whisky
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91
Highland Park Loki / 15 Year Old / Valhalla Collection Island Whisky
Scotland Single Malt Whisky
“I am happy with the bottle that I have bought. Loki is definitively better than Thor but still I think it has a wrong price tag”
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92
Pig's Nose 5 year
Scotland Blended Whisky
“I am more happy than a pig in the mud. Awesome whisky! Oink!”
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92
Tomintoul 10 year
Scotland Single Malt Whisky
“A really smooth interesting Speyside single malt. This whisky has a memorable nose with great floral notes.”
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89
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92
Springbank CV
Scotland Single Malt Whisky
“An stunning Springbank that although young shows an extremly good peaty and fruity muscles.”
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92
Aberlour a'Bunadh Batch 42
Scotland Single Malt Whisky
“One of the best A'bunadh that I have had. A pity I wasn't fast enough to buy one of them”
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90
Balvenie 12 year Doublewood
Scotland Single Malt Whisky
“Lovely sherried whisky with a nice amount of nuts and biscuits in its nose. I have really enjoyed this one.”
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92
Bunnahabhain 23 Year Old Burns Malt
Scotland Single Malt Whisky
“Bottled awesomeness. Definitively I am going to get one of this for myself. Yummy!”
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92
Glendronach 15 year Revival
Scotland Single Malt Whisky
“One of the best drams I have tasted lately. Really good sherried whisky. In fact so good that I have just order two bottles of it.”
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93
Ardbeg Uigeadail
Scotland Single Malt Whisky
“A great dram. One of the best Ardbegs I have tried that has still a reasonable price. It is more complex than Ardbeg 10 years old and has no trace of vanilla.”
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91
Old Pulteney 12 year
Scotland Single Malt Whisky
“Wonderful floral taste, the peat is soft and is really balanced with the rest of notes in this highland whisky.”
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92
Compass Box The Peat Monster
Scotland Blended Malt Whisky
“Superb whisky from Compass Box. This batch was created using malt from Laphroaig and Ardmore although I swear that has a touch of Ardbeg both on nose and taste. Love it”
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92
Springbank 21 Year Old 2013 Release
Scotland Single Malt Whisky
“It is a fantastic whisky where the sherry character shines. But if there is anything truly fantastic about this one is its fantastic nose. You must taste this dram at least once in your lifespan”
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92
Amrut 46% Single Malt
India Single Malt Whisky
“Superb Indian whisky with lots of tropical fruit notes on nose and spices on the palate. Love it.”
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93
Lagavulin 16 year
Scotland Single Malt Whisky
“This Lagavulin is a superb Islay whisky with its amazing peat complexity. Really one of the best bang for the buck single malts out there.”
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91
Bruichladdich 10 The Laddie Ten
Scotland Single Malt Whisky
“Superb whisky!. Not very peated with just a touch of delicious sherry aromas. Love it!.”
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92
Glenfarclas 15 year
Scotland Single Malt Whisky
“A great whisky that shows its age in a delicious but smooth oloroso sherry notes and great spices tones. A must-drink speyside whisky.”
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90
Ardmore Traditional Cask
Scotland Single Malt Whisky
“Nice peated whisky. Slightly more fruity and sweet that an Islay-nder but delicious nonetheless”
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92
Bruichladdich Rocks
Scotland Single Malt Whisky
“A real classic from Bruichladdich. If you don’t like this you don’t like whisky.”
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87
Glencadam 15 Year Old
Scotland Single Malt Whisky
“Lovely taste in this Glencadam whisky with notes of fresh fruits and honey”
Buy on The Whisky Exchange for £130.00
Buy on The Whisky Barrel for £179.99
Buy on Master of Malt for £21.53
Buy on Abbey Whisky for £23.00
Buy on The Drink Shop for £24.15
Buy on Drink Supermarket for £12.48
Buy on Whisky Online for £32.95
Buy on Hard to Find Whisky for £31.95
Master of Malt
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