Value for Money Winners

Value for Money Winners

Good whisky doesn't have to be expensive!

The number of different whiskys is almost endless. Anyone looking for a good dram has a difficult choice. We want to give you tips on how to find the good and often comparatively affordable bottles and introduce you to our value-for-money winners. Whether smoky or sweet, mild or spicy - in every category there are whiskys with excellent value for money.

Our selection of value picks

A quick note about our selection: We have focused on whiskys that are regularly available in retail stores. Special bottlings, exclusive online offers, or bottles only available in duty-free shops were not considered. However, we point out such special features in the respective whisky review.

What does good whisky cost?

However, it's really difficult to find a good whisky below 35 euros, let alone a very good or better one. If you increase your budget per bottle to 50 euros, you'll have better luck. Especially whiskys for beginners and for exploring flavor profiles can be found in this price range. Of course, it's also not easy to find bottlings with higher maturity of more than 15 years under 50 euros. But in the category up to 100 euros you'll quickly find what you're looking for.

What makes a good whisky?

Actually, this question cannot be answered objectively, as a considerable part is simply a matter of taste. If you approach the question more systematically and determine which flavor profile you're working with, you can still objectively identify major quality differences.

With some bottlings, you can quickly recognize that they weren't actually ready for bottling yet. Other bottlings are simply too flat and don't offer a real profile or recognition value. Generally speaking, a whisky with character, a harmonious composition, exciting aromas, and at least sufficient maturity is a good whisky. If it also matches your subjective taste - perfect!

Scotch, Bourbon, Irish Whiskey - which one then?

That doesn't really matter. With Scottish single malt (Scotch) you certainly have one of the greatest varieties of flavor profiles, but there are some very good compositions among the other categories as well. So why limit yourself to one type? We also enjoy every variety - anything else would be boring.