If you’re on the lookout for a whisky Christmas present this season but also mindful of not breaking the bank then these bargain bottles are perfect for you. Not one is over £35!
Christmas presents are a wonderful opportunity to show some thoughtfulness and love. But it’s not always the easiest thing to organise, particularly when we’re living in a cost-of-living crisis and an era of huge pressure on supply which is driving whisky prices sky-high.
The obvious option is to go for a cheaper option, and today we’re here to demonstrate that does not mean losing out on quality. Everything here costs less than £35 but is still smashing whisky. Enjoy, and Merry Christmas!
Glen Moray Port Cask Gift Pack with 2x Glasses
A single malt Scotch finished in Port casks with two glasses thrown in all for under £27 is unbelievable. But Glen Moray is the king of value single-malt Scotch whisky. The rest of the range is worth a look if you need a great price whisky gift this year.
Buffalo Trace
At this point, the Buffalo Trace brand might as well hire me as a brand ambassador, because I am forever telling people what an unbelievable steal its core whisky is. It looks great, it tastes great, and I would always be delighted to see it under my tree.
Powers Gold Label Distiller’s Cut
Another brand that I could put a shift in for with my eyes closed (I’m actually very happy at MoM, I should hasten to add) is Powers. Reliably good Irish whiskey with a premium taste at a pretty price is not really a hard sell though, so the powers at be probably don’t need my help. I could have just easily included the criminally underrated Jameson Crested here too. Or Caskmates Stout. Bushmills is brilliantly priced too. Irish whiskey is full of value.
Speyside 6 Year Old 2016 Single Cask (Master of Malt)
Is that a single cask whisky for under £20? Yep, you better believe. We bottled this beauty and we’re not even sure our maths checks out here, but this is really the price of this Speyside 6 Year Old. It was distilled in 2015 and matured for six years in a refill hogshead, but is remarkably smooth and supple for its age and represents a tremendous bargain.
Phenolix 10 Year Old
Try and find 10-year-old single malt Scotch whisky from the isle of Islay for under £30 and you’ll struggle, so good thing we know where to find it. The Islay whisky lover in your life will really appreciate that you’ve found a smoky Scotch and will probably never guess how little you’ve spent.
Loch Lomond Single Grain
Loch Lomond makes a wide variety of whisky thanks to the incredible versatility of its distillery set-up, but equally important is the fact that it then bottles these whiskies at a reasonable price. If you need a cheaper bottle of single grain whisky, this is a steal.
Benromach 10 Year Old
One thing I hate in whisky is when people assume the term ‘entry-level’ is a negative when it usually refers to something accessible, available, and affordable. See Benromach’s 10-year-old single malt, for example. The distillery has older expressions as well as lots of limited-edition bottlings, but none of that stops its entry-level whisky from being absolutely beautiful, inside and out.
Tamnavulin Red Wine Cask Edition
Interesting cask finishes don’t have to cost an arm and a leg. Tamnavulin is doing a sublime job of creating wine-finished single malt Scotch whisky that is sold for prices that won’t break the bank. Ledaig Rioja Cask Finish was also in contention for a spot. There’s a good lesson here that there are bargains out there, and we’re always happy to help you find them!
Black Bottle Gift Pack with Glass
Black Bottle is about the best bang-for-buck Islay-influenced whisky range there is in our book and, as long as that continues, we will never stop banging that drum. Today we began with a gift pack and we’re rounding things up with one too, complete with a bottle of this brilliantly priced blend. It’s a ready-made present.
