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Ben Nevis / Highland

BEN NEVIS 8 Years Old Douglas Laing

2.13× brand premium 8yo rating 4.0/5 · n=1
cheapest
€79.90
whisky.fr
intrinsic
€37.50
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1

Is it worth the price?

BEN NEVIS 8 Years Old Douglas Laing is a Highland single malt Scotch from the Ben Nevis distillery, bottled at 8 years old. Tasters score it 4.0 out of 5 across 1 reviews. A single retailer lists it at €79.90, against a model fair price of around €37.50. That is 2.13× the model estimate — well above what its age, strength and house predict, a substantial brand premium. The estimate is fitted on age, bottling strength and the distillery's other prices; community ratings add no measurable signal to it, so this is not a quality judgement. Typical error is around ±65%, so read the verdict as indicative and trust it most at the extremes. It is one of 7 Ben Nevis bottlings priced here; the others are compared below.

Retailers tracked

Retailer Price
whisky.fr €79.90

How we got this number

The valuation model predicts a price from this bottling's inputs. The multiple is the actual market price divided by that prediction.

Inputs
Rating
4.00 / 5
Age
8yo
Region
Highland
Distillery tier
Mid Label only — set from the distillery’s median price, not used by the model.
Result
Predicted price
€37.50
Actual price (median)
€79.90
Multiple
2.13×
Verdict band
brand premium (2.00× < … ≤ 4.00×)

See the regression's coefficients →

Methodology estimate

The deterministic model from methodology.md: production cost per litre × bottle size, plus maturation cost per year, plus a cask premium, times an ABV factor — then multiplied by a quality grade summed across six 0–3 axes.

Cost floor
Production (€0.18/cl × 70 cl)
€12.60
Maturation (8 × €1.20/year)
€12.37
Cask premium (undeclared)
+€0.00
× ABV factor
×1.15
Cost floor
€28.72
Quality grade (six 0–3 axes)
  • Process distinctness
    unusually large stills; classic Highland production
    1 / 3
  • Cask provenance
    cask type not declared on bottle
    0 / 3
  • Bottling integrity
    46.0% ABV; non-chill-filtered inferred from ABV; E150a caramel colouring not disclosed
    2 / 3
  • Ownership
    Nikka Whisky / Asahi — production-led corporate
    1 / 3
  • Heritage
    founded 1825 (201 years of operation)
    3 / 3
  • Reputation
    4.0/5 across 1 review
    1 / 3
Quality score
8 / 18
Quality multiplier
×1.67
Intrinsic and multiple
Intrinsic value
€47.87
Actual price (median)
€79.90
Multiple
1.67×
Verdict band
mild premium

Maturation context

Highland · rolling 12 months: 2,302 mm at Glen Nevis (4 km). Scotland W rolling 12-month rainfall2,451 mm, +33.70% vs 1995-2024 median.

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