GLENALLACHIE 18 Years Old
Is it worth the price?
GLENALLACHIE 18 Years Old is a Speyside single malt Scotch from the Glenallachie distillery, bottled at 18 years old. Tasters score it 5.0 out of 5 across 1 reviews. It is tracked at 3 retailers, ranging from €129.95 to €179.00, while the valuation model estimates a fair price of around €178.82. That is 0.91× the model estimate — almost exactly what its age, strength and house predict, with no meaningful 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. Of the 3 Glenallachie bottlings priced here, this is the weakest value.
Retailers tracked
| Retailer | Price |
|---|---|
| topdrinks | €129.95 |
| thewhiskyshop | €162.71 |
| whisky.fr | €179.00 |
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.
- Rating
- 5.00 / 5
- Age
- 18yo
- Region
- Speyside
- Distillery tier
- Mid Label only — set from the distillery’s median price, not used by the model.
- Predicted price
- €178.82
- Actual price (median)
- €162.71
- Multiple
- 0.91×
- Verdict band
- fair value (0.80× < … ≤ 1.20×)
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.
- Production (€0.14/cl × 70 cl)
- €9.80
- Maturation (18 × €1.20/year)
- €41.35
- Cask premium (undeclared)
- +€0.00
- × ABV factor
- ×1.15
- Cost floor
- €58.82
- Process distinctnessno declared distinctive practices2 / 3
- Cask provenancecask type not declared on bottle0 / 3
- Bottling integrity46.0% ABV; non-chill-filtered inferred from ABV; E150a caramel colouring not disclosed2 / 3
- OwnershipThe GlenAllachie Distillers Co. (Billy Walker group) — independent or smaller group2 / 3
- Heritagefounded 1967 (59 years of operation)2 / 3
- Reputation5.0/5 across 1 review3 / 3
- Quality score
- 11 / 18
- Quality multiplier
- ×1.92
- Intrinsic value
- €112.75
- Actual price (median)
- €162.71
- Multiple
- 1.44×
- Verdict band
- mild premium
Maturation context
Speyside · rolling 12 months: 799 mm at Aberlour (3 km). Scotland N rolling 12-month rainfall2,298 mm, +33.30% vs 1995-2024 median.
Other bottlings from Glenallachie
- GLENALLACHIE 15 Years Old €87.50 · 0.58×
- GLENALLACHIE 12 Years Old €51.90 · 0.60×