Kilkerran 8 Years Old Bourbon Cask Strength
Is it worth the price?
Kilkerran 8 Years Old Bourbon Cask Strength is a Campbeltown single malt Scotch from the Glengyle distillery, bottled at 8 years old. Tasters score it 4.4 out of 5 across 50 reviews. It is tracked at 2 retailers, ranging from €82.51 to €82.95, while the valuation model estimates a fair price of around €43.33. That is 1.91× the model estimate — a mild premium over what its age, strength and house predict. 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 Glengyle bottlings priced here, this is the weakest value.
Retailers tracked
| Retailer | Price |
|---|---|
| thewhiskyshop | €82.51 |
| topdrinks | €82.95 |
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
- 4.41 / 5
- Age
- 8yo
- Region
- Campbeltown
- Distillery tier
- Mid Label only — set from the distillery’s median price, not used by the model.
- Predicted price
- €43.33
- Actual price (median)
- €82.73
- Multiple
- 1.91×
- Verdict band
- mild premium (1.20× < … ≤ 2.00×)
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 (€0.25/cl × 70 cl)
- €17.50
- Maturation (8 × €1.20/year)
- €12.37
- Cask premium (ex bourbon)
- +€0.00
- × ABV factor
- ×1.00
- Cost floor
- €29.87
- Process distinctnessSpringbank's sister revived 2004; ~80k LAP actual (Oct-Dec only); bottled as Kilkerran2 / 3
- Cask provenanceex bourbon1 / 3
- Bottling integrityABV not declared; cask strength (declared); E150a caramel colouring not disclosed3 / 3
- OwnershipJ&A Mitchell (Mitchell family) — family multigenerational3 / 3
- Heritagefounded 2004 (22 years of operation)1 / 3
- Reputation4.41/5 across 50 reviews1 / 3
- Quality score
- 11 / 18
- Quality multiplier
- ×1.92
- Intrinsic value
- €57.26
- Actual price (median)
- €82.73
- Multiple
- 1.45×
- Verdict band
- mild premium
Maturation context
Campbeltown · rolling 12 months: 1,849 mm at Dippen (19 km). Scotland W rolling 12-month rainfall2,451 mm, +33.70% vs 1995-2024 median.
Other bottlings from Glengyle
- Kilkerran 16 Years Old €83.68 · 0.52×
- Kilkerran 12 Years Old €66.95 · 0.73×