From the Caol Ila desk · Thread · who-drinks-this · 2026-10-22

Who drinks Caol Ila 12?

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1/Who drinks this?

2/Whose drinkers have it nearest, and what they'd give for it:

3/Across the drinkers of the bottles nearest it, the answers run from $78 to $138. At $99 for members this week, about where it usually sells, Caol Ila 12 sits well inside that span.

Sources

Prices at Dan Murphy's as of 2026-10-22 (22 October 2026); vintage 2026-10-22.1; bottles: Caol Ila 12 Year Old Single Malt Scotch Whisky 700mL, Bowmore 12 Year Old Scotch Whisky 700mL, Ardbeg 10 Year Old Islay Single Malt Scotch Whisky 700mL, Laphroaig 10 Year Old Single Malt Scotch Whisky 700mL, Lagavulin 16 Year Old Islay Single Malt Scotch Whisky 700mL, Ledaig 10 Year Old Single Malt Scotch Whisky 700mL.
Caol Ila 12: drinkers of this many other bottles have it among their ten closest: 19 (audience.in_top10_of)
the typical bottle: among the ten closest for this many: 9.0 (audience.corpus_median_in_top10)
Caol Ila 12's rank among Bowmore 12's closest bottles: 1st (audience.closest_fans.rank_there)
Bowmore 12 drinker would pay for Caol Ila 12: $99 (price_360.seats)
Bowmore 12 price this week: $95 (price.ticket)
Caol Ila 12's rank among Ardbeg 10's closest bottles: 2nd (audience.closest_fans.rank_there)
Ardbeg 10 drinker would pay for Caol Ila 12: $115 (price_360.seats)
Ardbeg 10 price this week: $121 (price.ticket)
Caol Ila 12's rank among Laphroaig 10's closest bottles: 2nd (audience.closest_fans.rank_there)
Laphroaig 10 drinker would pay for Caol Ila 12: $91 (price_360.seats)
Laphroaig 10 price this week: $97 (price.ticket)
Caol Ila 12's rank among Lagavulin 16's closest bottles: 2nd (audience.closest_fans.rank_there)
Lagavulin 16 drinker would pay for Caol Ila 12: $138 (price_360.seats)
Lagavulin 16 price this week: $160 (price.ticket)
Caol Ila 12's rank among Ledaig 10's closest bottles: 5th (audience.closest_fans.rank_there)
Ledaig 10 price this week: $99 (price.ticket)
Caol Ila 12 price this week: $99 (price.ticket)
Caol Ila 12 360° low (like for like): $78 (price_360.seats)
Caol Ila 12 360° high (like for like): $138 (price_360.seats)
Caol Ila 12 per standard drink: $4.17 (price.ticket / standard drinks)
Bowmore 12 per standard drink: $4.30 (price.ticket / standard drinks)
Ardbeg 10 per standard drink: $4.76 (price.ticket / standard drinks)
Laphroaig 10 per standard drink: $4.39 (price.ticket / standard drinks)
Lagavulin 16 per standard drink: $6.74 (price.ticket / standard drinks)
Ledaig 10 per standard drink: $3.87 (price.ticket / standard drinks)
a pint at the pub, per standard drink (about $13 a pint, about 2 standard drinks): $6.28 (PUB_PINT)
a pint at the pub: $13 (PUB_PINT)
THE POINT (fixed: keep its figures): Caol Ila 12 is among the ten closest bottles for the drinkers of 19 others; the typical bottle manages 9.0.
Caol Ila 12: standard drinks in the bottle: about 24
Bowmore 12: standard drinks in the bottle: about 22
Ardbeg 10: standard drinks in the bottle: about 25
Laphroaig 10: standard drinks in the bottle: about 22
Lagavulin 16: standard drinks in the bottle: about 24
Ledaig 10: standard drinks in the bottle: about 26
under a pint at the pub, per standard drink: Caol Ila 12, Bowmore 12, Ardbeg 10, Laphroaig 10 and Ledaig 10
over a pint at the pub, per standard drink: Lagavulin 16 (never say every bottle is under the pint)

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premium over CE 360° · shared scale 0% to +70% across the eleven

Caol Ila 12

$137.99list 11-05

CE 360° $88.74 · 10.4% over · #4 of 16 in Islay

per standard drink $5.81 · #15 of 16 in Islay

64 pieces · observed

Bowmore 12

$109.99list 11-05

CE 360° $83.49 · 12.1% over · #7 of 16 in Islay

per standard drink $4.98 · #13 of 16 in Islay

40 pieces · observed

Laphroaig 10 Year Old Single Malt Scotch Whisky