At $131, Dewar’s 18 sits a little above what the drinkers of the bottles closest to it would pay. It’s priced for its fans: it fits them, and it asks a bit more of everyone else.
Dewar’s 18 is a gentle thing. The nose is light and soft, sweet but quite dry, with toasted barley, buttered toast, hay and heather-honey, a little toffee and some warm apple with vanilla. On the palate it turns sweet and creamy, more than the low ABV would promise. If you want the three words that matter: soft, floral, malty.
It’s $131 at Dan Murphy's this week, and it usually sells around $131. No surprises there — that’s the going rate for what’s in the glass.
| Bottle | This week | Per standard drink |
|---|---|---|
| Dewar’s 18 | $131 | $5.53 |
| Chivas Regal 18 | $125 | $5.66 |
| Chivas Regal XV 15 | $89 | $4.03 |
Now the part that tells you something. What would the drinkers of the bottles nearest Dewar’s 18 pay for it, each starting from what they already pay for their own? A Chivas Regal 18 drinker lands at about $110 — 88% of what their own bottle costs them — marking Dewar’s down for its lack of sherry and dried fruit, and for the name on the label. Turn it around and a Dewar’s 18 drinker puts Chivas Regal 18 at about 88% of their own bottle, docking it for not being from the Highlands and, again, the sherry and dried fruit. Across the bottles nearest it, those answers run from $85 to $110. This week’s $131 sits above all of them. That is what priced for its fans looks like.
Two stand-ins, if you fancy a change.
Chivas Regal XV 15 — $89. Marmalade, almond and cinnamon buns, with a lush, rich-fruit lift from the cognac cask. To a Dewar’s 18 drinker it gives about 89% of what the Dewar’s does, for 68% of the price. It usually sells around $89, and we’ve seen it between $86 and $89.
Chivas Regal 18 — $125. Vanilla, almond slice, toffee and pencil shavings, then malt, dark fudge and a long warm finish. To a Dewar’s 18 drinker it gives about 88% of the Dewar’s, for 95% of the price — near enough the same money, pointed a different way.
A word on what a pour costs at home. Dewar’s 18 works out to about $5.53 a standard drink across roughly 24 in the bottle. A pint at the pub runs about $6.28 a standard drink, so a glass of this sits just under one.
Who’s it for? If Dewar’s 18 is already your pour, nothing here unseats it — soft, honeyed and creamy, it’s the bottle you reach for, and $131 is the week’s price. If you drink Chivas Regal 18, you’ll find Dewar’s lighter and less sherried, and your own bottle sits just below it at $125, a short step across. And if all three are new to you and you’d rather ease in, Chivas Regal XV 15 gives you most of the pleasure for two-thirds the outlay.
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