From the Lagavulin desk · Thread · Value pick · 2026-10-22

Lagavulin 8: the everyday stand-in for Port Charlotte 10

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1/Pour a Port Charlotte 10: heavy peat that leans meaty, butterscotch underneath, iodine kept in check. $146 this week. The Lagavulin 8 gives a Port Charlotte 10 drinker about 97% of what that bottle does, for 68% of the price.

2/The Lagavulin 8, $99 for members at Dan Murphy's. Eight years old, 48%. The nose heads for the shore: mineral, salt, a sweetness keeping it fresh. Then menthol, bay laurel, more brine, some malt, Parma violet. It finishes breezy, peat smoke off a kiln into salt air.

3/What a Port Charlotte 10 drinker gives up with the Lagavulin 8 is mostly two years of age. Keep the Port Charlotte 10 for the nights its fans know it for; pour the Lagavulin 8 on every other one. Both get a yes: one for the loyal, one for the rest of the week.

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Prices at Dan Murphy's as of 2026-10-22 (22 October 2026); vintage 2026-10-22.1; bottles: Lagavulin 8 Year Old Single Malt Scotch Whisky 700mL, Bruichladdich Port Charlotte 10 Year Old Scotch Whisky 700mL.
Lagavulin 8 for a Port Charlotte 10 drinker (share of what the Port Charlotte 10 gives): 97% (stand_ins.alternatives.share_of_ref)
Lagavulin 8 price as a share of the Port Charlotte 10's, this week: 68% (stand_ins.alternatives.share_of_price)
Lagavulin 8 price this week: $99 (price.ticket)
Port Charlotte 10 price this week: $146 (price.ticket)
Lagavulin 8 per standard drink: $3.73 (price.ticket / standard drinks)
a pint at the pub, per standard drink (about $13 a pint, 2 standard drinks): $6.28 (PUB_PINT)
a pint at the pub: $13 (PUB_PINT)
Port Charlotte 10 per standard drink: $5.29 (price.ticket / standard drinks)
Lagavulin 8 ABV: 48% (identity.abv)
WHAT IT GIVES UP (fixed: keep its meaning; never give another reason): What a Port Charlotte 10 drinker gives up with the Lagavulin 8 is mostly two years of age.

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

Lagavulin 8 Year Old Single Malt Scotch Whisky

$112.99list 11-05

CE 360° $91.35 · 7.7% over · #1 of 16 in Islay

per standard drink $4.26 · #8 of 16 in Islay

63 pieces · observed

Bruichladdich Port Charlotte 10 Year Old Scotch Whisky

$145.99list 11-05

CE 360° $127.43 · 12.7% over · #9 of 16 in Islay

per standard drink $5.29 · #14 of 16 in Islay

58 pieces · observed

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