1/This is a price guide for Smokehead Islay and the three Islay single malts that sit closest to it: what each usually sells for, the range seen, and where this week's price lands against it. The numbers lead; the drams come after.
2/| Bottle | Usually around | Range we've seen | This week | Per standard drink, this week | |---|---:|---|---:|---:| | Smokehead Islay | $82 | $76–$82 | $82 | — | | Laphroaig Select Cask | $75 | $75–$84 | $75 for members | $3.39 | | Ardbeg An Oa | $74 | $74–$149 | $74 | $2.89 | | Ardbeg Wee Beastie | $106 | $90–$106 | $92 | $3.51 |
3/Three are sitting at their everyday price this week: Smokehead Islay at $82, Laphroaig Select Cask at $75 and Ardbeg An Oa at $74, each where it usually sells. Ardbeg Wee Beastie is $92 this week, under its usual of around $106. Per standard drink, Laphroaig runs $3.39, An Oa $2.89 and Wee Beastie $3.51, so a pour of any of the three costs less at home than a standard drink from a $13 pint at the pub, which works out around $6.28. So: came for Smokehead? It's at its usual $82. Want the softer, sweeter smoke? Laphroaig and An Oa are both at their everyday price. After the biggest hit? Wee Beastie is below its usual this week. A yes for each.
Peat smoke and sea air, all under $100. The Scotch single malts at Dan Murphy's with the most of it, from their own reviews: Caol Ila 12, $99: fish and bacon off a beach barbecue, lightly oily and meaty. Smokehead Islay, $76: young and fiery, toffee apple, charcoal ash and peppered seaweed. Lagavulin 8, $99: straight to the shore, mineral and salt, then a breezy menthol. Glen Moray Peated, $72: sweet smoke and vanilla, lemon icing, a soft ashy finish. Talisker 10, $92: a sweet pear under the smoke, finishing on cracked black pepper. Five routes to the same coast. Pick your weather.
A price guide for Smokehead Islay and its two closest like-for-like bottles, Laphroaig Select Cask and Glen Moray Peated. All three are young, peated single malts in much the same bracket. Here's what each usually sells for, the range we've seen, and where this week falls against it.
A price guide for Laphroaig Select Cask and the two single malts closest to it, Smokehead Islay and Glen Moray Peated. For each one: what it usually sells for, the range we've seen, and what a standard drink costs this week. Three peated bottles, read side by side.
310 bottles at Dan Murphy's can be priced per standard drink this week. Cheapest first: Grant's Triple Wood 1 litre at $1.99 a standard drink; the median is $4.16; Dalmore 21 Malt is the highest at $42.68. 235 of the 310 come in under a pint at the pub, which works out at $6.28 a standard drink.
305 bottles at Dan Murphy's can be priced per standard drink this week. Cheapest first: McAllister 1 litre at $2.00 a standard drink; the median is $4.03; Dalmore 21 Malt is the highest at $42.68. 228 of the 305 come in under a pint at the pub, which works out at $6.28 a standard drink.
| bottle | region | latest ticket | read | window price | CE 360° mean | premium | shelf rank | per std drink | drink rank | content |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Smokehead High Voltage Islay Single Malt Whisky | Islay | $126.99 | observed | $124.99 | $102.12 | 18.3% | #13 of 16 | $3.96 | #7 of 16 | 3 |
| Smokehead Islay Single Malt 700mL 40% | Islay | $81.99 | observed | $81.99 | $71.02 | 13.4% | #10 of 16 | $3.71 | #5 of 16 | 6 |