From the Dewar's desk · Thread · everyone-or-fans · 2026-10-22

Dewar’s 18: priced for its fans

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1/Friday night, the good glasses come out, and someone reaches past the usual suspects for the Dewar's 18. It's the bottle a room tends to agree on, poured slow and talked over rather than fussed about. This week it's $131, about what it usually sells around.

2/Ask the drinkers of the bottles nearest it what the Dewar's 18 is worth to them, each starting from what they pay for their own, and the answers run from $85 to $110. At $131 it sits above all of them: it's priced for its fans.

3/The nose is light and soft, sweet yet quite dry, malty with a floral lift: toasted barley and buttered toast, heather-honey and toffee, raisins under milk chocolate, roasted almonds, warm apple with vanilla sauce. The palate stays sweet and creamy for its lower ABV.

4/Worked down to the glass, that's about $5.53 a standard drink, a shade under a pint at the pub. For its fans, the $131 is simply the room they already drink in; for anyone curious about a gentle, sweet eighteen, it's a soft place to begin. Either way, a yes.

Sources

Prices at Dan Murphy's as of 2026-10-22 (22 October 2026); vintage 2026-10-22.1; bottles: Dewar’s 18 Year Old Blended Scotch Whisky 750mL.
Dewar’s 18 price this week: $131 (price.ticket)
Dewar’s 18 360° low (like for like): $85 (price_360.seats)
Dewar’s 18 360° high (like for like): $110 (price_360.seats)
Dewar’s 18 usual price: $131 (price_guide.usual)
Dewar’s 18 per standard drink: $5.53 (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): Ask the drinkers of the bottles nearest Dewar’s 18 what it's worth to them, each starting from what they pay for their own, and the answers run from $85 to $110. At $131 it sits above all of them: it's priced for its fans.
Dewar’s 18: standard drinks in the bottle: about 24
under a pint at the pub, per standard drink: Dewar’s 18
over a pint at the pub, per standard drink: none

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

Dewar’s 18 Year Old Blended Scotch Whisky

$130.99list 11-05

CE 360° $105.76 · 13.5% over · #17 of 38 in Highlands

per standard drink $5.53 · #20 of 36 in Highlands

39 pieces · observed

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