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A price guide: Laphroaig Select Cask and its closest single malts

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1/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.

2/The guide, at a glance:

3/Laphroaig Select Cask is the row that stands out. It usually sells around $75; this week it's $84, the top of its range. If you're not in a hurry, it tends to come back under that. A pour at home works out at $3.80 a standard drink. A pint at the pub is $6.28 a standard drink, about $13 for two.

Sources

Prices at Dan Murphy's as of 2026-10-22 (22 October 2026); vintage 2026-10-22.1; bottles: Laphroaig Select Cask Scotch Whisky 700mL, Smokehead Islay Single Malt 700mL 40%, Glen Moray Peated Single Malt Scotch Whisky 700mL.
Laphroaig Select Cask usual price: $75 (price_guide.usual)
Laphroaig Select Cask lowest seen: $75 (price_guide.seen_low)
Laphroaig Select Cask highest seen: $84 (price_guide.seen_high)
Laphroaig Select Cask per standard drink: $3.80 (price.ticket / standard drinks)
Laphroaig Select Cask price this week: $84 (price.ticket)
Smokehead Islay usual price: $82 (price_guide.usual)
Smokehead Islay lowest seen: $76 (price_guide.seen_low)
Smokehead Islay highest seen: $82 (price_guide.seen_high)
Smokehead Islay price this week: $76 (price.ticket)
Glen Moray Peated usual price: $72 (price_guide.usual)
Glen Moray Peated lowest seen: $63 (price_guide.seen_low)
Glen Moray Peated highest seen: $72 (price_guide.seen_high)
Glen Moray Peated per standard drink: $3.26 (price.ticket / standard drinks)
Glen Moray Peated price this week: $72 (price.ticket)
Glen Moray Peated Father's Day price: $63 (price_history.series (event week))
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)
under a pint at the pub, per standard drink: Laphroaig Select Cask and Glen Moray Peated
over a pint at the pub, per standard drink: none

Omissions

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Notes for reviewer

None recorded.

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

Laphroaig Select Cask Scotch Whisky

$83.99list 11-05

CE 360° $65.74 · 12.3% over · #8 of 16 in Islay

per standard drink $3.39 · #2 of 16 in Islay

6 pieces · observed

Smokehead Islay Single Malt 700mL 40%

$81.99list 11-05

CE 360° $71.02 · 13.4% over · #10 of 16 in Islay

per standard drink $3.71 · #5 of 16 in Islay

6 pieces · observed

Glen Moray Peated Single Malt Scotch Whisky

$71.99list 11-05

CE 360° $70.66 · 1.8% over · #12 of 79 in Speyside

per standard drink $2.67 · #8 of 75 in Speyside

5 pieces · observed

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