Balblair 12 Year Old Single Malt Whisky
12 years · 46.0% ABV · 70cl
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Prices from 5 retailers
| Retailer | Price | Delivery | Total delivered | Checked | Link |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hard To Find Whisky Cheapest delivered Lowest shelf price | £44.95 | £5.95Free over £100 | £50.90 | · may be out of date | |
| Master of Malt | £46.68 | £4.95Free over £99 | £51.63 | · may be out of date | |
| Tyndrum Whisky | £49.99 | £4.50Free over £99 | £54.49 | · may be out of date | |
| The Whisky Shop | £56.00 | £4.99Free over £99 | £60.99 | · may be out of date | |
| Loch Fyne Whiskies | £56.00 | £5.99Free over £99 | £61.99 | · may be out of date |
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At auction
- Median hammer
- £35.0013 sold lots, November 2024 to October 2026
- At auction, delivered
- £54.50With 15% commission, VAT on it and £13.20 delivery
- In shops, delivered
- £50.90Lowest, at Hard To Find Whisky, checked
What the auction figure includes
- Hammer price: the winning bid. Our median is the middle hammer price of sold lots, so half sold for more and half for less.
- Buyer's premium: 15% commission on the hammer price, plus 20% VAT on that commission; there is no VAT on the hammer price itself.
- Delivery: £13.20 for one bottle to a UK address, or £25.20 for six bottles at Scotch Whisky Auctions, so the cost per bottle falls when lots ship together.
- Optional cover: Whisky Auctioneer offers breakage cover at 4% of the hammer price and charges a one-off £5.00 registration fee before VAT. Neither is in our figure.
For this bottle: £35.00 hammer + £5.25 commission + £1.05 VAT on the commission + £13.20 delivery = £54.50.
Fees from each house's own published pages, checked 1 November 2026. Houses change their fees, so check before bidding.
Half the lots sold for more than the median, and delivery is shared when several lots ship together. Hard To Find Whisky is £3.60 less than a typical auction lot, delivered, for one bottle. The two are within a fifth of each other.
Sold lots at Scotch Whisky Auctions and Whisky Auctioneer. Past results, not a valuation. How auction costs add up.
About this bottle
Balblair 12 Year Old Single Malt Whisky is a 12-year-old single malt Scotch whisky from Balblair, a Highland distillery. It is bottled at 46% ABV in a 70cl bottle. It is non-chill-filtered. It is bottled at its natural colour.
Drinkers most often pick out fresh fruit, vanilla and chocolate in this bottling.
Balblair was founded in 1790. As of October 2026, it is owned by International Beverage (ThaiBev). Its stated capacity is 1.8 million litres of pure alcohol (LPA) a year.
Flavours summarise what drinkers mention most often in reviews; they are not our own tasting notes.
Flavour notes
Flavour families mentioned in drinkers' tasting notes and selections for this bottling.
A guide to what drinkers noticed; individual impressions vary.
Bottle details
- Distillery
- Balblair
- Style
- Single malt
- Origin
- Highland, Scotland
- Age
- 12 year old
- Strength
- 46% ABV, reduced to bottling strength
- Cask
- Bourbon cask
- Colour
- No added colour (no E150a spirit caramel)
- Filtration
- Non-chill-filtered
- Size
- 70cl
Read about Balblair on Whiskipedia
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