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Balvenie whisky

Balvenie is William Grant & Sons’ Speyside distillery in Dufftown, and its range is built around cask finishes. This page lists every Balvenie we track, from the 12 Year Old DoubleWood and 14 Year Old Caribbean Cask to the PortWood 21 Year Old, with the best current UK price for each.

Balvenie is mostly unpeated; The Week of Peat, from a single week of peated production each year, is the exception. The DoubleWood 12 is widely stocked, so its price spread tends to be narrow, while older and less common bottlings vary more. The distillery keeps its own floor maltings, which supply part of its malt.

For the distillery’s history, see Whiskipedia on Balvenie. Prices are the best current in-stock offer from the UK retailers we check (how we compare prices).

20 full-size bottles (50cl to 1 litre) in stock, plus 2 smaller bottles under 50cl, with the best current price from the UK retailers we check.

Known for

The flavour families that most often turn up for Balvenie, based on its available bottles.

A guide to the house style rather than a promise: individual releases can differ.

About the distillery

Region
Speyside, Scotland
Founded
1892
Status
Producing
Capacity
7 million litres of pure alcohol a year (stated capacity, not actual output); as recorded October 2026. Number 24 of 169 by stated capacity.
Owner
Owned by William Grant & Sons (since 1892); as recorded October 2026
Say it
bal*ven*ee
Notable
Malts some of its own barley
Visitor tours
Open to visitors (tours from £50, avg £62; checked October 2026). See distillery tour guide.
Visitor rating
4.8 out of 5 (408 reviews); TripAdvisor, October 2026

Read the full history on Whiskipedia

Secondary Market Barometer

22,556 lots sold · £7.0m hammer total

How Balvenie bottles have traded at Scotch Whisky Auctions and Whisky Auctioneer between May 2011 and October 2026. Hammer prices exclude buyer's premium, VAT and delivery.

Trading volume
#13of 178 distilleries by lots sold
Bids per lot
20.5Whisky Auctioneer only, against 20.5 across all distilleries
Median hammer price
£150.00average £309.19, pulled up by the top lots
Independent bottlings
1%of lots (208), the rest official bottlings (22,348)
Highest hammer prices
BottleSoldHammer
Balvenie 1962 56 Year Old DCS Compendium Chapter 52022£36,000.00
Balvenie 1952 Cask 191 50 Year Old2023£25,000.00
Balvenie 1963 50 Year Old2020£22,000.00
Most often sold
BottleLotsMedian
Balvenie Founder's Reserve 10 Year Old931£81.00
Balvenie 12 Year Old DoubleWood876£35.00
Balvenie 21 Year Old PortWood758£140.00

Past auction results, not a valuation or a guide to future prices. Figures compiled 2 November 2026.

Also sold as

Names used when Balvenie whisky is bottled without the distillery's name. These bottles are listed separately from Balvenie's own.

Burnside

Widely reported to be teaspooned Balvenie. Source

Questions

What is the cheapest Balvenie whisky?
The cheapest Balvenie whisky is Balvenie The Sweet Toast of American Oak 12 Year Old (12 years old, 43% ABV, 70cl), at £49.00 from The Whisky Shop. That is £53.99 delivered to the UK mainland for one bottle. Next cheapest: Balvenie 12 Year Old DoubleWood (£50.28) and The Balvenie 14 Year Caribbean Cask Whisky 70cl (£66.95).
How much does Balvenie whisky cost?
Balvenie whisky costs from £49.00 to £5,200.00, with a median of £220.00 for a full-size bottle (50cl to 1 litre). The dearest is The Balvenie 40 Year Old Single Malt Whisky.
What is the oldest Balvenie whisky you can buy?
The Balvenie 40 Year Old Single Malt Whisky, at 40 years old, from £5,200.00.
Is Balvenie peated?
Mostly not. The distillery runs about one week a year on peated barley, released as The Week of Peat; the rest of the range is unpeated.
Is Balvenie Speyside or Highland?
Speyside. The distillery is in Dufftown, and the Scotch Whisky Regulations treat Speyside as a protected region in its own right, within the wider Highland area. See Speyside whisky.
What does DoubleWood mean?
It is Balvenie’s name for a whisky matured in traditional oak casks and then finished in European oak sherry casks. The finishing period in the second cask is what the ‘double’ refers to. Other distilleries use the same idea under different names; see cask finish whisky.