Uisge Beatha Whisky prices compared

Small batch whisky

84 bottles in stock, with the best current price from the UK retailers we check.

Questions

What is the cheapest small batch whisky?
The cheapest small batch whisky is Bowsaw Bourbon 70cl (70cl), at £31.49 from Master of Malt. That is £36.44 delivered to the UK mainland for one bottle. Next cheapest: Four Roses Small Batch Bourbon 70cl (£33.50) and Teeling Small Batch Rum Cask Finish (£34.90).
How much does small batch whisky cost?
Small batch whisky costs from £31.49 to £535.95, with a median of £59.95 for a full-size bottle. The dearest is Bunnahabhain 30 Year Old Single Malt Whisky.
What is the oldest small batch whisky you can buy?
Bunnahabhain 30 Year Old Single Malt Whisky, at 30 years old, from £535.95.
What does small batch mean?
There is no legal definition of small batch. It means a bottling vatted from a limited number of barrels, but the number is up to the producer: a small batch could be five to 10 barrels, or 500.
Where does the term small batch come from?
It began with Jim Beam and Booker’s Bourbon. Master distiller Booker Noe gave bottles from selected cask-strength barrels to friends in the late 1970s, and Beam put a batched version on sale in 1988, soon marketed as “small batch”.
What is the difference between small batch and single cask?
A single cask bottling comes from one cask and is never mixed with another. A small batch is a mix of several casks; it is just a smaller vatting than a standard release.