Uisge Beatha Whisky prices compared

Whisky over £250

Every bottle on this page had a best in-stock UK price of £250 or more at our last check, and the list changes with every price refresh. Most are old or limited single malts, put here by age, closed-distillery stock, single casks or festival releases.

The same bottle can differ widely between shops, and at this level delivery is usually free at the retailers we check. Narrow the list by distillery, age or bottling; see also lost distilleries and single cask bottlings. Prices are the best current in-stock offer from the UK retailers we check (how we compare prices).

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

Questions

What is the cheapest whisky priced over £250?
The cheapest whisky priced over £250 is Ardbeg Perpetuum 2015 Committee Release Single Malt Scotc Whisky (49.2% ABV, 70cl), at £250.00 from Master of Malt. That is £250.00 delivered to the UK mainland for one bottle. Next cheapest: Ardbeg Supernova 2019 Committee Release Single Malt Scotc Whisky (£250.00) and Octomore 10.1 Single Malt Scotch 2013 5 year old Whisky (£250.00).
What is the oldest whisky priced over £250 you can buy?
Glen Grant 1948 (cask 1365) King Charles III Coronation Release (Gordo Single Malt Whisky, at 74 years old, from £24,500.00.
What is a ghost or closed distillery?
A distillery that no longer produces whisky, so the only whisky left is what was filled into casks before it closed. Glenury Royal closed in 1983 and was demolished in 1993; Littlemill stopped distilling in 1984, briefly reopened and closed for good in 1994, and was later cleared for housing; Caperdonich was mothballed in 2002 and demolished in 2011. Some have since reopened: Brora in 2021, Rosebank in 2023 and Port Ellen in 2024, so their new spirit is young. See our lost distilleries list.
What makes a whisky rare?
Usually one of four things: it comes from a distillery that has closed, so no more can be made; it is very old, so few casks from that time remain and evaporation has left less in each; it is a single-cask bottling, limited to what one cask held; or it is a limited or festival release made in a fixed quantity. ‘Rare’ describes supply, not quality. See single cask whisky and lost distilleries.