Updated: 01 Oct 2025

10 Best affordable whiskies of 2025

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Updated: 01 Oct 2025

#1

Best Choice

Johnnie Walker Blue Label Scotch Whisky, 700ml

9.9

JOHNNIE WALKER BLUE LABEL

-25%

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This velvety smooth and vibrant Scotch is crafted using rare hand-selected whiskies from across the four corners of Scotland including some from long-closed 'ghost' distilleries. It is a statement addition to any drinks collection.

This is the perfect gift to give to the one who appreciates great taste, or whose steps inspire yours.

Awarded Gold at 2020 International Wine and Spirit Competition, Johnnie Walker Blue Label is famed for its remarkable depth of character.

-25%
#2

Best Value

Whisky Advocate Magazine (Summer 2024 Issue) - List of Outstanding & Affordable Whiskies

9.8

W.M. Kiplinger
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#3

200 whiskies illustrated for home drinking: 200 affordable whiskeys tasted in detail by professional bartenders (Japanese Edition)

9.7

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#4

Lagavulin 16 Year Old Single Malt Scotch Whisky 700ml

9.6

Lagavulin

-27%

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Intense, peat rich, sweet and salty

Best enjoyed from a traditional whisky glass, neat or with a little still water

2015 Silver Outstanding Medal Winner - International Wine and Spirits Competition

-27%
#5

Singleton of Dufftown 15 Years Old 40.0% Speyside Single Malt Scotch Whisky 700 ml

9.5

The Singleton

-22%

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then gives The Singleton of Dufftown its smooth, richly satisfying taste.

are the product of traditional, slow distilling, using pure water in a unique balance of European and American oak

The sweet and fruity notes in this fine malt from Dufftown, at the heart of Speyside,

-22%
#6

Grant's Triple Wood Scotch Whisky, 1l

9.4

Grant's

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The Virgin Oak cask provides spicy robustness, the American Oak lends subtle vanilla smoothness and a Bourbon refill offers brown sugar sweetness

Grants Triple Wood is matured in three different types of wood casks to produce a silky, smooth whisky

Complex, clean with notes of ripe pear and summer fruits. A perfect balance of vanilla sweetness with malty and light floral fragrances. Long and sweet with a subtle hint of smoke finish
#7

The Balvenie DoubleWood 12 Year Old Single Malt Scotch Whisky, 70cl

9.1

The Balvenie

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Sweet fruit and Oloroso sherry notes, layered with honey and vanilla on the nose

Smooth and mellow with beautifully combined flavours with a Long and warming finish

Distinctive character from being matured in two different wood types, each stage lends different qualities to the resulting single malt whisky
#8

Monkey Shoulder Blended Malt Scotch Whisky, 70cl

9.0

Monkey Shoulder

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SMALL BATCH PRODUCED – The whiskies are matured in first-fill ex-Bourbon casks and vatted together in small batches for up to six months before bottling at 40% Alcohol by Volume

MAKE IT MONKEY – Monkey Shoulder whisky offers light and delicate vanilla notes on the nose. Floral, malty, soft, and slightly honeyed, this blended scotch has a smooth and rounded taste with hints of malty sweetness, vanilla, barley sugar and marmalade

FLAVOURSOME WHISKY – Monkey Shoulder is the product of a closely guarded recipe: a smooth blend of Speyside single malts that produce a complex array of delicious flavours
#9

Johnnie Walker Red Label Blended Scotch Whisky 1L

8.7

JOHNNIE WALKER

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Johnnie Walker Red Label is our Pioneer Blend, the versatile one that has introduced our whisky to the world

Crafted from the four corners of Scotland, it crackles with spice and is bursting with vibrant, smoky flavours – followed by a mellow bed of vanilla, a fresh zestiness and the Johnnie Walker signature of a long, lingering, smoky finish

Bold, characterful flavour that shines through even when mixed
#10

Aberfeldy 12 Year Old Highland Scotch Single Malt Whisky, 40% ABV, 70cl, with Gift Tube, Aged in Oak Casks, Notes of Honey, Fruit, Spices, Vanilla & Hint of Smoke, 700ml

8.4

Aberfeldy

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Known as ‘The Golden Dram’, Aberfeldy is deliciously smooth and easy-drinking, with notes of spice and honeyed plump fruits; syrupy, with lots of vanilla and fudge, and a hint of smoke on the finish

Aberfeldy single malt whisky has been distilled in the foothills of the Central Highlands of Scotland since 1898; the distillery was founded by the two Dewar brothers – Tommy and John Alexander

Aberfeldy 12 Year Old is a classic fruity Highland style of single malt Scotch whisky that is carefully crafted then matured in fine oak casks, and is admired for its rare honeyed notes