Is it worth the price?
ARRAN 25 Years Old is an Island single malt Scotch from the Arran distillery, bottled at 25 years old. Tasters score it 5.0 out of 5 across 1 reviews. It is tracked at 2 retailers, ranging from €359.11 to €495.00, while the valuation model estimates a fair price of around €296.53. That is 1.44× the model estimate — a mild premium over what its age, strength and house predict. The estimate is fitted on age, bottling strength and the distillery's other prices; community ratings add no measurable signal to it, so this is not a quality judgement. Typical error is around ±65%, so read the verdict as indicative and trust it most at the extremes. It is one of 14 Arran bottlings priced here; the others are compared below.
Retailers tracked
| Retailer | Price |
|---|---|
| thewhiskyshop | €359.11 |
| whisky.fr | €495.00 |
How we got this number
The valuation model predicts a price from this bottling's inputs. The multiple is the actual market price divided by that prediction.
- Rating
- 5.00 / 5
- Age
- 25yo
- Region
- Island
- Distillery tier
- Mid Label only — set from the distillery’s median price, not used by the model.
- Predicted price
- €296.53
- Actual price (median)
- €427.06
- Multiple
- 1.44×
- Verdict band
- mild premium (1.20× < … ≤ 2.00×)
Methodology estimate
The deterministic model from methodology.md: production cost per litre × bottle size, plus maturation cost per year, plus a cask premium, times an ABV factor — then multiplied by a quality grade summed across six 0–3 axes.
- Production (€0.25/cl × 70 cl)
- €17.50
- Maturation (25 × €1.20/year)
- €77.44
- Cask premium (undeclared)
- +€0.00
- × ABV factor
- ×1.15
- Cost floor
- €109.18
- Process distinctnessindependent revival distillery; classic methods1 / 3
- Cask provenancecask type not declared on bottle0 / 3
- Bottling integrity46.0% ABV; non-chill-filtered inferred from ABV; E150a caramel colouring not disclosed2 / 3
- OwnershipIsle of Arran Distillers (independent) — independent or smaller group2 / 3
- Heritagefounded 1995 (31 years of operation)1 / 3
- Reputation5.0/5 across 1 review2 / 3
- Quality score
- 8 / 18
- Quality multiplier
- ×1.67
- Intrinsic value
- €181.97
- Actual price (median)
- €427.06
- Multiple
- 2.35×
- Verdict band
- brand premium
Maturation context
Island · rolling 12 months: 2,249 mm at Monyquil Farm (15 km). Scotland W rolling 12-month rainfall2,451 mm, +33.70% vs 1995-2024 median.
Other bottlings from Arran
- ARRAN Barrel Reserve €31.95 · 0.71×
- ARRAN Quarter Cask "The Bothy" €69.90 · 0.75×
- ARRAN Sherry Cask "The Bodega" €72.90 · 0.78×
- ARRAN The Port Cask Finish €54.65 · 0.81×
- ARRAN The Sauternes Cask Finish €54.95 · 0.84×
- ARRAN Robert Burns Malt €39.95 · 0.85×