GLENGLASSAUGH Sandend
Is it worth the price?
GLENGLASSAUGH Sandend is a Highland single malt Scotch from the Glenglassaugh distillery, released without an age statement. Tasters score it 5.0 out of 5 across 8 reviews. It is tracked at 4 retailers, ranging from €58.50 to €80.19, while the valuation model estimates a fair price of around €81.47. That is 0.83× the model estimate — almost exactly what its age, strength and house predict, with no meaningful brand premium. 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. Of the 3 Glenglassaugh bottlings priced here, this is the strongest value.
Retailers tracked
| Retailer | Price |
|---|---|
| topdrinks | €58.50 |
| whisky.fr | €66.90 |
| whiskylodge | €68.00 |
| thewhiskyshop | €80.19 |
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
- No age statement
- Region
- Highland
- Distillery tier
- Mid Label only — set from the distillery’s median price, not used by the model.
- Predicted price
- €81.47
- Actual price (median)
- €67.45
- Multiple
- 0.83×
- Verdict band
- fair value (0.80× < … ≤ 1.20×)
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 (€0.18/cl × 70 cl)
- €12.60
- Maturation (NAS→5 × €1.20/year)
- €6.92
- Cask premium (undeclared)
- +€0.00
- × ABV factor
- ×1.26
- Cost floor
- €24.64
NAS treated as 5 years for maturation cost (paper convention).
- Process distinctnesslong closure 1986-20082 / 3
- Cask provenancecask type not declared on bottle0 / 3
- Bottling integrity50.5% ABV; non-chill-filtered inferred from ABV; E150a caramel colouring not disclosed3 / 3
- OwnershipBrown-Forman — independent or smaller group2 / 3
- Heritagefounded 1875 (151 years of operation); closure 1986-20082 / 3
- Reputation5.0/5 across 8 reviews3 / 3
- Quality score
- 12 / 18
- Quality multiplier
- ×2.00
- Intrinsic value
- €49.29
- Actual price (median)
- €67.45
- Multiple
- 1.37×
- Verdict band
- mild premium
Maturation context
Highland · rolling 12 months: 560 mm at Cullen (6 km). Scotland N rolling 12-month rainfall2,298 mm, +33.30% vs 1995-2024 median.
Other bottlings from Glenglassaugh
- GLENGLASSAUGH 12 Years Old €49.50 · 0.84×
- GLENGLASSAUGH Portsoy €67.95 · 0.99×