GLENKINCHIE Distillers Edition
Is it worth the price?
GLENKINCHIE Distillers Edition is a Lowland single malt Scotch from the Glenkinchie distillery, released without an age statement. Tasters score it 5.0 out of 5 across 2 reviews. It is tracked at 3 retailers, ranging from €59.00 to €74.38, while the valuation model estimates a fair price of around €52.69. That is 1.25× 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. Of the 2 Glenkinchie bottlings priced here, this is the weakest value.
Retailers tracked
| Retailer | Price |
|---|---|
| whiskylodge | €59.00 |
| whisky.fr | €65.90 |
| thewhiskyshop | €74.38 |
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
- Lowland
- Distillery tier
- Budget Label only — set from the distillery’s median price, not used by the model.
- Predicted price
- €52.69
- Actual price (median)
- €65.90
- Multiple
- 1.25×
- 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 (€0.18/cl × 70 cl)
- €12.60
- Maturation (NAS→5 × €1.20/year)
- €6.92
- Cask premium (undeclared)
- +€0.00
- × ABV factor
- ×1.08
- Cost floor
- €20.98
NAS treated as 5 years for maturation cost (paper convention).
- Process distinctnessno declared distinctive practices2 / 3
- Cask provenancecask type not declared on bottle0 / 3
- Bottling integrity43.0% ABV; chill-filtration not disclosed; E150a caramel colouring not disclosed1 / 3
- OwnershipDiageo — independent or smaller group2 / 3
- Heritagefounded 1837 (189 years of operation)3 / 3
- Reputation5.0/5 across 2 reviews3 / 3
- Quality score
- 11 / 18
- Quality multiplier
- ×1.92
- Intrinsic value
- €40.22
- Actual price (median)
- €65.90
- Multiple
- 1.64×
- Verdict band
- mild premium
Maturation context
Lowland · rolling 12 months: 726 mm at Gifford Rain Gauge (8 km). Scotland E rolling 12-month rainfall1,667 mm, +37.40% vs 1995-2024 median.
Other bottlings from Glenkinchie
- GLENKINCHIE 12 Years Old €33.90 · 0.59×