Tamdhu Batch Strength No. 8
Is it worth the price?
Tamdhu Batch Strength No. 8 is a single malt Scotch from the Tamdhu distillery, released without an age statement. Tasters score it 4.3 out of 5 across 50 reviews. A single retailer lists it at €79.95, against a model fair price of around €73.51. That is 1.09× the model estimate — almost exactly the quality-predicted price, with no meaningful brand premium. Of the 2 Tamdhu bottlings priced here, this is the weakest value.
Retailers tracked
| Retailer | Price |
|---|---|
| topdrinks | €79.95 |
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
- 4.26 / 5
- Age
- No age statement
- Region
- —
- Distillery tier
- Mid
- Predicted price
- €73.51
- Actual price (median)
- €79.95
- Multiple
- 1.09×
- 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 (€0.14/cl × 70 cl)
- €9.80
- Maturation (NAS→5 × €1.20/year)
- €6.92
- Cask premium (undeclared)
- +€0.00
- × ABV factor
- ×1.00
- Cost floor
- €16.72
NAS treated as 5 years for maturation cost (paper convention).
- Process distinctnesssherry-cask matured house style2 / 3
- Cask provenancecask type not declared on bottle0 / 3
- Bottling integrityABV not declared; chill-filtration not disclosed; E150a caramel colouring not disclosed0 / 3
- OwnershipIan Macleod Distillers (independent) — independent or smaller group2 / 3
- Heritagefounded 1896 (130 years of operation)2 / 3
- Reputation4.26/5 across 50 reviews0 / 3
- Quality score
- 6 / 18
- Quality multiplier
- ×1.50
- Intrinsic value
- €25.08
- Actual price (median)
- €79.95
- Multiple
- 3.19×
- Verdict band
- brand premium
Maturation context
Speyside · rolling 12 months: 727 mm at Delnashaugh (7 km). Scotland N rolling 12-month rainfall2,223 mm, +30.70% vs 1995-2024 median.
Other bottlings from Tamdhu
- Tamdhu 12 Years Old €52.95 · 0.72×