What is your favourite malt whisky under £30

[Tony]

Hi

I am new to the delights of single malt whisky and was hoping to get a few ideas for my next purchase.

I am trying to keep myself to a budget of under £30 per botlle and was hoping you could give me a few ideas by telling me what your favourite whiskies are for less than £30.

Cheeers

Tony

[John]

Hi Tony and welcome to the forum.

We all love a bargain and you will find there are loads of malts worth trying for under £30, here are a few:

Aberlour 10
Balvenie 10 + Doublewood
An Cnoc 12
Old Pulteney 12
Ardbeg 10

John

[Davy]

Here are some excellent whiskies i would recommend trying and you will find them priced closer to £20 if you shop around.

Highland Park 12
Aberlour 10
Ardbeg 10
Laphroaig 10
Macallan 10
Talisker 10
Balvenie Doublewood

Davy

[Smithy]

My 3 favourite malt whiskies under £30 that i would recommend are:

Macallan 10
Highland Park 12
Balvenie Doublewood

Smithy

[Fergie]

I would recommend

Ardbeg 10
Laphroaig 10
Macallan 10
Talisker 10

also the Dalmore 10 year old hasnt been mentioned yet and is worth trying IMO.

Fergie

[Tony]

Thanks for all your recommendations everyone.

I have checked out the whiskies you have recommended in the A to Z of single malts on this site. I think i might give the smoky Islay malts a miss until i have a few others under my belt.

Anyway thanks again for your suggestions, i have now compiled a shopping list of malts to buy.

Cheers

Tony

[Frank]

Under £30 it is the Highland Park 12 or the Macallan for me.

Frank

[Andy M]

For under £30 i would go for the Highland Park 12 year old or the Aberlour 10 which if you shop around you can usually find for under £20 my other choice would be the Talisker 10 which has also been available recently for around £20 in Tesco and Asda supermarkets

Andy M

[maltmatt]

Aberlour 10 is a great call, as is the Talisker 10, but the Aberlour 16 (for me at least) surpasses the 10 year old and can be picked up for £30:

http://www.maltwhiskydistilleries.com/tabid/54/CategoryID/1/ProductID/3/PageIndex/1/Default.aspx

The Laphroig 10 is also excellent, but more of an acquired taste.

[Mark]

I havent yet got around to trying the Aberlour 16 i didnt actually realise it was priced under £30. Although i do like the Aberlour a'bunadh which is usually only a few pound more.

As far as the Aberlour 10 is concerned IMO it is one of the best value for money malts on the market, i always have a bottle in my whisky cabinet.

Mark

[maltmatt]

[William]

Hi Matt, welcome to the forum.

I have always been an Aberlour fan but I havent tried the Aberlour 16 either, i thought it was only produced for the French market or have i got that wrong.

Has the Aberlour 16 year old now replaced the 15 year old as part of Aberlour core range here in the UK.

William

[maltmatt]

Hi William,

Thanks for the welcome. You're right, the 16 was only available in France before now, but it's available online here in the UK too. I had it for the first time at a recent trip to the distillery and was suitably impressed.

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[Richard L]