by Hannah Thompson | Feb 9, 2021 | Uncategorized
At Cheaper By the Dram we love to open bottles but if you have a bottle you can’t justify opening then Mark Littler Ltd could help. Mark Littler Ltd has been helping private whisky owners sell their whisky online since 2016. In 2021 their updated website and...
by Hannah Thompson | Jun 1, 2020 | RELEASE INFORMATION, Whisky
On the 1st July 2020 CBTD REF NO. 23 & 24 will be released. This marks a milestone for us as it is the last pair of bottles released from the first round of rare and collectable bottles that we opened instead of selling on. And, as we are still here, it also...
by Hannah Thompson | Apr 30, 2020 | RELEASE INFORMATION
Even by 1980s whisky bottle design standards, whoever suggested a brown label in the 1980s Gordon and Macpahil marketing team should surely have been promptly dismissed. And if that were not bad enough, someone also decided not to use the possessive apostrophe (and...
by Hannah Thompson | Apr 23, 2020 | Whisky
This week our featured dram is a highly collectable cask strength Macallan ‘As We Get It’ released by JG Thompson in the 1980s. And because we’re feeling extra generous, we’ve chucked in 19% off for good measure. CBTD NO.03: MACALLAN ‘AS...
by Hannah Thompson | Apr 16, 2020 | As Featured In, Whisky
Our Dram Of The Week is this 18 year old Highland Park distilled in 1989 and bottled from a single cask by First Cask CBTD NO.14: HIGHLAND PARK 1989 18 YO 16% off for 1 week only. Currently £18.48/ dram BUY NOW This week our favourite dram is a classic 18 year old...
by Hannah Thompson | Apr 4, 2020 | Whisky
Our dram of the week is a vintage Black & White from the 1950s with a classic spring top closure. CBTD NO.07: Black & White 1950s £14/ dram BUY NOW Black & White is one of the icons of the vintage whisky world and indeed is still one of the most popular...
by Hannah Thompson | Mar 26, 2020 | RELEASE INFORMATION, Uncategorized
You are not alone in these strange times The world is a rather strange place at the moment, but strange isn’t always bad. Sometimes chaos can help us to find and experience new things by making us aware of how much of our lives we conduct on autopilot. Whisky should...
by Hannah Thompson | Feb 20, 2020 | RELEASE INFORMATION
The Rare Malts Selection is a series of bottlings that has left its mark on the Scotch Whisky landscape. The series was launched in 1995 with the aim of bringing rare whiskies from mothballed distilleries back to the drinkers. Bringing rare whisky back to the drinker...
by Hannah Thompson | Feb 19, 2020 | RELEASE INFORMATION, Whisky
Want to know what’s available from Cheaper By The Dram? Details for CBTD REF NO.13-NO.24 are all listed below. The first 12 releases are all detailed here.If you’d like to know when the next round gets added then make sure you sign up to our mailing list to be...
by Hannah Thompson | Jan 29, 2020 | RELEASE INFORMATION, Unpeated
The Macallan Distillery needs no introduction. They are the poster boys for marketers and whisky lovers alike having successfully positioned themselves as a luxury brand for a product that is made in the same way, with the same ingredients as every other single malt...
by Hannah Thompson | Dec 9, 2019 | Peated, RELEASE INFORMATION, Whisky
We have updated our release schedule so our next release will be on the 5TH February and we are bringing you our first whiskies from the Orkney Islands. If you haven’t gathered by now our drams are colour coded by region; the Islands are lush shade of teal and our...
by Hannah Thompson | Nov 27, 2019 | CBTD, Shipping Information
Cheaper by the Dram ship across the UK and Europe. You can see our UK shipping prices on our policies page. Within Europe we can ship to the following countries: Country Price Band Bulgaria e Denmark b Estonia d Finland d France a Germany a Greece e Hungary d...
by Hannah Thompson | Nov 26, 2019 | RELEASE INFORMATION, Whisky
It is that time of year. The time when you are not only expected to spend all your hard-earned cash on presents for other people but also to spend all your precious free time not only buying those presents but thinking of the perfect thoughtful and personal gift. To...
by Hannah Thompson | Nov 21, 2019 | CBTD, Shipping Information
It’s official, Cheaper by the Dram can ship to the USA. Within America we can ship to the following states: Alaska (anchorage only) California Conneticut Delaware District of Columbia Florida Idaho Louisiana Maine Maryland Massachusetts Nebraska New Jersey New...
by Hannah Thompson | Nov 20, 2019 | As Featured In
We are so excited to be working with so many fantastic names within the whisky industry. It just doesn’t get old seeing other people enjoying our product, make sure you check out Whisky Wednesday’s other fantastic video reviews and tasting notes on the...
by Hannah Thompson | Nov 17, 2019 | As Featured In
Another fantastic video from No Nonsense Whisky. We love sharing our drams, because that’s what whisky is about: drinking and enjoying it together, great to get the word out. Make sure you check out the No Nonsense Whisky YouTube Channel for more honest,...
by Hannah Thompson | Nov 12, 2019 | RELEASE INFORMATION, Whisky
This week we are offering you something completely different, something that we are almost certain you would not be able to try anywhere else: A 1958 White Horse Bottling, from the era when the infamous Malt Mill was in production, and a 1950s Black and White. These...
by Hannah Thompson | Nov 10, 2019 | As Featured In
Last week we had a chat with Noortje from Whisky Lifestyle. We spoke to her about all things Cheaper By The Dram, from why we set up to how much we think people will pay for a dram of whisky. You can read the full article here: whiskylifestyle.com Definitely make sure...
by Hannah Thompson | Oct 28, 2019 | Peated, RELEASE INFORMATION, Style, Whisky
Iodine, phenonols and burnt rubble: must be a Laphroaig One of the most well-known of the Scottish distilleries, and certainly one of the most infamous for its divisive tasting notes, the Laphroaig distillery has an illustrious history stretching back to 1815. In CBTD...
by Hannah Thompson | Oct 14, 2019 | RELEASE INFORMATION, Unpeated, Whisky
Cheaper By The Dram NO.03 and NO.04 are two drams from the Macallan distillery. Both of the original bottles were bottled by independent bottlers and they offer two very different styles of whisky from this renowned distillery. CBTD NO.03 and NO.04 Cheaper By The Dram...