Every Morrisons Whisky: Prices, Value & What's Worth Buying

Morrisons' own-label whisky shelf is thinner than you might expect from a supermarket its size. Where Aldi and Lidl stack up age-stated single malts, Morrisons' own brand centres on a "The Best" blended malt and a cheap everyday blend. At the time of writing we couldn't verify an own-label single malt under the Morrisons or "The Best" label — so this guide is honest about what's actually on the shelf, what it costs, and where Morrisons' real whisky value tends to sit (which is often on the branded bottles it discounts, not its own brand).

How this guide works. This is a research-based buying guide, not a personal tasting. We assess on price, value per unit of alcohol (via our Whisky Value Calculator), age statements and category, and what's verifiable about sourcing. Prices change — treat them as a guide and check the shelf.

The range

Morrisons The Best Blended Malt Scotch Whisky — ~£19

ABV: 40% · Type: Blended malt Scotch

The pick of Morrisons' own brand. A blended malt — meaning it's a marriage of single malts from more than one distillery, with no grain whisky in the mix — carrying a minimum five-year maturation, documented as matured in American oak bourbon barrels. That's a step up in category from a standard blend: all malt, no grain filler. The widely-described profile leans light and honeyed with vanilla, which is typical of a young bourbon-cask malt. At ~£19 it's pitched as a sipper rather than a mixer.

Morrisons Blended Scotch Whisky — ~£14.50

ABV: 40% · Type: Blended Scotch

The budget everyday blend, usually the cheapest Scotch on the Morrisons shelf. No age statement, sold as a base for long drinks and mixers. It does the job a cheap blend is meant to do; it isn't trying to be a sipping whisky.

A note on "The Best" single malts

Morrisons' "The Best" tier covers a lot of categories across the store, but on the whisky shelf the own-label flag we could verify is the blended malt above, not an age-stated own-label single malt. Ranges rotate and stores vary, so if you spot a "The Best" single malt in your branch, treat the bottle's own label as the source of truth — check the age statement and region printed on it.

The price-per-unit breakdown

We work out value the same way every time: £/unit = price ÷ (70cl × ABV/100 ÷ 10). A 70cl bottle at 40% holds 28 units of alcohol, so a £19 bottle works out at 19 ÷ 28 = ~£0.68/unit.

Via our Whisky Value Calculator:

Whisky	Price	£/unit of alcohol
Morrisons Blended Scotch	~£14.50	£0.52
Morrisons The Best Blended Malt	~£19	£0.68

A blended malt — all malt, no grain — at ~£0.68/unit is reasonable value for the category, even if it can't match an age-stated supermarket single malt for sipping seriousness.

What Morrisons won't tell you

Morrisons doesn't name the distilleries behind its own-label bottles, which is the norm across supermarket whisky: own-label Scotch is generally contract-bottled by established producers rather than distilled by the retailer, and the names tend to stay off the front label. Morrisons is an interesting case because its parent group has whisky interests of its own through Morrison Scotch Whisky Distillers — but that's a separate trade business, and we wouldn't assert it as the source of any particular supermarket bottle without it being stated. The fuller story of how supermarket whisky gets made is in our explainer.

Worth knowing: Morrisons' strongest whisky value often isn't its own brand at all. It frequently runs keen shelf prices on branded Speyside single malts, so the best buy in the aisle can be a name-brand bottle on offer rather than the own-label one.

What's worth buying

• Best of the own brand: The Best Blended Malt (~£19). A bourbon-cask blended malt at that price is a fair, easy-going sipper and a genuine step up from a standard blend.
• Everyday mixer: Morrisons Blended Scotch (~£14.50) if you mainly want a base for long drinks — though an age-stated budget blend like Aldi's Highland Black 8 is the stronger pour at similar money.
• Don't ignore the branded shelf: Morrisons' best whisky value is often a discounted branded single malt rather than its own label — compare before you reach for the own brand.

Frequently asked questions

Who makes Morrisons' own-label whisky?

Morrisons doesn't say on the label, and we won't assert a specific distillery as fact. As with most supermarket Scotch, the own-label bottles are understood to be contract-bottled by established producers rather than distilled by the retailer. The exact source isn't publicly documented.

Is Morrisons The Best a real single malt?

No — it's a blended malt, not a single malt. That means it's a marriage of single malts from more than one distillery (with no grain whisky), which is a genuine all-malt category but distinct from a single malt that comes from one distillery.

Does Morrisons have an own-label Islay malt?

Not that we could verify in the core own-label range, which centres on the blended malt and a budget blend. For peat at Morrisons you're generally shopping the branded shelf.

When does Morrisons whisky go on offer?

Morrisons rotates spirits promotions regularly, and its keenest whisky prices often land on branded single malts rather than the own brand — so it's worth checking the branded shelf for deals at the same time.

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