Kingsbarns Dream to Dram
Is it worth the price?
Kingsbarns Dream to Dram is a Lowland single malt Scotch from the Kingsbarns distillery, released without an age statement. Tasters score it 4.1 out of 5 across 50 reviews. A single retailer lists it at €66.53, against a model fair price of around €87.59. That is 0.76× the model estimate — well below the quality-predicted price, and one of the clearer value picks in the data.
Retailers tracked
| Retailer | Price |
|---|---|
| thewhiskyshop | €66.53 |
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
- 4.05 / 5
- Age
- No age statement
- Region
- Lowland
- Distillery tier
- Mid
- Predicted price
- €87.59
- Actual price (median)
- €66.53
- Multiple
- 0.76×
- Verdict band
- hidden gem (≤ 0.80×)
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 (€0.25/cl × 70 cl)
- €17.50
- Maturation (NAS→5 × €1.20/year)
- €6.92
- Cask premium (undeclared)
- +€0.00
- × ABV factor
- ×1.00
- Cost floor
- €24.42
NAS treated as 5 years for maturation cost (paper convention).
- Process distinctnessLowland farm distillery2 / 3
- Cask provenancecask type not declared on bottle0 / 3
- Bottling integrityABV not declared; chill-filtration not disclosed; E150a caramel colouring not disclosed0 / 3
- OwnershipWemyss Malts (independent) — family multigenerational3 / 3
- Heritagefounded 2014 (12 years of operation)1 / 3
- Reputation4.05/5 across 50 reviews0 / 3
- Quality score
- 6 / 18
- Quality multiplier
- ×1.50
- Intrinsic value
- €36.63
- Actual price (median)
- €66.53
- Multiple
- 1.82×
- Verdict band
- mild premium
Maturation context
Lowland · rolling 12 months: 630 mm at Cambo Sands (1 km). Scotland E rolling 12-month rainfall1,676 mm, +38.40% vs 1995-2024 median.