Head to head · unusually close flavour match
Bruichladdich The Classic Laddie 10 Aged Years vs Chivas Regal 12 Year Old
No flavour axis separates them. Bruichladdich The Classic Laddie 10 Aged Years publishes its cask types, Chivas Regal 12 Year Old publishes none.
Compiled by WhiskeyCask Editorial · Last verified 2026-07-30
Specifications side by side
| Bruichladdich The Classic Laddie 10 Aged Years | Chivas Regal 12 Year Old | |
|---|---|---|
| Category | Single malt | Blended scotch |
| Origin | Islay, Scotland | Scotland |
| Age | 10 years | 12 years |
| Strength | 50% ABV | Not published |
| Cask | First-fill and refill ex-bourbon American oak, ex-wine casks | Not disclosed |
| Bottle | 700 ml | 700 ml |
| RRP observed | £46 | £33 |
| Per 10cl | £6.57 | £4.71 |
| Per litre of alcohol | £131 | — |
| Chill-filtered | No | Not stated |
What separates them
Both from Scotland.
Bruichladdich The Classic Laddie 10 Aged Years is a single malt, Chivas Regal 12 Year Old a blended scotch.
Chivas Regal 12 Year Old states 12 years, 2 more on paper.
Bruichladdich The Classic Laddie 10 Aged Years lists first-fill and refill ex-bourbon american oak and ex-wine casks. Chivas Regal 12 Year Old publishes no cask detail at all.
Chill filtration: Bruichladdich The Classic Laddie 10 Aged Years is not, Chivas Regal 12 Year Old does not say.
Colour: Bruichladdich The Classic Laddie 10 Aged Years natural colour, Chivas Regal 12 Year Old silent.
Chivas Regal 12 Year Old: specifications not yet producer-confirmed.
What the price buys
Bruichladdich The Classic Laddie 10 Aged Years is £13 dearer a bottle than Chivas Regal 12 Year Old.
Chivas Regal 12 Year Old publishes no strength, so we will not cost it per litre of alcohol.
Flavour, compared
View as table
| Axis | Bruichladdich The Classic Laddie 10 Aged Years | Chivas Regal 12 Year Old |
|---|---|---|
| Peaty | 2 | 1 |
| Sweet | 6 | 7 |
| Fruity | 7 | 6 |
| Spicy | 5 | 4 |
| Woody | 5 | 4 |
| Sherried | 3 | 4 |
| Cereal | 6 | 5 |
| Oily | 7 | 5 |
No axis reaches the 3-point gap we call meaningful. Widest is oily, 7 against 5.
Each bottle in its own right
Bruichladdich The Classic Laddie 10 Aged Years
Barley sugar, sea air and citrus at a proper 50%. Unpeated Islay, which surprises people.
Now carries a 10-year age statement — it was NAS 'Scottish Barley' for years and most sites still publish it that way. Every bottle prints a recipe code that unlocks the exact cask-by-cask recipe and barley origin for that batch, batch disclosure no other major Scotch brand offers. Bottled at 50% rather than the usual 40-46%, which the producer states explicitly.
Full record →Chivas Regal 12 Year Old
Soft, honeyed and inoffensive. Built for mixing rather than contemplation.
We cannot publish an ABV for this bottle. Chivas' own domains return HTTP 403 to us on every path, Pernod Ricard's brand page omits strength, and no major retailer exposes it in product data — so the widely repeated 40% is not something we can source. The blend is anchored to Strathisla, the oldest continuously operating distillery in Scotland, founded 1786.
Full record →No overlap in what we list them for: Bruichladdich The Classic Laddie 10 Aged Years for value at 50%, transparency and unpeated islay, Chivas Regal 12 Year Old for mixing and value.
Where these specifications come from
Producer and retailer pages for Bruichladdich The Classic Laddie 10 Aged Years and Chivas Regal 12 Year Old: bruichladdich.com, pernod-ricard.com, reservebar.com. Figures are what those pages published when we last checked them, on 2026-07-30.