From Passport to Ballantine's 10 Anos: the whiskies in the catalog with the lowest price ranges at five chains
We cross-referenced the sheets in Bebidário's whiskies catalog with the shelf price survey we carried out on September 24, 2026 at five chains (Divvino, Zona Sul, Bistek, Savegnago and Giassi) and picked out the ten labels with the lowest price range. Nine are blended Scotch, a blend of malt and grain whiskies; the other is Irish. Only two carry an age statement on the label: Chivas Regal 12 Anos and Ballantine's 10 Anos.
The list is from the Bebidário catalog, not the whole market: only whiskies with a sheet on the site and a price in our table were included, from the lowest to the highest minimum price found. 700 ml and 750 ml bottles were compared side by side. When the whisky was only on sale in a 1 L bottle, we used the price prorated to 750 ml to rank it, and the text and the card say so. Jack Daniel's Tennessee Fire would have qualified on price, but was left out because it is a whiskey liqueur with cinnamon, at 35%. The flavors cited come from each sheet's pyramid.
Blended Scotch from Chivas Brothers, launched in 1965, with malt from the Glen Keith distillery, in Speyside, at the heart of the recipe; the whisky is made in Scotland and bottled in Brazil. We only found the 1 L bottle, from R$ 49.90 to R$ 63.90, which works out to about R$ 37 to R$ 48 per 750 ml. According to the producer, pear, toffee and orange peel on top, caramel, raspberry and a touch of smoke on the palate. The maker recommends drinking it neat, on the rocks or with soda.
A Diageo blend born in the 1890s with Mackie & Co, a company linked to the Lagavulin distillery, on Islay, whose malt remains in the recipe; Diageo states that it has one of the highest malt proportions among Scotch whiskies. It also only appeared in a 1 L bottle: R$ 72.90 to R$ 96.90, or about R$ 55 to R$ 73 per 750 ml. The pyramid shows peat, vanilla and malt on top, with honey, smoke and wood on the palate. The brand suggests it neat, on the rocks or in drinks.
It bears the name of Arthur Bell, a Perth merchant who blended malts from 1851; today it belongs to Diageo, has Blair Athol malt as its main component and is bottled in Brazil. Only one of the five stores had it in stock, at R$ 62.90. The Bebidário pyramid, built from the store's description, points to toffee, malt and apple on the nose, honey and raisin on the palate and black pepper on the finish. Diageo suggests 50 ml in a rocks glass, with or without ice.
Ballantine's flagship since 1910, now owned by Pernod Ricard: Miltonduff and Glenburgie malts at the base, together with about 50 single malts and four grain whiskies. According to the producer, honey on the nose, dark chocolate and vanilla on the palate and vanilla on the finish. It was at four of the five stores.
A Johnnie Walker blend designed for mixing, with wheat whisky and malt whisky; it arrived across Brazil in 2022, after a test in Curitiba. The producer's pyramid has vanilla, toffee, orange peel and red fruit on top and apple on the palate. The house serve is the Blonde Citrus Highball: 50 ml in a tall glass with ice, 150 ml of lemon soda and an orange slice.
Renamed Red Label in 1909, it combines up to 35 malt and grain whiskies, among them those from the Cardhu, Caol Ila, Teaninich and Cameronbridge distilleries. According to the producer, cinnamon and black pepper on top, pear and green apple on the palate and vanilla with a thread of smoke on the finish. Diageo Brasil recommends it for long drinks, such as the Red Highball.
Launched in 1884 by James Buchanan, it got its name from the nickname customers gave the dark bottle with the white label; today it belongs to Diageo and is sold only outside the United Kingdom, with Brazil among its strongest markets. It is 35 malts married with grain whiskies. The 700 ml bottle was only at one store, at R$ 79.90; the 1 L appeared at three, from R$ 94.90 to R$ 121.90. The pyramid, built on the basis of specialists, shows toffee, honey and ginger on top and apple, cinnamon and clove on the finish; the house recommends 50 ml over ice in a rocks glass.
The first on the list with an age statement: malt and grain whiskies at least 12 years old, with a predominance of Speyside malts and the Strathisla single malt at the heart. The pyramid brings together honey and pear on top, cream, vanilla and toffee on the palate and nuts, hazelnut and black pepper on the finish. Between the cheapest and the most expensive store, the difference exceeds R$ 45.
The only non-Scotch on the list: blended Irish whiskey from Midleton, in County Cork, combining grain whiskey and pot still whiskey from malted and unmalted barley, with triple distillation and malt dried without peat. According to Pernod Ricard, it ages for at least three years. The pyramid, from specialists, mentions cereal, cinnamon, nutmeg and vanilla on the palate and butter on the finish. It has the widest price variation between stores on the list.
The step up from Finest in the Ballantine's range: malt and grain aged for at least 10 years in oak casks. According to the producer, honey, wood and vanilla on top, honey and wood on the palate. The brand's Brazilian page suggests drinking it neat or in cocktails such as the Rob Roy, Penicillin and Boulevardier.
Up to about R$ 80, none of the first seven carries an age on its sheet; they are blends that the brands, in several cases, recommend for ice, soda and long drinks, and two of them (Passport and Bell's) are bottled in Brazil with Scotch whisky. From around R$ 95 come the minimum age on the label (Chivas Regal 12 Anos and Ballantine's 10 Anos) and Jameson's triple distillation.
The figures are shelf prices surveyed on 09/24/2026 on the websites of Divvino, Zona Sul, Bistek, Savegnago and Giassi, only for products in stock, for 700 ml to 750 ml bottles (and 1 L when indicated). They change over time and from store to store.
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Sources: Bebidário sheets, with information from Pernod Ricard and Chivas Brothers (Passport, Ballantine's, Chivas Regal, Jameson) and Diageo (White Horse, Bell's, Johnnie Walker, Black & White); Bebidário shelf price survey at Divvino, Zona Sul, Bistek, Savegnago and Giassi, 09/24/2026.
