Best Whiskey Subscriptions

• Starting Price: $35/ticket
• Free Shipping: Yes, for orders over $45
• Products per Delivery: Varies

A unique e-commerce destination with numerous member benefits, Flaviar’s monthly service makes it easy to explore a breadth of rare and hard-to-find whiskeys from the comfort of home.

Flaviar is a unique online spirits interface that boasts a long list of member benefits. These include reviews, product and distillery profiles, cocktail recipes, access to distillery tours and free events—and, of course, top-shelf spirits delivered right to your door. Flaviar subscribers get exclusive access to the site’s online store, which carries more than 15,000 different spirits, including Scotch, Irish whiskey, Japanese whisky, and bourbon. Members can also branch out into other spirits categories like rum, gin, or mezcal, as well. 

Rather than a standard yearly membership, a Flaviar subscription involves "Tasting Experience Tickets." Each ticket can be redeemed for either a 750 ml bottle of liquor or a Tasting Box, which is a curated package of 1.5 ml sample vials containing different spirits based on a specific theme. You can purchase tickets in increments of one, four, or eight at a time, and the price varies based on the amount of tickets you buy. For example, if you purchase only one ticket, the price is $42 per ticket, but if you buy eight, it's $35. Upgrade to a "Primo" membership and you'll receive free shipping, online discounts, access to exclusive bottlings, and a host of other perks.

Pricing and Plans

• 1-ticket plan: $42 per ticket, redeemable for one Tasting Box or bottle
• 4-ticket plan: $39 per ticket, redeemable for four Tasting Boxes or bottles
• 8-ticket plan: $35 per ticket, redeemable for eight Tasting Boxes or bottles

• Starting Price: $69/month
• Free Shipping: No
• Products per Delivery: 1

Drawing on its deep and highly curated selection of interesting whiskeys, Mash&Grape offers a simple, one-bottle-a-month delivery service for club members.

Mash&Grape’s deep selection of unique, unexpected bottles has made the company popular among whiskey lovers. And their simple, affordable subscription club delivers one curated 750 ml bottle of whiskey to members each month. Eschewing the familiar labels you see in supermarkets or liquor stores, Mash&Grape’s whiskey club focuses on eclectic brands and small producers, with helpful tasting notes included with every shipment. 

Choose from three-, six-, or 12-month whiskey subscription options, each with the reasonable price of $69 per month. There’s also a bourbon-only subscription with the same pricing, as well as a Scotch subscription with the slightly elevated price of $79 per month. 

Pricing and Plans

• Whiskey and Bourbon Clubs: $69 per month
• Scotch Club: $79 per month

• Starting Price: $49/month
• Free Shipping: No
• Products per Delivery: 1

PourMore’s three-tiered subscription service offers curated plans to whiskey lovers of all experience levels.

PourMore features a deep selection of whiskeys from Scotland, Japan, the U.S., and beyond. ​​And the company’s variety, particularly in the pricing department, sets it apart from other one-size-fits-all whiskey subscriptions. With pricing plans for enthusiasts of all levels, PourMore’s extensive whiskey collection can be accessed at a monthly or bi-monthly rate that perfectly fits your budget.

PourMore offers three tiers of subscriptions: Intro, Explorer, and Enthusiast. The Intro package, designed for beginner whiskey fans, goes for $49 per installment. The Explorer package, featuring higher-end bottles, costs $79 per delivery. Finally, the Enthusiast package boasts rare and hard-to-find bottles for $129 per shipment. Each subscription has an additional $15 shipping fee, and billing occurs on a month-to-month basis. (However, you’ll save money if you pre-pay for a number of months in advance.) 

Pricing and Plans

• “Intro” club: $49/month (plus $15 shipping)  
• “Explorer” club: $79/month (plus $15 shipping)  
• “Enthusiast” club: $129/month (plus $15 shipping) 

• Starting Price: $299/half-year
• Free Shipping: Yes
• Products per Delivery: 1

With fun touches like an intro box of whiskey shots and free Glencairn glasses, Shots Box offers rare whiskies in an engaging format.

A maverick in the whiskey subscription world, Shots Box does a number of things differently than its competitors. Rather than asking customers to let the company curate a selection each month, Shots Box sends its users a box of five 50 ml shots. The subscriber then tries them all and selects which of the five they’d like to receive in full-bottle form. To enhance the tasting experience, Shots Box includes a pair of elegant Glencairn tasting glasses with the first delivery.

Instead of monthly billing, Shots Box offers subscriptions on either a six-month basis (which includes three shipments) for $299, or a full-year basis (with six shipments) for $499. The full-year subscription includes one extra 750 ml bottle of top-selling whiskey, bringing the yearly total to seven bottles. Both the six-month and full-year subscriptions offer free shipping, which adds even more value to the membership.

Pricing and Plans

• $299 for 6-month subscription (3 shipments)
• $499 for full-year subscription (6 shipments, plus extra bottle)
  

• Starting Price: $110 every 2 months
• Free Shipping: Yes
• Products per Delivery: 1

If you’re looking for new adventures in the world of whisky, Craft Whisky Club is for you. This Caskshare brand delivers hard-to-find, small-batch whiskeys from innovative distillers—with food pairings, to boot.

Craft Whisky Club was formed in the UK (hence the spelling of “whisky” without an “e”) with the intention of helping new distilleries get a foothold in a crowded marketplace. The company sources compelling whiskeys from across the globe, seeking out small, emerging brands whenever they can. And, unlike any other subscription we reviewed, the Craft Whisky Club also includes regional food pairings with every shipment.

As far as pricing, members will be billed every month, but they’ll only receive a shipment once every two months. Users can choose to receive one bottle in that bi-monthly delivery, which costs $55 monthly (or $110 per shipment) or two bottles at $95 monthly (or $190 per shipment). When factoring in the food pairing, plus occasional bonus gifts from distilleries, it works out to be a solid value. Plus, can you really put a price on supporting up-and-coming whiskey producers? We think not.

Pricing and Plans

• $55/month for 1 bottle, shipped bi-monthly
• $95/month for 2 bottles, shipped bi-monthly

• Starting Price: $69.99/month
• Free Shipping: No
• Products per Delivery: 1

With its exclusive bottlings and substantial supplementary material included with shipments, there’s no better option for aspiring whiskey savants than Taster’s Club.

The whiskey subscription from Taster’s Club is a great way to access offerings from some of the world’s most unique distilleries. Expect to see plenty of American whiskeys (including bourbon, rye, malt whiskey, and Tennessee whiskey), as well as eclectic offerings from Japan, Ireland, and Scotland. Cask-strength and single-barrel bottles aren’t uncommon, and certain distilleries will offer bottlings exclusive to Taster’s Club, so you’ll get to taste whiskeys you truly can’t source anywhere else.

Best of all, the Taster’s Club whiskey subscription offers additional value through its monthly “Digital 101” materials. This includes information regarding the whiskey’s production, images of the distillery and its unique story, expert tasting notes, and cocktail recipes. These extra details make Taster’s Club the ideal choice for whiskey fans who want to go on an educational journey.

Pricing and Plans

• Whiskey and Bourbon: $69.99/month, plus taxes and shipping
• Scotch: $79.99/month, plus taxes and shipping
  

• Starting Price: $99/year
• Free Shipping: No
• Products per Delivery: Varies

Want to gain access to award-winning single-cask whiskies that are available only to a select group of people? If so, the Scotch Malt Whisky Society is the perfect choice.

The Scotch Malt Whisky Society has been on a quest to deliver exclusive single-cask Scotch to its members since its founding in 1983. Every month, the Society releases 20 to 30 single-cask whiskies from distilleries all over Scotland, hand-picked by their Tasting Panel. 

While it’s not a recurring subscription, per se, a $99 annual fee grants you access to purchase bottles of Scotch whisky that are available only to members of the Society. Additional perks include in-person tasting events, guided virtual tastings, and access to private Members’ Rooms in the UK. 

You can also purchase a tasting kit—which includes three 100 ml bottles of whisky, two snifter glasses, a pitcher, a water dropper, and a notebook—along with the membership for a total of $195. Furthermore, you can select a one-year membership plus a full bottle of whisky for a price ranging from $150 to $235, depending on the cask selection.

Pricing and Plans

• Membership only: $99/year 
• Membership and tasting kit: $195/year
• Membership and bottle: $150/year to $235/year