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From the Royal Salute guy · Article · 2026-11-05 · 86 words

Royal Salute 21: what it costs, and what sits beside it

Royal Salute 21 is $210 at Dan Murphy's this week. That is the number to carry to the counter.

Here is the useful part, and it comes from the same house. The bottle most like Royal Salute 21 at a lower price is Chivas Regal 18, $125, which gives a Royal Salute 21 drinker about 86% of what their own bottle does. Same family, most of the way there, and well under the price.

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