From the Dimple desk · Thread · tastes-like · 2026-10-29

Tastes like Dimple 12

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1/If Dimple 12 is the bottle you keep coming back to, its nearest flavour twin is Dewar's 12. Close enough that a Dimple 12 drinker gets about 100% of what their own bottle gives, and it costs $16 more.

2/Dimple 12 leans toffee and spice, settling into a warm caramel with a thread of smoke and oak. Dewar's 12 runs caramel and oak too, with a little sherry sweetness and a short, bitter grapefruit finish. Caramel and oak turn up in both glasses.

3/At Dan Murphy's this week, Dimple 12 is $53 and Dewar's 12 is $69. That works out to about $2.40 and $3.12 a pour, either one under the $6.28 a pub pint comes to. Stay with the Dimple 12 if it's your usual; reach for the Dewar's 12 when you fancy a change.

Sources

Prices at Dan Murphy's as of 2026-10-29 (29 October 2026); vintage 2026-10-29.1; bottles: Dimple 12 Year Old Blended Scotch Whisky 700mL, Dewar's 12 Year Old Blended Scotch Whisky 700mL.
Dewar's 12 for a Dimple 12 drinker (share of what the Dimple 12 gives): 100% (stand_ins.alternatives.share_of_ref)
Dimple 12 price this week: $53 (price.ticket)
Dewar's 12 price this week: $69 (price.ticket)
Dewar's 12 costs more than Dimple 12 by: $16 (price.ticket diff)
flavour words in both reviews (Dimple 12, Dewar's 12): caramel and oak (identity.review_text (both))
Dimple 12 per standard drink: $2.40 (price.ticket / standard drinks)
Dewar's 12 per standard drink: $3.12 (price.ticket / standard drinks)
a pint at the pub, per standard drink (about $13 a pint, about 2 standard drinks): $6.28 (PUB_PINT)
a pint at the pub: $13 (PUB_PINT)
THE POINT (fixed: keep its figures): Of the like-for-like bottles at Dan Murphy's, Dewar's 12 is the nearest to Dimple 12 on flavour two ways: by the words in their reviews and by what drinkers choose. Dewar's 12 gives a Dimple 12 drinker about 100% of what the Dimple 12 does, and costs $16 more.
Dimple 12: standard drinks in the bottle: about 22
Dewar's 12: standard drinks in the bottle: about 22
under a pint at the pub, per standard drink: Dimple 12 and Dewar's 12
over a pint at the pub, per standard drink: none

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premium over CE 360° · shared scale 0% to +70% across the eleven

Dimple 12 Year Old Blended Scotch Whisky

$52.85list 11-05

CE 360° $52.57 · 2.5% over · #1 of 38 in Highlands

per standard drink $2.39 · #2 of 36 in Highlands

20 pieces · observed

Dewar's 12 Year Old Blended Scotch Whisky

$62.90list 11-05

CE 360° $62.52 · 3.8% over · #2 of 38 in Highlands

per standard drink $2.85 · #4 of 36 in Highlands

19 pieces · observed

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