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What you're paying for: Tamdhu 12

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1/What are we paying for in a Tamdhu 12? Price its features the way Dan Murphy's prices everything else, and age is the biggest part: 38% of a going rate of $159. This week it is $126, about 21% under that.

2/What makes up that $159? Age is 38%, the name on the label 21%, sherry and dried fruit 17%, strength 14%. The oloroso casks show in the glass: dry sherry and hazelnut on the nose, cinnamon and banoffee pie on a rich palate.

3/And what does a Tamdhu 12 drinker value? Age again at 38%, but sherry and dried fruit weighs heavier for them, 26% against the going rate's 17%, and being a single malt counts for 22%. Same features, weighted differently.

4/Want to spend more? Aberlour 14 is $140 this week and gives a Tamdhu 12 drinker about 92% of what the Tamdhu does. At home that is $6.34 a standard drink against Tamdhu's $5.31; a pub pint runs about $6.28. Tamdhu sits under the pint, Aberlour just over. Both a yes.

Sources

Prices at Dan Murphy's as of 2026-11-05 (5 November 2026); vintage 2026-11-05.1; bottles: Tamdhu 12 Year Old Single Malt Scotch Whisky 700mL, Aberlour 14 Year Old Scotch Whisky 700mL.
going rate for Tamdhu 12's features: $159 (hedonic.hedonic_price)
Tamdhu 12's price against its going rate (under): 21% (hedonic.ticket_vs_hedonic_pct)
Tamdhu 12 price this week: $126 (price.ticket)
share of the going rate: age: 38% (hedonic.drivers)
share of the going rate: the name on the label: 21% (hedonic.drivers)
share of the going rate: sherry and dried fruit: 17% (hedonic.drivers)
share of the going rate: strength: 14% (hedonic.drivers)
what a Tamdhu 12 drinker values: age: 38% (self_ledger)
what a Tamdhu 12 drinker values: sherry and dried fruit: 26% (self_ledger)
what a Tamdhu 12 drinker values: being a single malt: 22% (self_ledger)
Aberlour 14 for a Tamdhu 12 drinker: 92% (stand_ins.alternatives.share_of_ref)
Aberlour 14 price this week: $140 (price.ticket)
Tamdhu 12 per standard drink: $5.31 (price.ticket / standard drinks)
Aberlour 14 per standard drink: $6.34 (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): Tamdhu 12 is $126 this week: about 21% under the going rate for its features, $159.
Tamdhu 12: standard drinks in the bottle: about 24
Aberlour 14: standard drinks in the bottle: about 22
under a pint at the pub, per standard drink: Tamdhu 12
over a pint at the pub, per standard drink: Aberlour 14 (never say every bottle is under the pint)

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

Tamdhu 12 Year Old Single Malt Scotch Whisky

$125.99list 11-05

CE 360° $90.93 · 7.2% over · #37 of 79 in Speyside

per standard drink $5.31 · #42 of 75 in Speyside

60 pieces · observed

Aberlour 14 Year Old Scotch Whisky

$159.99list 11-05

CE 360° $144.72 · 9.5% over · #47 of 79 in Speyside

per standard drink $6.34 · #50 of 75 in Speyside

58 pieces · observed

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