Start with the price. Glen Moray 15 is $94 for members at Dan Murphy's this week, and from what we've seen it usually sells around $98, moving within a narrow range we've only ever seen run between $94 and $98. If this is already your bottle, that's the number to keep in mind; everything else here is about what sits close to it.
Now the point worth carrying away: the whisky most like Glen Moray 15, for less money, comes from the same distillery. Glen Moray 12, at $71 for members, gives a Glen Moray 15 drinker about 97% of what their own bottle does, which is to say very nearly all of it, for roughly three-quarters of the outlay.
It's also worth asking what the drinkers of the bottles nearest Glen Moray 15 would pay for it, each starting from what they already pay for their own. An Aberfeldy 12 drinker would put it at about $91, some 87% of what their own bottle costs them, marking it down mostly for not being from the Highlands and for carrying more years than theirs. The other way round, a Glen Moray 15 drinker settles Aberfeldy 12 at about 97% of their own, marking it down mostly for being the younger whisky. Across the drinkers of the nearest bottles the answers run all the way from $73 to $118, a wide spread, and at $94 for members Glen Moray 15 sits well inside it.
1/What are you paying for in a bottle of Glen Moray 15? Price its age, name, single-malt style and strength the way Dan Murphy's prices the rest of its whisky, and you land near $119. This week it's $94 for members, about 21% under that going rate for its features.
2/That $119 is built mostly from age, which accounts for 59% of it, with the name on the label at 16%, being a single malt at 14%, and strength making up the last 9%. Age does most of the lifting here, while the other three share what remains.
3/What that going rate can't see is flavour. Glen Moray 15 is at its strongest in orchard fruit and malt, and none of the four features that set the $119, its age, name, style and strength, puts a price on any of it.
4/Aberfeldy 12 sits higher this week at $104, and for a Glen Moray 15 drinker it offers about 97% of what the Glen Moray gives, so more is not always more. At $4.25 a standard drink against about $6.28 for one at the pub, the $94 for members is an easy one to pour and try.
| slot | 08-13 | 08-20 | 08-27 | 09-03 | 09-10 | 09-17 | 09-24 | 10-01 | 10-08 | 10-15 | 10-22 | 10-29 | 11-05 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| list / member | 97.99 observed | 97.99 m 94.00 observed | 97.99 m 94.00 observed | 97.99 m 94.00 observed | 97.99 observed | 97.99 observed | 97.99 observed | 97.99 observed | 97.99 m 94.00 observed | 97.99 m 94.00 observed | 97.99 m 94.00 observed | 97.99 m 94.00 observed | 97.99 observed |
| basis | mean | median | sd | min | max | range | cv | se mean | latest | own-range pctl |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| list | 97.99 | 97.99 | 0.00 | 97.99 | 97.99 | 0.00 | 0.0% | 0.00 | 97.99 | 100 |
| member | 95.84 | 94.00 | 2.07 | 94.00 | 97.99 | 3.99 | 2.2% | 0.57 | 97.99 | 100 |
| moments | m1 mean | m2 var | m3 skew | m4 ex-kurt | 95% band of the mean |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| list | 97.99 | 0.00 | null | null | 98.0 – 98.0 |
Light and floral for a Speysider: honeyed vanilla, a little marshmallow and hay, then a soft dry finish. The Glen Grant 10 is $66 at Dan Murphy's. An easy, clean malt to begin with. Pour one and see for yourself. More on it in this week's piece.
A mate keeps his Glen Moray 15 on the bench for Fridays. Hand him The Glen Grant 10 and he'd put it at 88% of what his own bottle costs him — a fair swap, near enough, from the drinker standing closest. Where would yours land? More on The Glen Grant 10 in this week's piece.
The Glenlivet 12 keeps it light: lily, pineapple, and a thick cream that beds the airy flavours down, with a little white pepper once you add water. $76 at Dan Murphy's. The full tasting is in this week's piece.
Like The Glenlivet 12? The Singleton of Dufftown 12 is $69. For anyone on The Glenlivet 12, it does about 99% of what that bottle does, at 91% of the price. Soft, faintly fruity, an easy evening pour. The full write-up on The Glenlivet 12 is in this week's piece.
Ask the drinkers of the bottles closest to The Glenlivet 12 what they'd pay for it, each starting from their own, and you get a spread: $68 at the low end, $117 at the top. This week it's $76, sitting comfortably inside that. The whole of it is in this week's piece.
The Glenlivet 12 is $76 this week, about 22 pours in the bottle, so $3.44 a standard drink at home. That sits 109th of 310 at Dan Murphy's per pour. A pint at the pub is about $6.28 a drink. A light, floral Speyside to sip slowly. More in this week's piece.
The Glenlivet 12 is $76 at Dan Murphy's this week. It usually sells around $79, so the price has quietly sat down for one. Where that leaves it is your call to make. The full read on The Glenlivet 12 is in this week's piece.
Like The Glenlivet 12? The Glen Grant 10 gives you about 98% of what it does, for 87% of the price. This week it's $66. Honeyed vanilla, a little marshmallow and hay, a soft dry finish. More on The Glenlivet 12 in this week's piece. Fancy a side-by-side?
Bottle open on the bench, a cold night. Glenfiddich Grand Cru 23: apricots in syrup and apple blossom on the nose, then pears, vanilla and warm white bread, a finish of toffee and coffee. $511 this week; it usually sells around $559. More in this week's piece.
Like Glenfiddich Grand Cru 23? For a drinker of it, Glen Moray 21 gives about 75% of what that bottle does, for 59% of the price, at $304 for members this week. Subtle oolong, ripe red fruits and Tawny Port, honey and oak over a creamy palate. Pour one; more in this week's piece.
Small one from this week's piece on Glenfiddich Grand Cru 23: hand it to a Glen Moray 15 drinker and they'd gladly pay 72% of what their own bottle costs just to have it instead, which is about the nearest answer going. The rest of it's waiting for you in the article.
I ran the numbers on a single pour: Glenfiddich Grand Cru 23 comes to $23.13 a standard drink, about 22 in the $511 bottle, which sits it 300th of 310 at Dan Murphy's that way. A pint runs $6.28 a drink, so a pour at home is well over that. More in this week's piece.
Curious what Glenfiddich Grand Cru 23 is doing this week? It's $511 at Dan Murphy's. It usually sells around $559, so this week sits a touch under. A guide, not a rush. More on it in this week's piece. Pour one and see where it lands for you.
Like Glenfiddich Grand Cru 23? Tomintoul 21 gives you about 77% of it, for 67% of the price. This week it's $340 for members. Floral fruits, sweet barley, a long almond-and-vanilla finish. Pour one yourself. The full piece on Glenfiddich Grand Cru 23 is up this week.
Fond of Glen Moray 15? Glen Moray 12 gives a Glen Moray 15 drinker about 97% of what that bottle does, for 76% of the price, at $71 for members, with honey, icing sugar and toffee on the nose. More on Glen Moray 15 in this week's piece.
Give an Aberfeldy 12 drinker the Glen Moray 15 and they'd put $91 on it, 87% of what their own bottle costs them. Its nearest drinkers all land close to that. More on the Glen Moray 15 in this week's piece. Where would you set it?
Glen Moray 15 comes to $4.25 a standard drink. About 22 pours in the bottle, all toffee and wood spice. A pint at the pub runs $6.28 a standard drink. Same whisky, your own chair, less a pour. More on Glen Moray 15 in this week's piece. Which one are you pouring tonight?
Thinking of pouring something new this week? Glen Moray 15 is $94 for members at Dan Murphy's, and it usually sells around $98, so the price this week sits right where you'd mostly find it. Pour one and see for yourself. There's more on it in this week's piece.
A pour of Glen Moray 18 at home is about $6.29. Near enough a $13 pint, split the usual two ways. It's warm and soft, no bombast: melon, apricot, a little dried hay, apple pie with the ice cream melting in. $164 a bottle. More in this week's piece.
If you came for this week's Glen Moray 18 and wondered where else to look, The Glen Grant 15 at $149 gives a Glen Moray 18 drinker about 95% of what the 18 pours, for 91% of its price. Shortbread, coffee, a touch of vanilla. The rest sits in this week's piece.
Hand Glen Moray 18 to the drinker standing nearest it, a Dalwhinnie 15 regular, and they'd happily pay 88% of what their own bottle costs them, while across the nearby drinkers the figure runs all the way from $84 up to $322. The full reckoning is in this week's piece.
Poured one last night after the kids were down. Glen Moray 18 runs $164, about 26 standard drinks in the bottle, so $6.29 a pour at home. A pint at the pub sits right alongside that, around $6.28 a drink. More on where the 18 lands in this week's piece.
Melon and apricot, soft and rounded. A touch of dried hay, then peppery fruit and malt underneath. Glen Moray 18 is $164 at Dan Murphy's this week, and it usually sells around $164. More on it in this week's piece.
Pour one after dinner and the Glencadam 15 opens soft: cooking apples, a little white pepper, honey across the palate. For a Glen Moray 18 drinker it gives about 94% of what the 18 does, at 85% of the price, and $140 for members. More in this week's piece on Glen Moray 18.
Light but with ballast: lily, orchid and pineapple float, while a thick creaminess beds them down. Add water and you get mandarin, rose petal and a sneeze of white pepper. That mix is why The Glenlivet 12 finds so many friends across the range.
Some whiskies have fans. Dalwhinnie 15 has friends. It's the bottle that drinkers reach for as a matter of course, the one that turns up again and again near the top of other people's lists, quietly well-liked across the room rather than loved by a loyal few.
You know the type. Some bottles get worshipped. Glen Moray 12 is the one your mates reach for without a word, and nobody at the table ever argues the point.
Backyard, mate's fortieth, and I'm on pouring duty. Old mate drifts over, swirling his glass. 'Honey, icing sugar, a bit of toffee bonbon in here. What've you poured me?' 'Glen Moray 12,' I tell him. '$71 for members at Dan's.'
Here is the odd thing about The Glen Grant 10. On the critics' rating it lands in the bottom 4% of the whiskies at Dan Murphy's. On how broadly drinkers like it, it lands in the top 18%. Same bottle, two very different readings. The scorers and the people doing the drinking are not looking at the same thing.
The Glenlivet 12 is $76 at Dan Murphy's this week. It usually sells around $79, and $76 is about as low as we've seen it. Not a dramatic move, but worth knowing if this is already your bottle.
| # | candidate | price | CEARP | price − CEARP |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Glen Moray 12 Year Old Single Malt Scotch Whisky 700mL | $78.99 | $92.09 | -13.10 |
| 2 | GLEN GRANT 18 YEARS 700ML | $213.99 | $91.30 | +122.69 |
| 3 | Cragganmore 12 Year Old Single Malt Scotch Whisky 700mL | $85.90 | $91.15 | -5.25 |
| 4 | The Glenlivet 12 Year Old Single Malt Scotch Whisky 700mL | $78.85 | $90.80 | -11.95 |
| 5 | Glenfiddich 14YO Bourbon Res 700ml | $129.99 | $90.50 | +39.49 |
| 6 | Glenfiddich 12 Year Old Single Malt Scotch Whisky 1L | $77.69 | $90.39 | -12.70 |
| 7 | Glenfiddich 12 Year Old Single Malt Scotch Whisky 700mL | $75.95 | $90.39 | -14.44 |
| 8 | The Glenlivet 15 Year Old Single Malt Scotch Whisky 700mL | $125.00 | $90.13 | +34.87 |
| 9 | Glenlivet 12 Year Old Single Malt Scotch Whisky 1L | $88.19 | $89.84 | -1.65 |
| 10 | The Singleton of Dufftown 12 Year Old Single Malt Scotch Whisky 700mL | $69.00 | $89.72 | -20.72 |