You like the Glenfiddich 12 Sherry Cask Finish. The sensible question is where to go if you want the same thing for less. The answer stays in the family. Glenfiddich 12, $79, gives a Glenfiddich 12 Sherry Cask Finish drinker about 85% of what their own bottle does. Same house, lighter spend.
So what are you drinking? It's a Speyside single malt, twelve years old, with a sherry cask finish doing the talking. The nose is sweet and nutty: orange marmalade, green apples, strawberry jam, a little oak, dark chocolate. The palate carries it on — nutty, sweet treats, bubble gum, dark cherry chocolate, peaches and cream, vanilla. The finish is sweet and short to say. An easy, sweet-leaning dram.
What should you pay? It's $137 at Dan Murphy's this week. It usually sells around $137, and we've seen it between $125 and $137. So this week sits at the top of its own range, which is no surprise.
| 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 | 124.99 observed | 124.99 observed | 124.99 observed | 136.99 observed | 136.99 observed | 136.99 observed | 136.99 observed | 136.99 observed | 136.99 observed | 136.99 observed | 136.99 observed | 136.99 observed | 136.99 observed |
| basis | mean | median | sd | min | max | range | cv | se mean | latest | own-range pctl |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| list | 134.22 | 136.99 | 5.26 | 124.99 | 136.99 | 12.00 | 3.9% | 1.46 | 136.99 | 100 |
| member | 134.22 | 136.99 | 5.26 | 124.99 | 136.99 | 12.00 | 3.9% | 1.46 | 136.99 | 100 |
| moments | m1 mean | m2 var | m3 skew | m4 ex-kurt | 95% band of the mean |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| list | 134.22 | 27.69 | -1.45 | 0.09 | 131.4 – 137.1 |
The Balvenie DoubleWood 12, $105 at Dan Murphy's this week; it usually sells around $100. Floral and honeyed on the nose, then silky sherry, nutmeg and dried fruit, with a hint of orange drying out the long finish. Robust and elegant at once. More on it in this week's piece.
Handed The Balvenie DoubleWood 12, a Tamdhu 12 drinker would pay 73% of what their own bottle costs for it — close enough that the two sit as near neighbours rather than strangers. A fair hearing, then. Where would you land on it? The full read is in this week's piece.
The Balvenie DoubleWood 12 is $105 at Dan Murphy's this week, and from what I've seen it usually sells around $100. Honeyed, with sherry spice and a long orange finish. So this week sits a touch above the usual, a fair guide for where it lands. More on it in this week's piece.
The nearest stand-in for Glenfiddich 12 Sherry Cask Finish costs almost a third less. Glengoyne 12, $89 for members, gives that drinker about 98% of what it does, for 65% of its price. Fragrant, cherry and apple. More in this week's piece.
Give a Glengoyne 10 drinker the Glenfiddich 12 Sherry Cask Finish and they'd pay 86% of what their own bottle costs. Marked down mostly for not being a Highlander. More on it in this week's piece.
Glenfiddich 12 Sherry Cask Finish is $137 at Dan Murphy's this week; it usually sells around $137, and we've seen it between $125 and $137. Pour one slow of an evening and let the sherry and dark chocolate come through. More on it in this week's piece.
Like the Glenfiddich 12 Sherry Cask Finish? The Balvenie 12 American Oak gives its drinker about 95% of what that one does, for 72% of the price, at $99. Think honey, navel oranges, a whisper of oak. More on the Glenfiddich 12 Sherry Cask Finish in this week's piece.
Fond of the Glenfiddich 12 Sherry Cask Finish? The Balvenie DoubleWood 12 gives you about 94% of what it does, for 77% of the price. That's $105. Honey and almonds, then a bit of spicy sherry and nutmeg. More on the Glenfiddich 12 Sherry Cask Finish in this week's piece.
Pour one after dinner and the glass gives up honey and navel oranges, a citrus zing off the top, then it goes sweet and malty through the middle before oak spices and a whisper of smoke settle in. The Balvenie 12 American Oak, $99. More in this week's piece.
Fond of The Balvenie 12 American Oak? Glengoyne 12 gives that drinker about 98% of the same pleasure for 90% of the price, at $89 for members — clean malt, a little cherry and apple, opening up nicely with a splash of water. More in this week's piece.
Ask the drinkers of the bottles nearest The Balvenie 12 American Oak what they'd pay for it, each starting from what they pay for their own: $74 to $154. It's $99 this week. That sits inside the range. More on it in this week's piece.
Pour one after dinner, feet up, nothing on the telly worth watching. The Balvenie 12 American Oak gives about 24 pours to the bottle, so $4.17 a standard drink. A pint at the pub is $6.28. Same glass, your own couch. Have a pour this week — there's more on it in the piece.
The Balvenie 12 American Oak pours honeyed oranges, red apples and vanilla, with oak spice and a whisper of smoke to finish. $99 at Dan Murphy's this week. It usually sells around $99, and we've seen it as high as $141. More in this week's piece.
Love a Glenfiddich 12 Sherry Cask Finish? At $137 it's all sherry sweetness: orange marmalade, green apples, a touch of oak. And a Glengoyne 12 gives one of its drinkers about 97% of what that bottle does, for 65% of the price.
A price guide for The Balvenie DoubleWood 12 and the three single malts closest to it. For each one: what it usually sells around, the range we've seen, and what it costs this week. Four bottles set side by side, so you can read this week against the usual and see where The Balvenie DoubleWood 12 sits among its nearest company.
If Glenfiddich 12 Sherry Cask Finish is your bottle, here's one for every other night: Glengoyne 12, $89 for members at Dan Murphy's. It gives a Glenfiddich 12 drinker about 98% of what that bottle gives, for 65% of the price. Worth a look?
A price guide for The Balvenie DoubleWood 12 and the three single malts closest to it. For each one it shows what it usually sells around, the range we've seen, and where it sits this week. The table is below; the read follows it.
Pour The Balvenie DoubleWood 12 on a slow evening and you get the Speyside house style in full. Floral first, then honey, oak and almonds on the nose. The palate is silky: spicy sherry, nutmeg, dried fruit. The finish runs quite long, a hint of orange under drying spices. Twelve years in ex-bourbon casks, nine months finished in Spanish oak oloroso sherry. Elegant, and robust with it.
310 bottles at Dan Murphy's can be priced per standard drink this week. Cheapest first: Grant's Triple Wood 1 litre at $1.99 a standard drink; the median is $4.16; Dalmore 21 Malt is the highest at $42.68. 235 of the 310 come in under a pint at the pub, which works out at $6.28 a standard drink.
305 bottles at Dan Murphy's can be priced per standard drink this week. Cheapest first: McAllister 1 litre at $2.00 a standard drink; the median is $4.03; Dalmore 21 Malt is the highest at $42.68. 228 of the 305 come in under a pint at the pub, which works out at $6.28 a standard drink.
It's Friday, four people in someone's kitchen, and nobody agreed on a whisky in advance. The bottle that comes out of the bag is The Balvenie 12 American Oak. A round later everyone's content, including the friend who keeps saying she doesn't really drink whisky.
| # | candidate | price | CEARP | price − CEARP |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mortlach The Wee Witchie 12 Year Old Single Malt Scotch Whisky 750mL | $158.66 | $136.33 | +22.33 |
| 2 | The Balvenie 12 Year Old American Oak Single Malt Scotch Whisky 700mL | $99.00 | $130.70 | -31.70 |
| 3 | The Balvenie DoubleWood 12 Year Old Single Malt Scotch Whisky 700mL | $99.95 | $130.21 | -30.26 |
| 4 | Aberlour 12 Year Old Double Cask Single Malt Scotch Whisky 700mL | $105.00 | $126.90 | -21.90 |
| 5 | Glenfiddich 14YO Bourbon Res 700ml | $129.99 | $123.96 | +6.03 |
| 6 | Aultmore AULTMORE® 12YO Single Malt Scotch Whisky 700mL | $115.99 | $122.43 | -6.44 |
| 7 | Glenfiddich 15 Year Old Single Malt Scotch Whisky 700mL | $139.99 | $122.32 | +17.67 |
| 8 | Glenfiddich 12 Year Old Single Malt Scotch Whisky 1L | $77.69 | $121.88 | -44.19 |
| 9 | Glenfiddich 12 Year Old Single Malt Scotch Whisky 700mL | $75.95 | $121.88 | -45.93 |
| 10 | The Macallan Double Cask 15 Years Old Single Malt Scotch Whisky 700mL | $377.99 | $121.61 | +256.38 |