If Glengoyne 15 is your bottle, the first thing I'd want to know is whether there's something close to it for less. There is, and it comes from the same still. Glengoyne 12, at $109, gives a Glengoyne 15 drinker about 93% of what their own bottle does. Same house, a little less across the counter — that's the whole point of this piece, so let me show my working.
Start with the bottle in hand. Glengoyne reworked its core range a few years back, and the 15 arrived as part of that, matured in sherry casks. The nose is vanilla, ginger and toffee, with a note of old leather and some sweet fruit behind it. The palate runs a touch oily, with lively spice, raisins, hazelnuts and oak. The finish is medium and stays spicy to the end, with cocoa powder. It's a warm, sherried dram that doesn't ask much of you.
This week it's $130 for members at Dan Murphy's. Costed as a pour at home, that's about $5.47 a standard drink, and there are roughly 24 standard drinks in the bottle — a little under the $6.28 a standard drink of a $13 pint at the pub.
| 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 | 161.99 observed | 161.99 observed | 161.99 observed | 161.99 observed | 161.99 m 130.00 observed | 161.99 m 130.00 observed | 161.99 m 130.00 observed | 161.99 m 130.00 observed | 161.99 observed | 161.99 observed | 161.99 observed | 161.99 observed | 161.99 m 130.00 observed |
| basis | mean | median | sd | min | max | range | cv | se mean | latest | own-range pctl |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| list | 161.99 | 161.99 | 0.00 | 161.99 | 161.99 | 0.00 | 0.0% | 0.00 | 161.99 | 100 |
| member | 149.69 | 161.99 | 16.20 | 130.00 | 161.99 | 31.99 | 10.8% | 4.49 | 130.00 | 38 |
| moments | m1 mean | m2 var | m3 skew | m4 ex-kurt | 95% band of the mean |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| list | 161.99 | 0.00 | null | null | 162.0 – 162.0 |
Glenfiddich 18 opens on oak and fresh apple wound through barley, then settles into fruit cake and Christmas pudding warmed with cinnamon, smooth and easy, a pour that suits anyone easing into a long evening. This week it's $175 at Dan Murphy's. More in this week's piece.
Fond of Glenfiddich 18? A Glenfiddich 18 drinker gets about 95% of what that bottle gives from Glengoyne 15, at 74% of the price, and it's $130 for members this week. Sherry, vanilla, a little ginger. Pour one and see. More in this week's piece on Glenfiddich 18.
Glenfiddich 18 opens on oak and fresh apple, then a smooth palate of fruit cake and cinnamon. Hand it to an Edradour 10 drinker and they'd pay 71% of what their own bottle costs, marking it down for the extra years. More on Glenfiddich 18 in this week's piece.
I noticed the apple and toffee on the Glenfiddich 18 first, then oak, barley and a warm cinnamon spice through the finish. At $175 it works out to $7.92 a pour at home, a touch over a $13 pint at the pub. More on it in this week's piece.
The Glenfiddich 18 is $175 at Dan Murphy's this week, which is right where it usually sells, so I'd call it a steady price rather than a moment to pounce. I've pulled the whole picture together in this week's piece, if you want the neighbours and the pours set out beside it.
Where does Glengoyne 15 land with its neighbours? An Edradour 10 drinker would pay 85% of what their own bottle costs for it, docking it for the extra years. One for the sherried-malt drinker. Pour the two side by side — more in this week's piece.
Glengoyne 15 is $130 this week at Dan Murphy's, about 24 standard drinks in the bottle, so a pour at home runs $5.47 a drink, 215th of 310 that way. A pint at the pub sits near $6.28 a standard drink. Pour one and see where it lands for you. More in this week's piece.
Glencadam 15 and Glenfiddich 15 both sit at $140 a bottle, so Glencadam 15 costs $0 more, yet at 46% against 40% it's the cheaper drink: $5.51 a standard drink against $6.34. Climb in age and strength and the pour climbs too — Glengoyne 15 at $6.82, Glenfiddich 18 at $8.14, the first-fill sherry and marmalade of Glengoyne 18 at $11.62. A pint at the pub runs about $6.28 a standard drink, so the honeyed, floral Glencadam pours for less than that while the others pour for more. Want depth, want strength for the money, want the long sherried finish? There's a yes here for each of you.
Aberlour 12 Double Cask, sweet and simple with power. Orange peel, banana and toasted nuts on the nose. The palate thin but intense, all orange, chocolate and oak. Cooked apple on a medium-short finish. $105 for members at Dan Murphy's. More in this week's piece.
Like the Aberlour 12 Double Cask? Pour a Tamdhu 12: dry and citrusy, hazelnut and sherry, then cinnamon and banoffee. It gives an Aberlour 12 Double Cask drinker about 97% of the whisky, for 93% of the price, $98 for members. More in this week's piece.
Hand a Glengoyne 15 drinker the Aberlour 12 Double Cask — orange and chocolate — and they'd pay 86% of what their own bottle runs, marking it down for sitting in Speyside, not the Highlands. It usually sells around $109, $105 this week. Fancy it at that in this week's piece?
I worked it out over the weekend: at $105 the Aberlour 12 Double Cask comes to about $4.75 a standard drink across the roughly 22 in the bottle, while a pint at the pub sits closer to $6.28 a drink. A quiet pour at home, then. More on it in this week's piece.
Aberlour 12 Double Cask is $105 for members at Dan Murphy's this week. It usually sells around $109. About $4.75 a pour at home. Pour one and see. More in this week's piece on Aberlour 12 Double Cask.
Which of these costs you less a drink? Glengoyne 15 runs $2 more a bottle than Aberlour 14, yet at 43% against 40% it's the cheaper drink: $6.82 a standard drink against $7.24. Both sit over a pint at the pub, about $6.28 a drink. Tamdhu 12 ($4.13), Aberlour 12 Double Cask ($4.75) and Edradour 10 ($5.07) come in under it. Pour the Glengoyne of a quiet evening: vanilla, ginger, toffee and old leather, spicy through to a cocoa finish. $162 this week, $6.82 a standard drink.
Glenmorangie The Quinta Ruban 14, $147. Fourteen years, with two of them finishing in port casks. Marzipan, then cherry pie and spiced plums, a wisp of cigar on the finish. About $5.79 a pour at home, under a pint at the pub. The full tasting's in this week's piece.
Hand a Mortlach The Wee Witchie 12 drinker the Glenmorangie The Quinta Ruban 14 and they'd put it at 78% of what their own bottle costs them, trimming a touch for its port-cask fruit. More on the Glenmorangie The Quinta Ruban 14 in this week's piece.
I worked it out over a quiet pour: Glenmorangie The Quinta Ruban 14 is $147 for about 25 standard drinks, which comes to $5.79 a glass at home, a little under the $6.28 a standard drink you'd pay for a pint at the pub. The full reckoning's in this week's piece.
Orange peel, banana and red apple on the nose, with chocolate and barley turning up once it opens. A thin pour but a loud one, orange and cooked apple on a short finish. Aberlour 12 Double Cask, $105 for members. The rest of the tasting's in this week's piece.
Glass poured, telly on, no one coming over. If you're happy with Aberlour 12 Double Cask, Tamdhu 12 lands close: about 97% of what you'd get from it, for 93% of the price, at $98 for members. Citrus, hazelnut, dry sherry. More on Aberlour 12 Double Cask in this week's piece.
Hand Aberlour 12 Double Cask to a Glengoyne 15 drinker, the nearest bottle along, and they'd put 86% of what their own bottle costs on it. This week's piece walks through where the rest land.
At home, an Aberlour 12 Double Cask pours at $4.75 a standard drink, about 22 to the bottle. A pint at the pub is around $6.28 a drink. Orange, chocolate and a little cooked apple in the glass. More on it in this week's piece.
Aberlour 12 Double Cask is $105 for members at Dan's this week. It usually sells around $113. That's the guide, not a nudge. The full picture's in this week's piece.
Glengoyne 21, $361 at Dan Murphy's: a creamy malt foundation, then honey, cookie dough and soft citrus-and-apple, with dry vanilla and cinnamon running through. Clean, polished, easy to keep pouring. More on it in this week's piece.
Fond of the Glengoyne 21? The Glengoyne 18 gives a Glengoyne 21 drinker about 96% of what the 21 does, for 76% of its price, at $276. Milk chocolate, vanilla and sweeter sherry, with a long, easy finish. Pour one if the 21 has your ear. The rest is in this week's piece.
Ever wonder what Glengoyne 21 is worth to the drinkers sitting nearest it? Start each of them at what they pay for their own bottle, and the closest, a Glenfarclas 25 drinker, lands at 82% of theirs. There's more on where it all sits in this week's piece.
A creamy maltiness runs through the Glengoynes, young or old. The 21 sits at $361 for about 24 standard drinks, so a pour at home comes to $15.20. Where that leaves each kind of drinker is in this week's piece on Glengoyne 21.
Glengoyne 21 is $361 at Dan Murphy's this week, right where it usually sells, around $361. No surprises either way. That's about $15.20 a pour at home, across the 24 or so in the bottle. More on the Glengoyne 21 in this week's piece. What would you pour it for?
I keep coming back to the Glenfiddich 18 when someone asks me what sits near Glengoyne 21: at $180 it gives a Glengoyne 21 drinker about 91% of what they love, for 50% of the price. Oak, fresh apple, barley, a warming cinnamon. More on Glengoyne 21 in this week's piece.
I keep looking at the price on this one. Glengoyne 15 is $162, about 45% of what Glengoyne 21 costs, and for a Glengoyne 21 drinker it does about 86% of what the 21 does. Sherry, vanilla and ginger. More on Glengoyne 21 in this week's piece.
Glengoyne 18, matured with a generous share of first-fill sherry: milk chocolate, vanilla and melon on the nose, then cinnamon, ginger, almonds and orange marmalade, the spices lingering over easy-going oak. $276. More on it in this week's piece.
| # | candidate | price | CEARP | price − CEARP |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Glenfiddich 18 Year Old Single Malt Scotch Whisky 700mL | $174.90 | $155.51 | +19.39 |
| 2 | Glencadam 15YO Highland Single Malt Scotch Whisky 700mL | $150.00 | $150.58 | -0.58 |
| 3 | Glengoyne 12 Year Old Single Malt Scotch Whisky 700mL | $93.00 | $148.82 | -55.82 |
| 4 | Glengoyne 18 Year Old Single Malt Scotch Whisky 700mL | $275.99 | $146.58 | +129.41 |
| 5 | Edradour 10 Year Old Single Malt Scotch Whisky 700mL | $111.99 | $143.75 | -31.76 |
| 6 | Glengoyne 21 Year Old Single Malt Scotch Whisky 700mL | $360.99 | $142.24 | +218.75 |
| 7 | Glencadam 10 Year Old Highland Single Malt Scotch Whisky 700mL | $106.99 | $140.31 | -33.32 |
| 8 | Glengoyne 10 Year Old Single Malt Scotch Whisky 700mL | $98.99 | $139.41 | -40.42 |
| 9 | The GlenDronach 15 Year Old Revival Whisky 700mL | $175.99 | $138.02 | +37.97 |
| 10 | Glenmorangie The Quinta Ruban 14 Year Old Single Malt Scotch Whisky | $146.99 | $136.64 | +10.35 |