1/The Balvenie Stories 21 'The Second Red Rose' is a $727 bottle on the shelf this week — top-tier Speyside, priced like a trophy.
2/The engine's second-closest match on make-up is another Scottish 21-year-old single malt: the Glenfiddich Gran Reserva 21, at $299. Same country, same style, $428 apart. The Glenfiddich is $299 now, where it sat at $331 when we last looked.
3/The Gran Reserva 21 is Glenfiddich's rum-cask-finished old statement — two decades in oak pointed at the glass rather than the display cabinet. Not the Red Rose's cask pedigree, but close company by profile.
4/Not the same whisky, and the Balvenie's rarity is real. It's profile geometry: the model ranks the Gran Reserva second of the Red Rose's matches. $727 for the Balvenie, or $299 for the Glenfiddich 21? What's the 21 going for near you?
| 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 | · | · | · | · | · | · | 726.99 observed | 726.99 observed | 726.99 observed | 726.99 observed | 726.99 observed | 726.99 observed | 726.99 observed |
| basis | mean | median | sd | min | max | range | cv | se mean | latest | own-range pctl |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| list | 726.99 | 726.99 | 0.00 | 726.99 | 726.99 | 0.00 | 0.0% | 0.00 | 726.99 | 100 |
| member | 726.99 | 726.99 | 0.00 | 726.99 | 726.99 | 0.00 | 0.0% | 0.00 | 726.99 | 100 |
| moments | m1 mean | m2 var | m3 skew | m4 ex-kurt | 95% band of the mean |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| list | 726.99 | 0.00 | n < 8 | n < 8 | 727.0 – 727.0 |
Two 21-year-olds, side by side. Glen Moray 21 costs $12 more a bottle than Glenfiddich Gran Reserva 21, but at 46.3% against 40% it's the cheaper drink: $13.41 a standard drink against $14.98. They rhyme more than they differ: one on Tawny Port, summer berries and honey, the other on toffee, dried fruit and a Cuban rum cask. Across the group the pour runs from $8.14 for the Glenfiddich 18 to $27.37 for the Balvenie Stories 21. Want the Port and the strength? Glen Moray 21, $343. Want the sweeter, creamier 40%? Gran Reserva, $331.
What does a Craigellachie 23 actually cost, and what else sits beside it? This is a price guide: the usual price for Craigellachie 23, the range we've seen, and what a standard drink works out to this week — set next to its three closest single malts. One question, four bottles, and no surprises buried in the small print.
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.
| # | candidate | price | CEARP | price − CEARP |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The Balvenie The Balvenie 21 Year Old Portwood Single Malt Scotch Whisky 700mL | $452.99 | $670.02 | -217.03 |
| 2 | Glenfiddich Gran Reserva 21 Year Old Single Malt Scotch Whisky 700mL | $298.95 | $655.76 | -356.81 |
| 3 | Glen Moray 21 Year Old Single Malt Scotch Whisky 700mL | $342.99 | $647.00 | -304.01 |
| 4 | Craigellachie 23 Year Old Single Malt Scotch Whisky 700mL | $799.99 | $640.18 | +159.81 |
| 5 | Craigellachie 19YO Single Malt Whisky 700ml | $375.99 | $639.26 | -263.27 |
| 6 | Tomintoul 21 Years Old Single Malt Scotch Whisky 700mL | $368.99 | $631.02 | -262.03 |
| 7 | The Macallan Double Cask 18 Years Old Single Malt Scotch Whisky 700mL | $635.99 | $617.82 | +18.17 |
| 8 | Glen Moray 18 Year Old Single Malt Scotch Whisky 700mL | $163.99 | $613.48 | -449.49 |
| 9 | Tomintoul 25YO Speyside Single Malt Scotch Whisky 700mL | $732.99 | $608.10 | +124.89 |
| 10 | Glenfiddich 14YO Bourbon Res 700ml | $129.99 | $548.08 | -418.09 |