From the Johnnie Walker desk · Thread · Price raid · 2026-08-20

Johnnie Walker's oldest core age, on a member ticket

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1/The oldest age statement in the core Johnnie Walker range is on a members' ticket this week. Johnnie Walker 18 is $133 for My Dan Murphy's members; non-members see $177 on the shelf.

2/For a blend it carries real weight. The numbers back the buy, too: its CE 360° jury puts fair value near $164, with a band floor of $156. At $133 the members' price sits comfortably under both.

3/Sherried, a wisp of smoke, built for sipping neat rather than mixing. $133 for an aged blend of this pedigree is strong buying as of this morning. Would you take it over a single malt at the same money? I would — what's your call, and your local price?

Sources

generate_cycle.py replay payload, artefact 2026-08-20-replay/price-raid/johnnie-walker-18-year-old-blended-scotch-whisky-700ml-ed5032; harvest pair base 2026-08-13, latest 2026-08-20.
Shelf price $177 (claim value 177.0; grounding.current_price 176.99 → $177; harvest price_list $176.99 2026-08-20, $178.99 2026-08-13 — nearly unchanged). Member offer $133 this week (grounding.current_price_harvest 133.0; harvest price_member $133.00, on_offer yes 2026-08-20); no offer 2026-08-13 (price_member = price_list = $178.99).
CE 360° fair value: mean $163.72, band floor $155.55 (2026-08-20.r dossier johnnie-walker-18-year-old-blended-scotc-neighbourhood.md, reference card; gap over consensus 8.5% = 50th percentile).
Character: factor profile Sherry & Dried Fruit 0.24 + Peat & Maritime 0.06 (sherry, dried fruit, a little smoke) — same dossier.

Omissions

No peer prices quoted; the standing rests on the bottle's own CE 360 jury.
Member basis: $133 is a My Dan Murphy's member price; non-members pay the $177 shelf. Stated in the post.
The shelf price moved $2 ($178.99 → $176.99) across the two harvests; the piece treats this as flat and quotes the current $177, making no movement claim.

Notes for reviewer

Clears the bar: $133 is under the CE 360 mean ($163.72) and under the band floor ($155.55) — a real standing story.
Replay draft on rehearsal vintage 2026-08-20.r; may_publish: false and never flips in replay.

Format note

Price raid, member basis. Move measured on the harvest pair 2026-08-13 → 2026-08-20: list price nearly unchanged ($178.99 → $176.99); the $133 is a My Dan Murphy's member offer present this week and absent last (member-to-member comparison). Standing read against the bottle's own CE 360 fair value ($163.72, 2026-08-20.r dossier). flag OK, corrected false.

Frontmatter as merged

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

Johnnie Walker 18 Year Old Blended Scotch Whisky

$130.99list 11-05

CE 360° $131.20 · 26.7% over · #8 of 9 in Islands

per standard drink $5.93 · #9 of 9 in Islands

37 pieces · observed

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