1/Here is a pairing the engine almost couldn't split. Dimple 12 and Dewar's 12: both Scottish blends, both twelve years old, both 700mL, and this week both are sitting at their own cheapest. Dimple is $54, Dewar's is $63.
2/On make-up the profile model puts Dewar's as the single closest bottle to Dimple on the whole shelf. Rank one of one. Two twelve-year blends, and the model reads them as near-enough the same character.
3/The value model agrees, near enough. Where the profile model has them first, the worth-for-money read puts the pair second. One place apart across two different models. I do not see that often.
4/Both prices are plain shelf tickets, neither a members-only deal, and each bottle is at the floor of the seven weeks I have tracked it. So the split comes down to nine dollars. Dimple at $54 saves you that over Dewar's at $63, for two whiskies the engine treats as twins.
5/Which floor do you take? The cheaper Dimple, or the Dewar's if you already know the pour. Both Dan Murphy's. If your local ticket reads differently, tell me the number.
2026-09-10-replay/compare-the-pair/dimple-12-year-old-blended-scotch-whisky-700ml-dewar-s-12-ye-3fa52c, grounded on vintage 2026-09-10.r, window as-of 2026-09-10.None recorded.
Compare the pair, automated light form. Two shelf tickets and each bottle's own-history percentile; no CE 360 bands, no cross-read CEARP, no Welch t-test on two means (light form). Both prices shelf basis, neither a member offer. Both 700mL, both Scotland, both Blended, both 12yo. The profile model ranks them 1st-closest (VSM 0.987963); the value model ranks the pair 2nd (CE 0.036073), rank_diff -1 — near-identical on both reads, not a claim they are the same liquid.
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