The Glenlivet 12 does. On the critics' ratings it lands in the bottom 14% of the whiskies at Dan Murphy's. On how broadly drinkers like it, it lands in the top 22%. Same bottle, two verdicts. Worth knowing before you decide whose read you trust.
Here's what's in the glass. The Glenlivet has always leaned light, and a better wood policy has given that lightness something to stand on. The nose is flowers — lily and orchid — with pineapple over the top. Underneath runs a thick creaminess that beds the lighter notes down. Add a drop of water and you get mandarin, rose petal and a quick sneeze of white pepper. An easy, pretty dram.
What to pay. The Glenlivet 12 is $79 at Dan Murphy's this week. It usually sells around $79, and we've seen it between $74 and $80. That works out to about $3.56 a standard drink, roughly 22 standard drinks to the bottle — a pour at home against about $6.28 for the same measure in a $13 pint at the pub.
Now, what the drinkers of the bottles nearest it would pay for it. Each starts from what they pay for their own bottle, and the answers run from $68 to $98. At $79 this week, The Glenlivet 12 sits inside that span. Every near bottle that shares its flavours lands it at nine-tenths or more of their own.
The stand-ins, if you want a change:
| Bottle | Flavour | For a Glenlivet drinker | Price share | Usual |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| The Deveron 12 | vanilla, ginger, ripe peach, apple blossom | about 100% | 114% | around $91 |
| Aberfeldy 12 | tropical fruit, honey, vanilla, orange marmalade | about 99% | 132% | around $104 |
| Glen Moray 12 | honey, icing sugar, toffee bonbon, orange peel | about 99% | 90% | around $79 |
The Deveron 12 is $90 this week, usually around $91. Soft and sweet, with butterscotch, Brazil nuts and a dry, spicy oak finish. For a Glenlivet 12 drinker it gives about 100% of what the Glenlivet does, at 114% of its price.
Aberfeldy 12 runs $104. It's the fresh, floral one — gentle, a syrupy malty core, a youthful orange marmalade close. That's about 99% of the Glenlivet for a Glenlivet drinker, at 132% of the price.
Glen Moray 12 is $71 for members this week and around $79 otherwise. Matured in bourbon casks: honey and icing sugar, then barley sugar, soft oak, nectarine and lychee, with vanilla and honey to finish. Also about 99% of the Glenlivet, at 90% of its price.
Who's it for? If The Glenlivet 12 is already your bottle, nothing here pulls you away, and $79 is this week's price. Prefer things sweeter and fruitier? The Deveron 12. Want the same light, floral line with a bit more body? Aberfeldy 12. Happy drinking with Glen Moray's regulars? It pours that honeyed, bourbon-cask style all day. Four gentle drams, and a yes sits in there for every camp.
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