**What to pay.** The Deveron 12 is $90 at Dan Murphy's this week. From what we've seen it usually sells around $91, so this week sits right on its usual mark. That's about $4.07 a standard drink, with roughly 22 standard drinks in the bottle — a pour at home against about $6.28 for a standard drink at the pub, where a pint runs about $13.
The point. Here's the one worth knowing. The Singleton of Dufftown 12 gives a Deveron 12 drinker about 92% of what their own bottle does, for 77% of its price. The Singleton sits softer and quieter: a faint, fruit-punch nose, an easy palate, a finish that fades quickly. It's the accessible end of Speyside, and it's the lightest here per pour.
What its neighbours' drinkers would pay. Ask the drinkers of the bottles nearest the Deveron 12 what it's worth to them, each starting from what they pay for their own, and the answers run from $68 to $102. At $90 this week, the Deveron sits inside that range.
The bottle. John Dewar & Sons bottles the Deveron 12 at its Macduff distillery — the whisky once sold as Glen Deveron, now just the Deveron. The nose is soft and sweet: vanilla, ginger, ripe peaches, a lift of apple blossom. It's medium-bodied and gently spicy, with butterscotch and Brazil nuts before a touch of liquorice comes through. The finish turns to dry, spicy oak, with a contrasting thread of caramel.
The stand-ins.
Aberfeldy 12 sits at $104 this week, about where it usually lands. It's fresh and floral, with lively tropical fruit, honey and vanilla, and an orange-marmalade finish carrying a little spice. To a Deveron 12 drinker it gives about 99% of what the Deveron does, at 116% of its price.
Tomatin 12 is $98 this week; it usually sells around $90, and we've seen it between $90 and $98. Pleasantly sweet, with a good malt base carrying bright summer fruit — clean and straightforward, nothing fussy about it. For a Deveron 12 drinker it comes to about 98% of the Deveron, at 109% of its price.
Dalwhinnie 15 is $95, which is about its usual mark, though we've seen it as high as $129. This one leans into a deep, honeyed sweetness — caramelised fruit, a hint of thick cream, a touch of fennel and sharp citrus — thick and gentle through the middle. For a Deveron 12 drinker it gives about 95% of the Deveron, at 106% of its price.
Who it's for. If the Deveron 12 is already your pour, nothing here says move: $90 this week is its usual mark, and the soft fruit and dry-oak finish are the reason to stay. If you want most of that character for less, the Singleton of Dufftown 12 is the softer, quieter way in. If you lean floral and bright, Aberfeldy 12. If you want clean summer fruit without the fuss, Tomatin 12. And if you'd trade a little of the Deveron's spice for honeyed weight, Dalwhinnie 15 rewards the swap.
Across all five, every pour here comes in under the price of a standard drink at the pub.
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