Starward Panettone: price per drink

The Whisky Desk

@thewhiskydesk · 2026-10-29 · from the Starward desk

Standing at the bottle shop doing the sums in my head, and the cheaper sticker isn't the cheaper pour. Morris Rutherglen Muscat Barrel asks $10 more a bottle than Starward Panettone, yet at 46% against 40% it's the cheaper drink — $4.53 a standard drink against $4.75. Pour the Morris for dates, cocoa and cinnamon, the Starward for candied orange and spiced bread, the Lawrenny Homestead ($6.33, white peaches and smoked almonds) when you fancy a longer sit. The first two come in under a pub pint's $6.28, the Lawrenny just over — a yes for each.

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Prices at Dan Murphy's as of 2026-10-29 (29 October 2026); vintage 2026-10-29.1; bottles: Starward Panettone Whisky 700mL, Morris Rutherglen Muscat Barrel Single Malt Australian Whisky 700mL, Lawrenny Homestead Single malt Whisky700mL.
Morris Rutherglen Muscat Barrel ABV: 46% (identity.abv)
Morris Rutherglen Muscat Barrel per standard drink: $4.53 (price.ticket / standard drinks)
Morris Rutherglen Muscat Barrel price this week: $115 (price.ticket)
Starward Panettone ABV: 40% (identity.abv)
Starward Panettone per standard drink: $4.75 (price.ticket / standard drinks)
Starward Panettone price this week: $105 (price.ticket)
Lawrenny Homestead ABV: 41.5% (identity.abv)
Lawrenny Homestead per standard drink: $6.33 (price.ticket / standard drinks)
Lawrenny Homestead price this week: $145 (price.ticket)
Morris Rutherglen Muscat Barrel costs more a bottle than Starward Panettone by: $10 (price.ticket difference)
Lawrenny Homestead Single malt 700mL per standard drink: $6.33 (price.ticket / standard drinks)
a pint at the pub, per standard drink (about $13 a pint, about 2 standard drinks): $6.28 (PUB_PINT)
a pint at the pub: $13 (PUB_PINT)
THE POINT (fixed: keep its figures): Morris Rutherglen Muscat Barrel costs $10 more a bottle than Starward Panettone, but at 46% against 40% it's the cheaper drink: $4.53 a standard drink against $4.75.
Lawrenny Homestead Single malt 700mL: standard drinks in the bottle: about 23
under a pint at the pub, per standard drink: Starward Panettone and Morris Rutherglen Muscat Barrel
over a pint at the pub, per standard drink: Lawrenny Homestead Single malt 700mL (never say every bottle is under the pint)

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

Starward Panettone Whisky

$104.99list 11-05

CE 360° $69.19 · 34.1% over · #7 of 9 in Victoria

per standard drink $4.75 · #5 of 8 in Victoria

3 pieces · observed

Morris Rutherglen Muscat Barrel Single Malt Australian Whisky

$151.99list 11-05

CE 360° $82.47 · 28.3% over · #6 of 9 in Victoria

per standard drink $5.98 · #7 of 8 in Victoria

3 pieces · observed

Lawrenny Homestead Single malt Whisky

$154.99list 11-05

CE 360° $125.76 · 13.3% over · #2 of 15 in Tasmania

per standard drink $6.76 · #6 of 15 in Tasmania

3 pieces · observed

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