1/Price Glengoyne 12 the way Dan Murphy's prices the rest of its whisky, by age, name, strength and style, and you land near $136. This week it is $109, about 20% under that going rate.
2/That $136 is mostly four things. Age is 43% of it, the name on the label 21%, strength 16%, and being a single malt 11%. Those four are what the pricing can see.
3/What that going rate can't see is the flavour. The clean malt Glengoyne is known for, and with a splash of water, orchard fruit: apples, cherry pits, a touch of anise and almond. None of the priced features carries a cent for that.
4/A stand-in that costs more: Glencadam 15 at $160. Delicate and floral, with honey, cereal, roasted chestnut and nutmeg, about $6.30 a pour at home. For a Glengoyne 12 drinker it gives about 92% of what the Glengoyne does. Both pour well; more is not always better.
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