The Glendronach 12, $110 at Dan Murphy's this week, and it usually sells around $119. After a parade of Glendronachs over the years, this is the 12 that won me over: the sherry held back just enough to let the spirit speak. My favourite of them. More in this week's piece.
Hand The Glendronach 12 to drinkers of its nearest bottles and they'd pay $90 to $248 for it, each from what their own bottle costs. The closest, a Glenfarclas 15 drinker, lands at $125, 68% of their own. It's $110 this week. More in this week's piece. Where would you sit?
The Glendronach 12 is $110 at Dan Murphy's this week. It usually sells around $119, so a few dollars under its regular mark as you pour one. Where it sits against the neighbours is in this week's piece.
Glenfiddich 18 opens on oak and fresh apple wound through barley, then settles into fruit cake and Christmas pudding warmed with cinnamon, smooth and easy, a pour that suits anyone easing into a long evening. This week it's $175 at Dan Murphy's. More in this week's piece.
Fond of Glenfiddich 18? A Glenfiddich 18 drinker gets about 95% of what that bottle gives from Glengoyne 15, at 74% of the price, and it's $130 for members this week. Sherry, vanilla, a little ginger. Pour one and see. More in this week's piece on Glenfiddich 18.
Glenfiddich 18 opens on oak and fresh apple, then a smooth palate of fruit cake and cinnamon. Hand it to an Edradour 10 drinker and they'd pay 71% of what their own bottle costs, marking it down for the extra years. More on Glenfiddich 18 in this week's piece.
I noticed the apple and toffee on the Glenfiddich 18 first, then oak, barley and a warm cinnamon spice through the finish. At $175 it works out to $7.92 a pour at home, a touch over a $13 pint at the pub. More on it in this week's piece.
The Glenfiddich 18 is $175 at Dan Murphy's this week, which is right where it usually sells, so I'd call it a steady price rather than a moment to pounce. I've pulled the whole picture together in this week's piece, if you want the neighbours and the pours set out beside it.
Glengoyne 15 leans sherry: vanilla, ginger and toffee on the nose, a note of worn leather. The palate turns oily, raisins and hazelnuts over oak, then a spicy finish dusted with cocoa. $130 for members at Dan Murphy's this week. Pour one and see. More in this week's piece.
Where does Glengoyne 15 land with its neighbours? An Edradour 10 drinker would pay 85% of what their own bottle costs for it, docking it for the extra years. One for the sherried-malt drinker. Pour the two side by side — more in this week's piece.
Glengoyne 15 is $130 this week at Dan Murphy's, about 24 standard drinks in the bottle, so a pour at home runs $5.47 a drink, 215th of 310 that way. A pint at the pub sits near $6.28 a standard drink. Pour one and see where it lands for you. More in this week's piece.
Aberlour 12 Double Cask, sweet and simple with power. Orange peel, banana and toasted nuts on the nose. The palate thin but intense, all orange, chocolate and oak. Cooked apple on a medium-short finish. $105 for members at Dan Murphy's. More in this week's piece.
Like the Aberlour 12 Double Cask? Pour a Tamdhu 12: dry and citrusy, hazelnut and sherry, then cinnamon and banoffee. It gives an Aberlour 12 Double Cask drinker about 97% of the whisky, for 93% of the price, $98 for members. More in this week's piece.
Hand a Glengoyne 15 drinker the Aberlour 12 Double Cask — orange and chocolate — and they'd pay 86% of what their own bottle runs, marking it down for sitting in Speyside, not the Highlands. It usually sells around $109, $105 this week. Fancy it at that in this week's piece?
I worked it out over the weekend: at $105 the Aberlour 12 Double Cask comes to about $4.75 a standard drink across the roughly 22 in the bottle, while a pint at the pub sits closer to $6.28 a drink. A quiet pour at home, then. More on it in this week's piece.
Aberlour 12 Double Cask is $105 for members at Dan Murphy's this week. It usually sells around $109. About $4.75 a pour at home. Pour one and see. More in this week's piece on Aberlour 12 Double Cask.
Orange peel, banana and red apple on the nose, with chocolate and barley turning up once it opens. A thin pour but a loud one, orange and cooked apple on a short finish. Aberlour 12 Double Cask, $105 for members. The rest of the tasting's in this week's piece.
Glass poured, telly on, no one coming over. If you're happy with Aberlour 12 Double Cask, Tamdhu 12 lands close: about 97% of what you'd get from it, for 93% of the price, at $98 for members. Citrus, hazelnut, dry sherry. More on Aberlour 12 Double Cask in this week's piece.
Hand Aberlour 12 Double Cask to a Glengoyne 15 drinker, the nearest bottle along, and they'd put 86% of what their own bottle costs on it. This week's piece walks through where the rest land.
At home, an Aberlour 12 Double Cask pours at $4.75 a standard drink, about 22 to the bottle. A pint at the pub is around $6.28 a drink. Orange, chocolate and a little cooked apple in the glass. More on it in this week's piece.
Aberlour 12 Double Cask is $105 for members at Dan's this week. It usually sells around $113. That's the guide, not a nudge. The full picture's in this week's piece.
Back on sale after three years away, The GlenDronach 15 Revival is a full sherry dram: ripe cherries and marzipan on the nose, then spicy damsons and dark chocolate into a long finish of cloves and blackcurrants. $176 at Dan Murphy's. More in this week's piece.
If you like The GlenDronach 15 Revival, The Glendronach 12 gives you about 96% of what it does for 68% of the price, landing at $119, and that sherried thread runs through both, which is really what I get into in this week's piece on the Revival.
Here's the one that stuck with me: an Edradour 10 drinker, handed The GlenDronach 15 Revival, would pay 77% of what their own bottle costs them. Not the whole way, but close. What would you give for a neighbour's dram? More in this week's piece.
The GlenDronach 15 Revival, back after three years away: ripe cherries, dark chocolate, a long clove finish. $176 over about 25 standard drinks is $6.93 a pour at home, just over the $6.28 a standard drink of a $13 pint. More in this week's piece.
The GlenDronach 15 Revival is $176 at Dan Murphy's this week, and it usually sells around $176. Nose of sherry, cherries and marzipan; a palate of spicy damsons and dark chocolate; a long finish of cloves and blackcurrants. More in this week's piece. Your kind of dram?
Love The GlenDronach 15 Revival? The Glenfarclas 15 gives its drinkers about 94% of what the Revival does, and at $130 that is 74% of its price, with dried fruit, toffee and a touch of leather over a full, smooth palate. The full tasting sits in this week's piece. Fancy a pour?
Glenfiddich 15, $140 at Dan Murphy's. Cooked plums, blueberry and stewed rhubarb on the nose, then sultana and sweet dried fruit. Fruity on the palate, with a little acidity for grip. One for the fruit drinker. More in this week's piece. What should a pour do for you?
Honey and almonds, then nutmeg and dried fruit on something silky: that's The Balvenie DoubleWood 12. For a Glenfiddich 15 drinker it gives about 96% of the mark at 75% of the price, or $105. The rest on Glenfiddich 15 is in this week's piece.
Hand an Edradour 10 drinker a Glenfiddich 15 and they'd happily part with 79% of what their own bottle costs them, which is a tidy bit of respect to hand a neighbour's dram. More on the Glenfiddich 15 in this week's piece.
| bottle | region | latest ticket | read | window price | CE 360° mean | premium | shelf rank | per std drink | drink rank | content |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Edradour 10 Year Old Single Malt Scotch Whisky | Highlands | $111.99 | observed | $111.99 | $95.62 | 14.6% | #19 of 38 | $5.07 | #18 of 36 | 42 |