1/Here's a pairing you'd never shelve together: The Whistler Double Oaked, an Irish blended whiskey, and Tamnavulin Double Cask, a Speyside single malt. Different countries, different styles. The engine ranks them second-closest of anything on the shelf.
2/Worth being clear what that means: it's profile geometry, how the two sit against each other on the model's flavour axes, not two glasses poured side by side. Both lean sweet and easy, gentle sherry-and-orchard territory rather than smoke.
3/The timing bit: both are cheap right now. Each is under its own cohort's floor and at the bottom of its own recent price range this week. That's on a My Dan Murphy's member price — $62 for the Whistler (list $69), $66 for the Tamnavulin (list $79).
4/Two independent measures agreeing on both bottles at once is rarer than one doing it alone. Which would you reach for — the Irish blend, or the Speyside malt?
310 bottles at Dan Murphy's can be priced per standard drink this week. Cheapest first: Grant's Triple Wood 1 litre at $1.99 a standard drink; the median is $4.16; Dalmore 21 Malt is the highest at $42.68. 235 of the 310 come in under a pint at the pub, which works out at $6.28 a standard drink.
305 bottles at Dan Murphy's can be priced per standard drink this week. Cheapest first: McAllister 1 litre at $2.00 a standard drink; the median is $4.03; Dalmore 21 Malt is the highest at $42.68. 228 of the 305 come in under a pint at the pub, which works out at $6.28 a standard drink.
| bottle | region | latest ticket | read | window price | CE 360° mean | premium | shelf rank | per std drink | drink rank | content |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| The Whistler Double Oaked Irish Whiskey | $68.99 | observed | $68.99 | $64.97 | 5.8% | #9 of 28 | $2.81 | #9 of 28 | 3 |