The failure is the phrase "comes **down from** the cupboard" in the opening scene — "down from" is a banned variant. I'll reword that line only and leave the rest intact.
At a mate's place on a Friday, the bottle that gets pulled out of the cupboard is the Glengoyne 10. Nobody announces it. It just gets poured, topped up, poured again, and by the end of the night it is the one that emptied.
1/The Glengoyne 12 is what its fans reach for: cask strength, no chill-filtering, that clean Glengoyne maltiness, and with a drop of water it turns fragrant and fruity, cherry pits and apples. At Dan Murphy's this week it is $109.
2/Think of a good cover band playing most of the songs you came for at a fraction of the ticket. That is the Glengoyne 10 for a Glengoyne 12 drinker: about 96% of what the 12 gives, for 81% of the price.
3/The Glengoyne 10: ten years old, bottled at 40%, $88 for members at Dan Murphy's this week. Unpeated, fresh and well-rounded on the nose with malt, oak and a hint of sherry; smooth and delicate with cooking apples; a long finish turning buttery and vanilla as it dries.
4/What a Glengoyne 12 drinker gives up with the 10 is mostly some strength and two years of age. So the 12 stays the one for its fans, and the 10 is the one for every other night. This week it is $88 for members; it usually sells around $88, and we've seen it between $88 and $99.
| slot | 08-13 | 08-20 | 08-27 | 09-03 | 09-10 | 09-17 | 09-24 | 10-01 | 10-08 | 10-15 | 10-22 | 10-29 | 11-05 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| list / member | 98.99 observed | 98.99 observed | 98.99 observed | 98.99 observed | 98.99 m 88.00 observed | 98.99 m 88.00 observed | 98.99 m 88.00 observed | 98.99 m 88.00 observed | 98.99 observed | 98.99 observed | 98.99 observed | 98.99 observed | 98.99 m 88.00 observed |
| basis | mean | median | sd | min | max | range | cv | se mean | latest | own-range pctl |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| list | 98.99 | 98.99 | 0.00 | 98.99 | 98.99 | 0.00 | 0.0% | 0.00 | 98.99 | 100 |
| member | 94.76 | 98.99 | 5.57 | 88.00 | 98.99 | 10.99 | 5.9% | 1.54 | 88.00 | 38 |
| moments | m1 mean | m2 var | m3 skew | m4 ex-kurt | 95% band of the mean |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| list | 98.99 | 0.00 | null | null | 99.0 – 99.0 |
Hand a Glencadam 15 drinker a Glengoyne 10 and they'd pay about $121 for it, roughly 76% of what their own bottle costs them. Glengoyne 10 is $88 this week, about where it usually sells. So which drinker are you? More in this week's piece.
Glengoyne 10 comes to about $3.98 a standard drink poured at home. A pint at the pub runs closer to $6.28 a standard drink. Smooth and buttery, with a note of apple. More on it in this week's piece. Pour one and see where it sits for you.
I keep half an eye on the Glengoyne 10, and this week it's $88 for members at Dan Murphy's. That's right where it usually sells, around $88, though I've seen it nudge up to $99. Where it sits today, then, is an easy yes. More on it in this week's piece.
Which is the cheaper drink? Not the cheaper bottle. Glencadam 10 costs $3 more a bottle than Aberfeldy 12. But at 46% against 40%, Glencadam is the cheaper drink: $4.21 a standard drink against $4.71. Per standard drink this week, side by side: Tomatin 12 at $3.79. Glengoyne 10 at $3.98. The Deveron 12 at $4.12. Then Glencadam, then Aberfeldy. A pint at the pub runs about $6.28 a standard drink. Every bottle here sits under it. Chasing the low bottle? Tomatin. Want the real saving per pour? Glencadam over Aberfeldy. A yes either way.
Glengoyne 12 is $89 for members at Dan Murphy's this week. Cask strength, no chill-filtering. The clean Glengoyne maltiness is all there. Add a little water and it opens up. Fragrant and fruity, cherry pits and apples, a whisper of anise. More on it in this week's piece.
Ask the drinkers of Glengoyne 12's nearest neighbours what they'd give for it, each starting from what they pay for their own bottle: somewhere from $95 to $147. It sits under all of them at $89 for members this week. The full read on Glengoyne 12 is in this week's piece.
Glengoyne 12 is a cut above the 10: clean, malty, no chill-filtering. A splash of water and it opens up, fragrant with cherry pits and apples, a whisper of anise and almond. The pour for when you want a bit more. $89 for members at Dan Murphy's. More in this week's piece.
Glengoyne 12's nearest neighbours start from what they pay for their own bottle, and from there they'd give $95 to $155 for this one. At $89 for members it sits just under where they'd land. The full read on Glengoyne 12 is in this week's piece.
I kept going back to the nose on the Glenfiddich 12 Sherry Cask Finish: orange marmalade, green apples, a little dark chocolate. The palate turns to dark cherry chocolate and peaches and cream, a sweet finish. $137 at Dan Murphy's. More in this week's piece.
The nearest stand-in for Glenfiddich 12 Sherry Cask Finish costs almost a third less. Glengoyne 12, $89 for members, gives that drinker about 98% of what it does, for 65% of its price. Fragrant, cherry and apple. More in this week's piece.
Give a Glengoyne 10 drinker the Glenfiddich 12 Sherry Cask Finish and they'd pay 86% of what their own bottle costs. Marked down mostly for not being a Highlander. More on it in this week's piece.
Glenfiddich 12 Sherry Cask Finish is $137 at Dan Murphy's this week; it usually sells around $137, and we've seen it between $125 and $137. Pour one slow of an evening and let the sherry and dark chocolate come through. More on it in this week's piece.
Like the Glenfiddich 12 Sherry Cask Finish? The Balvenie 12 American Oak gives its drinker about 95% of what that one does, for 72% of the price, at $99. Think honey, navel oranges, a whisper of oak. More on the Glenfiddich 12 Sherry Cask Finish in this week's piece.
Fond of the Glenfiddich 12 Sherry Cask Finish? The Balvenie DoubleWood 12 gives you about 94% of what it does, for 77% of the price. That's $105. Honey and almonds, then a bit of spicy sherry and nutmeg. More on the Glenfiddich 12 Sherry Cask Finish in this week's piece.
A dram after dinner on a quiet night in, and the Aberfeldy 12 came up floral and bright, tropical fruit, honey and vanilla, gentle and faintly syrupy over the malt before an orange marmalade finish, lightly spiced. $104 at Dan Murphy's. More in this week's piece.
Both lean soft and sweet, with honey and ripe fruit. Love Aberfeldy 12? I'd look at The Deveron 12: it gives an Aberfeldy 12 drinker about 98% of what that one does, for 87% of the price, $90 this week. Tempted? I get into Aberfeldy 12 in this week's piece.
Put Aberfeldy 12 to the drinkers of its nearest bottles, each starting from what they pay for their own, and they'd give it $69 to $99; it goes for $104 this week. More on Aberfeldy 12 in this week's piece.
Aberfeldy 12 is $104. With about 22 standard drinks in the bottle, that's $4.71 a pour at home, against roughly $6.28 a standard drink for a pint at the pub. Where does that leave you this week? More on Aberfeldy 12 in this week's piece.
Aberfeldy 12 is sitting at $104 at Dan Murphy's this week, which is right where it usually sells, so read it as a steady marker rather than a number on the move. Where it lands among its neighbours is in this week's piece on Aberfeldy 12.
If Aberfeldy 12 is your pour, Tomatin 12 is worth a try: pleasantly sweet, a good malt foundation carrying bright summer fruit, clean right through. At $98 it gives an Aberfeldy 12 drinker about 96% of what that bottle does, for 94% of its price. More in this week's piece.
Like Aberfeldy 12? Glengoyne 10 gives you about 95% of what it does, for 95% of the price, at $99. Oak, a hint of sherry, cooking apples slowly drying to vanilla. Fancy that swap this week? The full piece on Aberfeldy 12 has more.
Poured the Glengoyne 10 on a quiet night and noticed how little it asks of you. Soft malt and a whisper of sherry on the nose, cooking apples on the palate, then a long buttery vanilla finish that dries slowly. $99; it usually sells around $88. More in this week's piece.
Fond of Glengoyne 10? I'd happily pour a Glengoyne 12 in its place. For a Glengoyne 10 drinker it gives about 96% of what you love, fragrant with cherry and apple, at 90% of the price, $89 for members. I dig into Glengoyne 10 in this week's piece. Would you make the swap?
Hand the nearest neighbour, a Tomatin 12 drinker, a Glengoyne 10, all smooth malt and cooking apple, and they'd pay 88% of what their own bottle costs. More on where it sits in this week's piece.
Glengoyne 10 comes to $4.48 a standard drink poured at home, about 22 in the bottle. A pint at the pub works out at $6.28 a standard drink. Smooth and lightly oaky, cooking apples and a long buttery finish — an easy pour for the unhurried evening. More on it in this week's piece.
Glengoyne 10 is $99 at Dan's this week. It usually sells around $88. So read today's as the top of its own range, not a new normal. Same whisky, same bottle. Where would you put it if you were buying tonight? More on Glengoyne 10 in this week's piece.
Pouring the last of the Glengoyne 10 and eyeing a refill? The Deveron 12 comes in at $90. Peaches and vanilla on the nose, gentle spice and butterscotch, then dry oak. It gives a Glengoyne 10 drinker 88% of what that bottle does, for 91% of the price. More in this week's piece.
What are you paying for in a bottle of Glengoyne 12? Age is the largest part, at 38%. Price its age, name, strength and style the way Dan Murphy's prices the rest, and you reach $137. It's $89 for members this week, about 35% under that going rate.
Glengoyne's ladder, three rungs this week. The 10 at $99, the 12 at $89, the 15 at $162 — three steps up the one house style. What does each step up actually get you? And what does the younger bottle give the drinker of the older one? Let's climb.
Who drinks this? The way to answer it is to look at whose glass it sits closest to. Aberfeldy 12 turns up among the ten closest bottles for the drinkers of 29 other whiskies. The typical bottle manages that for 9.0. So this is a malt a wide spread of drinkers keep within arm's reach, not one that stays in its own corner. It reads the part, too: fresh and floral, honey and vanilla over a malty base, with an easy, orange-marmalade finish. Easy-going company, and clearly it keeps a lot of it.
| # | candidate | price | CEARP | price − CEARP |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Glengoyne 12 Year Old Single Malt Scotch Whisky 700mL | $93.00 | $96.99 | -3.99 |
| 2 | Aberfeldy 12YO Single Malt Scotch Whisky 700mL | $103.99 | $94.60 | +9.39 |
| 3 | Glencadam 10 Year Old Highland Single Malt Scotch Whisky 700mL | $106.99 | $94.49 | +12.50 |
| 4 | Glenmorangie Original 12 Year Old | $74.00 | $91.89 | -17.89 |
| 5 | Deanston 12YO Single Malt Scotch Whisky 700mL | $111.99 | $91.17 | +20.82 |
| 6 | The Deveron 12 Year Old Single Malt Scotch Whisky 700mL | $90.99 | $89.92 | +1.07 |
| 7 | Tomatin 12YO Single Malt Whisky 700mL | $97.99 | $89.79 | +8.20 |
| 8 | Glencadam 15YO Highland Single Malt Scotch Whisky 700mL | $150.00 | $87.80 | +62.20 |
| 9 | Oban 14 Year Old Single Malt Scotch Whisky 700mL | $135.00 | $86.77 | +48.23 |
| 10 | Edradour 10 Year Old Single Malt Scotch Whisky 700mL | $111.99 | $85.77 | +26.22 |