1/Climbing the Hellyers Road range. Two Tasmanian rungs, one step apart. Hellyers Road 7 Peated, $139 this week. The Journeyman 8, $150. One peated and younger; one a year older, no peat. The question for each step: what does going up get you, and what does the younger bottle give the older one's drinker? Let's climb.
2/Step up to the Journeyman 8 at $150: a year's more age for $11. Those ex-bourbon casks give banana lollies and creme caramel up top, black bread and savoury stock underneath. Going up, it gives a 7 Peated drinker about 99% of what their own bottle does. Coming back down, the 7 Peated gives a Journeyman 8 drinker about 98% of what theirs does, for 93% of its price. What changes is mostly less of the wine-cask fruit, and that one year.
3/So, a yes for each. The 7 Peated if peat's your thing: light, sweet, an ashy finish like drawing on a cigar. The Journeyman 8 if you'd swap that wine-cask fruit for something drier and more savoury. At about $5.45 and $5.88 a standard drink, each pour at home sits under a $13 pint. More is not always better. Both earn a yes; take the one that's already yours.
| 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 | 149.99 m 139.00 observed | 149.99 observed | 149.99 observed | 149.99 observed | 149.99 observed | 149.99 observed | 149.99 observed | 149.99 observed | 149.99 m 139.00 observed | 149.99 m 139.00 observed | 149.99 m 139.00 observed | 149.99 m 139.00 observed | 149.99 observed |
| basis | mean | median | sd | min | max | range | cv | se mean | latest | own-range pctl |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| list | 149.99 | 149.99 | 0.00 | 149.99 | 149.99 | 0.00 | 0.0% | 0.00 | 149.99 | 100 |
| member | 145.76 | 149.99 | 5.57 | 139.00 | 149.99 | 10.99 | 3.8% | 1.54 | 149.99 | 100 |
| moments | m1 mean | m2 var | m3 skew | m4 ex-kurt | 95% band of the mean |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| list | 149.99 | 0.00 | null | null | 150.0 – 150.0 |
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.
| # | candidate | price | CEARP | price − CEARP |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Hellyers Road The Journeyman 8 Year Old Tasmanian Single Malt Whisky 700mL | $149.99 | $147.35 | +2.64 |
| 2 | Hellyers Road Double Cask Whisky 700mL | $119.99 | $136.37 | -16.38 |
| 3 | Hellyers Road Roaring Forties Tasmanian Single Malt Whisky 700mL | $98.99 | $128.43 | -29.44 |
| 4 | Lawrenny Homestead Single malt Whisky700mL | $145.00 | $110.73 | +34.27 |
| 5 | Lark Tasmanian Peated Single Malt 500ml | $300.99 | $102.69 | +198.30 |
| 6 | Callington Mill Enigma Whisky 700mL | $89.00 | $102.66 | -13.66 |
| 7 | Nikka Miyagikyo Japanese Whisky 700mL | $120.00 | $98.94 | +21.06 |
| 8 | Isle of Raasay Single Malt Scotch Whisky 700mL | $121.99 | $98.27 | +23.72 |
| 9 | Talisker 10 Year Old Single Malt Scotch Whisky 700mL | $92.00 | $98.24 | -6.24 |
| 10 | Lark Rebellion Single Malt 500ml | $334.59 | $97.61 | +236.98 |