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?
| 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 | 68.99 observed | 68.99 observed | 68.99 observed | 68.99 observed | 68.99 m 62.00 observed | 68.99 m 62.00 observed | 68.99 m 62.00 observed | 68.99 m 62.00 observed | 68.99 observed | 68.99 observed | 68.99 observed | 68.99 observed | 68.99 m 62.00 observed |
| basis | mean | median | sd | min | max | range | cv | se mean | latest | own-range pctl |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| list | 68.99 | 68.99 | 0.00 | 68.99 | 68.99 | 0.00 | 0.0% | 0.00 | 68.99 | 100 |
| member | 66.30 | 68.99 | 3.54 | 62.00 | 68.99 | 6.99 | 5.3% | 0.98 | 62.00 | 38 |
| moments | m1 mean | m2 var | m3 skew | m4 ex-kurt | 95% band of the mean |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| list | 68.99 | 0.00 | null | null | 69.0 – 69.0 |
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 | Tamnavulin Double Cask 700mL | $78.99 | $67.35 | +11.64 |
| 2 | Starward Panettone Whisky 700mL | $104.99 | $66.96 | +38.03 |
| 3 | Compass Box Glasgow Blend Scotch Whisky 700mL | $89.99 | $65.64 | +24.35 |
| 4 | For Peat's Sake Blended Scotch Whisky 700mL | $62.99 | $65.08 | -2.09 |
| 5 | Pure Scot Blended Scotch Whisky 700mL | $71.99 | $64.84 | +7.15 |
| 6 | Spey River Bourbon Cask Single Malt Scotch Whisky 700mL | $72.99 | $64.13 | +8.86 |
| 7 | Spey River Speyside Single Malt Sherry Cask Scotch Whisky 700mL | $71.99 | $64.13 | +7.86 |
| 8 | Johnnie Walker Double Black Blended Scotch Whisky 1L | $65.80 | $63.92 | +1.88 |
| 9 | Johnnie Walker Double Black Blended Scotch Whisky 700mL | $75.99 | $63.92 | +12.07 |
| 10 | Coastal Stone Discover Blended Whisky 700mL | $58.99 | $63.68 | -4.69 |