1/Two whiskies at their own floor this week, and the shelf's oddest near-miss. Proper No. Twelve, the Irish blend, is $59. The Chita, Suntory's Japanese grain whisky, is $99, down from the $111 it carried in mid-September. Both plain shelf tickets, neither a members' deal.
2/Why they sit side by side: the profile model reads them as close kin. On make-up The Chita and Proper No. Twelve land in nearly the same spot, a cosine of 0.97. An Irish blend and a Japanese grain whisky, one broadly shared character.
3/The value model does not buy it. On worth-for-money it rates the two nowhere near each other. So take this as shared profile, not equal standing: different countries, different styles, one surprising overlap in the glass.
4/Put them together and the pair is $158, the cheapest the combination has been across the weeks I've tracked it; its usual sits near $168. Both bottles are at the low end of their own range right now. A bundle, if you want the two.
5/So which floor do you take? Proper No. Twelve at $59 for the easy mixing pour, or The Chita at $99 for the light, soft Japanese grain? Both Dan Murphy's today. If your local ticket reads differently, tell me the number.
2026-10-08-cycle/compare-the-pair/proper-no-twelve-irish-whiskey-700ml-the-chita-japanese-whis-ab158c, grounded on vintage 2026-10-08.1, window as-of 2026-10-08.claims: entry (it cannot be verified live); it is quoted only as the dated prior observation the change rule requires.Compare the pair, automated light form. Two shelf tickets, each bottle's own-history position, and the pair's combined-price series; no CE 360° bands, no cross-read CEARP, no Welch t-test on the two means (light form). Both prices shelf basis, neither a member offer. Both 700mL. Not a claim they are interchangeable: the profile model ranks them near-twins (VSM cosine 0.97), the value model rates them far apart (CE score 0.002) — a shared-character note with a keen combined price this week, not 'the same whisky, cheaper'. The Chita is a repeat subject whose finding changed since it last led (price $111 → $99, 360° zone H → M); the post states the change as a dated observation and Sources carries the cool-down line.
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