Glenfarclas 15: per drink · The Whisky Guy

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@whiskypund77161 · 2026-11-05 · from the Glenfarclas guy

Glenfarclas 15, all dried fruit and Christmas cake, is $7.28 a standard drink poured at home — the kind of pour you sit with rather than rush. This week's piece has the rest.

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Prices at Dan Murphy's as of 2026-11-05 (5 November 2026); vintage 2026-11-05.1; bottles: Glenfarclas 15 Year Old Single Malt Scotch Whisky 700mL, Tamdhu 12 Year Old Single Malt Scotch Whisky 700mL, Tamdhu 15 Year Old Single Malt Scotch Whisky 700mL, Aberlour 14 Year Old Scotch Whisky 700mL, The Glendronach 12YO Single Malt Scotch Whisky 700mL.
Glenfarclas 15 price this week: $185 (price.ticket)
Glenfarclas 15 360° low (like for like): $75 (price_360.seats)
Glenfarclas 15 360° high (like for like): $288 (price_360.seats)
The Glendronach 12 for a Glenfarclas 15 drinker: 95% (stand_ins.alternatives.share_of_ref)
The Glendronach 12 price as a share of Glenfarclas 15: 59% (stand_ins.alternatives.share_of_price)
what a Tamdhu 12 drinker would pay for Glenfarclas 15: $87 (price_360.seats.seat)
Tamdhu 12 drinker's answer for Glenfarclas 15 as a share of their own bottle: 69% (seat / peer_ticket)
Tamdhu 12 for a Glenfarclas 15 drinker: 88% (stand_ins.alternatives)
Tamdhu 15 for a Glenfarclas 15 drinker: 98% (stand_ins.alternatives.share_of_ref)
Tamdhu 15 price as a share of Glenfarclas 15: 109% (stand_ins.alternatives.share_of_price)
Tamdhu 15 price this week: $202 (price.ticket)
Tamdhu 12 price as a share of Glenfarclas 15: 68% (stand_ins.alternatives.share_of_price)
Tamdhu 12 price this week: $126 (price.ticket)
Aberlour 14 for a Glenfarclas 15 drinker: 88% (stand_ins.alternatives.share_of_ref)
Aberlour 14 price as a share of Glenfarclas 15: 76% (stand_ins.alternatives.share_of_price)
Aberlour 14 price this week: $140 (price.ticket)
Aberlour 14 usual price: $140 (price_guide.usual)
Aberlour 14 lowest seen: $140 (price_guide.seen_low)
Aberlour 14 highest seen: $160 (price_guide.seen_high)
Glenfarclas 15 per standard drink: $7.28 (price.ticket / standard drinks)
Glenfarclas 15: standard drinks in the bottle: about 25 (size × ABV)
Glenfarclas 15: rank per standard drink: 255th of 310 (psd_rows)
Tamdhu 12 per standard drink: $5.31 (price.ticket / standard drinks)
Tamdhu 15 per standard drink: $7.95 (price.ticket / standard drinks)
Aberlour 14 per standard drink: $6.34 (price.ticket / standard drinks)
a pint at the pub, per standard drink (about $13 a pint, about 2 standard drinks): $6.28 (PUB_PINT)
a pint at the pub: $13 (PUB_PINT)
Tamdhu 12: standard drinks in the bottle: about 24
Tamdhu 15: standard drinks in the bottle: about 25
Aberlour 14: standard drinks in the bottle: about 22
under a pint at the pub, per standard drink: Tamdhu 12
over a pint at the pub, per standard drink: Glenfarclas 15, Tamdhu 15 and Aberlour 14 (never say every bottle is under the pint)

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premium over CE 360° · shared scale 0% to +70% across the eleven

Glenfarclas 15 Year Old Single Malt Scotch Whisky

$184.99list 11-05

CE 360° $114.10 · 12.2% over · #55 of 79 in Speyside

per standard drink $7.28 · #56 of 75 in Speyside

22 pieces · observed

Tamdhu 12 Year Old Single Malt Scotch Whisky

$125.99list 11-05

CE 360° $90.93 · 7.2% over · #37 of 79 in Speyside

per standard drink $5.31 · #42 of 75 in Speyside

13 pieces · observed

Tamdhu 15 Year Old Single Malt Scotch Whisky