The Glenlivet 12 is $76 at Dan Murphy's this week. It usually sells around $79, and $76 is about as low as we've seen it. Not a dramatic move, but worth knowing if this is already your bottle.
The Glenlivet has always leaned light, and this 12 is that lightness done well. There's lily, orchid and pineapple up top, the flighty flavours, and under them a thick creaminess that beds them all down so they don't float off. Add a little water and you get mandarin, rose petal, and a small sneeze of white pepper. An improved wood policy has given it more to say than it once had. Simply lovely is the honest summary.
So, the price. It usually sells around $79. This week it's $76, and across what we've seen it has sat between $74 and $80. So $76 isn't a one-off dip; it's the quiet bottom of its own usual range. If you buy this one by habit, buy it this week.
1/Light but with ballast: lily, orchid and pineapple float, while a thick creaminess beds them down. Add water and you get mandarin, rose petal and a sneeze of white pepper. That mix is why The Glenlivet 12 finds so many friends across the range.
2/Line it up beside its own crowd. The Glenlivet 12 sits among the ten closest bottles for the drinkers of 23 others; the typical bottle manages 9. Drinkers of Glen Moray 12, The Glen Grant 10 and Glen Moray 15 would each have it near the top of their list.
3/This week it's $76 at Dan Murphy's; it usually sells around $79. That's about $3.44 a pour at home, under a pint at the pub. New to malt? A soft, easy start. A Glen Moray drinker? A near neighbour. Already a fan? Your bottle, at its friendly price.
| 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 | 79.95 observed | 79.95 m 76.00 observed | 75.95 m 74.00 observed | 79.95 m 76.00 observed | 79.95 observed | 79.95 observed | 79.95 observed | 78.85 observed | 78.85 observed | 78.85 observed | 78.75 observed | 78.75 observed | 75.95 observed |
| basis | mean | median | sd | min | max | range | cv | se mean | latest | own-range pctl |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| list | 78.90 | 78.85 | 1.42 | 75.95 | 79.95 | 4.00 | 1.8% | 0.39 | 75.95 | 15 |
| member | 78.14 | 78.85 | 1.97 | 74.00 | 79.95 | 5.95 | 2.5% | 0.55 | 75.95 | 15 |
| moments | m1 mean | m2 var | m3 skew | m4 ex-kurt | 95% band of the mean |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| list | 78.90 | 2.01 | -1.53 | 1.49 | 78.1 – 79.7 |
Light and floral for a Speysider: honeyed vanilla, a little marshmallow and hay, then a soft dry finish. The Glen Grant 10 is $66 at Dan Murphy's. An easy, clean malt to begin with. Pour one and see for yourself. More on it in this week's piece.
A mate keeps his Glen Moray 15 on the bench for Fridays. Hand him The Glen Grant 10 and he'd put it at 88% of what his own bottle costs him — a fair swap, near enough, from the drinker standing closest. Where would yours land? More on The Glen Grant 10 in this week's piece.
Like The Glenlivet 12? The Singleton of Dufftown 12 is $69. For anyone on The Glenlivet 12, it does about 99% of what that bottle does, at 91% of the price. Soft, faintly fruity, an easy evening pour. The full write-up on The Glenlivet 12 is in this week's piece.
Ask the drinkers of the bottles closest to The Glenlivet 12 what they'd pay for it, each starting from their own, and you get a spread: $68 at the low end, $117 at the top. This week it's $76, sitting comfortably inside that. The whole of it is in this week's piece.
The Glenlivet 12 is $76 this week, about 22 pours in the bottle, so $3.44 a standard drink at home. That sits 109th of 310 at Dan Murphy's per pour. A pint at the pub is about $6.28 a drink. A light, floral Speyside to sip slowly. More in this week's piece.
The Glenlivet 12 is $76 at Dan Murphy's this week. It usually sells around $79, so the price has quietly sat down for one. Where that leaves it is your call to make. The full read on The Glenlivet 12 is in this week's piece.
Like The Glenlivet 12? The Glen Grant 10 gives you about 98% of what it does, for 87% of the price. This week it's $66. Honeyed vanilla, a little marshmallow and hay, a soft dry finish. More on The Glenlivet 12 in this week's piece. Fancy a side-by-side?
Glenlivet 12 costs $1 more a bottle than The Glenlivet 15: $126 against $125, near enough the same money. Then you pour. The 12 sits at 40%, the 15 at 40% too, yet the 12 comes out $3.99 a standard drink against the 15 at $5.66. The one that costs more a bottle is the cheaper glass. Per standard drink this week: The Singleton of Dufftown 12 — $3.12 The Glenlivet 12 — $3.56 Glenlivet 12 — $3.99 Aultmore 12, at 46% — $4.57 The Glenlivet 15 — $5.66 Each is a pour at home for less than a pint at the pub, about $6.28. Younger or older, there's one here to suit.
The Glen Grant 10, $70 for members at Dan's. Light, floral, fresh. Honeyed vanilla and lively fruit, with a whisper of marshmallow and hay. The finish turns soft and dry. A clean malt to start on. It usually sells around $76. More on The Glen Grant 10 in this week's piece.
Hand The Glen Grant 10 to someone who drinks Aberfeldy 12 and they'd put it at 89% of what their own bottle costs, easing it down for being a Speysider rather than a Highlander. Light, floral and an easy introduction either way. More on it in this week's piece.
I keep half an eye on The Glen Grant 10, and this week it's $70 for members at Dan Murphy's. It usually sells around $76, and I've seen it wander between $70 and $81, so nothing too dramatic. More on this light, floral little Speysider in this week's piece.
I've set two Speysiders side by side this week. The Glen Grant 10, $70 for members, is the lighter one: floral and fresh, honeyed vanilla with a touch of marshmallow and hay, and a soft dry finish I'd happily pour a newcomer. The Glenlivet 12, $79, carries more: lily, orchid and pineapple, with a creaminess that beds those flowers down where the Glen Grant lets them drift, and a drop of water brings mandarin, rose petal and white pepper. The two come to $149 at Dan Murphy's for members, against $154 at their usual prices, and $187 for the same pair at Liquorland this week.
Smooth and easy to like: perfumed oak, apple and pear, a whisper of white pepper, with pineapple and honey sneaking in. The Glenlivet 15, $125 for members. That's about $5.66 a standard drink, a touch under a pint at the pub. More on it in this week's piece.
Like The Glenlivet 15? An Aberfeldy 12, poured of an evening, gives you about 95% of what the 15 does. Fresh tropical fruit, honey, a little orange marmalade on the finish, for 83% of its price, at $104. Give one a pour. More on The Glenlivet 15 in this week's piece.
Hand a The Glenlivet 18 drinker a glass of The Glenlivet 15 and they'd set it at $177, about 71% of what their own bottle runs, easing it back mainly for the younger age. Orchard fruit, soft spice, smooth. The rest sits in this week's piece on The Glenlivet 15.
These Speyside malts lean the same way, orchard fruit and a soft trace of spice. The Glenlivet 15 comes to about 22 standard drinks a bottle, so a pour at home settles around $5.66, while a standard drink of a pub pint sits near $6.28. More on it in this week's piece.
Love The Glenlivet 15? The Singleton of Dufftown 12 gives you about 94% of what it does for 55% of the price, and at $69 for members the price is what stands out. More in this week's piece.
A clean introduction to Speyside, and an easy one to embrace: light and floral, with honeyed vanilla, a whisper of marshmallow and hay, then a soft, dry finish. The Glen Grant 10, $70 for members this week. More on it in this week's piece.
Pour The Glen Grant 10 and it opens light and floral: honeyed vanilla, a whisper of marshmallow and hay. An Aberfeldy 12 drinker would pay 90% of their own bottle for it, marking it down mainly for not being a Highlander. More in this week's piece on The Glen Grant 10.
The Glen Grant 10 is $70 for members at Dan Murphy's this week; it usually sells around $81. Light and floral for a Speysider, honeyed and fresh. An easy, uncomplicated malt for anyone new to Scotch. Pour one and see how you find it — more in this week's piece.
Orchid and pineapple, then a thick creaminess that beds those flighty flavours down: that's The Glenlivet 12, $79, and with a drop of water it opens to mandarin and rose petal. At $3.56 a pour it sits under a pint at the pub. Beside it, The Glen Grant 10, $70, light and floral and fresh, honeyed vanilla with a hint of marshmallow and hay, a soft dry finish, an easy clean malt to start on. The two run to $149 at Dan Murphy's for members this week, $160 at their usual prices, and $187 for the same pair at Liquorland.
Kettle's on, the dishes can wait, and this is what's in the glass. Glen Moray 12 pours honey and icing sugar, then soft oak and a dab of lychee, finishing on vanilla. Honeyed, easy, bourbon-cask stuff. Glen Moray 12, $71 for members. More in this week's piece.
Like Glen Moray 12? The Glen Grant 10 gives its drinker about 99% of the same pleasure, for 99% of the price. $70 for members. Honeyed vanilla, a touch of marshmallow, a soft dry finish. One for the drinker after an easy, clean malt. Keen? More in this week's piece.
Ask the drinkers of the bottles nearest Glen Moray 12 what they'd pay for it, each starting from their own glass, and the answers land between $75 and $103. At $71 for members, that's a happy place to be sitting, and it's where this week's piece picks up the thread.
Glen Moray 12 comes to about $3.21 a standard drink at home, with roughly 22 of them in the bottle. A pint at the pub sits closer to $6.28 for the same measure. Pour one at your own pace and have a look at this week's piece on the Glen Moray 12 for the rest of it.
I noticed Glen Moray 12 sitting at $71 for members at Dan's this week, where it usually sells around $79, and for a honey-and-orange-peel dram that's been quietly steady, that's the number I'd keep in mind. More on it in this week's piece — what would you pour it against?
Flower, orchid, pineapple and mandarin: aka The Glenlivet 12, $76 at Dan Murphy's this week. For a The Glenlivet 15 drinker, that's about 93% of what the 15 gives, for 50% of its price.
You know the type. Some bottles get worshipped. Glen Moray 12 is the one your mates reach for without a word, and nobody at the table ever argues the point.
Whisky-Twitter would never shelve a boutique Irish single malt beside Glenlivet 12. The engine does. It ranks Pearse Lyons Founder's Choice 12 and the Speyside everyone's had as its third-closest pair in the whole catalogue.
Here is the odd thing about The Glen Grant 10. On the critics' rating it lands in the bottom 4% of the whiskies at Dan Murphy's. On how broadly drinkers like it, it lands in the top 18%. Same bottle, two very different readings. The scorers and the people doing the drinking are not looking at the same thing.
| # | candidate | price | CEARP | price − CEARP |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Cragganmore 12 Year Old Single Malt Scotch Whisky 700mL | $85.90 | $78.64 | +7.26 |
| 2 | Glenlivet 12 Year Old Single Malt Scotch Whisky 1L | $88.19 | $78.23 | +9.96 |
| 3 | The Singleton of Dufftown 12 Year Old Single Malt Scotch Whisky 700mL | $69.00 | $78.14 | -9.14 |
| 4 | The Glen Grant 10 Year Old Single Malt Scotch Whisky 700mL | $80.99 | $77.78 | +3.21 |
| 5 | Glen Moray 12 Year Old Single Malt Scotch Whisky 700mL | $78.99 | $77.76 | +1.23 |
| 6 | Glen Moray 15 Year Old Single Malt Scotch Whisky 700mL | $94.00 | $76.20 | +17.80 |
| 7 | The Glenlivet 15 Year Old Single Malt Scotch Whisky 700mL | $125.00 | $75.63 | +49.37 |
| 8 | Aultmore AULTMORE® 12YO Single Malt Scotch Whisky 700mL | $115.99 | $74.31 | +41.68 |
| 9 | Glenfiddich 12 Year Old Single Malt Scotch Whisky 1L | $77.69 | $73.95 | +3.74 |
| 10 | Glenfiddich 12 Year Old Single Malt Scotch Whisky 700mL | $75.95 | $73.95 | +2.00 |