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The Balvenie 12 Year Old American Oak9 outlines · excitement 0.46 · shelf of 2026-11-05

The Balvenie 12 Year Old American Oak Single Malt Scotch Whisky 700mL. One outline per editorial type: what each would say about this bottle this week. Outlines are placeholders, not published pieces. This bottle also has its own page with its price history and its ten nearest.

Editorial typeSaliencePickedOutline
Article0.09yesAn article on The Balvenie 12 Year Old American Oak leads with its ticket of $99 against a peer median of $116, 14% under. In its 13-week window that is level with its low (earlier weeks: low $99, high $141). It is a 12-year-old Speyside single malt at 43% ABV.
Compare the pair0.82The engine's nearest neighbour to The Balvenie 12 Year Old American Oak ($99) is Mortlach The Wee Witchie 12 Year Old ($154). Mortlach The Wee Witchie 12 Year Old is $55 dearer; the pair piece asks what the extra buys. Both are Speyside single malts.
Divergence take0.67By attributes alone Tomintoul 25YO Speyside is The Balvenie 12 Year Old American Oak's 8th nearest bottle; once price is counted the engine puts it 204th. Tickets: $99 against $733. Its peers' median is $116, so it sits 14% under them.
Hot 21 / Cold 210.17The Balvenie 12 Year Old American Oak is on neither the Hot 21 nor the Cold 21 this week: $99 against a fair value of $94, 5% over, which ranks 230th hottest of 323 bottles. Its peers' median is $116, so it sits 14% under them.
KB position0.98The Balvenie 12 Year Old American Oak is the cheapest of Balvenie's 5 bottles at $99. The brand's band runs $99 to $727, median $151, a statistic. A position piece checks that band against what the knowledge base holds. Its peers' median is $116, so it sits 14% under them.
Price raid0The Balvenie 12 Year Old American Oak holds at $99 for the 10th week running: no price move to report. In its 13-week window that is level with its low (earlier weeks: low $99, high $141). Its peers' median is $116, so it sits 14% under them.
Similarity surprise0.74The engine's nearest bottle to The Balvenie 12 Year Old American Oak, a Speyside single malt, is Pearse Lyons Founder's Choice 12 Year Old, an Irish single malt. Tickets: $99 against $110. 2 of its 20 nearest differ from it in country or style.
The whole shelf0.18On the Speyside shelf of 79 bottles The Balvenie 12 Year Old American Oak is 49th hottest: $99 against a fair value of $94, 5% over. The shelf's median ticket is $113. Its peers' median is $116, so it sits 14% under them.
Value pick0.67For The Balvenie 12 Year Old American Oak at $99, the closest cheaper neighbour is Glenfiddich 12 Year Old 700mL at $75: $24 less, 24% of the ticket. The engine ranks it 3rd of the ten nearest. 2 of the ten are cheaper by $5 or more.