The KB rates Glencadam as value. Its new 15yo lands at $160.

Sources

• generate_cycle.py replay payload, artefact 2026-09-03-replay/kb-position/glencadam-15yo-highland-single-malt-scotch-whisky-700ml-glen-77ab9f, current vintage 2026-09-03.r (compared against 2026-08-27.r). CHECK request, not a finding.
• Standing KB claim: knowledge-base/whisky/wiki/08-distilleries-and-regions.md — Glencadam "consistency equal to AnCnoc ... well-made but modest"; "Emerged as a standout performer with scores of 89–90 for its 15yo and 18yo bottlings, praised for old-school, understated character and excellent value ... reputation is growing faster than supply"; advocated as unexploited value alongside AnCnoc and Deanston.
• Glencadam 15YO Highland Single Malt Scotch Whisky 700mL: live ticket $160 (claim / grounding.item.price); first-time member of the Glencadam brand between the two vintages.
• Glencadam (brand) current band: price_max $160 with the 15yo, $107 without it (grounding.without_item.price_max 106.99; 2026-08-27.r published 106.99); price_min $90, median $107 (grounding.current). Three catalogue members this vintage: 10YO ($90), Reserva Andalucia Oloroso, and the new 15YO ($160).
• Words (Glencadam brand, current vintage): cask, leather, polish, confectionary, orchard, drops, earthiness (grounding.current.words).

Omissions

• The band's jump is driven by a bottle being ADDED to the catalogue (the 15yo entering), not by any existing Glencadam being repriced. The piece reads the range cross-sectionally and makes no claim about prices over time (CHANNEL.md §1).
• The band-shift percentage (payload: 49.5%) and the CE 360° mean are NOT quoted: on a three-member brand the mean re-fits sharply and the shift is a catalogue addition, so quoting either would mislead (format caution).
• Glencadam has three catalogue members this vintage; a three-bottle brand is a small base for a category count, so the piece asserts the qualitative KB position rather than a count.
• The 89–90 scores and the "reputation" line are review-corpus positions from the KB wiki, a UK-market view; the $160 is the Australian shelf ticket. The tension between the two is the piece.

Notes for reviewer

• Flagged: KB position is an article format; this is a short-form check surfaced by the cycle. A human should decide whether to promote it to a durable article in articles/ (ARTICLES.md), where the thesis "Glencadam's value reputation rests on its cheaper bottles, not the new $160 15yo" belongs as a standing, cross-checked piece.
• Flagged: the trigger is a first-time bottle (Glencadam 15) entering, so the 49.5% "band shift" is a catalogue addition, not a market move. The draft is written to that reading and quotes only current, cross-sectional figures.
• Position asserted from the KB wiki (08-distilleries-and-regions.md); confirm the standing claim still reads as current before any promotion or posting.
• Replay draft on rehearsal vintage 2026-09-03.r; may_publish: false and never flips in replay.

Format note

KB position, CHECK request against a standing KB claim, not a finding. Glencadam 15YO Highland Single Malt Scotch Whisky 700mL is first-time in the catalogue between 2026-08-27.r and 2026-09-03.r. The Glencadam (brand) aggregate's top price moves from $107 to $160 because this bottle is ADDED, not because an existing Glencadam is repriced; the piece reads it cross-sectionally and does NOT quote the band-shift percentage or the CE 360 mean, per the format's caution on tiny (n=3) categories. Surfaced short-form by the cycle; a human may promote it to a durable article in articles/.

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