Highland Park 12 is fragrant and floral, a little heather and spice, then smooth and honeyed: citrus, malt, a thread of wood smoke. $90 for members at Dan Murphy's. That smoke stays with you after the glass is empty. More in this week's piece. Which note would pull you in?
Cragganmore 12 gives a Highland Park 12 drinker about 99% of what Highland Park 12 does, at $86 — 95% of its price. Cider, heather and ripe apples, with vanilla fudge and a faint wisp of smoke. The full stand-in sits in this week's piece on Highland Park 12.
Ask the drinkers of the bottles closest to Highland Park 12 what they'd give for it, each starting from what they pay for their own, and the answers land between $69 and $95. At $90 for members it settles near the upper end of that spread. The rest is in this week's piece.
What does a pour at home actually cost? Highland Park 12 works out at $4.07 a standard drink, about 22 to the bottle. A pint at the pub sits nearer $6.28. Which one would you reach for? More in this week's piece on Highland Park 12.
The model puts a Speyside single malt and a Canadian blend seventh-closest in the whole set. Cragganmore 12, the Speyside, at $86. Canadian Club 12 across from it. Two shelves that never share a bay.
Highland Park 12 is $90 for members at Dan Murphy's this week. That works out at about $4.07 a standard drink across the roughly 22 standard drinks in the bottle, which keeps a pour at home under the $6.28 a standard drink of a $13 pint at the pub.
| bottle | region | latest ticket | read | window price | CE 360° mean | premium | shelf rank | per std drink | drink rank | content |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cragganmore 12 | Speyside | $85.90 | observed | $85.90 | $83.34 | 3.0% | #19 of 79 | $3.89 | #29 of 75 | 6 |