1/Jameson Black Barrel is an Irish blend. Monkey Shoulder is a Scottish blended malt. Different island, different make-up. The profile model seats them sixth-closest in the whole set anyway.

2/And this Thursday they're low in the same breath. Jameson $70, Monkey Shoulder $58 at Dan Murphy's, both plain shelf tickets, neither a members-only price. Each is parked at the bottom of its own recent range.

3/Worth a pinch of salt: the value model is cooler on the match, thirteenth rather than sixth. So take them as two easy everyday blends that line up on flavour arithmetic, not as the same dram in two bottles.

4/Both lean corn-and-cask with a little sherry edge to them. At $70 for the Irish or $58 for the Scotch, which is filling the glass this week? Both Dan Murphy's. If your local shelf reads different, drop the ticket below.