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Yes, and keep the good Clan MacGregor for special occasions .

Swill is the appropriate word !

Already a staple.

I've not tried enough scotch to know what's what. Some I remember:

* Cutty "Shark" - that's what I used to sneak slugs of out of the liquor cabinet as a grade schooler. It seemed tasty, on account of it being forbidden. The same bottle lasted for decades because they didn't throw enough parties to pawn it off on the guests.

* Something with nearly all consonants in the name, that sounded French - "Le Frog", maybe?: supposedly wonderful and pricey single malt, that tasted like dirt. Couldn't get past the first sip. I wasn't even a grade schooler at the time.

* Ballantine's: bought @ the Roosville, MT crossing for a Canadian hunt, because it was the only brown liquor they had in stock. It was gross, but I still had a few glasses: camp was fairly dry that trip.

* Glenfiddich: If that's the one in the triangular prism bottle, I've liked it quite a bit on both occasions I've had it. Couldn't tell you which "age" it was. Might have been the middle one.

* THE Macallan 12: Shaman talked me into trying a snort of this, and I enjoyed it enough to have had a couple more, since. I like it much better than a certain institution that insists on prefacing its name with, "THE"...

FC

Johnny Walker Green

Famous grouse is decent as well.

I've never tried Dewar’s, is it any good?

At that general price point I put it well behind Famous Grouse and behind JW Red, and ahead of Cutty Sark and J&B Rare.

When the father in law comes over the pond we drink Famous Grouse.

Barring that we drink maybe a bottle of Cutty Sark.


His Local was called Wilsons. It was very good but Seagrams shut it down.

I’m a fan of the Smokey Grouse

The best selling whiskey in Scotland is Famous Grouse, for the reasons elucidated above. (And also because the "cheapskate" stereotype started for a reason!) It's my go-to brand.

Dunno. Don't do that with my other whiskys but on a whim, decided to chill the three pack. Chilled it in the freezer but somehow a bit of the Black made it to the fridge.

Bought serveral bottles of this several years ago when they weren't sky high.

Best blended scotch ever. Too bad I drank them...

William Grant 25 Year Old, Rare & Extraordinary

Did you mean "Skye high"?

Highland high.

Had a wee nip - less than a dram - of Famous Grouse today on the golf course. Handsome little leather-bound flask. I view Scotch as the only appropriate libation for golf, for obvious reasons. It was a bit chilly - several shaded greens had sheets of ice on them and when a chip shot landed, it sounded like hitting a hardwood dance floor.

For being out in those conditions I'd have probably filled my flask with cask strength Laphroaig, it goes well with chilly weather.

Yeah right.


Cut with some Blackberry Brandy maybe........

Heathen.

For the price (high 20s), Monkey Shoulder is amazingly good.

Utah has a 46% "sin tax" on alcohol, so the brands you guys recommend are prohibitive here. When I travel, I enjoy a tumbler or three of the good stuff; but at home, it's Famous Grouse, mostly.

One of the best bargains going. Blended but all malted barley.