Maybe its because everytime i drink this im fucking wasted already,but i find this to be better then johnnie walker

ive had cheap blended scotch before that tasted like ass,cutty sark is about the best value for cheap scotch ive had

op here,scotch isnt the only hard liquior i drink.i guess im just suprised because of the value i got cutty sark and the fact it isnt rough as shit(something ive found from cheap scotch/irish whiskey)like other cheap scotches ive had

Most anything is going to be better than the vast majority of Johnny Walker. Also, to all these idiots talking about how Glenmorangie is fantastic, while cutty stark isn't. News flash, almost ALL scotch is a blend. ALL of it. INCLUDING Glenmorangie 18. The only difference is that Glen is a single malt, while cutty stark isn't. Which means that Cutty stark has a more rounded and complex taste, while Glen has a very one note. Price does not always equal quality, and Cutty Stark is plenty decent.

>Gelnmorangie 18 is my minimal acceptable.

Oh brother.

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>cutty sark is plenty decent

yeah,i guess maybe i should drink this as my first drink of the day.just seems like after 3 or drinks i do a couple shots of cutty sark.ive had cheap scotch before that tastes like asshole,but cutty sark seems to be pretty damn good for the value

But yeah, Cutty Sark is decent. Not great, but its a good light blend. But I prefer my scotch peaty. It would probably beat out Red or Green or Black. I'm quite a fan of blue label and some of the more limited runs of johnny walker, but I don't think they're worth the price.

It depends on your tastes, but I'd argue that there is better cheap scotch other than cutty sark. Cutty Sark is just a no frills no thrills kind of scotch.

Mine.

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yeah,op here.i never said i considered cutty sark the greatest,i just wish instead of buying johnnie walker red i would of bought this.because its alot better in my opinion

>it depends on your tastes\

i like stuff like monkey shoulder and johnnie walker black.ive had cheap scotch before that tastes like absolute shit but everytime ive drank cutty sark it seems a hell of alot better then the cheap scotch ive drank before

Cutty sark is a good budget scotch. Curry sark made its mark during prohibition. Jw is overrated imo but I do like double black, but I would rather buy a bottle Belvine 12 or before a budget scotch monkey shoulder you’ll like it better than cutty

Lol lack of scotch cockatails lol as a bartender
Penicillin, scotch mule, scotch gold rush, or how about a scotch sour or experiment with different bitters that expands the depth of a scotch in an old fashioned variation. Even with mezcal an oxxoca old fashioned is great and a mezcal penicillin is great too

monkey shoulder is good,but i dont know.maybe ill try a couple shots of cutty sark when im sober because it just seems like i usually drink this after im buzzed as hell,but it always seems miore drinkable then any other cheap scotch ive ever had

>scotch cocktails

lol,scotch has always seemed liked something you never mix to me

Drink what you will.
I'm 30, and what I've learned is: fuckall what people generally agree is good, when it comes to alcohol, everyones taste can vary dramatically.

I like expensive tequila (blanco, repasado, not much anejo).
I like expensive gin (Coniption, NC local and others).

But everything else? fuck it. I love cheap rum, find it better than most expensive rums; I LOVE whiskey blends, as they are far smoother and more interesting than single malt scotches. Balvenie Caribbean cask is the exception, but like. I'll take monkey shoulder of most single malts.

Don't get me wrong, they have their place and I get the price. But give me black and white label nearly any day of the week over something twice as expensive.

Different methods give different flavors. Cheap methods can give some profiles that I adore, and I can't help that, and I don't give a shit.
If you like cutty sark, congrats, you have tastebuds that enjoy something that wont break the bank. Fucking have at it.

Signed, another drunk atm

Taste is subjective you like what you like.

>another drunk atm

yeah,im shitfaced probably right now,but im just wondering if i have the wrong impression on cheap scotch,because it seems like cutty sark is a hell of alot better then the plastic 1 liter i had of a cheap scotch before it(even though cutty sark was a glass 1.75 liter for 20 bucks)

A penicillin is a classic cocktail before sugar bombs and way before punk cocktails read joy of mixology by Gary regan for inspiration for scotch cocktails. I build menus

>Even with mezcal an oxxoca old fashioned is great

Fucking A'men man. I've been drinking mezcal for over a decade now (dads from mexico, always brought back that shit) and I'm so sad the hipsters have found it and now I'm going to have to pay shitty prices for it just because its in fashion. Oaxaca old fashioned are the shit, the Death and Co. version is great.

Only love for people with great taste in spirits

True that. I sound like a "I knew about it first" asshole, but I should be happy that everyone is indulging in the greatness of mezcal. Wild west version of tequila. I like that the smokey flavor profile seems to be overwhelmingly winning out on that front.Cheers from NC, we love our cocktails.

From Cali mezcal is one of those things where hipsters are gonna explode the market and bear mezcal to death like craft beer. But fortunately there might be some good budget stuff coming out of this “revolution” also is going to make whisk(e)y have to do better and make trendy(er?) products a revive the spirit so all in all I don’t think it’s a bad thing yet it’s going to for sure change the image of spirits and cocktails all in all

Double-edged sword at its finest. The craft beer craze got me into homebrewing, so I look on it fondly. Only problem is now it's like $12 a 6 pack. Hopefully the mezcal craze brings more variety, but yeah as a grad student who makes shit money, I hope the price hike isn't too much. That being said, I'd be happy to see more/any mezcal in the liquor stores around here. Let em' exploit mezcal to death and turn their eye to something else shinier, we here like to take our time appreciating things (aka, NC may be like 3 years behind cali in craft beer, but we exploit all facets of it, not just "lol IPA or nothing")

If you ever visit Asheville, Burial is my favorite brewery by far.

>all cheap blended scotch tastes like equal ass
Spoken like someone who never had Bailie Nicol Jarvie.

You probably think toilet water tastes delicious then.

First post in this thread worth reading.

The craft beer craze needs to fucking die. All that did was turn beer into wine. "Look at our massive selection of random stuff with no selection that you've never fucking hear of that is all over-priced and has absolutely no description!"
>What about that thing I got last time...that was good.
"Oh, that was seasonal, you can't get that."
>Is there a mix pack from this company that I had something from so I can try there stuff?
"Sorry, they don't make mix packs." You have to buy 18, $15 6 packs, then try 1 beer out of each one and dump the toilet water ones down the drain.
>Do you have anything that isn't so hoppy it will make my mouth bleed?
"This IPA isn't too hoppy."

Then I buy a fucking 30 pack of some shitty beer.

Ha, I do fucking get that.
I live in NC, so maybe a different feel from you, but for every brewery that is EXACTLY as you describe (and holy shit you pegged like 5 within a 20 mile radius), my favorites are far more relaxed and don't have that air of fuckity with it.

There is a craft-beer bubble that is quietly bursting (the most famous and longest-lived local breweries have been going out of business), and soon simplicity will be in it's place.

It's not even the breweries, it's the liquor stores. We have these huge chain liquor stores around here (and it's even spread to most of the regular liquor stores too) but it's just like that. You walk in there and it's this fucking massive place...the size of a super market. There's a couple isles of liquor, so it's 1 aisle of scotch/whiskey/rum/liquors, then 1 aisle that's 50% vodka, 25% cocktail garbage, 25% gin/tequilla/rum/everything else.
Then it's 10 aisles of Wine and 10 aisles of beer. All the beer is either something mass produced that has been the same for 50 years or it's that micro-brew stuff and you have no idea wtf it is. Same with the wine. It's "sutter home" or 'non-descript italian wine that got a high score in some wine magazine".

They're just doing the same thing with the beer now. It's in a fancy package with a good label, no description (the liquor store puts the description on it and it's under "Jeff's picks" or whatever) and it will say "Beer Spectator 95 points!" whatever the fuck that means.