Wow, I thought that scotch blends were a cost-cutting measure done by multinationals for people who don't really have a taste for scotch and just want a cocktail. I never thought that scots would blend on purpose.
Until quite recently, blended whisky was all that anybody drank. Producing single malts that have a finish for drinking unblended is a relatively recent fashion. It is possible to produce blends that have a greater complexity and more sophisticated taste than any single malts, it's just uncommon to find many vatted blends that use only the highest quality malts and little to no grain whisky because those malts are easier to sell at a premium unblended. The result is that blended whisky as a whole tends to be unfairly rated by the public because they are comparing expensive single malts with inexpensive blends.
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Wow, I thought that scotch blends were a cost-cutting measure done by multinationals for people who don't really have a taste for scotch and just want a cocktail. I never thought that scots would blend on purpose.
In fact blends were pretty much what everyone drank up until more recently when single malts became more popular. At least that's one version I've heard. Blends do produce a more consistent flavour and some blends can be really nice.
Edit: Damnit didn't see there was a second page. Also on the pub thing this is from a medic who spent 3 years there, it's probably not all of them but he described at least 2 or 3 that were particularly bad (including one that actually managed to lose its Guinness licence).
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Scotland has more in common with Ireland the further west you get. St Andrews is about as far east as you can get. It's probably some kind of protestant sin to serve Guinness in St Andrews. Beijing is sort of near Japan, would you go there for sushi?
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