A Bottle Of Scotch

If you re even remotely into scotch you ve heard of it.

A bottle of scotch.

Often simply called whisky or scotch is malt whisky or grain whisky or a blend of the two made in scotland scotch whisky must be made in a manner specified by law. As of 2018 there were 133 scotch whisky distilleries operating in scotland. In the scotch world there are some brand expressions that are just well known. Like its whiskey brethren scotch makes an excellent cocktail but many home bartenders get nervous about mixing up a tipple with their scottish bottles.

If you re working with one ounce glasses there are 25 shots in a full sized bottle of whiskey plus a third of a shot left over. Last october a single bottle of scotch shattered the record for most expensive wine or spirit ever sold at auction. Local water yeast barley peat and wood. The macallan fine and rare 60 year old fetched a staggering 1 9 million usd.

That makes finding the best bottles of scotch a fun endeavor. The company is the 10th largest scotch whiskey producer in the world and produces and sells more than 15 million bottles of the alcoholic beverage per year. The single malt packs a smoky wallop. Scottish single malts are simple only in their base parts.

If you ve got one and a half ounce glasses the standard drink size for 80 proof spirits also called a jigger there are almost 17 full shots in a bottle of whiskey 16 9 to be precise. Glenmorangie lasanta highland park 12 the balvenie double wood 12. Some of our favorite bottles of scotch are great deals that you can get no matter where you are in the country. Very attractive nose.

Best scotch under 50. Scotch whisky scottish gaelic. There s a chew to this whiskey with a matrix of fresh honey sharp spice. The bottle is a blend of both grain and malt whisky from undisclosed distilleries around the highlands.

Lagavulin s 16 is one of them. This blended speyside scotch alleviates. An adventure for your palate. You can certainly make a scotch cocktail but that will of course up the calories.