Blended scotch

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As early as the 18th century, people began to mix the individual whiskeys with each other in order to be able to ensure consistent taste and quality. In the beginning it was probably only single malt that was blended and then sold as vatted malt; one such representative today is the Johnnie Walker Green Label. Later, however, grain whiskey was also added and such a whiskey was then referred to as blended Scotch. But there is also blended grain whiskey, which consists only of different grain whiskeys, continuously distilled grain schnapps. This is then referred to as vatted grain; However, I am not aware of such a representative myself.

Once you've accepted that you'll never know all of the single malts yourself, you'll also find that this is also the case with blended Scotch, especially at a time when Scotch has gained acceptance around the world .

So I was able to get to know quite a few blends over the years, especially since they were also used as gifts. And there are still some of them in my basement today.

As I already wrote in my first post about whisky, I feel the Johnnie Walker with one of my favorites. Over the years I have good memories of other blends that I like to drink again and again, especially in pubs and bars.

Next to the Teacher's the J&B and the Black & White are real classics, the latter of which used to be advertised with two magnetic dogs, and it always brings back childhood memories for me.

You can also confidently fall back on the VAT 69 or the Bell's, although today it's more likely to be Dimple, Ballentine's or Chivas Regal are hot. The latter is available as Chivas Regal 12, 18, 21 and 25, with this number indicating the minimum cask storage time of all single malt used in it, with the exception of the “21”.

The blends thus counter the increasing quality of the individual single malts since the 1980s and offer competitive products in terms of both price and quality. Your advantage is that you always know what to expect in the glass, provided of course that you have already had experience with the blend in question.

And the cheaper variants are always good to use as the basis for a mixed drink, which I cannot recommend for a blended Scotch that has been stored for a longer period of time, if only for cost reasons.


"There's no bad whiskey. There are only some whiskeys that aren't as good as others."

Raymond Chandler

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