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Cutty Sark Blended Scotch Whisky
Cutty Sark Blended Scotch Whisky
About Cutty Sark Blended Scotch Whisky
This is the original, legendary blended whisky ― Cutty Sark Blended Scotch. Named after the historic British clipper ship, it was the first in the Cutty Sark whisky family. An icon nearly a century in the making, it's a blend of carefully selected (mostly Speyside) whiskies that were matured separately in American oak casks, then blended and married together into a light, easy-to-drink Scotch that's perfect for mixing. Bottled at 80 proof, it's a delightfully smooth, approachable, and vibrant spirit with notes of vanilla, citrus, ice cream, and caramel.Get your bottle of this classic blended Scotch today!
About Cutty Sark
Built in 1869 with an iron frame and a wooden hull, the Cutty Sark is a British clipper ship that was designed to transport tea from from China to London. At the time of its construction, the tea trade was intensely competitive and substantial bonuses were paid to ships that arrived in London with the first tea of the year. As a result, the Cutty Sark was engineered to be one of the fastest ships in the world, logging a maximum speed of 17.5 knots. The ship's name was derived from the nickname of Nannie Dee, a witch in Robert Burns' poem Tam o'Shaner.Cutty Sark Scotch Whisky is produced by Edrington of Glasgow, whose main offices are fewer than 10 miles away from the birthplace of the clipper. Cutty Sark Prohibition Edition pays homage to Captain William McCoy, who smuggled Cutty Sark whisky into the United States during Prohibition. His reputation for dealing with unadulterated liquor (at the time, many bootleggers mixed their spirits with other liquids in order to increase yield) gave rise to the Cutty Sark being referred to as "The Real McCoy."
About Scotch
Scotch is the most popular whisky in the world and is considered the king of them all! There are five whisky regions in Scotland (six if you count the not officially recognized Islands), and each of them produces spirits with unique properties and distinct tasting notes. (The type of grain used determents the type of the scotch.)
Malt whisky is made of malted barley, and grain whisky uses other grains like corn or wheat. Most of the time, a whisky is blended from different distilleries hence the name blended scotch, but if a malt whisky is produced in a single distillery, we get something extraordinary called a single malt.
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