Favorite cheap Scotch?

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I dont like J&B much, last time i had it i just couldn't get into it.

Dont drink JW red much cos its harder to get than black here, so i just drink black instead. Thats my standard scotch really.
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captain gonzo wrote:I dont like J&B much, last time i had it i just couldn't get into it.

Dont drink JW red much cos its harder to get than black here, so i just drink black instead. Thats my standard scotch really.

Black Label is a fine Scotch. Nothing wrong in that all, but I don't consider it a cheap scotch. I guess that's relative, though.
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Bluto wrote:
captain gonzo wrote:I dont like J&B much, last time i had it i just couldn't get into it.

Dont drink JW red much cos its harder to get than black here, so i just drink black instead. Thats my standard scotch really.

Black Label is a fine Scotch. Nothing wrong in that all, but I don't consider it a cheap scotch. I guess that's relative, though.

Was gonna get me some cheap scotch but the liquor store had teh JW black with two glasses and that was in my budget, so i had to have it.

Yes, i really need two mroe JW glasses.

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Bluto wrote:
captain gonzo wrote:I dont like J&B much, last time i had it i just couldn't get into it.

Dont drink JW red much cos its harder to get than black here, so i just drink black instead. Thats my standard scotch really.

Black Label is a fine Scotch. Nothing wrong in that all, but I don't consider it a cheap scotch. I guess that's relative, though.
Its not cheap but not really expensive either. Its nice stuff but not so nice i wont load it into my coffee, or make cocktails from it. I have got a bottle for as little as £15 before which i call cheap.

For truely cheap fun, sainsburys own brand scotch whiskey isnt too bad considering its supermarket own brand booze.
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evilChuck wrote:

Was gonna get me some cheap scotch but the liquor store had teh JW black with two glasses and that was in my budget, so i had to have it.

Yes, i really need two mroe JW glasses.
Well shit, who doesn't?
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Bluto wrote:
evilChuck wrote:

Was gonna get me some cheap scotch but the liquor store had teh JW black with two glasses and that was in my budget, so i had to have it.

Yes, i really need two mroe JW glasses.
Well shit, who doesn't?

Gotta love the holiday season. pretty sure I see a bottle or two of Famous Grouse and the accompanying glasses in my neaer future.

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Gotta love the holiday season. pretty sure I see a bottle or two of Famous Grouse and the accompanying glasses in my neaer future.

That sounds good. I'm hoping for something nice from the Maker's Mark Ambassador gift section this year too.
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I have a really hard job getting booze related items for christmas....at leat my mum ALWAYS gets me a decent single malt.
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captain gonzo wrote:I have a really hard job getting booze related items for christmas....at leat my mum ALWAYS gets me a decent single malt.
Last couple years there was some svedka in my stocking. Now that I have moved away mostly from the vodka my friend Johnny or a well known Grouse may end up there. A decent single malt would be a surpsising treat though.

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Ill be getting random single malt from my mum and thats grouses wild american cousin from another family member now.

Basically i'm coaxing everyone to buy me whiskey because i cant afford to buy it myself.
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I like Ballantine's for some cheapo scotch.
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Cutty is pretty cheap for scotch and it's still damn good
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fizzmaster wrote:I like Ballantine's for some cheapo scotch.
Irony, ballantine scotch made in scotland.....not really sold in the UK cos it was made for the foreign market.

Its around $25 - 30 around where i live for a bottle, (£17 is the cheapest ive seen it) so buying a bottle of JW black is about the same price.
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I find ALL Johnnie Walker scotch tastes watered-down (ESPECIALLY the $179-per-bottle Blue Label*).

Great advertising, bad scotch, not cheap.

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JW make decent whiskey compared to alot of other companies.
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