5 CHEAP Scotch Brands EVERYONE IGNORES (But Distillers Secretly Love)

📗 Save $2,000 A Year On Whiskey With My Distiller Methods: https://wadecooperdistiller.com Down by the floor in the Scotch aisle there is a row of plain bottles between 14 and 19 dollars, and almost everybody walks past it. One of the bottles in that row has a single malt at the heart of it that sells under its own name for about 100 dollars, and the label is not going to tell you. I spent 34 years on the making side of this business. So here are five cheap Scotch brands, counting down, and every one of them was either built by a distillery or bought by one. That is the part the label leaves out. Along the way I answer the question the industry would rather you did not ask: why would a distillery put its best malt into its cheapest bottle? And I tell you which bottle Hoyt kept in the bottom drawer of his desk. By number one you will not need me for the next five. Three things on the back label: owner, heart, proof. Your homework costs one bottle: three back labels on the bottom row, one blend under 20 dollars, and two glasses left overnight. Then tell me in the comments what town you are in and what the bottle from number one costs at your store this week. CHAPTERS: 00:00 – The bottom shelf of the Scotch aisle, and a 100 dollar malt by your shoe 01:03 – Five blends, each one built or bought by a distillery 01:50 – Who I am: 34 years, and whiskey that never carried its own name 02:36 – The blend is the business: the heart and the fingerprint 03:38 – The bottle in the bottom drawer of Hoyt's desk 04:08 – Number five: Cutty Sark, the rum runner and the yellow label 05:35 – Why a distiller loves it: bought by a malt distiller 06:32 – Number four: Grant's and the family behind Glenfiddich 07:14 – Grain and malt from their own stills, the triangle, and a purchase 08:56 – Number three: Teacher's Highland Cream, 86 proof and Ardmore 09:54 – The share of malt, and the rule 10:53 – A correction against myself: who owns the stills 11:35 – Number two: Ballantine's Finest, one of the biggest Scotch brands on earth 12:16 – The grocer from Edinburgh, Miltonduff and Glenburgie 13:07 – Making bottle number 111 million taste like bottle number one 14:00 – Number one: White Horse, the bottle in Hoyt's drawer 14:51 – Lagavulin 16, and the same island in the cheap bottle 15:55 – The answer: why the best malt goes into the cheapest bottle 17:19 – The honest words: it is not Lagavulin 16 18:07 – How to find the sixth one yourself: owner, heart, proof 19:03 – No sponsor, and 22 million casks in Scotland 19:45 – Priced out of the box, not out of the whisky 20:33 – Your homework: three back labels and two empty glasses 21:31 – Tell me your town, and what comes next #scotch #whisky #scotchwhisky #blendedscotch #distiller #whiskeytips #cheapwhisky #cuttysark #grants #ballantines #teachers #homebar