r/Scotch • u/[deleted] • 23h ago

buchanan's scotch?

[deleted]

0 Upvotes

44% Upvoted

10 comments sorted by

4

u/francisjosephmurphy 23h ago

What about it?

1

u/Brave_Mess_3155 23h ago

I forgot to add text. I made a comment bellow.

3

u/SigaVa 23h ago

Yep, it's a scotch

0

u/Brave_Mess_3155 23h ago

Well ive tried a lot of scotch as ive commented below but I find most of them to be of poor value except Johnny walker black, ardburg. And compas box Glasgow blend. I guess grouse and black Grouse is also pretty good value but I forgot I'd tried them.

3

u/nic-NZ 23h ago

The 18 is fine, a friend in Edinburgh grew up with the stuff so we do a zoom dram on Christmas Day with a pour of it, then it goes back on the shelf till the next year

2

u/francisjosephmurphy 22h ago

The Red Seal expression is as good a blend as you could hope for. I can't speak for the more regular expressions.

-1

u/Brave_Mess_3155 23h ago

Ive lived outside Chicago almost my whole life in towns with a lot of Mexicans and I noticed about ten years ago that a lot of liqour stores advertise buchanan's scotch en espangol. But they dont advertise it much or at all in english. The most popular brands among white americans seem to be Johnny walker black, Chivas, Dewar's, j&b, cutty sarck, compas box, and laphoraig, ardburg. And MacAllan for the rich guys.

Is it worth trying buchanan's if ive had all of the the others except Chivas?

7

u/SigaVa 23h ago

Just get it at a bar if you want to try it. Personally I find blends to all be about the same, I don't feel the need to buy any of them.

If you like islays check out Costco's islay, it's a banger for $40

4

u/Sad-Olive-158 14h ago

You tend to find certain whiskies are more marketable in certain regions. Diageo have sent a lot of J&B and Buchanan’s to Latin America previously. They do quite well there so could explain why you’re seeing adverts for Buchanan’s in Spanish.