VAT 69  - Apparently it's the favorite whisky of Freddy Heineken himself.
You should think he would be able to afford something better.
This whisky is best used as either a pain- or party-killer. The less said the better.

My Personal Whisky Warnings

Ballantine's - Widely available, and that's about the only positive quality of this whisky. I had to drink it during my skiing-trip to France last winter because it was the only thing on offer apart from a lot of strange looking green liqueurs and wine in plastic cans.

MacAllister 8 yrs. - The label boasts about "Pure Malt".
It's a vatted malt that combines the worst of several single malts; an incredible bad blending job. Not a nice experience altogether. This gives malt whisky a bad name.

Glen Talloch - Another major disappointment. Fortunately, this is available only in Holland. Sharp and dull at the same time. Hard to believe there's any malt whisky in this blend. The 8 yrs. "Pure Malt" vatted malt version used to be quite good in previous bottlings, but these days it's major crap also.

Johnnie Walker Red - How can they sell so much of the stuff?
It boggles my mind every time I doubt myself and decide to give it another good tasting on the reasoning that millions of people can't be wrong. Or can they?

Grant's - Never trust anything in a triangular bottle...
The malty taste overpowers everything else.  No balance whatsoever.
I'm ashamed to admit it was one of my favorites in the "early days", before I discovered Teacher's and single malts.

BlackBarrel - Single Grain from W. Grant & Sons - the people that bring us Grant's and Glenfiddich. I should have known better. It's more like cheap wodka than whisky.
Perfect for cocktails, though, because you won't even know it's there.

Famous Grouse - Nasty stuff, especially considering the blend is said to contain Bunnahabhain and Highland Park. Even people I personally know seem to like it, though....
I wonder why. Perhaps the company should concentrate on crockery instead of distillation.

William Lawson's - This whisky tastes just as bad as it's TV-commercial looks stupid. No character whatsoever - and yet it manages to numb your tongue for hours.
I only use it to "spice up" a glass of Bailey's on a cold winter night.

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