The best "swill"?

[mookien]

Just don't spill in on varnished wood or let it contact anything metal

It's really bad. You've been warned.

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I was afraid of that. It only seems to come in "handle-sized" bottles around here, and I did not want to have 1.75 liters minus a dram sitting around my house unused. (I did that with a liter of Finlaggan that ultimately, and literally, went down the drain.) But, I suppose it could always be used as varnish remover and stripper.

[Joshua]

McIvor's is my go-to blend, they offer aged bottles comparable to "thrifty" single malts (like most of the "Glens"), but their 15 and 12 year old bottles are normally $5 cheaper than a bottle of Jamesons or Bushmills.

[ThistleDown]

Yes, fair enough. I didn't list any gut-rotting, by-the-half-bottle, drink-from-the-bag blends because I don't know them. The four blends I ticked as everyday are just that: consumable every day. No special occasions. But I don't think that Brian was asking us to put into his home anything we wouldn't allow past our own lips, just something he could stock and not have it cost him an arm and a leg. Grouse and Bell's are in every optics rack in Scotland. At least a couple mentioned in other posts aren't on the shelves of even a back-street shebeen, but they may well be exported in the barrel for bottling in America for all I know.

[tundramanq]

Isn't Glenfiddich still reasonably priced? Almost all the like it.
I still recall me near heart attack when I found a guest mixing my Lagavulin 16 with Coke. I keep the good stuff where I can watch it now.

[robthehiker]

Pity those of us in Ontario where 750ml of Speyside 10yr costs $40.

[mookien]

Isn't Glenfiddich still reasonably priced? Almost all the like it.
I still recall me near heart attack when I found a guest mixing my Lagavulin 16 with Coke. ... .

The lowest price I can find for Glenfiddich 12 is $26, which is reasonable, but not cheap (not as "swill" goes, anyway). I have a good friend who use to drink Glenfiddich with strawberry soda. He now drinks Dalwhinnie 15 on the rocks. I regard that as a distinct upgrade.

[guardsman]

whyte and MacKay cheap as chips and gets you blotto

[Woodsheal]

Woodsheal, how that Blair Atholl stuff you made up with the Oatmeal? Tasted it yet?

The Atholl Brose came out great! The ladies who normally aren't whisky drinkers seem to just love it. Have to make another batch soon - another reason for my quest for "decent" cheap swill. Not going to mix "top shelf" Scotch with oatmeal water, honey, etc.!

[Woodsheal]

McIvor's is my go-to blend, they offer aged bottles comparable to "thrifty" single malts (like most of the "Glens"), but their 15 and 12 year old bottles are normally $5 cheaper than a bottle of Jamesons or Bushmills.

McIvor's is another brand I've never seen around here! I feel like I live at some remote end of the whisky trade routes....

[Mickey]

we went through some experiments a couple of years ago to find the best of the cheapest swill out there, across the board. Start at the bottom and work up to what is at least tolerable. For Scotch, it was Clan McGregor. I always have it on hand. While it certainly is not what you would call good, I find it to be at least drinkable, at least with soda or over ice. Not something you want to sip warm. Best of the bargain basement. And if you start the night with a glass of the good stuff, switching to this is even easier.