Over the weekend I met up with some of my drinking friends and one of them offered this to me as an inexpensive Scotch and it was not pleasant. Poured neat it was sharp and watery and with ice, the flavors smoothed out but it still was not tasty. He told me he got it on sale for $13 so for that price it is not bad but I have a hard time seeing a use for this stuff. I have read that Grant has some good blends but this is not one of them.