Cutty Sark (whisky)

Cutty Sark (whisky)
Cutty Sark
A bottle of Cutty Sark
Type Scotch Whisky
Manufacturer The Edrington Group
Country of origin Scotland
Introduced March 20, 1923
Proof 80

Cutty Sark is a range of blended Scotch whisky and sherry produced by Edrington plc of Glasgow whose main office is less than 10 miles from the birthplace of the famous clipper ship of the same name. The whisky was created on March 20, 1923, with the home of the blend considered to be at The Glenrothes distillery in the Speyside region of Scotland. The name comes from the River Clyde-built clipper ship Cutty Sark, whose name came from the Scots language term cutty-sark, the short shirt prominently mentioned in the famous poem by Robert Burns - "Tam o' Shanter". The drawing of the clipper ship Cutty Sark on the label of the whisky bottles is a work of the Swedish artist Carl Georg August Wallin. He was a mariner painter, and this is probably his most famous ship painting. This drawing has been on the whisky bottles since 1955.

The Tall Ships' Races for large sailing ships were originally known as The Cutty Sark Tall Ships' Races, under the terms of sponsorship by the whisky brand.

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Bottlings

The most popular member of the range, Cutty Sark Original Scots Whisky, is sold in a distinctive green bottle with a yellow label.

The range also includes other blends, and premium blends, currently identified by the age of the youngest whisky in the blend.

Reviews

Cutty Sark has received modest reviews from international Spirit ratings organizations. In 2008 and 2009, for example, the San Francisco World Spiritis Competitions awarded the Cutty Sark blended scotch a bronze and a silver medal.[1] The Beverage Testing Institute, meanwhile, gave the scotch a modest score of 85 in 2008.[1]

Cutty Sark in Modern Literature

An empty Cutty Sark box serves as a plot device in Haruki Murakami's novel The Wind Up Bird Chronicle.

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