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Inver House Green Plaid Scotch is one of the best liquor bargains I’ve run across this year. I’d put this scotch right up there with Ruskova Vodka and Rancho Alegre Tequila among bargain liquor brands I’ve discovered that taste significantly better than discount liquors. Inver House Green Plaid Scotch is priced similar to other well known discount brands such as Highlands Mist, Scoresby, Clan Macgregor and other blended scotches that sell for $17.00 or less in the big, 1.75 liter bottles.
What prompted me to give Inver House Scotch a try? Well, the Inver House scotch bottle marked with the green plaid label was sitting right next to the Highland’s Mist 1.75 Liter for only .50 more. Inver House scotch was an unfamiliar name to me at a very cheap price, and I’m always looking for new, affordable liquors to try. Secondly, you cannot really get anything that tastes worse than Highlands Mist for your everyday drinking Scotch. I’ve never really met a Scotch I couldn’t drink, especially when served in mixed drinks like Rob Roys. For 50 extra cents, the Inver House Scotch presented itself as one of those opportunities to review yet another discount brand of liquor. I paid $14.49 for the Inver House and took it home, eager to try it for my weekend’s cocktails.
Inver House is a blended scotch. Normally, when I buy a bottle of Highland’s Mist I use it to make a large pitcher of Rob Roys which I keep cold in the refrigerator. In case you’re not familiar with them, Rob Roys are a scotch drinker’s martini and listed among my Top-10 mixed drinks review. A Rob Roy is simply 3 parts scotch mixed with 1 part sweet and dry vermouth and a couple of dashes of bitters; shaken with ice and served straight up in a martini glass with a cherry. While a good Scotch will certainly make a better Rob Roy, a really good one cannot be improved by turning it into any kind of mixed drink. Inver House Scotch is almost too good to use in any mixed drink. But at $14.50, I think it can certainly be justified and the result will be a much better tasting Rob Roy.
Is Inver House a Good Sipping Scotch?
Though Highland’s Mist is not a very good sipping scotch, almost any blended scotch tastes pretty good to me after I’ve had enough sips of it. I decided to pour a shot of Inver House directly into my glass without ice and see how it compared. There really is no comparison. Straight and without ice, the Inver House green plaid scotch is good enough to drink by itself and enjoy right from the very first sip. Now, I won’t lie to you and say that Inver House compares to an expensive blended Scotch like Chivas or Johnny Walker Black, but it does taste significantly better than any blended scotch I’ve bought for under $20.00. So, what is it about Inver House that is better than other cheap, house brands of Scotch?
Inver House: Cheap enough to Use as a Mixer, but Good Enough to Sip
Inver House Scotch is not only smoother from the very first sip, but has a scotchier flavor than most house brands. The Inver House even has some of the flavorful characteristics of some of the more expensive brands of blended and single malt scotches. I noted hints of caramel, banana, bubble gum and a very slight bit of peat and smoke. Its light, scotchy flavor sort of reminds me of Cutty Sark. You can definitely sip on Inver House scotch by itself, with or without ice. I’d take Inver House scotch over medium priced brands like Passport and it might even give Cutty Sark a run for its money. It’s been a while since I tasted Cutty Sark, so I won’t rely on my memory to give it a fair comparison. Suffice it to say, however, Inver House Scotch is my new favorite house brand. If there is one disadvantage to Inver House it is that it is very hard to find. I was a good 12 miles away from home, when I found the Inver House on the bottom shelf of a liquor store I rarely visit. I am pleased enough with this scotch to make a special trip and stock up with 2 or 3 bottles of Inver House Green Plaid Scotch.
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When it comes to cheap Scotch, I am partial to Clan MacGregor, but I agree with the reviewer than Inver House is decent, especially in a cocktail.
As good a sipping scotch for the money you can buy.
I’ve been drinking Inverhouse straight and with ice/spash of water for years and have been teased as long by some of my “friends” for my cheapness. What a relief I’m drinking with the best!!