Cutty Sark (whisky)
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| Type | Scotch whisky |
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| Manufacturer | La Martiniquaise |
| Country of origin | Scotland |
| Introduced | 23 March 1923 |
| Alcohol by volume | 40% |
| Website | Cutty Sark |
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Cutty Sark is a brand of blended Scotch whisky produced by La Martiniquaise in Scotland.
History
[edit]The whisky was created on 23 March 1923 as a product of Berry Bros. & Rudd, with the first home of the blend considered to be at The Glenrothes distillery in the Speyside region of Scotland.[1]
Name and label
[edit]The name comes from the River Clyde-built clipper ship Cutty Sark, whose name came from the Scots term "cutty-sark", the short shirt [skirt] 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.[citation needed]
US distribution
[edit]The Buckingham Corporation, incorporated on 2 October 1933 in Delaware, with offices in New York City, obtained the sole right to import Cutty Sark Scotch Whisky for resale in the United States.[2] In August 1964, Schenley Industries purchased more than half of the stock, of Buckingham Corporation.[3] In November 1970, Schenley Industries agreed to sell Buckingham Corporation to Northwest Industries,[4] formed by the Chicago and North Western Railway.[5] Buckingham Corporation was acquired by Allied Lyons (later Allied Domecq) in 1989.[6] Skyy Spirits bought the distribution rights from Allied Domeq in 1999.[7] After Edrington acquired the brand, it switched US distribution from Skyy to Rémy Cointreau US.[8] Edrington launched its own distribution unit in the US in 2014.[9][10]
Bottlings
[edit]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 blending.
Reviews
[edit]Cutty Sark has received modest reviews from international spirit ratings organisations. In 2008, 2009, and 2011 for example, the San Francisco World Spirits Competition awarded the Cutty Sark blended scotch bronze and silver medals. The Beverage Testing Institute gave Cutty Sark modest scores of 85 and 87 in 2008 and 2011, respectively.[11]
...he could handle two fifths of Cutty Sark[12][13] (as scotch and soda[14][15][16][17]) every night"[18] - Robert Baker, a Lyndon B. Johnson Senate Aide
Notes
[edit]- ^ MacLean, Charles (2011). Great Whiskies. Dorling Kindersley Limited.
- ^ "Buckingham Corp. – Lehman Brothers Collection". Retrieved 29 July 2018.
- ^ "BUCKINGHAM CORP. SOLD TO SCHENLEY". nytimes.com. 27 August 1964. Retrieved 22 April 2025.
- ^ "Highlights of the Week". nytimes.com. 1 November 1970. Retrieved 22 April 2025.
- ^ "NORTHWEST SEEKS SCOTCH IMPORTER (Published 1970)". nytimes.com. 24 October 1970. Retrieved 22 April 2025.
- ^ Ap (23 December 1989). "Allied-Lyons Is Buying Whitbread Liquor Unit". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 21 July 2018.
- ^ Hein, Kenneth (12 March 2001). "Cutty Serves 20-Something Men Another Helping of Cheesecake". Brandweek. 42 (11): 16. ISSN 1064-4318.
- ^ "US: Edrington Group moves Cutty Sark distribution from Skyy Spirits to Remy Cointreau". 19 May 2011. Archived from the original on 30 July 2018. Retrieved 29 July 2018.
- ^ "Edrington To Cut Ties With Rémy Cointreau in US Market". WhiskyCast. 13 June 2013. Retrieved 29 July 2018.
- ^ "Edrington Launches Edrington Americas" (Press release). 1 May 2014. Retrieved 29 July 2018.
- ^ "Proof66.com Summary Page for Cutty Sark". Proof66.com. Archived from the original on 24 June 2015. Retrieved 21 October 2012.
- ^ "D.B. Hardeman Oral History Interview" (PDF). Humanities Texas. Retrieved 22 April 2025.
...He had to have Cutty Sark. So he kept his bottle of Cutty Sark in a drawer...
- ^ Fabry, Merrill (2 June 2016). "Now You Know: What Happens If the President Gets Drunk?". TIME. Retrieved 22 April 2025.
- ^ Caro, Robert A. (2002). "25. The Leader". Master of the Senate. Knopf.
- ^ "The Administration: The Little Man Who's Always There". TIME. 3 April 1964. Retrieved 22 April 2025.
- ^ Ennis, Michael (13 August 2015). "All the Way With LBJ". Texas Monthly. Retrieved 22 April 2025.
- ^ "President Drinking History 1945-1974". American Prohibition Museum. 4 February 2025. Retrieved 22 April 2025.
- ^ "LBJ". American Experience. PBS. Retrieved 22 April 2025.
Further reading
[edit]- Buxton, Ian, ed. (2011). Cutty Sark: The Making of a Whisky Brand. Edinburgh: Birlinn Ltd. ISBN 978-1780270265.
External links
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