I'm interested in trying out scotch but I don't really know where to start...

Buy Rittenhouse Rye Whiskey instead

meme drink.
>hurr look how masculine i am, i can drink the most vile shit in the known universe

You can sometimes find it at Costco for around $60

I always suggest Glenfiddich to newbies. It's a smooth mild whisky and they usually like it.

After that I guess they can move on to more characterful ones. Maybe Tallisker Storm isn't too aggressive but still much more complex than Glenfiddich.
The endgame is of course Laphroaig.

Brandy is distilled wine, and whiskey is made from a grain mash.

Back 2 Reddit

Not this.

no shit, idiot. I'm talking taste, not source. How do you people have computers?

How many Caribou went into that blended scotch? Cripes.

I bought it because I just had to know how bad it was.
I am 98% certain it was just cheap vodka with fake scotch aroma added. I could TASTE the caramel the used to colour it.
It wasn't even that cheap.
I just have a strange curiosity about the really cheap stuff.

Funny thing is, cheap, non name shit here in Canada ends up being higher quality because they're trying to carve out market share. Soups, generic staples are competing with Kraft and Campbell's etc. They need to be better than the rival, while the name brands are trying to cut costs so their shit tastes like composted garbage often times. It's counter intuitive.