Cutty Sark (whisky)
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| Type | Scotch Whisky |
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| Manufacturer | Berry Brothers & Rudd |
| Country of origin | Scotland |
| Introduced | March 20, 1923 |
| Proof | 80 |
Cutty Sark is a range of blended Scottish whiskies, produced by Edrington plc of Glasgow whose main office is at Great Western Road in that city. By coincidence, it is not more than 10 miles distant 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 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 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.
[edit] 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 super and premium blends, currently identified by the age of the youngest whisky in the blend: 12 years old, 18 year old, and 25 year old.
[edit] Popular references
- Cutty Sark is featured in the novel The Lords of Discipline by the American contemporary author Pat Conroy. The patriarch of the St.Croix family, Commerce St. Croix, is portrayed as spending countless evenings drinking Cutty Sark on the porch of his Charleston Mansion.
- Cutty Sark is featured in the novel The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle by Japanese contemporary author Haruki Murakami. It is involved in both negative and positive capacities, used as a good example of wealth and sophistication but also as an unethical tool for the character Noboru Wataya. The drink also appeared in Murakami's 2009 novel, 1Q84.
- Cutty Sark is the drink of choice of David Bell, an alienated TV executive, and the main character in American novelist Don DeLillo's first novel, Americana.
- Cutty Sark is also mentioned in Stephen King's novel "Skeleton Crew" in one of the short stories.
- In the Stephen King novel "The Tommyknockers", one of the main characters needs to go home for a triple Cutty after an episode in the vet surgery.
- In the Stephen King novel "IT", one of the main characters enters a bar and orders "Cutty Sark. Large."
- The Lieutenant in the Norwegian 1972 movie Olsenbanden tar gull is seen sitting on the porch of the barracks, drinking Cutty Sark.
- In GoodFellas, Tommy asks for a "Cutty and water" and Jimmy is also seen stealing boxes of Cutty-Sark whisky. Cutty Sark is also mentioned in Martin Scorsese's Raging Bull.
- In the novel Women by Charles Bukowski, the protagonist Henry Chinaski makes reference to drinking pints of Cutty Sark alone in his apartment after a night of fighting with his girlfriend.
- In The Associate, Whoopi Goldberg's character "Laurel Ayres" chooses the white male pseudonym 'Robert Cutty' after seeing a bottle of Cutty Sark whisky.
- In a second-season episode of Will & Grace ("Tea and a Total Lack of Sympathy"), alcoholic character Karen Walker indicates her affinity for Cutty Sark.[citation needed]
- Cutty Sark was a favorite beverage of President Lyndon B. Johnson. While traveling overseas as Vice President, Johnson brought dozens of cases with him on his trips. [1]
- In the Film Mother, Jugs and Speed, in the bar scene shared by Speed (Harvey Keitel) and Jugs (Raquel Welch), Speed orders "Cutty and Water" prior to sitting down with Jugs.
- On the album That Nigger's Crazy, Richard Pryor makes reference talking about people and funny drink orders "let me get a Cutty and orange juice, with a Coke on the side."
- Cutty Sark was also featured in the FX comedy It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia. It is drunk by the main characters in their bar.
- In the novel The Toy Collector, the protagonist drinks a quarter bottle of "Cutty" after regrettably spending the night with a middle aged woman.
- In the film Gone Baby Gone, one of the characters orders "three shots of Cutty and a tallboy" after 23 years of sobriety.
- In the film Hollywoodland, Ben Affleck as George Reeves is seen carrying a case of Cutty Sark into his home during a party.
- In the Novel The Story of B by [Daniel Quinn], the main character Fr. Jared Osborne repeatedly drinks Cutty Sark.
- Cutty Sark is one of the various Whiskys and Scotches drunk by Congressman Charles Wilson as portrayed in the book "Charlie Wilson's War."
- Cutty Sark is referenced by Kamal Hasan in the movie Panchathantiram, as it transalates into Tamil as Small Liquor bottle
- In the 100 Bullets story arc "The Counterfifth Detective" by Brian Azzarrello, the private detective Milo Garrett is seen drinking a bottle of Cutty Sark in his office.
- In Deven Green's "Betty Bowers Explains Prayer to Everyone Else" there's a reference to Cutty Sark and how easy Peggy Noonan is after she has "one".
- In the parody "The Twelve Daze of Christmas" sung by Fay McKay, in which her true love gave to her two Cutty Sarks.
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