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Cutty Sark is a British clipper ship. Built on the River Leven, Dumbarton, Scotland in 1869 for the Jock Willis Shipping Line, she was one of the last tea clippers to be built and one of the fastest, at the end of a long period of design development for this type of vessel, which ended as steamships took over their routes.
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. [8]
In spring 2014, it relaunched its warehouse shop on the site of the former bottling hall, the shop now sells bin-end and reduced price wines and spirits alongside a fine wine collection. Cutty Sark whisky
On the outbreak of war in September 1939 the Cutty Sark was requisitioned by the Admiralty, still captained by Cdr Mack, and sent to Thorneycroft's at Southampton to be fitted out and armed as an Anti-Submarine vessel. Armament included a 4 in gun, a 2-pounder AA, two 0.5 in AAs, two 0.5 in MGs, and some depth charge racks.
Cutty Sark: 1869 United Kingdom : Museum ship (Greenwich, UK) 280 ft (85 m) Glory of the Seas — 1869 United States (East Boston, MA) Scrapped in 1923 250 feet (76.2 m) The last merchant sailing vessel built by Donald McKay Miako — 1869 United Kingdom (Sunderland) Unlisted in 1912 160.1 ft (48.8 m) Norman Court: 1869 United Kingdom
Since 1870, Cutty Sark has been operated on the tea line, but the results shown are rated as average. The clipper's highest achievement was third place in the race 1871, when the Cutty Sark only let the legendary hounds ahead — « Titania » and « Thermopylae ».
This is a list of whisky brands arranged by country of origin and style. Whisky (or whiskey) [ 1 ] is a type of distilled alcoholic beverage made from fermented grain mash . Different grains are used for different varieties, including barley , malted barley , rye , malted rye, wheat , and corn .
The Tamdhu whisky is almost completely used for the production of blended whiskies, such as The Famous Grouse, J & B and Cutty Sark. Under current owners, Ian MacLeod, Tamdhu's bottlings include a 10 year-old, 100% sherry-matured standard bottling and a non-age-statement (NAS) 100% sherry matured "Batch Strength".