Pinch

Blended Scotch
Purchase Price: $32
Place of Purchase: Gotham Wine - New York, NY
Rating: 8.0

Pinch has been on the market a long time in the U.S. and is generally known as a premium blend. The whisky itself is known as The Dimple everywhere else but the States. Both names are a play on the shape of the bottle itself, which has achieved iconic status all over the world, no matter what they call the stuff inside. James Bond drank this scotch quite frequently, and he did it before such things were done as bought and paid for movie tie-ins. That is all well and good but I find this scotch lacks a sense of drama and depth an international spy deserves. It is well-balanced and well-behaved but seems to take an early exit long before the femme fatale gets seduced and the villain sent to his just rewards. I like Pinch, but I’m afraid it’ll never be love.