Ballantine's Finest (1L, 40%)

Ballantine's Finest is a blended Scotch whisky bottled at 40% in a one litre bottle. The brand goes back to George Ballantine, an entrepreneur who started a grocery business in 1827 and set out to make whisky of the best quality. Ballantine's is made in Scotland and has one of the most extensive ranges of blended Scotch. The square bottle is said to date from Prohibition, when its shape let salesmen carry a bottle or two in a briefcase without it rolling around.