/ck/ - Food & Cooking

Completely new to whiskeys. Friend bought the Famous Grouse, I bought the Naked Grouse. Price difference was almost nonexistent, but naked grouse had completely different tier taste. It's easy and laid back, soft. At least comparing to famous grouse, it had this ridicilous, kinda stingy taste.
Will surely buy Naked Grouse again, like the bottle too. Anyone experimented with the grouse family of whiskeys? What does it mean when whiskey is "blended"? Is it a mix of different kind of whiskeys? Like I said, I'm a newb.