Don't drink a cheap blend and use it to judge all the others. Try a Speyside single malt.

Balvenie
Glenfiddich
Glenlivet
Macallan
Glenmorangie

It would be hard to not find one to love among those. My favorite is Glenfiddich 18 And my second favorite is Macallan 12. I've never tried Macallan 18 because I'm afraid I'd like it too much. But I always tell someone who wants to try Scotch to start with a Speyside single malt because they're the smoothest.

Then there's Lagavulin and Laphroaig when your palate is ready for the complexity. They're really good, but the first time I had Laphroaig, I thought I was drinking bandaids.