I think this $$$ per 4 hours unit is scuffed when you do nothing during that time and the scotch is just passively aging, you don’t even have to be online for the whole restart to age.
$1600 is probably too op when you compare it to other things in the game. This is $200 less than a unit of meth with requires
- 3 different gathers including 1 illegal
- 2 processing stages at an illegal and highly trafficked area
while scotch is
- 1 gather which is all over the map
- 1 process at spirit
the appeal of scotch is to be a consistent passive income while you play, not to be the highest $$$ throughput in the game and I think it is balanced where it is at.