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Held a bottle momentarily when last I bought Irish. IIRC it was $46ish or so. Nearly bought it but since this was a bottle meant to share with friends and not last the night I went the thrifty route.

I have all but lost my taste for Scotch. Over in the booze locker, I have, I believe, 8 different bottles of Single Malt. I have not had a drop of any of them in months, and months.

I'd give it all away, if there was someone local that wanted it. I have gone back to Bourbon.

I like them both, and Irish too, but I'm concentrating on Bourbon because good Scotch is getting too expensive. It's rising much faster than Bourbon.

+1 for Glenlivet. Although Cragganmore has been my favorite for some time now, I still keep Glenlivet in the house as well, and have even won over some non-scotch drinking friends with it. An excellent place to start.

Famous Grouse for weeknights, McCallan for weekends, Lagavulin for special occassions, Dalwhinnie for breakfast.

A Couple of my favs:




...........maybe a leeetttle bit out of the OP's price range (not for me, these are my at my buddies, I drink them free :-) )

I suggest you try Dewars for an inexpensive yet very good Scotch. Though sacrilage to some I like Scotch over crushed ice. Swirl it a bit and let it air. With the 30yr old Glenfiddich you will be sucking the ice cubes dry ......................DJ

In my best Thurston Howell III voice:

Philistine! Probably a Yale man.

Malts are regional. The aromatics vary. A good beginner malt would be Glenmorangie of Glenfiddich.

Mathman, Ever try Glen Ord?

I think I need to expand my list and start some taste testing.

Thanks for all of the input

I had a bottle of Glen Ord a long time ago, a 12 yr. old that came with a 200 ml bonus bottle on the side.

It's been a while, but I remember it was malty and had some peat at the end. Not the kind of peat that a big Islay malt whacks you with, more the old school flavor from when the malted barley for most whisky was kiln dried over a peat fire.

For many years my favorite Single malt has been Knockando 18 year old.

Knockando is a nice mellow malt, but I don't see it around as much as I did ten years ago.

The same goes for Royal Lochnagar.

One of my enjoyable Christmas traditions is that it falls to me to buy an expensive bottle of single malt for one of our very good customers. Each year I try to get a different bottle. Budget is $100.00 max and of course I must buy the same for myself to sample so I will be able to discuss it intelligently with him.

Suggestions for this year?

One of my enjoyable Christmas traditions is that it falls to me to buy an expensive bottle of single malt for one of our very good customers. Each year I try to get a different bottle. Budget is $100.00 max and of course I must buy the same for myself to sample so I will be able to discuss it intelligently with him.

Suggestions for this year?

Have you already done Highland Park 18 yr. old?

Problem is I can never remember what I bought the year before. I will put that on the list. Thank you.---Spano.

Might want to try a Springbank, the 10 year old 100 proof version is very nice for around $65.

Also, try to find a bar specializing in single malts, and sample yourself silly

And broke. Bar prices are ridiculous!

Laphroaig is my fave. Some of the Bowmore offerings are very tasty as well.

Sometimes I want a sherry or port wood scotch, I look for Balvenie dbl wood or Glenmorangie.

(I aint looking up the spelling)