Best single-malt Scotch...

The thread that will never die :)

If you want a rare treat, find your way to Edinburgh and go to The Scotch Whiskey Society for lunch. You can sample (for a price) as many of their specially bottled single malts by the glass...and the price is very reasonable. You can also buy a bottle of whatever you like. A wonderful place.

My long time preference has been Lagavulan 16YO. The price locally is now $84 but I found an out of state source where I can get it for $50-$55.

One of my least favorite is Lach Dhu but now I wish I hadn't opened the bottle since it's gotten so expensive as a collectors item. I still have 3/4 of a bottle for company that wants to try it.

"If you want a rare treat, find your way to Edinburgh and go to The Scotch Whiskey Society for lunch. You can sample (for a price) as many of their specially bottled single malts by the glass...and the price is very reasonable. You can also buy a bottle of whatever you like. A wonderful place."

I want to go to there! Ha!

Peace,

Lee

I am a old malt and cigar guy,so of course I love the Islay region.
My favorite is Bowmore 17 which they have stopped production of (I have one bottle left).It has a almost citrous/vanilla accent with a nice balance of smoke and peat.

Laphroig 10 (I hate the 15 year)is one of my staple malts.Smoke and peat with a iodine/seaweed finish.My significant other says it tastes like bandaids.I just tell her to stay away from my Scotch.

Lagavullan One of the best but too pricey.In your face smoke and peat. I bought a bottle in Ireland for 19 pounds,here it sells for over $80.00!

Bowmore "darkest" I very interesting a complex malt.Smoke and peat as usual but with a delicate complexity.

Laphroig 30 A fairly rare and what I would call "sublime" malt.

the cask strength craze has brought some interesting "session" malts. I call them session matls because it takes a session to figure out how much water to add. I have a couple of these and have fun with them when a brave audiophile friend comes over for a listen in the man cave.

Ah music,whiskey,cigars, life is sweet!

if only I could find a job.

e

I can tell you that Scapa 16 yr. old is extraordinary.

well, one year after my last post, i've found laphroaig 10 to be my staple scotch. i've gone through the cask strength, 15, and quarter cask, but find that the standard 10 is most pleasing overall. i tried the lagavulin 16, but it always left me with a very dry mouth feel which i didn't enjoy. my next bottle with likely be a talisker 10. then maybe onto bottles of caol ila and bowmore as i tour the islay scotches.