Anyone have any favorites they'd like to recommend?
Personally, it's Laphroig, with Lagavulin for special occasions (IMHO the best Scotch on the planet, and quite probably the solar system as well). The whisky of the Western isles is smoky, robust and peaty (the wife characterizes it as "licking an ashtray"), an acquired taste and not for everyone (which frequently means that I don't have to share).

I'm usually indifferent to Speysides, but if you haven't tried it yet, I would highly recommend A'bunadh, from the Aberlour distillery; "A 19th-century-style whisky matured exclusively in Spanish oak Oloroso sherry butts, then bottled at cask strength. Dark, luxurious and powerful...a true replica of the old days' malts." Now one of my all-time favorites, I've yet to meet anyone who'll turn down a glass of that.

Good thing about being a piper; you can freely express your undying love and affection for a sixteen-year-old without your wife getting unduly alarmed, and when she overhears you talking about "the auld bag", she knows that you're not referring to her.