What dram is in your quaich?

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My Cheap Bastard Gene has led me to two Mystery Malts stocked by my local Trader Joe's here in the Chicago area: Lismore Speyside Single Malt (US$17.99 for 750ml) and Islay Storm (US$19.99 for 750ml). I'm three malt glasses into the Lismore and it's bloody good stuff for the price--young of course, so not much complexity, but full, smooth and mellow with an impressive lack of heat for its age, and fully what you'd expect from a Speyside. As fine an everyday dram as I've found so far, and I've been stalking for good sub-US$20.00 Single Malts for quite a while. I'm waiting for more blustery weather next week to sample the Islay Storm--hoping it's not some of the under-age, not very peaty, harshly disappointing off-label stuff from Bowmore that's all over the place lately, and that it compares well to Finlaggan, my all-time favorite Mystery Malt. The online reviews all agree that it's got plenty of smoke, so I'm very encouraged. We shall see...