???Favorite Single Malt???

[PiobBear]

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.

[Alan H]

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.

I echo this confimation of the Aberlour A'bunadh.

I first bought the Aberlour 12 because it was inexpensive and Robertson recommended it as a n easy drinking whisky that "beginners" (which is me) would like. He was spot-on. I now have a bottle of Lismore 12 in the cabinet, a present from Piper George, and a bottle of J&B blended whisky. I have to admit that I quite like the J&B, and if there's a bit of whisky in my sporran it'll be the J&B..

BUT...I recently splurged for a bottle of the A'bunadh, and Oooohhhh, MY goodness, but that is just *fine*. You bet PiobBear, I'd not turn down a glass of that!