Good rye besides Bulleit? Everything at the last store I went to was either cheap/boring or ridiculously expensive.

Have you tried High West Double Rye?

There are a lot of new eyes coming out. I didn't like Rittenhouse. You could try the Beam

I'm a big fan of peaty and smokey myself. Caol Ila is on my list to try. I love Laphroaig 10 generally and have a bit left of some quarter cask, I just think island scotch for the most part differs so much from highland scotch I didn't want anyone to stop at Islay or Jura and quit there.

What do y'all think of Glenfiddich? I had some 18yr old, and my oh my, I sure did enjoy it.

Never had the 18 only the 12. It was kind of meh for me. I like Glenlivet Nadurra better.

re: Laphroaig. Damn, that stuff is STRONG. First time I had it, it was just too much for me. I've had a few other times since, and while I still am not too crazy about it, I can handle it much better. The Highland Park 15yr is more of my bag. I'm still pretty new with Scotch though, and that's probably why I like Glenfiddich so much. I've had the 12yr, 15yr, and 18yr, and really enjoyed all.

Wife got me a bottle of Distiller's Edition Lagavulin, Distilled '96 Bottled '12, and it is infinitely better than the last DE I had seven or so years ago; compared to the other gifts I still have this one is going far too quick.

I'll add, Lagavulin 16 won the Malt Maniacs 2012 Best Peated Whisky and I can often get lost here.

It might be on the pricey side because it's so trendy right now, but Templeton is awesome. And deserves the price tag.

Laphroaig is one of my favorites.

I've had and enjoyed these good whisk(e)ys:

A salesman at a local liquor store really pissed me off once about Bushmills. So I tend to avoid it. But, yeah, it's actually good stuff. Black label and up.

did he give you that rant about bushmills being protestant and jamesons being catholic?

makers mark. that's all.

Guys Jeffersons is really nice rye.

have any of you scotch lovers tried ardbeg? after enjoying lagavulin 16, caol ila 12, and laphroaig (the quarter cask and cask strength), i'd like to continue the survey of islay. i hear the uigeadail is a special one.

love love love ardbeg..always have one on hand as it's my wife's go to..just get the 10 year

how peaty is that bad larry? i tend to gravitate to laphroaig-level peat.

Having a glass of Arbeg 10 year old in your living room is like building a bonfire made up of tree branches, scrub brush and peat freshly cut from a Scottish bog, lighting it and watching the smoke swirl upwards as it is carried away by the unpredictable winds of the Isle of Islay, Scotland. The smoke at times will fill your nostrils followed by the peat, charcoal and a whiff of salty sea spray. Ardbeg 10 year old is uncompromising like a lazy wind blowing off the coast of the Isle of Islay. It's so cold and 'lazy' that it feels like it blows through you rather than around you. Such is the experience of a dram of this single malt scotch whisky.

the longest post d rr has ever made, folks!

he just got fired.

let him have this, malice.