Single Malt Whisk(e)y

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Over the past years I've developed a taste for certain single malt Scotch whiskeys, Irish whiskeys, and bourbons. You can keep the cigars, but a good single malt is very pleasant. My favorite single malt is Lagavulin 16 year, an Islay single malt of exceptional body and flavor/after-taste. It has been described as liquid peat smoke, and that's an accurate description in my opinion. Seems like one either loves it or hates it, and I love it. I've also been known to keep a bottle of Laphroaig, another Islay single malt, or Glenlivet, a Speyside single malt, in the cabinet.

Jameson is my favorite Irish whiskey, though I've enjoyed Paddy Irish Whiskey over in Ireland. I haven't found it over here yet.

And for bourbon, I started drinking Jim Beam a number of years ago, but have gravitated to Jack Daniel's in recent years, even though it recently dropped its alcohol content down a bit from the Old No. 7 recipe of old (actually, it dropped the alcohol content twice over the years, from 90, to 86, and now down to 80 proof).