I love the MacAllan. The 12 year old is my go to scotch, can't afford to drink the 18 as much as I'd like but the 12 is in my mind one of the absolute best singlemalts available in it's price range.

I don't touch blended stuff either. Life's too short to drink crappy scotch.

Oh, on that note... hot scotchie... early morning brewing session, you take a pint of the first runnings of the mash (very sweet, caramelly high gravity first runnings from the malt prior to boiling, warm (around 150 degrees or so). You add a couple fingers of scotch to it and nurse that while you're sparging your mash. Guaranteed to make a brew session go smoothly.

-- Gary F.