Balvenie 15 Year Old

This was my 3rd Scotch. A couple of years ago I was introduced to the Scotch world with Lagavulin 16. An "explosion" in my mouth up in a cozy Arlington, Va. apartment after a 12 course French Gourmet meal. Magnificent! Then a few months ago, a Glenmorangie 10 Original (on sale for $30 at Winn Dixie) Nice and smooth. At local grocery, bought the Balvenie Single cask bottled in 1990: $62. On first tasting, it was delightfully spicy and left an interesting slightly oaky (in a good way) finish. I finished the bottle in a month! Still ambivalent about buying the next bottle...I know they vary cask to cask) Just bought a Balvenie Doublewood 12 and haven't opened it yet. Eager to see the difference.

@Silas, wow what an introduction to scotch (Laga 16)! After that, many folks would run the other way, leaving you in a cloud of dust (or, should I say, smoke). Unlike you, they would never try scotch again :-)

AboutChoice, I have to admit that the beautiful girl I was with was very gentle with me and served the Lagavulin with ICE! Being the non-scotch drinker, I didn't know she was being kind. I probably couldn't have handled it "neat" at first, but when she described what it would be like, I was instantly hooked! And, she was a Conniseur of Scotch, I found out. On the other hand, the Balvenie was a bit tame!