Choose One....

Talisker 1956, 18yo. in the 1/2 bottles (375ml.) known in the trade as pints (?)

Gordon and Mcphail still still have some Talisker '56 Black Bottle, last time I looked, but it is not as good and fiendishly expensive.

Last time I had a small dram, my lovely and 'long suffering' Wife who is not given to exagerating at all, declared that, not only could she smell it (at about 30 feet) but that she could actually taste it too - Ha! Sounds like a tall tale to me - She is adamant and she did recognize what it was, so...

Probably (on recommendations alone...no direct tasting experience) a Glenfarclas Family Cask. 1976 (my birth year) or 1974 (very highly recommended by the late, and missed, 'whiskyshiba').

Gordon & MacPhail 70 year old Mortlach. Hey, I can dream...

What's tough about this is that you want to say some crazy, super-premium expensive whisky you've never tried (so how do you know if you actually love it?) I would have to give a few - some more rare / expensive than others:

• Macallan 1946 - I was lucky enough to sample this - it is the greatest Macallan I've had, by far.
• Talisker 18 Year Old
• Laphroaig 40 Year Old
• Ballantine's 30 Year Old
• Yamazaki 1984

I think that's about all I can think of for now. If I had to choose one from the above? The Yamazaki.

Bowmore 1974 birds edition by moon imports. Great reviews, year I was born , from my favorite distillery and I am a bird fanatic

So hard to choose just one whisky that I could never possibly own, but I've got a couple that would probably make me smile!

*Gordon & MacPhail 70 year old Mortlach *Macallan 1945 / 56 Year Old / Fine & Rare *Black Bowmore *Any Talisker from 1900-1950's, especially cask strength *Any Ardbeg from 1900-1950's, especially cask strength

Personally I would love to try any sort of whisky from the early 20th century. I'd just love to know how the production has changed via flavor profiles.

@BnomaR If I could only have one it would be Bruichladdich Octomore. :)

HP 50.

It has "muscovado sugar flavours" whatever that means!!

If you've watched Gerry Tosh's videos on the website, he doesn't even "chewit n chewit n chew it" with this one.

Yamazaki 25. I've had one pour of this at the Park Hyatt Hotel in Shinjuku, Tokyo (yep, the Lost in Translation bar). It's fantastic.

I don't qualify to answer that question!

Samaroli's Springbank 12/100. Good, older Springbanks are glorious. I'd love to try some of that sometime. The other 12/100s are fantastic, but this is supposed to be in another zone.

I going to have to agree with @talexander here, I would love to say some incredibly rare, high-end whisky which I have never tried but the fact is I have no way of knowing if I would really like it or not.

So... of the whiskies I've had... again I agree with @talexander Yamazaki 1984, or Yamazaki 25 yo. Either would be just fine!

I'd choose the very same bottle of Ardbeg Uigeadail that Jim Murray drank from in 2009.

Talisker 30 with an in-cask date in 1981, my birth year. So bottled in 2011 or 2012 :)

@Jean-Luc In your 12 days of christmas song 32yr old Port Ellen was the top whisky why not that one here. LOL. :)

I have not had the privelege of trying as many premier single malts as many of you, but glenmorangie signet blew my socks off when I tried it. It is a fantastic whisky.