Your BEST OF list....

My picks:

Best bargain whisky/whiskey; Black & White blended Scotch (So cheap it's insane that it's as good as it is. No, not very complex, but balanced, with no bad notes and a clean finish).

Best daily drinker whisky/whiskey; Isle of Skye 12 year old blended Scotch whisky. (Value priced, well balanced, with just the right amounts of smoke and spice).

Best blended malt Scotch whisky; Sheep Dip (A well priced and well made blend of select single malts, designed by master blender Richard Paterson).

Best sherry finished single malt Scotch whisky; Benromach 10 year old. (Another value priced whisky, but amazingly complex and smooth for a something this young, with just a hint of peat to give it a nice kick).

Best peated single malt Scotch whisky; Ardbeg Uigeadail (Sweet, rich, complex, so peaty and yet so well balanced).

Best cast strength single malt whisky; Aberlour A'Bunadh' (Some batches are better than others, but this is one of the best deals on the market).

Best Irish blended whiskey; Jameson 12 year old Special Reserve (Priced right, well made, pot style blend that is so easy to like).

Best Irish single pot still whiskey: Redbreast 12 year old Cast Strength (One of the most complex and well balanced Irish whiskeys on the market).

Best American whiskey; Buffalo Trace (Well made, bargain priced, and packaged better than most, this is fine for mixing or drinking neat.)

Best Japanese Whisky; Suntory's Hibiki 12 year old blend (An amazing value in a premium package, that is well balanced, reasonably complex, and easy to like).

Bargain: Old Pulteney 12 Daily Drinker: Laphroaig triple wood Blend: N/A Sherry: Laphroaig Triple wood Peated: Lagavulin 30 Cask Strength: Macallan Irish: Bushmill's 16 Irish Blend: N/A Pot Sill: N/A American: Haven't had enough.... Japanese: Yamazaki 12 - like it better than the 16

Best bargain whisky/whiskey - Evan Williams Single Barrel (2000 vintage) / Old Weller Antique 107

Best daily drinker whisky/whiskey - Auchentoshan 12

Best blended malt Scotch whisky - Te Bheag

Best sherry finished single malt Scotch whisky - Glenfarclas 15

Best peated single malt Scotch whisky - Lagavulin 16, with honourable mention to Port Charlotte 'An Turas Mor'

Best cask strength single malt whisky - Aberlour Abunadh Batch 32, with honourable mention to Lagavulin 12

Best Irish blended whiskey - Jameson 18

Best Irish single pot still whiskey - Redbreast 12

Best American whiskey - George T Stagg 2011, with honourable mention to Bookers (must love CS bourbons!...thank you to 'Victor' for opening my eyes to this entire 'genre' within the overall whisk(e)y experience!)

Best Japanese Whisky - Have only had Yoichi 10 (and enjoyed it), but a bottle of Yamazaki 18 is waiting in my cabinet to be opened...

Best Bargain-black bottle,best daily whisky-laphroaig QC,best malt blend-JW Green Label,best sherry finish-Aberlour a'bunadh,best peated-ardbeg ugiedail,best cask strength-laphroaig 10 cask strength,best Irish blend-Jameson select reserve,best Irish pot still-green spot,best American.whisky-....a dram of ugiedail in some American bar :) best Japanese-Nikka from the barrel

• Best bargain whisky/whiskey; Buffalo Trace - Great price (16.99USD) , complex - the whiskey that got me into bourbons

• Best daily drinker whisky/whiskey; Buffalo Trace - My everyday go to whiskey

• Best blended Scotch whisky; JW Black - One of my favorites , easy to find , easy to drink ,whisky beginners know what it is - always on the shelf

• Best sherry finished single malt Scotch whisky;Lagavulin DE 1991 - First whisky that knocked my socks off , I have one unopened bottle I am saving for a rainy day

• Best peated single malt Scotch whisky; Ardbeg Cory- Peat Peat and more Peat, it was my first Ardbeg outside of the 10 yr old . Fantastic

• Best cast strength single malt whisky; Glenfarclas 1974- Got this as a gift , 57.4% and is like nothing I have ever drank before • Best Irish blended whiskey; N/A

• Best Irish single pot still whiskey:N/A

• Best American whiskey; Van Winkle 12yr old Lot B - Beautiful bourbon - just wish I could find more of it and also would like to try the Pappy 15yr

• Best Japanese Whisky; Yamazaki 12 - Only Japanese I ever tried , so ........

•Best bargain whisky/whiskey; Lagavulin 16 (here in Switzerland it costs about the same as a Laphroaig 10 y.o.)

•Best daily drinker whisky/whiskey; Macallan 12 y.o. Sherry Cask

•Best blended malt Scotch whisky; JW Green Label

•Best sherry finished single malt Scotch whisky; Talisker Distillers Edition

•Best peated single malt Scotch whisky; Bruichladdich Infinity [3]

•Best cast strength single malt whisky; Highland Park Earl Haakon

•Best Irish blended whiskey; N/A

•Best Irish single pot still whiskey: Bushmills 21 y.o.

•Best American whiskey; N/A

•Best Japanese Whisky; Yamazaki 18 y.o.