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Message: [QUOTE="Fishy, post: 3782695, member: 38"] Nikka from the Bottle can be hard to find - like, I cannot find a bottle of it in New York. Coffey Grain is always easy to find. Coffey Malt, much less so. If you like the Malt and you see it, buy it. I tried another Nikka recently and it was another where I immediately bought a second bottle...Taketsuru Pure Malt. It’s kind of a mix of the Coffey Grain/Malt sweetness with a little bit of peat. It’s really pretty pleasant - it’s like $68 and relatively hard to find. The liquor store next to the Danbury Fair airport carries it. It’s funny how your tastes can change and then change back and then go in a different direction entirely. Right now, I have no taste for much from Scotland. I have a tenth of a bottle of Lagavulin left and when it’s gone, I won’t replace it immediately. (Based on what HH wrote about Breckenridge, perhaps I should look into a rye next?) Right now, I’m really enjoying single malts from out west - Westland, Westward, Balcones - and the Nikka offerings. I also still really enjoy Green Spot. Earlier this summer, I finally found a bottle of Red Spot after searching all over for it...tried it two or three times and was profoundly disappointed by it. Last weekend, I fetched it from the basement and gave it another shot - wonderful. Such a strange and evolving hobby. [/QUOTE]