Lismore Single Malt Scotch

Many moons ago Saveur Magazine reviewed some "best value" Single Malt Scotches, and Lismore was
one of their Top Picks. I used to buy it @ Sams (now Binny's) on Marcey Court.
Then I migrated over to The Balveinie 12 year old DoubleWood- and have stuck to that one as my
"go to" Single Malt Scotch. Now @ $50.00 a bottle- pouring a generous 2-3 "finger" pour for my guests, can make a
750ml bottle disappear rather quickly.........
so- I started thinking about a more "value-concious" Single Malt Scotch to keep on hand.

Recently The Trader Joe's stores in Chicago started selling Hard Liquor, and, I noticed my old friend Lismore was back
on the shelves at Trader Joe's- for $17.95 a bottle!
WOW!
I bought 2 !
After doing some research @ Binny's- David-the-Guru-of-All-Things-Distilled told me a bit of the
backstory about Lismore.
How it's age - less under 10 years - & a rather indeterminate number- some speculate only 8 years young...and that a MAJOR distillery took over the Speyside Distillery- Glen-somebody...and are keeping an arms length relationship
between what they produce and market- versus Lismore.
http://whiskeynose.com/review-lismore-single-malt/
http://www.chicagofoodies.com/2013/04/trader-joes-scotch-lismore-single-malt.html

Whatever the case- if you are a fan of the Scottish Whiskeys- get yer ass over to TraderJoes and
get a bottle of Lismore to serve yourself and your Scotch drinkin buddies. Others have called it an "everyday" Single Malt-
and I for one- have no plans of adding it to my Trader Joe's Nuttin-But-The-Clumps Granola daily- but-
do plan on keeping it on hand for guests, myself- and for a few Holiday Gift packages (along w/ thin, blow glass drinking glasses from CB2!)
Salute!

I admit Ive known about this for weeks, and didn't post because I was afraid that when I went back to TJ' s it would be gone. I bought three bottles. I also bought the 10 year old single malt and it was $27.99. I didn't find this as good as the Lismore. I was just in Aberdeen Scotland and saw that it was distributed from there. I visited many distilleries, and I prefer the Speyside to the more peaty scotches.




There is some rumor that it might be from Glenfarclas. This would be amazing as it is a distillery I toured and one of the only brands that is still independently owned.



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