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Originally Posted by eco74
For a scotch guy, Highland Park is indeed a great choice. Scotch lovers know it, while for more casual drinkers it might be off the radar. Ardbeg is also a great suggestion, Lagavulin Distiller's Edition (not the 16yr old that everyone has had barrels of). If you want to switch it up and go Japanese, there are good ones in that price range as well.
Lag DE is << Lag16 in my very humble opinion.
I have only drunk 2x bottles of the former and 6x of the latter.
Lag12 is good but overpriced.
I would say good choices (providing you like smoky) are:
Lag16 $80
Caol Ila DE (which is better than CI 12) $90
Ardbeg 10 (good value generally) $65
Don't know US prices but I have put estimates above.