Popped into Tesco in town earlier for our annual #SingleMalt #whisky shop in time for #BurnsSupper tomorrow, I always go one peaty/Islay and one smooth/Speyside — doesn't necessarily need to be geographically exactly from those locations, it's more of a flavour guideline. I have a preference for the peaty stuff (I miss the days of Lagavulin 16 being easily available, and somewhat affordable) but for a whisky sauce and to go with the haggis I prefer the non-peated whisky, with the peated one for afters/"dessert".

It's funny how the Tesco/supermarket whisky range has changed in the span of my 20 years in the UK. It used to be many of the big classic "age" specified brands. Now days they're mostly gone and it's all weird special releases and a lot harder to have a feeling for what it is you're buying. When you like whisky but you only buy 2 or 3 bottles a year it's a little stressful trying to pick something out.