1/Pour the Cragganmore 12 and the room leans in: cider and heather, a little ginger, ripe red apple with honey underneath. Some whiskies gather fans. This one gathers friends, the bottle a roomful of different drinkers all end up fond of.
2/Here's the shape of it. Cragganmore 12 sits among the ten closest bottles for the drinkers of 21 others; the typical bottle manages 9.0. Drinkers of Highland Park 12 and Bowmore 12 would both find it near the top of their own list.
3/In the glass it's gentle, not quiet: ripe apple and honey, a little vanilla fudge, a faint wisp of smoke sitting back. The finish runs long, the light smoke staying on with black pepper, oak and a last bite of green apple. Easy company.
4/The two who'd reach for it first say why. Highland Park 12 is floral and honeyed, citrus with warm peaty smoke. Bowmore 12 leans tropical: peaches, sweet smoke, a touch of brine. Pour either at home and a standard drink runs $4.07 and $4.30; the same at the pub, $6.28.
5/Cragganmore 12 is $86 at Dan Murphy's. It usually sells around $86, and we've seen it from $86 to $121. Love Highland Park 12 or Bowmore 12? It's an easy yes. New to all three? This is the bottle a whole room agrees on. Start here.
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