Oban.
You took the words right out of my mouth.
Awesome stuff.
I have tasted almost every imaginable kind of scotch. Lots of Freepers will weigh in and try to out single-malt each other with the kinchies and the aberlours and obans and laphroiags and all sorts of other nonsense. If your husband likes “scotch,” save your money and get him a nice bottle of 10 year Glenfiddich - a classic, and not snooty. There is no difference between a 10 year old single malt and an 18 year old single malt that a drop of “liquid smoke” can’t fix. It’s almost ALL marketing. And my favorites are the plain old, lovely blended scotches like Red or Black Label (Johnnie Walker), and even J&B (which has won MANY taste tests and was once NOT considered “declasse.” Smooth, cultured taste without the feeling you’re chewing on spanish moss over a bonfire.