Pop quiz punk: Two of your whisky friends keep talking about how Clynelish is good, as long as it’s finished, and you’ve only had ex-bourbon casks. They go in on a split: What do you do?

Well you shoot the hostage. Duh.

That scenario played out so quickly a few months ago that I basically gave into peer pressure, paid my portion of the bottle, and then promptly forgot I ever bought it. At all. When the bottle came into the store and was picked up, I was handed a bottle.

And I was confused.

That’s why I, someone who is picky about his Clynelish and not a big fan of Highland malts, ended up with this.

Clynelish Wilson & Morgan Barrel Selection 1997/2016 is quite the mouthful. For quite a few people, they are wondering what’s going on here.

Clynelish is a Highland distillery. The current one is the…