Well thanks for all of the replies, and the significant education

I had no idea that the single malts could be had so inexpensively. I'll have to give them a try depending on what I can find in the stores here.

One question, chill-filtering is mentioned as a bad thing, and several people have noted that if they have to add something, it's water, and room temperature at that. So does ice do something bad to the scotch, or is it just that it affects the bouquet for the nose?

Thanks again for such informative responses,

Casey