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Then you have the whole Single Malt genre. With both distillery bottlings and independent bottlings. Throw in
different ages, strengths and finally just label variations and I think you see where I am going. What’s a collector to
do? Many collectors specializing in Scotch then specialize in only Single Malts, but some even take it a step further
and specialize in a particular distillery (or just distillery bottlings) and you could easily specialize in one of the
independent bottlers and still have quite an impressive collection. So how do I choose to do it. I would call it a
hybrid variation of Scotches. I have some distilleries that I like to get (Kilchoman, Bowmore, Arran and Macallan to
name a few), I tend to lean towards Single Malt over the blends but it comes down to two deciding factors for me.
Availability (It’s not easy to find different scotches for me locally so when I do , I usually get them) and the looks of
the Label and/or bottle. If I like the way it looks, It doesn't matter if it is a blend, a Single Malt , distillery or indepen-
dent, it belongs in my ever growing Scotch collection (currently at just over 1200 bottles). And I still get non Scotch
bottles and those I also use the “Do I like how the bottle looks” method of decision (and also do I have a place on my
non Scotch shelves) Here are some more bottles from my Scotch Collection.

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