All boils down to history, doesn't it?
For relatively cheap, I always liked MccLelland Islay, because we prefer peaty Scotch's like Laphroig (which I discovered at Trader Joe's while in the Bay area ;-), but of course saying "best" is silly and there's undoubtedly one out there for $1000 a bottle.
https://www.winetoship.com/mcclella...lhAGVs6Neqt9XIY34B7fJjDRSqoJVuhhoCYg8QAvD_BwE
All forms of Johnny Walker are not overrated.
I have a small bottle of The Balvenie Doublewood 12 years she brought back from Edinburgh a few years back, close at hand, just in case.
We/I don't drink anymore, or as much, since they went away from Liquor Stores and added a State Tax, the Mcclelland's Islay (pronounced Ee-la for those wondering) went from $23 to $33 a bottle and I said no thx.
Stilling is becoming popular again, not uncommon around here, 135 proof spirits, made yourself, and the benefit of getting some awesome guitar repairman's cleaning fluid in the bargain (the heads, the **** that makes your go blind or kills you). My luthier neighbor uses Everclear, which may be the standard in repair shops? He's a violin builder by night, bow re-hairer by day. His first response to any guitar problem is that "the top needs to come off", lol... run!