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With the holidays chugging along it's the time of year for giving special gifts to our friends. I like to give spirits to raise my friends spirits during the holidays and this year there are more products available than ever, especially for Scotch lovers with tons of limited edition and special bottlings available. My mouth is watering just reading about them and I am quivering in my seat in anticipation of a taste or three. Here is a baker's dozen that Forbes.com brought to my attention and you can't go wrong with any of these fabulous Scotch's. Just the type of gifts I hope I end up receiving this year. Hint, hint! Some may be beyond your budget (and mine) but we can all dream, can't we?

• Compass Box Oak Cross, Highlands, 43%abv, $40
• Auchentoshen, Lowlands, 55.8%abv, $85
• Talisker 175 Anniversary Edition, Sky, 45.8%abv, $100
• Glenlivet 21 Year Old, Speyside, 52.3%abv, $130
• Bruichladdich Twenty Year Old Second Edition Flirtation, Islay, 46%abv, $185
• Highland Park 1982 Cask No. 443, Orkney, 57.9%abv, $200
• Caol Ila 25 Year Old, Islay, 59.4%abv, $230
• Deanston 30 Year Old, Highlands, 46.7%abv, $260
• Scapa 25 Year Old, Orkney, 54%abv, $300
• Glenmorangie Margaux Cask 1987, Highlands, 46%abv, $450
• Balvenie 1971 Single Cask, Highlands, 47.1%abv, $549
• Bowmore 1968 37 Year Old, Islay, 43.4%abv, $1,000
• Macallan Fifty Year Old Lalique Decanter, Speyside, $5,995

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