Och, I'll have to check that out ("oot"). I'd not heard of Elvis MacGonigall (born Richard Smith) but - perhaps not coincidentlly, given that he's also a comedian - there was a William McGonigall, who was known for appallingly bad poetry! Elvis' contribution on Laffy is definitely not in that category, though.

"... the nectar that the angels choose..." Ah, yes- the whisky lost to evaporation during the distillation process is known as "the angels' share."

The heavenly Islay malts aside, I was recently given, as payment for an audio/video project I worked on, a bottle of Glenlivet Enigma, which I am nobly restraining myself from opening until the video editor has done her work.