Latest Imbiber Show was recorded at Spago in Beverly Hills with The Glenmorangie's master distiller, Dr. Bill Lumsden. We ate lobster, drank wine and sipped Scotch that costs $3,600 a bottle. (Yeah, I hate me sometimes, too.)

Bill knows Scotch as well or better than anyone I've met, and is always happily willing to share his knowledge.

Give a listen, Scotch lovers...

Like many of you, I'm stuck living with expensive tastes in an insolvent pecuniary state. What sets me apart is that I'm a shameless bottomfeeding whore important member of the international media whose job entails getting loaded on liquor companies' dimes scrupulously sampling adult beverages provided as bribes gratis and without condition, so that I may curry favor with the brand and get offered an all-expenses-paid trip to the distillery in Europe offer an unbiased report to you, the consumer. On occasion, the spirits I am fortunate enough to sample are insanely fucking expensive a bit on the pricey side.

Such is the case with the Glenmorangie Pride 1981, an extremely rare limited edition 28-year-old whisky (only 100 bottles were made available in the U.S.) released last April that comes in a Baccarat crystal decanter housed inside an elegant wooden coffret from the Netherlands. Retail price: $3,600 a bottle.

Now, look, I'm not gonna sit here like a pompous asshole and tell you the Pride 1981 is worth every penny, because I happen to appreciate the fact that a penny's worth differs greatly across this great Land of Economic Disparity. I can tell you this, though, if anyone ever offers you a dram of the stuff for free, get down on your knees, pucker up, and kiss their arse. For sipping the Pride 1981 must surely rate among the most sublime and satisfying experiences of any Scotch drinker's lifetime. It's just so... intense. A myriad of flavors, from apples to melons to chocolate milk. Coconut and leather and lemon meringue, too. And it's got more backbone than Paul Bunyon. Doesn't overwhelm the palate, though, because Master Distiller Dr. Bill Lumsden is as adept at creating balance in a whisky as anyone in the business.

So cheers to the Glenmorangie, for hooking up me up like a muthafuckin PIMP giving the world (or, at least the top 1% of it) a truly magnificent fortified liquid.

For more on the Pride 1981 visit www.glenmorangie.com

I had a wonderful time promoting "Living Loaded" on The Adam Carolla Show. Adam is one of the smartest and most gracious hosts I've had the pleasure to meet. He gave me major props for the book, even going so far as to dub me his favorite author. Of course, he also admitted that mine was the only book he's read in the past year but, hey, I'll take the compliment. We drank some stuff, too -- Finealta from Glenmorangie, Sam Adams and Original Moonshine.

The Carolla Show, by the way, is the most downloaded podcast in the world.

The whole world, that is.

Hopefully we get a few book sales out of it. Speaking of which...

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In our latest Imbiber Exclusive Video, I lead you through a rather overindulgent tasting of six fine single-malt Scotches, including Springbank, Glenmorangie, The Glenlivet, Laphroaig, The Singleton and Bowmore. I'd like to think that had he lived to see this, the great Michael Jackson (the esteemed booze critic, not the freakish pop singer) would have been proud.... although, that almost certainly would not have been the case.