Best of New York 2007 • Fun

• Brandy Library

  25 N. Moore St.; 212-226-5545

  Put a few single-malt enthusiasts in one room, and it can turn pretty quickly into what Ethan R. Kelley, the spirit sommelier at the Brandy Library in Tribeca, calls a �drunk’s Star Trek convention.� But if you don’t know an Islay from a Speyside, Ethan is ready to help you navigate the Library’s two-ring binder of more than 200 single malts organized by region�and find a dram to your liking. Try the �Scotch Novice,� a $22 flight covering six regions of the bonny country, before going on the $32 �Highland Hike.� The Scotch Trek crowd will find plenty to get worked up about in this charming haunt, where everything, from the waitresses’ dresses to the leather banquettes, is the color of a fine malt. There’s the 25-year-old Bunnahabhain, �a lesson in balance,� the rare 27-year-old Dallas Dhu, and the 21-year-old Benriach Authenticus, �a lesson in duality.� The truly devoted can sign on as members ($500 per year) and get a monogrammed spirit glass, a bottle on reserve, and 10 percent off every bill.

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