Just that an Irish friend once told me that to call
any Scotch superior to Bushmills Single Malt was blasphemy or treason, depending whether the claimant was non-Irish or Irish. I guess by his scale you fall somewhere in-between. Don't worry, I won't tell him - otherwise you might really 'fall' somewhere in-between!
Personally, I am not a big whiskey drinker. Mostly as Irish Coffee and certainly prefer Bushmills for that. But it certainly tastes very smooth with just water. I am not a "on the rocks" man.