whisky

Has anyone got any unusual dishes? Kippers flambéd in malt whisky (preferably Lagavulin or another peaty single malt.) Great before a long walk as it keeps repeating. Large, flat mushrooms stuffed with haggis and lettuce, oven baked. I'm trying to persuade my manager to cook me a haggis...

One of my neighbours is a very definite whisky man, and he tends to buy it in half bottles. I've asked him if I can have his empty's, with a view to rinsing them out and then filling them up with a brew. Are there any possible problems with using an old whisky bottle, apart from the savings? So...