Recommend Me a Single Malt....

I'm young and fairly new to scotch. My grandpa introduced it to me a couple years back and I've grown quite fond of it over the last year or so.

I'm a law student, so my budget is limited, no 15-18yr aged

Here is what I've tried, in a ranking order of how I enjoyed them. Note all range from the 8-12 year range.

Aberfeldy (clear cut favorite, but a tad more expensive than I'd like to continually purchase)
Glenmoraigne (sp?)
Macallan
Glen Garioch
Glenlivet
Benromach
Laphroaig (did not like this one bit)

It seems Islay seems to be the least appealing to me.