After a slow start, the Crown Royal Noble Collection has had one of the best and most interesting string of releases in Canadian whisky - probably the most impressive since early Forty Creek - and I…

I suppose Forty Creek was so important to me in my Canadian whisky journey - kickstarting a very impressive wave of Canadian whisky interest and releases. Granted, it's looking like more of a bubble than…

One of my all-time favourite Canadian whiskies were the earlier batches of Forty Creek. And not just mine – of so many. It was a blend of corn, rye, and barley whiskies that were finished in a few custom…

Sons of Vancouver distillery is a small distillery in Vancouver - which recently started to release some whisky, starting last year. They just took home the whisky of the year award at the Canadian…

J.P. Wiser's released this whisky recently into their core lineup - I can't remember exactly when, but in the last two years (I think). It is a blend of corn and rye distillate, aged for 10 years in…

Canadian Club has released 6 40+ year old whiskies, based on a 1977 distillate, in the last 6 years, one each year. The whiskies have all been outstanding, if you like the character of lighter, well-aged…

In the past three years, I’ve made a special effort to taste whiskies from as many of the micro distillers in Canada that I can. I think I’m up to 35, a small number still, but that’s a fair number past…

One of the problems with many reviews, and mine in particular, is that they are based on 1-2 tastings, only. I used to enforce a strict policy on my reviews that I needed five tastings before I'd fina…

This whisky has been released by Sazerac, who have quietly been picking up old Seagram's brands including 15 brands last fall (including Seagram's VO, Five Star, and '83). They've been establishing a bit…

This whisky was distilled in 1996 in a pot still from 100% rye. Bill Ashburn, John Hall's predecessor at Forty Creek, carried the grain in himself to the fermenters, did the distillation, and even hand…