On October 10, 2013, the following review on All Things Whisky rocked the whisky world:http://www.allthingswhisky.com/?p=1947This was a review of, at the time, the rarest Amrut whisky ever released. At…

I’m currently living without my wife and children. Not voluntarily, but by agreement. We recently went to Calgary to celebrate the 40th year of her family coming to Canada and met with some of the…

With a recent review of the HP Valknut (which until recently I thought was a made up parody name), I was inspired to dig into my samples for another NAS Viking themed HP to review.I was lucky enough to…

I know this will review will be tagged as July 2, but it’s still July 1 in Toronto. I just got back from a quick trip to Calgary to celebrate the upcoming 40th anniversary of my wife arriving in Canada…

I was privileged to try this tonight. I’ve been looking at this mystery sample from @OdysseusUnbound for a while since he dropped it off in our last swap. Instead of adding it to the 80 samples in a…

I have limited experience with Irish whiskey. It’s probably because many commonly available expressions are bottled at 40% and I tend to reach for something with a higher ABV. Lately I’ve started to…

This review is inspired by @Talexander, who posted the first post-procedure review in 2013, which was followed by what appeared to be a “tribute review” by the member formerly known as OlJas. For your…

On May 4, @cricklewood visited me while I was in Ottawa and we had a small but epic tasting. We prepared sample bottles for convenience and ended up swapping what was left of the samples. This was one…

I am not ashamed to say that if Amrut is not my favourite distillery, it is likely in the top 3. While I enjoy whiskies from all over the world, and many distilleries produce one or more great bottlings…

In 2014 I attended Spirit of Toronto for the express reason of attending a Masterclass with Ashok Chokalingam presenting some Amruts, including some LCBO exclusive single casks. To be transparent, he had…