In November I opened this bottle of Amrut CS. Not just any CS, but one of the 2007 Special Edition bottles produced before it became a standard offering with batch numbers. After tasting this in a…

Last summer @fiddich1980 provided 3 mystery samples for me and for @paddockjudge. This was sample C. We blind tasted them together over Facetime in the fall, and after writing preliminary notes the…

Last summer @fiddich1980 provided 3 mystery samples for me and for @paddockjudge. This was sample B. We blind tasted them together over Facetime in the fall, and after writing preliminary notes the…

This is an interesting one for me. The timeline can be confusing but here goes:In December 2017 @Robert99 was kind enough to leave me a sample of this after an epic tasting we had at my home. I opened…

I like this rye. No mystery here. I really liked the 2017 12 YO first edition, and I liked the single cask version of the 11 YO at SOT this year, and I like this release. A lot. If that’s all you need…

My brother in law and I picked this up during one of our first whisky outings this trip to Calgary. It was discounted and one of my Connosr colleagues asked for a couple so @nosebleed bought one for us…

This is a quick, off the cuff review, inspired by my first taste of a McClelland’s product. It is Dec. 25 in the evening here in Calgary. I am at a party at friends of my in-laws. My impression is they…

Time to inaugurate a new type of sample series. For those of you familiar with Nozinan Mini and Sample Series, I’ve recently received some “Mystery samples”. Discovering what they are has been quite fun…

When I first read about this expression in 2015 (@maltActivist’s review is below) I was intrigued, but at the prices I had seen for it I wasn’t keen on searching out a bottle. Reading about it on other…

I am 100% a debater. This hobby has had a great influence on my approach to life. For instance, it helped me to thrash the former and current Finance Ministers of Canada in a three way debate in the…