This is the second of 24 reviews in this series, the result of my succumbing to temptation when the LCBO dropped the price of this set by 50%.The James E. Pepper Distillery is in Lexington, Kentucky. …

New Year’s resolutions are great, unless something unexpected comes along. I guess, technically, I haven’t bought any bottles yet, but when the Advent Calendar was listed at 50% off I was very tempted…

For the third time I am ringing in the New Year with a Canadian 100% rye. This year it is from Alberta Premium.I was not around in the whisky world the last time AP released something exceptional. …

I first tasted Johnnie Walker Blue in a bar at a birthday party. Someone had bought a bottle of this, a bottle of vodka, and soda to celebrate. This was about 7-8 years ago and I had it neat with a few…

Lagavulin 16 YO is the classic Lagavulin expression, and yet it is the one I have the least experience with. I suppose the main reasons for this are that it is expensive, and I have ready access to…

In the spring @Maddie and @Victor made a trip up to Collingwood. I’ve been lucky that between trips up north, Spirit of Toronto, and a trip down south, I’ve been able to visit with them every year since…

I’ve avoided this whisky. Not sure why. Maybe because as a bird, I mentally put it in the same category as Famous Grouse, and decided it was mediocre. Maybe because compared to other whiskies it’s…

Today is Election Day in Canada. It seemed fitting that I should celebrate our democratic process with something Canadian. I wanted to review Forty Creek Heart of Gold but I noticed that was my last…

Although I rarely get to Forty Creek whiskies now that there are so many open bottles in my cabinet, and I’ve been more preoccupied with Wiser’s / Corby’s on the Canadian front, this is probably my…

In July of this year I was in Calgary for a couple of days. We didn’t really have time to do too much shopping, but we did look around a little, and came upon a store with a number of minis and a dis…