This is a review for Batch 4, courtesy of a friend travelling across Canada. This one needs time to open up and was much more agreeable after a few months.Nose: rich red fruit, mint, nuttiness and a…

Another US acquisition, since buying whisky Ontario at the LCBO is a utter waste of time and money. I picked up this malt because a few reviewers describe it as being close to Port Ellen, particularly…

Not much to add to the hundreds of reviews of HP 21 across the globe. It's good, made even better by the fact that I secured this dram when the "KGBO" (thanks Nozinan) had HP21 at 38% cheaper than its…

A review for SMWS 3.213 Bowmore 18 yo.I've never come across a Bowmore that I thought was palatable. I'm sure they're out there, but for me they currently exist only in myth (or in the vicarious exper…

A review for AD Rattray Cask Collection Glen Grant 1992 21 year old, cask 130832. Nose: ripe pear, honey, watery lemon, polishPalate: soft, sweet arrival with immediate spice. Sweet ripe pears, mild…

When it works, it works. I mean the combination of sherry and peat, of course. I enjoy this admixture, especially when both profiles compliment rather than combat or cancel one another. Nose: sweet red…

This is a review for CWC Exclusive Casks Bruichladdich 1991 22 year old, one of 222 bottles. Picked this up abroad, as with most of my whisky collection since the selection here in Ontario, Canada, is…

This is a review for BB&R Mortlach 1995 17 year old, cask 3400. I picked this up during a trip to the US because I wanted to try an indie Mortlach. Uncharacteristically, I did not conduct my usually…

This is for BB&R Clynelish 1997. I've heard so many great things about Clynelish that I decided to subject myself to the ruthless price gouging of the LCBO to procure a few bottles. This is the first of…

A review for Dun Bheagan Clynelish 22 years old, distilled 1990 and bottled in 2013, finished in port hogsheads cask 93781/93783, 798 bottles. Nose: a busy nose. Red berries, honey, wood, cream, a hint…