On May 5th I was at Spirit of Toronto with @Nozinan and @Paddockjudge, we attended the Wiser's Masterclass that was given by Dr. Don Livermore. We were presented with the 6 new expressions that would be…

The final review of the budget trifecta from my club's blind tasting in March.I chose this for a myriad of reasons, I knew I wanted to throw a blend into the mix and an Irish blended whisky was the curve…

As mentioned in part I, all these whiskys were evaluated blind during my last club meeting.This is from a recent batch with the new livery and bottle shape. Deanston has been receiving a lot more atte…

A few weeks ago I posted a photo of a trio of bottles I picked up for a tasting session. I wanted to demonstrate how much of an impact blind tasting could have, the idea being to try 4 whiskys blind,…

I've been been backed up on my reviews so there's no time like the present to get started.I'm a big fan of Talisker and would consider the 10 year old to be among my favourite whiskys. So when the occ…

Much has been discussed about this one already so I'll dive right in. Nose: Mineral, green, diesel fumes, burnt hay, almond oil. Its very mezcal like, génépi, bakelite, ashy smoke. With time freshly…

I am not much of a fan of old No.7 but I can see the appeal of it, it has indeed become a very powerful American Icon, pretty much synonymous with rock & roll, motorcycles and the assorted trappings of…

Here is a condensed version of my next blog post, an overdue review of a sample graciously provided by @Robert99.Yet another Octomore review, this is the first .3 iteration of the series,100% Islay…

Redbreast was a no-brainer when choosing a bottle to represent Irish whisky for our March whisky club meeting. There are few representative of the Single pot-still (formerly pure pot still) style of…

I attempted an abridged version of my recent blog post.I have been looking forward to this whisky since the press release last year, I almost asked a friend to bring some back from the US but then found…