Xmas is nice when you can get nice presents and get to taste them :-) I just got to taste a newcomer in state of Texas from Balcones Distilling in Waco, Texas. They have made Balcones BabyBlue Texas Corn…

Hot off the press :-) My wife (a whiskey lover too) just got a bottle of this as Xmas present from the office. So, we had to taste this right away.Everything about this whiskey is very light. The nose…

I was first very excited when I was giving this as a gift, American single malt. I had never had such American before. But my excitement was very short lived.First the nose gives some baked apples and…

This is one of the Springbank whiskeys that I had a change to taste at the distillery. This one has a very butter scotch nose. There is a hint of peat to come, like smoke in the fall air. After a taste…

I tasted this one also during my trip to Springbank and bought a bottle of it too. This is Springbank 15 years old has matured 100% sherry casks. That is very easily noticed from the nose. The sherry and…

Caol Ila whiskeys are always in top my list of favorites. So, in September I was tasting Cadenhead's Caol Ila 13 years old, bottled in 1995. It is cask strength and single cask. The trademark Islay…

On my recent visit to Springbank I was also able to taste Kilkerran 5 year old. This is Spingbank's sister operation in old Glengyle Distillery in Campbeltown. The overall taste is older than you would…

I had a change to visit Bushmills and bring home a bottle of Bushmills Single Irish Malt Whiskey 12 years Old Distillery Reserve. It has been aged in the oaks casks for 12 to 14 years. It is one of most…