Don Livermore has given us many fine whiskies during this past decade. Wiser’s 23 YO is my favourite, yes, even above Legacy.This bottle is now open five weeks and sits half-full. Sipped neat from a…

Don Livermore has given us many fine whiskies during this past decade. Wiser’s 23 YO is my favourite, yes, even above Legacy.This bottle is now open five weeks and sits half-full. Sipped neat from a…

This bottle has been open for six months and the fill is now below half. I detect layers of spice (all-spice, cloves, Cinnamon, Ground black pepper and a subtle vegetal funkiness on the nose. Possibly…

Unmistakably identifiable as double distilled Hiram Walker corn whisky aged at Pike Creek. There is a splash of rye in the mix, but it is the new oak influence that brings toffee and vanilla along with…

Mackintosh's Creamy Toffee...add white pepper, enjoy at 50% abv.

This sample was given to me by a trusted and highly respected friend. These notes were penned while listening to a thirteen minute version of Loan Me A Dime by Boz Scaggs, featuring the incomparable…

Forty Creek has a reputation for creating delicious whisky. Many of their releases have been innovative, unique, and anything but trendy. John Hall, the founder of Kittling Ridge/Forty Creek has been…

Union 52A blend of 16 Y0 Canadian and 52 YO Highland Malt in a ratio of 25 to 1. The Scotch had been sleeping at the Walkerville campus for decades, eighteen barrels that I estimate to have been holding…

J.P. Wiser's 14 YO Last Barrels 45% abv, sour mash, bourbon barrels, 80% corn, 11% rye, 9% barley. This is one very dusty dram! Sweet, silky, spicy, and hot. Bourbon nose, thick and nutty mid-palate,…

Some of my favourite Canadian whiskies are single grain offerings. Building on that, I've taken the Top 10 Single Grain Canadian List, sans Cadenheads 24 YO Indian Corn because I don't have any in my…