First off, I screwed up - looks like I only have six 2018 Canadian releases to review, not seven as the previous titles of my reviews indicated. I have no idea where I screwed up there (maybe I missed…

2017's Lot No. 40 Cask Strength was a 12 Year Old; this year they've dropped it to 11. Only 4020 bottles were produced.The colour is a deep copper. Slightly metallic on the nose with mint, heather, dates…

Yes, I'm still trying to complete this series....I mean, it's only June 2019...Not much to say about this one - it's 35 year old corn whisky bottled at 50%. Simple, right?The colour is a medium-dark…

While on a recent trip to Winnipeg, I was thrilled to find exclusive bottlings of both Maker's Mark Private Select and Knob Creek Single Barrel Rye. I'll write up the Knob Creek another time, but let's…

I have some of the 2017 Release of Lagavulin 12 Year Old - let's compare to the GoT 9 Year Old. Just for fun!The colour is a very pale straw. Grassy on the nose with very sweet peat smoke, lemon curd,…

Our final GoT malt (at least until July when the LCBO finally brings in the other four) is my favourite distillery of the four. This one is aligned with House Lannister, which has a lion for the insignia…

This bottling is assigned to the "House Tully" which has a nasty looking trout on the insignia. I guess it's linked to Glendullan due to the distillery being on the River Fiddich in Dufftown, Speyside…

This bottling is aligned with the House Stark. I guess it has something to do with wolves, since there's a picture of a wolf on the label; apparently it was chosen because the House Stark is in the north…

Unless you live in a Tibetan cave covered in snow, you've probably been inundated with Game of Thrones brouhaha ever since the final season premiered a few weeks ago. You also of course know that Diago…

This is (obviously) the Pike Creek bottling in 2018's Norther Border Collection Rare release. The previous year's Pike Creek limited release was finished in Speyside casks; the 2018 is finished (after…