I have a three older bottlings of Jack Daniel's that I bought at auction, and one new bottling that I got at the LCBO. We'll start with the newer one.This is the third in their Master Distiller series…

I'm amazed I've never reviewed any Dewar's here, but then again I've only really had the 18 Year Old (at a bar in NYC) and the Signature (at Whisky Live in Toronto one year). I've never even tried the…

Now let's try the current bottling. In my last review, I said the current bottling no longer carried a 10 year old age statement - this is false, now that I'm looking at it it clearly does. I just opened…

Last night I went to a Glenmorangie tasting at The Caledonian Pub in Toronto. Global Brand Ambassador Hamish Torrie walked us through the standard range - all of which I've had before, so nothing was…

I have a few old Bushmills 10 Year Old minis, one of which is bottled at 43%. We'll do that one second; first comes a 40% mini. We'll also compare both with the current bottling (also bottled at 40%).…

Now here's the older mini of Bushmills 10 Year Old, bottled at 43%. We'll compare it to both the current bottling and the 40% older mini I just reviewed. Again, I don't know how old this bottling is.The…

Today's Booker's - obtained through the LCBO - is Batch No. 2016-01E. Strangely, it is not mentioned on the website (which mentions a Batch No. 2016-01 at 63.95%) Was this an errant batch that was sec…

This bottle has been open for a while - I purchased it at the LCBO. Warehouse No. NN, Barrel No. 81-1F.The colour is a soft copper. On the nose we get humidor, tannic oak, menthol and overripe plums.…

My last haul from Scotch Whisky Auctions included quite a few minis, including a bunch of Bushmills (whose malts I quite admire). So we'll have some fun comparing them to the current bottlings. There are…

Now let's look at the 43% Black Bush mini, which is also older but (and I'm guessing here) a little more recent than the 40% mini I just reviewed.The colour is a medium gold (perhaps a shade darker than…