The Single Barrel Silver Select is only available at travel retail; I picked it up in October whilst coming back from WhiskyFest NYC. What makes it different from the usual SBs is that these barrels come…

I have two Jack Daniel's bottles I haven't written up yet, so I'm going to review them while comparing them not only to each other, but also to the Single Barrel Holiday Select 2014 (which I scored a 93…

Mountain Laurel Spirits distills their rye whiskey out of the Grundy Mill Distillery in Bristol, PA. All they make is rye, and they call it Dad's Hat (with a classy, old-fashioned fedora on the label)…

This has long been one of my favourite Canadians. It comes from Highwood Distillers in High River, Alberta, and is one of the rare Canadian whiskies that is at least 20 years old. I had always thought…

Johnnie Walker's Explorers' Club Collection is their first exclusively duty-free series, all NAS blends. It includes "The Adventurer", "The Gold Route", "The Royal Route" and this one, "The Spice Road"…

County Cork's Franciscan Well Brewery decided to try pouring their stout into used Jameson barrels supplied by their neighbour Midleton; then, when they eventually bottled the stout they returned the…

To get this little 375mL bottle of Buffalo Trace Single Oak Project, I had to buy it at an online auction in Glasgow (how sad that I have to ship across the pond a product that was made just down in…

This limited release (from earlier this year) celebrates the distillery's 200th anniversary. It is a mix of different casks, including American oak, French oak, refill and many others. The colour is a…

I have a couple of Ardbegs kicking around that I haven't reviewed yet; not only am I going to take a look at each one individually, but I'll compare each of them to the standard Ardbeg 10 Year Old.The…

I have ruined my girlfriend. Not by tarnishing her good name, mind you, or absconding with all of her savings. No, I ruined her by introducing her to Bowmore 12 Year Old. This fine ol' standby had become…