This is the new NAS Glenlivet - not sure if it is meant to replace the popular 12 Year Old, or if it has just been added to the range. It comes wrapped in a copy of the original license to distill,…

Our third Canadian today was, until recently, only available in the US. Crown Royal's Northern Harvest Rye is a blend, but 90% of it is rye.The colour is a medium amber. On the nose it's a total rye…

This is the ninth annual limited release from Forty Creek, and the second since the distillery was acquired by Campari last year. 2014's release, Evolution, was extremely disappointing, and I was very…

I have a few new Canadian whiskies lying around, so let's go through them. Our first one is an odd duck. Gooderham & Worts is an old Canadian distillery, established in Toronto in 1832, that closed down…

This newer expression is fully matured in first-fill bourbon barrels. Of course, like all Auchenstoshan, this is triple distilled. The bottle has been open for some months now.The colour is a medium gold…

Bacardi's new marketing of the Craigellachie single malt should be studied in an MBA program. Retro-cool packaging, wide distribution, big presence at whisky events and high quality product combine for…

This is a Gordon & Macphail bottling exclusively for Co-op Wine and Spirits in Calgary. Distilled on Nov 12 1998, this rested in a refill sherry hogshead (Cask #14454) until bottling in June 2012. This…

Here we have last year's 12 Year Old - always a fun dram! Note that this bottle has been open for almost a year:The colour is an extremely pale yellow. As you can imagine, there is very little oak on the…

Corby Distillers seems to be pushing out new products at a very quick rate these days - they are really giving Forty Creek a run for their money. This one is a blend of two whiskies: one distilled in a…

Caol Ila is the largest distillery on Islay, pumping out 3.6 million litres of spirit a year. It was built by Hector Henderson in 1846, who sold it in 1852 to Norman Buchanan (owner of Jura). Five years…