This one comes from Schenley Distilleries in Lethbridge AB. I couldn't find a lot of information on this distillery, nor this whisky (mind you, I didn't look that hard - but it's not even mentioned on…

Now comes something quite unique, from a sample courtesy of @paddockjudge. Crown Royal Limited Edition is one of the few Canadian whiskies that is only available in Canada, so it is something we can…

The last two Canadian whiskies I reviewed were flavoured whiskies (or, to coin a friend's phrase, "Frankenwhiskies.") Does this offering from Alberta Distillers fall into that category, given it has 0…

Today we have another flavoured whisky, this one from Black Velvet Distillery in Lethbridge, Alberta. The standard Black Velvet (which I've never tried) is the third best-selling Canadian whisky in the…

In keeping with the CC theme, here is their spiced variant (they also have a spiced "blueberry", which came and went pretty quick). It is named after Dock 57, which was in Windsor and was apparently…

I'm not sure why I'm doing this (no, seriously - I have no idea why the hell I'm doing this), but my next few reviews are going to be on Canadian whiskies. Why? Well, I've got a bunch here that I haven't…

In a week or so I'll be meeting my good friend Avi for some long-overdue drinks; usually we go for dinner and then back to his place for a few drams. Because his favourite single malt is Cardhu 12 Year…

Nine years ago yesterday was the greatest day of my life: my beautiful daughter Maggie was born in Belleville ON. Back then my life was very different than it is now: I was heavier, not-so-happily mar…

Ardbeg distillery gets its water from Loch Uigeadail, hence the name that was given to this when it was launched in 2003. Apparently this whisky was born from a comment by Michael Jackson a couple of…

Winner of World's Best Single Malt at the 2013 World Whiskies Awards, Ardbeg Galileo seems to be a controversial bottle. Marketed as a celebration of Ardbeg sending whisky into outer space (Really.…