About a month ago I did a comparison between Lombard’s 14 year old Macallan, and the distillery’s own bottling, “Select Oak”, from their 1824 collection. Well, this morning I have a few minutes to do yet…

After a hectic (but wonderful) Christmas Day with my crazy family, I now have some quiet time on my own to taste this bottle of Four Roses Single Barrel. I originally opened it around the July 4 holiday…

My last review looked at the standard distillery bottling of Glen Elgin 12 Year Old (I scored it an 88). This Glen Elgin is also 12 years old, but is bottled by Duncan Taylor for their Dimensions coll…

Tap 357 Maple Canadian Rye Whisky is a relatively new product on the shelves - but I cannot find much info on who exactly is making it (unless it's a purely independent company just doing this particular…

Glen Elgin is somewhat of a forgotten malt in the Diageo canon - you cannot get distillery bottlings here in Ontario. But it is often considered more deserving than Cragganmore of being their Speyside…

My good friend Igor passed me the last remnants of this miniature bottle. It is fairly old, though not sure exactly how old; 1970s? It is noted as a "pure malt" but this cannot mean "pure malt" in the…

Buffalo Trace may be the most exciting distillery in the USA right now - or, if you listen to Jim Murray, in the world. They create a huge range of whiskies of various ages - but this one is their sig…

Jim Beam is the bestselling bourbon brand in the world - and is now owned by Fortune Brands, which also operates Maker's Mark. It started in the 18th century with Jacob Boehm, and the bourbon's namesake…

Apparently, Crown Royal Black was the most successful new spirit launch of 2010 in the US, and I recall seeing signage with Big Boi of Outkast as its spokesperson - so obviously, this was a huge initi…

Evan Williams is the second biggest-selling bourbon after Jim Beam, and their annual Single Barrel series is the world's only vintage-dated single barrel bourbon. Evan Williams himself is considered by…