Some of you know how much I rave about Ballantine's 17 Year Old, so today, looking for a decent inexpensive Scotch to help me see the end of TIFF with, I picked up their standard expression. A couple of…

So tonight is the last night before TIFF starts, so am celebrating it by reviewing this excellent Scotch. I thought about cracking open something new and interesting, but I still have a few open bottles…

This is yet another offering from Buffalo Trace, though not one I hear much about, unfortunately. Colonel E.H. Taylor Jr., a "bourbon aristocrat" (he was great-nephew to President Zachary Taylor, and at…

So I guess the LCBO had some leftover bottles from a bourbon event, as I was able to order two Buffalo Trace bottlings - and this one is a real treat. White Dog is essentially the "new make" of Scotland…

This weekend my vacation starts (a week with my daughter at a family resort off of Georgian Bay in Ontario), and since I'm not bringing any whisky with me, I better get some tastings in now! Of course…

Well, it's a day after July 4, but today is when my bottle of W.L. Weller 12 came in - so the review comes in a day late...oh well!W.L. Weller 12 Year Old is a Kentucky wheated bourbon - meaning wheat…

And now we come to my third and final Canada Day review. I opened this bottle of Wiser's 18 with my friends @thecyclingyogi, @kvass1970 and Ross (who I'm not sure is on connosr) in celebration of Canada…

Before I tidy the house in anticipation of a lovely (ahem) female visitor this evening, I thought I would try my second Canadian whisky of the weekend. Forty Creek is perhaps the most vibrant and inte…

A week or so ago, I enjoyed a private tasting with my excellent Toronto friends @kvass1970, @thecyclingyogi and @cpstecroix. @kvass1970 pulled out a Glen Garioch miniature (undated, but clearly bottled…

Some time ago, I wrote a very short review of Alberta Premium (one of the first that I wrote here), and only scored it a 75. If I wrote it now, it would probably be in the high-80s, low-90s. But here I…