The Buffalo Trace Experimental Collection is a series of bottlings grouped according to certain production methods, in order to isolate influences on particular whiskies (not unlike their Single Oak…

This year's Limited Release is named for the victory of Canadian forces against the Americans at a battle near the distillery, during the war of 1812. 2019 is the 205th Anniversary of the battle (too bad…

Their Cask Strength Rye, also released this year, carries no age statement but a pretty high ABV (65.1%). Ok let's dive in...The colour is a medium gold (closer to the 20 than the standard release). On…

In the always-developing world of premium Canadian whiskies (well, developing for the last three or four years anyway, since Corby's first Northern Border Rare Collection altered the landscape), Alberta…

Canadian Rockies 21 Year Old comes from Highwood Distillery in Alberta, and is corn whisky originally meant for export to Taiwan. This was bottled at 40% and was very successful; when it was decided to…

A few years ago I gave Dillon's White Rye (a 40% ABV unaged 100% rye) a lousy 67. This time they dumped the spirit (100% Ontario rye distilled in copper pot) into new Ontario oak, new American oak and…

I picked this one up on a trip through the US in July. It's twelve years old (like all the Elijah Craig BP) and was released in May 2019.The colour is a very dark amber. On the nose I first get a burst…

This one came to me via my SMWS membership (it's not often that SMWS bourbons show up in Canada, so I jumped on this one). Rock Town Distillery in Little Rock, Arkansas, is the first legal distillery in…

This is a sample (courtesy of @paddockjudge) of the US-only expression Crown Royal Hand Selected Barrel. Why this is not available in Canada is beyond my comprehension. Apparently, different states get…

Shelter Point's single malt is double distilled and, like all their whiskies, is non-coloured and non-chill-filtered. The colour is a pale gold, a bit brighter than the Lot 141. The nose is very much…