American Whiskey reviews

Every once in a while, the owner of the best local shop in town will post in our local whiskey group about something he gets in that he thinks is especially good. The other week he posted this 8 year old…

Spicy warm oily arrival develops a thick citrus and rye spiced loaded middle with a rich complex earthy fast flowing finish.

Mellow spicy warm citrus vanilla loaded arrival, developing sweet carmel heavy middle flowing to a soft rubbery fast finish.

Eagle Rare 10 year is now a single barrel offering; I think that's a recent thing but I could be wrong. It's also a bourbon that causes mass panic and FOMO-inspired rage among Ontario bourbon customers…

A non-chill-filtered, non-carbon filtered Jim Beam offering at 100 proof for $44 CAD? Count me in. I tend to like the Jim Beam profile (i.e. roasted peanuts and caramel popcorn) so I bought this one…

This is an interesting bottle a friend of mine picked up in Mt Pleasant, NC from Southern Grace Distillery. It’s a 2 year old “bourbon” finished in a single Amarone cask and bottled at cask strength of…

I was at an “unofficial” tasting event at my favorite local shop where some “enthusiasts” brought some bottles to share and the store owner let us all sample the newest store picks. One of the store…

For some reason, the name of this whiskey struck me as hilarious. I laughed out loud when I saw it in the LCBO listing. "Who would buy that?" Me, apparently, once I discovered it is a bottled-in-bond…

This bottle I purchased privately from a friend, then opened it when I conducted a professional tasting earlier in the fall. This batch was released in September 2017, directly following B517.The colour…

I recently picked this one up at the LCBO / Waddington's auction in November 2021. Like every Elijah Craig Barrel Proof, it is twelve years old; this one is Batch B517, which means it's the 2nd batch of…