Scotch Whisky reviews

A Song of Fire celebrates House Targaryen, which makes sense since it's the dragon lady one. This one is primarily Caol Ila.The colour is a light-to-medium amber. Like A Song of Ice, the nose seems too…

Following the undeserved success of The White Walker, Diageo has released two more Game of Thrones blends: A Song of Ice and A Song of Fire. I also picked up the Royal Lochnagar GoT so we'll do that one…

I realized that I had neglected to review this bottle that I got Pam a couple of years ago - and it's the last dram in a bottle that's been open for quite a while. So let's see how it holds up...This is…

As I make my way through last year’s whisky advent calendar, I am reviewing samples and minis I have collected and neglected over the years to compare and contrast. I just reviewed the Aberlour expres…

Aberlour produces one of my favourite expressions - A’Bunadh. This whisky helped me start my whisky journey back in 2011. I quickly snapped up all the OBs I could get. Luckily I didn’t open them all…

This is the fourth in a series of 24 reviews, the result of seizing an opportunity when the LCBO dropped the price of this set by 50% in early 2020. FOMO wins again.This is probably my first ever expe…

Nose: Extraordinary, a real lift, one of my favourite noses. I've seen it described as "punch" elsewhere, I don't understand this at all, for me it's a lovely drawn lift from the glass. Yum. Butter…

After Bob’s taste bomb (Longmorn 1972) another pal – Jonas – offered me an even older Longmorn, also bottled for van Wees by Gordon & Macphail in their so-called Reserve series. This Longmorn from 1964…

Day DreamMy friend Bob came around and brought this bottle. He had received it a few years ago from friend for his birthday. It’s a Longmorn from his year of birth. The cask was bottled by Gordon &…

Two years! That’s how long ago it was since I last tried a Longmorn. But when Bob, a whisky buddy from my neighborhood, came over with a special bottle he had received for his birthday, I realized I had…