All Whisky reviews

A first tasting of this year's special Ardbeg day dram. will be available June 2nd in many Ardbeg embassies worldwide. worth a try. lovely.Nose: peat reek. Sweet oloroso sherry with wet bandages diesel…

Very good whisky. I picked this up at the LCBO purely because of the price ($45 CAD) which is on the low side for scotch whisky single malts. The nose on this is great, christmas cake is what comes to…

This was my first bottle of Bourbon I bought and I bought another because I enjoy it very much. I wanted an alternate to the peated whiskies I normally drink and I heard they use copper stills (we don't…

Well, it's 12:34am and I can't sleep. Maggie will get me up at 6am so I need something to occupy my brain. How about a wheat whiskey?Bernheim is a straight wheat whiskey, the first new American whiskey…

Hibiki is a mix of different malt whiskies from the Yamazaki and Hakushu distilleries as well as of grain whisky from the Chita distillery.The nose is quite floral, with plenty of vanilla, a hint of…

Pouring straw to light gold, ridiculous thin, widely spaced tears with powerful formation. Nose up front is much too boozy near flammable. Needs to seriously decant for 10-15 minutes. Volatiles settle…

I bought the Hibiki 12 and 17yo at Christmas and really enjoyed their silky smoothness but thought they lacked a little kick. The Nikka from the Barrel sorted that out and is in my top five, now I've…

At first I was a little daunted with writing a review of Jim Murray's Whisky of the Year 2011 but then I said to my self 'Bah! Who cares what Jim thinks!'Let me tell you what I think.This is truly an…

I was really excited about trying this anomaly from Speyside.This is one of those rare single malts that is distilled using peated barley in a Speyside distillery and the result is quite unusual and…

The first thing about this single malt from Mull is it's absolutely gorgeous wooden packaging. The beauty of the presentation alone is worth acquiring this gem.The nose is a big white dish of dark purple…