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So our local distillery St. George’s are releasing a new Chapter soon. Chapter 11 is heavily peated (55ppm) and comes in two guises: cask strength (59.7%) and regular (46%).Dominic will review this for…

This is my third bottle of black grouse. I sometimes crave a smoke filled whisky and when I can't afford a malt these peated blends do the job quite well. It's obviously going after a slice of the JW…

Nose: peat, iodine & phenol, strong cherrywood smoke notes, campfire and firm barbecue. With water, additional oaky vanilla comes through and sweet perfumey aromatics. Taste: distinctly smokey. Hardwood…

It actually fizzed and tried to push the cork out, like it was trying to escape, neat,......dont try to sniff it, its like putting your head in the vat after they've added the yeast, taste, its warm, not…

Forty Creek has become the darling of whisky connoisseurs who otherwise wouldn't admit to actually liking Canadian whisky. What some might not realize is that there is no Forty Creek distillery; the…

When I opened the cap and sniffed, it had the sweet scent of corn whiskey. I looked the label over to see if it was a Bourbon emulation. There was little or no peatiness, which added to the corny flavour…

This is one of my original favorite single malts from when I first moved from bourbon/rye whiskies into scotch. Part of that may also have to do with me buying this particular bottle to keep me and a…

Box: Awesome magnetic clasp for top-hinged door lid. Bottle had leather binding on bottom half. Cool.Nose: Fresh poundcake. Slight tang or bite. ?Palate: Oak, honey. Well-balanced sweetness. Boatshed on…

I have had the JW Blue a few times before including the very week it first appeared on American shores where I "traded" an Opus X for a double shot of the just arrived Blue Label at the local high end…

I recall reading somewhere that Taketsura 12 year old is a vatting of malts from two Nikka distilleries: one is Yoichi and I can't remember the other. The bottle exemplifies Japan's preferences in whisky…