All Whisky reviews

As I am entering the realm of SMSW's gingerly, this first purchase is of a 1/2 bottle (375 ml) of the widely available (in Ontario at least) Glenfiddich 12 y.o. Two reasons for this. First, a very acc…

The bottle lists this whisky as distilled in 1990 and bottled in 2008 Nose: Moderate peat, some medicinal smell, grapes, lemon, melissa balm, hysop, carnationTaste: wine flavour, peat, lemon, melissa,…

This is cask strength Oloroso Sherry cask matured whisky. This review is of batch # 26. Nose: moderate intensity, sherry wine, some malt, a little smokeTaste: walnuts, chestnuts, and sherry, with smoke…

WOW! I had Glenmorangie Signet last week and if that isn't the HOPE DIAMOND of Scotch whisky --- then I'm a monkey. I couldn't follow it up with anything other than the same, as they would be slightly…

In the whisky anorak’s world, The Spice Tree is perhaps Compass Box’s best known offering—not just for the glowing reviews by Jim Murray and the like, but also for the Scotch Whisky Association’s cont…

Nose: Immediately a strong waft of wet grass, perhaps more like when you leave a wet and muddy t-shirt in a bag for too long and it starts to mould. Definitely a hint of stale water in any case, as we…

One more sample from Master of Malt. I'd never heard of Mannochmore, but I just had to get a sample when I read this: "A big bodied Mannochmore - heavy on the sherry. This was distilled in 1990 and…

Near the end of 2010, I became interested in single malt whisky, after a conversation with a friend. Many delectable tastings later, I decided to do some research on Irish Whiskey. Until that time, I had…

In 2009 Brown-Forman of Louisville, Kentucky made a one-time 2,700 case release of a 13 year old Old Forester Bourbon celebrating the 75th Anniversary of the Repeal of Prohibition in the U.S. The bourbon…

Old Forester is one of the whiskey brands owned by Brown-Forman of Louisville, Kentucky, along with Jack Daniels, Woodford Reserve, and Early Times. Old Forester is probably more commonly sold and drunk…