All Whisky reviews

During the last edition of my by now infamous Toshan Man Birthday Tastings, I opened this official oldie. This 18 Year Old from 1988 is a single cask that was bottled exclusively for Belgium. It is a gem…

If you visit Cadenhead’s in Campbeltown, at the end of the tour you can bottle a so-called Cask End. My good friend Chris brought me back this special Auchentoshan from 1999. Special because the whisky…

This 16 Year Old Auchentoshan also comes from the warehouses of Signatory in Pitlochry and appeared in the Un-Chillfiltered Collection, but was bottled at cask strength. All 195 bottles went toe Tasttoe…

A lot of casks of my beloved Auchentoshan have appeared in the Un-Chillfiltered Collection by Signatory. In November 2016 this 16 Year Old – taken from 2 bourbon barrels – was released. Strangely enough…

Clan Denny is a subsidiary of Douglas Laing & Co. Until recently, they mostly bottled single grain, but since the look of the range changed in July 2017, more and more single malts have been bottled.…

Summer has arrived, so high time to try some Lowlanders. I have put aside no less than 9 Auchentoshan bottlings for this occasion. I will start with a very young – only 5 years old – one from Carn Mor…

I'm trying some of the lighter Scotches over a hot summer, and this is one on my list. This one, unlike Dewar's White Label, I'm having neat. Although I will likely pour it over ice another time. A nice…

Interesting stuff alert. I received this sample from a person in my local whisky club whom I swap frequent samples with. My previous trysts with Kirkland brands have often yielded “good not great”…

This is one of the 2017 Northern Border Collection releases. Composed of corn, rye, and wheat whisky, it was aged for 17 years it is bottled at 45%. When I tried this at Spirit of Toronto in May 2017…

I’m not actually sure when I bought this. I think probably in late 2014 but possibly in 2015, and opened shortly after. It may have been an article in the Globe and Mail by Beppi Crosariol that insp…