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This Douglas Laing bottling is a vatting of malts from the Isles of Orkney, Arran, Jura and Islay - the idea being to create an Island blended malt to perfectly illustrate that particular style. As with…

My first bottle of Ardmore (although I now have two on the go) and plumbed for a single (refill - bourbon I'm guessing) cask IB from Douglas Laing's Provenance series. I believe that it is only rela…

My first bottle of Ardmore (although I now have two on the go) and plumbed for a single (refill - bourbon I'm guessing) cask IB from Douglas Laing's Provenance series. I believe that it is only rela…

This is an abridged version of a review I will be posting on my blog in a day or twoBourbon marketing leans heavily on appeals to tradition, authenticity and doing things "the right way". In an interview…

This whisky is all about spice and ginger notes. On the nose it is ginger biscuits and pear drops (acetone) althogh when it's been in the glass a while the pear drop note fades. On the palate their is…

Usually the LCBO has the annual edition of Midleton Very Rare in time for St. Patrick's Day, but this year they were late (How dumb is that? Imagine the increased sales, folks!) Not only does the 2017…

Every year Manny and I try to release something special in our MMM series. In 2016 it was the Python in the Animal Series: the first (and so far only) independent bottling of the French single malt…

Mackintosh's Creamy Toffee...add white pepper, enjoy at 50% abv.

Mondays are usually very hectic and, frankly, exhausting - but this was more so thanks to a mid-April ice storm. MID-APRIL. Anyhoo - I need a scotch.The coldest distillery in Scotland, Dalwhinnie also…

I don’t have a lot of experience with Bunnahabhain. I’ve tried a couple of expressions at Spirit of Toronto, and I have a mini of the 12 YO, but I haven’t opened it yet. I would like to thank @Astroke…