All Whisky reviews

Hiram Walker Master Blender Don Livermore is not only responsible for the Wiser's line of whiskies, but also Corby's other brands such as Gooderham & Worts, Pike Creek and Lot 40. While still working as…

I've not been a huge drinker of the regular Maker's Mark, but got this bottle in the States and the boldness of the flavours in the cask strength really captured my palate.This bottle is 56.1% alcohol…

This Dufftown 1984 slept 26 long years on a sherry butt, giving it a bright copper colour and a cask strength of 55%. The nose needs a bit of time to open up. It all begins rather simple on apples and…

Ooh, and old bottling of Dufftown, when then-owner Arthur Bell & Sons still put Dufftown-Glenlivet on their label and were allowed to call their 8 years old a Pure Malt. This is a bottling from the 1980s…

A few years ago Diageo launched two new Singletons: the Tailfire and the Sunray, both very quaffable, nice whisky’s that would do very well on a sunny terrace with a board game. A year later, in 215,…

This is a review of standard Buffalo Trace Bourbon, which has no age statement, but is generally considered to be no fewer than 6 years old, and up to 9 years old. I was recently given a 70% full rece…

This is a preview of a review going up on my blog next Wednesday. Please feel free to comment with your constructive criticismI'm loath to admit I have never owned a bottle of Talisker until about two…

It is my pleasure to introduce a glenrothes of 9 yo, which is bottled by the Creative Whisky Company. It reminds of a song by Merle Haggard " It is not love but it is not bad". No, it is not bad at…

Available exclusively in British Columbia (though there might not be any more left), Union 52 is part of Wiser's Collector's Series of limited edition bottlings. This one is called Union 52 because it…

Now and then one might get the feeling that one is launched into another realm of consciousness. Most of the time it is an illusion. This time I know it is an illusion too, but I do not care at all. Yes…