All Whisky reviews

This is a new expression of Gibson's, a Canadian whisky brand owned by William Grant & Sons (Glenfiddich Master Blender Brian Kinsman also blends Gibson's apparently). This release has been timed with…

Nose is wonderful, with sweet dark cherry, vanilla, and sherry wine. The palate is a letdown though. I get a bit of chocolate and raspberry. But it's not that pronounced and the flavors are somewhat weak…

Nope: coffee, chocolate, stewed fruits, sugar plum, sweet oak, maple syrup, fresh roses, pecans, Graham crackers and honey. Holy crap what a nose.Palate: Sharp, hot and sweet. Quick flash of pepper, then…

My thanks go to @newreverie for the reviewed sample. Jefferson's Ocean Cask Stength is listed as 'Voyage 7' during which time some of the whiskey aging occurred at sea. There is no age statement here,…

The reviewed sample was provided by a friend. The reviewed bottle had been open for 7 months and was 1/3 full at the time of the dispensing of the sample Nose: light wine flavours, together with light…

Avec accent aigu sur le "e" final. Bastille is blended whisky produced in Angouleme, France. It has no age statement and is finished in Limousin oak casks. The reviewed bottle has been open for 7 weeks…

First up, apologies for the radio silence (for the two people who may have noticed). A lot's been happening since I got back from Islay last month. Mainly I'm running a 16km obstacle race in December and…

This whisky is distilled from 95% Ontario corn and 5% Canadian malted barley. Again, this is from a single cask (so I guess the corn and malt were together in the mashbill? Or were they distilled sepa…

I reviewed a cask strength bottling over a year ago; this one is their 46% version. Like the single malt I just reviewed, the label says "single cask" but doesn't give a cask number.The colour is a pale…

I've reviewed single malts from this distillery before, but the usual bottles you buy are batch-specific (if not barrel specific). This bottle, a 375ml from the distillery's "Discovery Pack", has no cask…