All Whisky reviews

This is a Gordon & Macphail bottling exclusively for Co-op Wine and Spirits in Calgary. Distilled on Nov 12 1998, this rested in a refill sherry hogshead (Cask #14454) until bottling in June 2012. This…

I was pleasantly surprised with a bottle I picked up for camping with friends. Went back and the store was sold out. Went to another store grabbed a bottle and it wasn't as good. Batches vary evidently…

Here we have last year's 12 Year Old - always a fun dram! Note that this bottle has been open for almost a year:The colour is an extremely pale yellow. As you can imagine, there is very little oak on the…

Bottle just opened, so it hasn't aired out or oxygenated much. Here are my initial impressions: It is very ashy indeed. On the nose, quite young with hints of mescal. Reminds me of PC5, but not in as…

Nose: Sour caramel; old library books; vintage car seat leather; slight sulfur.Palate: A touch of peat and smoke; caramel; mouse pelt; alcohol burn; musty curtains.Finish: Ends brilliantly with bright…

Like beer and wine tasting, one of the great things about whisky is that you can get a whisky with great heritage and an intimidating age statement, that just ain't that great. Likewise, you can get some…

Like an omen foretelling the death of your favourite entry level drams, or a new stellar mark-up: NAS, the acronym that sends shivers down the spine of most whisky enthusiasts. Seemingly whenever a NAS…

This whisky is another move towards more rye grain in Canadian whisky, where Wiser's has decided to blend together two 100% rye whiskies together - one from a column still distilled and one from a copper…

Corby Distillers seems to be pushing out new products at a very quick rate these days - they are really giving Forty Creek a run for their money. This one is a blend of two whiskies: one distilled in a…

Composed of 4 year old 50% Sherry, and 50% Bourbon matured, heavily peated spirit (Ardbeg level), this bottling was only meant for the French market, but it was easy to find in Holland too. And... it was…