All Whisky reviews

For years I had seen here and there bottles of a very peculiar brand name, and of a very peculiar bottle design, of Scottish malt whisky. I used to examine these bottles closely to make sure that they…

So this is what happened. Around three years ago (in 2011) our local distributor organized an evening with a certain Anthony Wills of Kilchoman. Having read interesting things about the distillery (it…

Ahhhhh. I'm inside on a sunny Saturday afternoon, watching the Rogers Cup semi-final (the women's tennis, taking place in Montreal). That it is the Williams sisters against each other makes it quite…

First of all, the colour of the bottling is really red - it's almost disturbing. It to me seems beyond caramel colouring and into wine or port cask finishes, which don't seem to underlie the flavour in…

Old Buck VYS is a 4 year old peated single malt made specially for the 2 year anniversary of Viskinystävien Seura = VYS (Friend's of Whisky Society).Matured in Jack Daniel's barrel and apparently only…

Ardmore distillery is located in the far South-East of Speyside, at the edge of the Grampian mountains. The name Ardmore derives from the Gaelic 'Ard moi' meaning 'Big Slope', a reference to the undul…

Slow warm full mouth coating wooden herbal arrival develops a sweet tangy malty balanced slow long vegetable finish.

Strong fast thick spicy mouth coating arrival develops a long slow malty and fruity finish.

This whisky is a "limited" release, which really means that it is produced in batches as it is a pretty regular offering from CC. It's the same recipe as the standard "Canadian Club", but it is just in…

I had never heard of Balcones Distilling until they won the WWA 2014 award for best American Whiskey. While I'm not a big fan of awards this time around I'm grateful to them for bringing this Texan…