All Whisky reviews

The 2nd Nashville Whisky Festival began promptly at 6PM. I was first through the door, and eagerly sought out my first dram. The first table I encountered was Laphroaig, and that's where I found my…

This is a craft presented very affordable 15 y/o whisky from GlenDronach, a distillery who in the last 2 or 3 years have really come to the fore with their age statement range (12-21 year old). Of this…

Creamy honey, vanilla and heather on the nose. Wafts of smoke and butterscotch underly this. Slight hint of green apples and cinammon.Very smooth palate. I get spicy honey primarily. Smokiness not as…

The hardest part of this review is deciding the colour. It's not on the slider scale at all but kind of off on a tangent. Pinkish but with orange - weird.I've added the tiniest drop of water to this..…

I like Bruichladdich for their dedication to natural colour and no chill-filtration. Visited the distillery a couple of years ago on a whirlwind tour of Islay, (when I actually went to all eight disti…

The “Hokkaido” was originally produced at Yoichi distillery, located on Hokkaido, Japan’s northernmost main island. The distillery belongs to Nikka Whisky Distilling Company that in turn is owned by…

I had my eye on this whisky for some time (I admit to being persuaded by Ian Buxton's compelling description of this blend in his original "101 Whiskies" book). However, priced prohibitively at nearly…

For me, The Dalmore 12 has always been a whisky that I either love or hate a bit tricky one, or should I say that sometimes too easy? So, now I that poured a glass and thought that for the first time I…

Well, TIFF is finally almost over (two more screenings tonight, and then we're done), but I had some time this afternoon to write this one up. I'll dedicate this dram to Peter Stebbings' film Empire of…

Convergences. Gotta love 'em. In this case, great reviews, an attractive profile, and an astonishingly fair price from our local population-fleecing institution (the LCBO), converged to compel the pur…