All Whisky reviews

Disclaimer: I am not an whisky expert nor do I play one on TV. I have recently tried Bruichladdich Peat and loved it. I was hoping that this expression would fill a niche in the "unpeated" category for…

Bought this a few weeks ago after debating it for over a year. I'd always been curious and finally took the plunge. Nose: Banana, Peat, Unripe Strawberries, Lemon Cake, Nutmeg, HoneyPalate: Bananas,…

I'm generally a fan of anything Laphroaig and the distillery has never let me down in all these years, though, I've heard of a miscreant 15 year old that may taint an otherwise perfect track record. But…

I think Bowmore is a dependable distillery with some solid expressions (Tempest Batch 2) and some not-so-solid expressions (Mariner & Enigma). And that's what makes a distillery exciting and human, in…

Ardbeg Uigeadail turned out to be just as good as everyone was talking about it. Though bottled at cask strength, I still managed to make it brilliant for my taste with few drops of water (I usually…

David Stewart, the Master Blender at Balvenie, has his own favourite marrying tun. You have guessed it, it is the Tun 1401. In i the married several specially selected casks for about three months to…

Ellington Canadian Whisky is apparently an export-only whisky. I could find no reference to it on wine-searcher.com and it is not sold by the Liquor Control Board of Ontario (LCBO). There is no distil…

Like the 'standard' No Age Statement Ellington Canadian Whisky, the Ellington Reserve Canadian Whisky 8 yo appears to be an export-only product. There is no information given on the distillery from which…

In a perfect world, the Van Winkles would be as ubiquitous as the Kardashians, and the Kardashians would be as obscure as the Van Winkles. Liquor stores large and small maintain waiting lists for any…

N: creamy and waxy (a lot of wax!!!). red apple P: not a great body, oily and honeyed F: walnut. quite short