Wiser's reviews

Available exclusively in British Columbia (though there might not be any more left), Union 52 is part of Wiser's Collector's Series of limited edition bottlings. This one is called Union 52 because it…

Dr. Don Livermore (no references to my ultrasound joke like last time…oops) asserts that Canadian whisky’s strength is in its flexibility and versatility. Sadly I only have undergraduate degrees so I…

Union 52A blend of 16 Y0 Canadian and 52 YO Highland Malt in a ratio of 25 to 1. The Scotch had been sleeping at the Walkerville campus for decades, eighteen barrels that I estimate to have been holding…

J.P. Wiser's 14 YO Last Barrels 45% abv, sour mash, bourbon barrels, 80% corn, 11% rye, 9% barley. This is one very dusty dram! Sweet, silky, spicy, and hot. Bourbon nose, thick and nutty mid-palate,…

I've held back this review for more than a year, not because the number at the top is controversial, but because I wanted it to be right. I think when you start a whiskey collection it is done for love…

Legend has it that just before heading up into management, a Wiser’s top distiller did a final run that was an “experiment”. He put together a mash of grains, and added a cup of milk he had intentionally…

Nose: at full strength, somewhat closed. I get aromas of creamy caramel and vanilla, fairly typical of Canadian blended whisky. Opens up with the addition of water to reveal herbal rye notes, especially…

Nose: a surprising aroma of bitter oranges. Not a bad start, though quite hot with alcohol fumes. Water brings out an odd astringency. Taste: light-bodied and rather flat until the bitter, hop infused…

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…