World Whisky reviews

In the lead-up to Passover, I usually review a Japanese whisky before I seal up my cabinet. With the rising rate of anti-semitic incidents, both violent and online, I decided this year to do a series…

In the lead-up to Passover, I often review a Japanese whisky before I seal up my cabinet. With the rising rate of anti-semitic incidents, both violent and online, I decided this year to do a series of…

In the lead-up to Passover, I usually review a Japanese whisky before I seal up my cabinet. In 2020 I broke with that tradition and reviewed an Israeli whisky. With the rising rate of anti-semitic…

One of my all-time favourite Canadian whiskies were the earlier batches of Forty Creek. And not just mine – of so many. It was a blend of corn, rye, and barley whiskies that were finished in a few custom…

Sons of Vancouver distillery is a small distillery in Vancouver - which recently started to release some whisky, starting last year. They just took home the whisky of the year award at the Canadian…

J.P. Wiser's released this whisky recently into their core lineup - I can't remember exactly when, but in the last two years (I think). It is a blend of corn and rye distillate, aged for 10 years in…

This is already the second single cask that Marcel Kip – aka The Barrel Baron – bottles from this Israeli distillery. I had the privilege of judging a sample as early as June 2022. And now that it’s…

Canadian Club has released 6 40+ year old whiskies, based on a 1977 distillate, in the last 6 years, one each year. The whiskies have all been outstanding, if you like the character of lighter, well-aged…

Those of you who know me will no doubt be aware that Amrut is one of my favourite distilleries, if not my favourite. I have never tasted anything from them that was less than good. Many are outstanding…

Well, this was a treat. Early this year I heard from someone about a mysterious group called The Drop Collective that anyone could join, that was holding a lottery for a very exclusive release of a 18…