World Whisky reviews

This is an abridged version of a blog post I'll be publishing tomorrowIf the Internet is correct, the original Lot 40 (circa late 1990s) was the brainchild of then Master Distiller Mike Booth. It was an…

This is an abridged version of a review from my blogWhen I read that Don Livermore, Master Distiller at J.P. Wiser's had a Ph.D. in Distilling, (likely on this very site), I had to investigate further…

Nose: Wow! What more can I say...this really jumps out of the glass. I get the impression of a cinnamon-scented beeswax candle. Also hints of raisin, dill, maybe dried apple. It is sweet, herbal,…

Nose: quite fresh, very fruity. Apple, certainly some pear. Almost like a very young malt whisky. The oak is extremely light but shows up in the vanilla flavour which melds nicely with the fruit. …

Whistle Pig 15yr Vermont Estate Rye is finished in wood from the whistle pig farm. It is the olders whistle pig release and costs around $200 per bottle.I am very thankful i didn't buy this bottle. It…

For the 150th birthday of Canada, I'm going back to a sure value among Canadian whisky: Wiser's Legacy. But It would not be useful to write another review of this well known whisky if this bottle was…

A very special review for a very special day. As Canada celebrates its 150th birthday I thought I would celebrate with my 100th review and of course it HAD to be a Canadian whisky.This whisky was rel…

The final whisky in this series of reviews celebrating Canada's 150th birthday couldn't be more fitting. This 15 year old Gooderham & Worts was bottled to celebrate Canada's 100th birthday in 1967! How…

For my penultimate review in this series, I turn to a recent bottling for the sesquicentennial. To celebrate Canada's 150th Anniversary, Wiser's released this limited edition of 7,827 numbered bottles…

WhistlePig is a distillery based in Vermont that, before they started making their own whisky, bottled 100% Canadian rye from Alberta Distillers. Otherwise, to be honest, I don't know much about Whist…