World Whisky reviews

Nose: mildly fruity, with some vanilla. Soft orange notes, delicate florals, and a bit of wood. Not unpleasant, but not very expressive either.Taste: medium-bodied. Sweet at first, then quickly drying…

It’s no surprise that COVID disrupted the Canadian premium whisky industry in Ontario in 2020. From what I understand, the LCBO, a major purchaser of Wiser’s products, put a hold on new releases. So…

Santa came early and brought me this lovely bottle of limited-edition whisky from Corby. Finished in Cabernet Sauvignon barrels from a Niagara winery, it has a beautiful amber colour with ruby accents…

OK now we are on to the actual KWM 2020 Whisky Advent Calendar entry for Day 15. Selected and bottled exclusively for KWM, this is 100% rye distilled in May 2009 and matured for 11 years in cask #346,…

I picked up this bottle at The Strath, an essential liquor store in Victoria BC - this bottling is exclusive to the retailer and The Union Club of BC. A cask-strength single cask, It is distilled (June…

Today's KWM 2020 Whisky Advent Calendar entry is a Shelter Point Rye, but as I have two other expressions from that distillery on hand, I thought I'd make today a trilogy (I'll do the rye last). The…

Our third and final Millstone is Dec 1 in this year's KWM Whisky Advent Calendar: a single barrel, barrel proof whisky of 51% malted rye and 49% unmalted rye, matured in American Virgin Oak - no age…

Our next Millstone is a peated single malt distilled in May 2013 and bottled - according to the hand-written label - on April 31 2018. This is Bottle No. 4230. Not sure if this spent the entire time in…

My reviews have been few and far between lately (for lots of reasons) but now that my Whisky Advent Calendar has arrived from Kensington Wine Market, I'll be trying to do some on a much more regular…

Here's something you don't see every day - Italian whisky! I don't know much about the PUNI Distillery, except that it's Italy's first whisky distillery and sits at the feet of the Italian Alps somewhere…