World Whisky reviews

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…

This bottle was most kindly sent my way via the generosity of @cricklewood. Too kind, Sir! It's been open over ten months now and is about half full.Now I could go into the specs of this whisky in a…

I was surprised a few months ago when I was looking through my miniatures and I came across this one, and I realized I had not done a review of it yet. I was waiting to do it as my 200th review but then…

According to their website WhistlePig began with the purchase of a farm in 2007. After a few years of "deep consideration and personal reflection we committed ourselves to crafting the world’s finest and…

A personal favorite of Al Capone, this whiskey was born in Detroit but moved to Windsor, Canada during Prohibition (it just had to move to the other side of the river.) A bright, glossy golden pour that…

For my 200th review I wanted to pick something special so I chose this limited release expression by Dillon’s distillery in the Niagara region of Ontario. Not surprisingly, this review comes with a story…

When the corona crisis hit, Bart Joosten from Eaglesburn launched an appeal to pre-order his next release, so that he could create enough cask flow to keep the stills operational. The bottles would be…

How great must it be to have a brother that makes whisky? And then when you get married, you get your own whisky as wedding gift (well, not quite – the spirit went into the cask on the wedding day).…

In the past three years, I’ve made a special effort to taste whiskies from as many of the micro distillers in Canada that I can. I think I’m up to 35, a small number still, but that’s a fair number past…