World Whisky reviews

According to the interweb machine, this is mostly J.P. Wiser's double column distilled corn with a touch of double column distilled rye. The whisky is aged for 18 years in previously used (once? twice…

This is (obviously) the Pike Creek bottling in 2018's Norther Border Collection Rare release. The previous year's Pike Creek limited release was finished in Speyside casks; the 2018 is finished (after…

This sample was graciously provided by @NozinanThe bottle was opened October 31 2018 and was 2/3 full when the sample was poured on Dec 2.Here are my notes with some excerpts from my exchange with @No…

Nose: unique. Raisin, plum, cigarette tobacco leaf. Reminds me quite a bit of an Auchentoshan I had before. Would not have pegged this as Canadian, certainly not CC. Quite an assertive aroma, takes some…

I wrote Part I of this series four months ago; OK I'm going to try to keep up and not give longer pauses to this series (Life: busy). Park of the 2018 Northern Border Collection Rare releases, the label…

In the niche world of sipping whisky, there's a lot of disagreement (and heated debate) around what the "best" whisky is. Any whisky enthusiast who's ever been to a wedding has undoubtedly encountered…

For those of you that want to collect bottles that will appreciate in value with time, go out and find one of these with the cardboard presentation box, and stash it away. First of all, a thirty year old…

I’m sure many on here know that this whisky is from a relatively new English distillery in the Cotswolds region – hence the name. The Cotswolds is a designated Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty that…

I am not ashamed to say that if Amrut is not my favourite distillery, it is likely in the top 3. While I enjoy whiskies from all over the world, and many distilleries produce one or more great bottlings…

In 2014 I attended Spirit of Toronto for the express reason of attending a Masterclass with Ashok Chokalingam presenting some Amruts, including some LCBO exclusive single casks. To be transparent, he had…