World Whisky reviews

Naff title, yeah, I know, but there is definitely more than an ounce of truth to it. I very much enjoyed the standard Lot 40 and @cricklewood very kindly sent me a sample of this so I could taste its…

Make no mistake, this is not whisky. This is still spirit. Yet it is named Young Single Malt. Well, as long as it does not say whisky on the label, there is apparently no legal issue. This is younger…

Like many a new distillery, the upstart Milk & Honey from Israel – the land of… - also has a new make commercially in the market. It was originally sold in bottles of 50cl and cut to 50%, but since last…

I believe this is the first real whisky from Guelph, Ontario micro-distillers Dixon's. It is a blend of corn and rye whisky, matured for 3 years in refill casks. Judging by the colour as well as the…

Truth be told, I’m a bit saddened by the fact that I did not get to visit the Nantou distillery when I visited Taiwan in January 2019. Because I tried some fantastic single casks of Omar single malt in…

Yushan is the new label of the Nantou distillery that is known in my neck of the woods – if at all – as the Omar single malt. Yushan is the highest mountain in Taiwan, by the way. I do not know if it…

Nose: the rye announces itself immediately with a rich, intense, peppery, herbal, and floral aroma. Becomes fruity with apple orchard fragrance in time. Oak notes deeper in the glass. Wonderfully complex…

I was happy to receive this as a free (full sized!) bottle from the company. Maybe I’ve “made it” as a blogger. Of course, once I publish my review, I may never get free whisky again. Oh well, I have to…

This whisky was distilled in 1996 in a pot still from 100% rye. Bill Ashburn, John Hall's predecessor at Forty Creek, carried the grain in himself to the fermenters, did the distillation, and even hand…

The Sivo family came to Quebec from Hungary, where they distilled fruit brandies. They've applied their experience to whisky making, making a single malt and now a rye whisky. This is a blend of 2/3…