World Whisky reviews

Originally only available in Taiwan, the Canadian Rockies 21 year old is readily available in Canada since 2016. According to various sources I have read, the spirit is distilled and aged by Highwood…

My brother in law and I picked this up during one of our first whisky outings this trip to Calgary. It was discounted and one of my Connosr colleagues asked for a couple so @nosebleed bought one for us…

Christmas… well, I don’t mind opening op something special for that. In this case, a malt from India! This is the Paul John Christmas Edition 2018 of which only 3.000 bottles were released. This Indian…

Nose: hints of fruit, some sweet berries, and cinnamon spice. Lots of buttery toffee. Taste: full-bodied and creamy on the tongue, becoming dry at the back of the mouth. The fruit is subdued, but the oak…

The Wendel Clark 11 Year Old 100% Rye is the only whisky from the J.P. Wiser's Alumni Series currently available at the LCBO. I'm not ashamed to admit I love the idea of a Canadian distillery teaming up…

According to Canadian Whisky guru (see note) Davin de Kergommeaux, "This is exactly the same whisky as the 6-year-old mixer, but it has simply been left in the barrel for an additional 14 years." While…

The first single malt of this English distillery was created with a distillate from September 2009 that matured on Kentucky barrels (70%) and former red wine casks (30%). The late Jim Swan had recomme…

The English Cotswolds distillery was founded in 2014. By now the first malt has been released, but before getting to that, I first would like to try the new make spirit. This particular lot was distilled…

Cotswolds distillery has been distilling since 2014, and has released a few young whiskies recently, which have really impressed many whisky lovers. I came to hear about how good their whisky was (for…

I think I've now purchased most if not all of the more prominent Canadian releases this year, so over the rest of 2018 I'll slowly get to reviewing all of them (plus a few non-Canadians along the way,…