World Whisky reviews

Dr. Don Livermore (no references to my ultrasound joke like last time…oops) asserts that Canadian whisky’s strength is in its flexibility and versatility. Sadly I only have undergraduate degrees so I…

Kadhambam was the subject of a lot of blogs about 2 years ago. In its own way, it was a novelty in the conservative world of whisky raising interest and suspicion. Why? Because Amrut has taken a "Regular…

As far as I understand, a small portion of this whisky (~10%) was matured in new heavily toasted Swedish oak barrels.Very fruity and light in character, with a brilliant presentation of barley. Banana…

Thanks to @Nelom for the sample. It has been something like a year since my last review, nice to have a minute to drop another one.High River is a blended Canadian Whisky, from whisky sourced from saz…

Most people reviewing this whisky online either want to eviscerate Jim Murray or vindicate him. I want neither; I'm just sharing my thoughts. I've had three bottles of this Canadian rye whisky. My first…

At last it has arrived: the official ten year old single malt from Mackmyra. This Swedish single malt was composed with whisky that matured on bourbon and oloroso casks and new American oak. It was put…

Nantou Distillery has been active since 1978, but this Taiwanese distillery – which is state owned – only started producing whisky in 2008. Next to their Omar Bourbon, they also have an Omar Sherry,…

If you put whisky and Taiwan in one sentence, chances are you are talking about Kavalan. But since 2008 the Nantou Distillery – a state owned company – also produces whisky and by now two of their bot…

I have tried the Kavalan Concertmaster before, a bottling from 2009, but now got the opportunity to try a 2015 release. Well, let’s see if this one, which is a Portuguese port cask finished whisky, does…

You can also find this bottled as l'Oncle Meyer, it is the same simple blend from the Alsace, a north eastern region of France, on the border with Germany. Oh, well, you are on vacation and… but it is…