Thanks to /u/xile_ for sharing this one with us. And we hit the end of the tasting. The tasting, I might add, that was a decent length, had multiple breaks, and tons of water in between. This is the maximum amount of drams I would do, given the length, and taped out after this one. So this one was handed to me with no background, only that… Continue reading Bunnahabhain 39 1976 Cadenheads Small Batch
Recently some of Corby’s representatives reached out to members of the Toronto Whisky Society to attend a tasting event they were having with bartenders and whisky media at the Drake Devonshire in picturesque Prince Edward County. TOModera and I were fortunate enough to be able to go. We looked forward to the opportunity to try the soon-to-be-released Northern Border Collection Limited Releases! It was TOModera’s first … Continue reading Northern Border Collection tasting event at the Drake Devonshire
Thanks to /u/xile_ for sharing this one with us. So we’re near the end of the tasting, yet we have “phase 2” to go, if we want, and also a break. And DDs for each of us. So we took a break. And after a decent hummus break, and then a process of clearing out our palettes, we decided we could do more. So xile_ opened another… Continue reading GlenDronach 30 1985 Single Cask
Thanks to /u/xile_ for sharing this one with us. Springbank is now the leading distillery for fermentation time, with 110 hours. Most places do between 40 hours and 3 days, with some doing a few more than that. The result is evident in Springbank’s quality, and for that they should be praised. The true reason I bring this up is I find young Springbanks have these nice,… Continue reading Springbank 8 Fresh Sherry Springbank Society
Heartwood Calm Before the Storm Review * 66.4% ABV * 7 years old * First-fill ex-Oloroso sherry cask Well this should be fun, my first Heartwood review. Massive thank you to TOModera for letting me try this. Nose: Not the most complex, tons of sherry and spice. Raisin, clove, pepper, brown sugar. Oak and leather, some alcohol as well. … Continue reading Heartwood Calm Before the Storm Review
Thanks to /u/xile_ for sharing this one with us. Compass Box 3 Deluxe. Sounds like we’re missing, right? Yeah, I typically remove the word “years old” in my reviews. Why? Because I need to be different, as that’s what I was told when I was a kid. Compass Box feels that the current rules for blended whisky should be changed, allowing them to explain exactly what goes… Continue reading Compass Box 3 Deluxe
Thanks to /u/devoz for sharing this one with us. Sweden. Land of… stuff. I think. There’s stuff there right… Shite, better look up what they are known for… Okay, that was a lot to read. However you’re not here to learn about Sweden. That’s what polandball is for. So instead I just CTRL-F for whisky, and only found something on a Russian Submarine, back in 1981. I… Continue reading Box PX (MYSTERY)
Thanks to /u/xile_ for sharing this one with us. Little bit worried about posting this one. It has a history, and I have a history of reviewing them before. So back in the day, Bruichladdich had a revitalization. Their casks weren’t the best they could be, so they sourced a lot of wine casks to finish them in. However not all of the casks needed replacing. And… Continue reading Bruichladdich DNA 3rd Edition MCMLXXXV
Thanks to /u/xile_ for sharing this one with us. Bladnoch. Lowland. These two words are ones you hear in whisky circles, and then half the group goes “Huh, never had anything from there. What do they make again?” Bladnoch has only recently been revitalized, so some of the older barrels from the last batch are popping up. Not to mention they were a distillery that opened and… Continue reading Bladnoch SMWS 50.72 “Summer’s night in Lovers Lane”
Thanks to /u/cake_my_day for two of these samples. There are blends, blended malts, and vattings. Today we’re going to look at blended malts. Douglas Laing has an entire division devoted to the idea of taking two different whiskies from different distilleries, blending them together, and making something new. But not just two different whiskies. Two different single casks. All done for, and I’m quoting here, “a bit… Continue reading Three Douglas Laing Double Barrel Offerings
Went to Feathers for this dram. Because… I’ve been told I’m behind. Lochside distillery killed my grandfather. Thus why I never have reviewed them, and it’s a horrible pain my family deals with every day. Wait, no, that’s silly. Or at least macabre. I just haven’t had a chance to try any Lochside distillery before, as it lasted a very short amount of time. They started in… Continue reading Lochside 21 Old Malt Cask Douglas Laing
Thanks to /u/devoz for this sample. Yadda yadda yadda Toronto Whisky Society meeting blah blah blah Ledaig etcetera etcetera etcetera someone lost an eye. It’s pronounced Le-Check. Ledaig 18 1994 Gordon & MacPhail Exclusive for Co-op Wines & Spirits is, for lack of a better term, a lost gem that makes me want to move out West. You see, Co-op Wines & Spirits had this bottling made a… Continue reading Ledaig 18 1994 Gordon & MacPhail Exclusive for Co-op Wines & Spirits
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