bought this one in 2013 after reading glowing reviews of the 12yr NCF edition, seeing the LCBO price and thinking whoa! what a deal! turns out this is the double cask matured, which is slightly different. Aberlour 12 Double Cask matured: 43% ABV Appearance: reddish gold colour. probably darkest of the bottles in my collection. Nose: sweet sherry, some fruit… can’t pick it out. not … Continue reading Review: Aberlour 12 Double Cask
This was my first Speyside, as it is for many, I suspect. I’m not adjusting my scores from back in 2013, but likely would adjust down slightly for this one. The Glenlivet 12: 40% ABV Appearance: light gold, straw-like Nose: rather sweet, apples, caramel, vanilla, hard candy Taste: sweet and subdued. fruit – apples and pears, honey, vanilla. I hate adding water to 40% spirits, … Continue reading Review: Glenlivet 12
This was my third review way back in 2013. it’s an oldie but a goodie and the Quarter Cask is still a bottle I have on the shelf at all times! (helps that it’s one of the few decent values at the LCBO too) Laphroaig Quarter Cask – 48% ABV Appearance: light gold Nose: heavy peat, vanilla, strong medicinal alcohol burn in the sinuses Taste: … Continue reading Review: Laphroaig Quarter Cask
saw this at the LCBO on sale back in 2013 after only having bought blends. This was early in my scotch journey and only my second review. Smokehead Islay Single Malt: 43% ABV Colour: quite light, doesn’t seem to be much color added to it, yellow straw Nose: smoke and alcohol are predominant, peaty, some vanilla Taste: smoke, brine, peat are up front. wet, freshly cut … Continue reading Review: Smokehead single malt
First the story of how I got this bottle, then the review: Fellow Redditor Woodvillan from my hometown of Hamilton posted in r/hamilton that he had bought a 1L bottle or Ardbeg at the duty free in Miami, but after trying a dram, didn’t really enjoy it and was willing to sell it for $60. I came across the post minutes after he posted it … Continue reading Review: Ardbeg 10
If you’re part of the Reddit whisky network, you’d be aware that November’s Community review was Wiser’s Last Barrels. I’ve had this sample for a while, having gotten it in a swap with /u/lecheconcarnie from reddit a couple months ago, but had neglected to get around to reviewing it. Then I realized the community review was going to be finalized soon and hadn’t yet contributed my … Continue reading Wiser’s Last Barrels – a Review
recently, Devoz visited the Hiram Walker/Corby/Pernod Ricard/Wiser’s facility (that’s a lot of names and I’m honestly not sure which one is correct!) in Windsor ,Ontario and got a private tour of the operations. He also was very kindly given a personalized 200ml Lot No. 40 Cask Strength edition bottle to his own enjoyment, and generously put samples out to members of the Toronto Whisky Society … Continue reading Lot No. 40 Cask Strength – Review
The Toronto Whisky Society had another meetup this weekend, and had a number of fantastic bottles to sample from. We had 9 people out, including many of our contributors from here: Devoz, TOModera, Boyd86, Throzen, Xile_, DistillAsian, Kyle Butler, and Bryan Vanderkruk with special guest CharlesDobson from Alberta. We had a line-up of 9 bottles and sampled, dissected and discussed each one. The reviews will be … Continue reading Toronto Whisky Society November 2016 tasting meet-up
A group of us from the Toronto Whisky Society have been getting together for meetups at scotch bars or at each other’s homes for drinking nights for a couple years now, and we recently visited the Toronto Distillery Co, the same distillery that recently did an AMA here on Reddit’s World Whisky Sub. Charles and J.R. have been very friendly and engaging with the community on … Continue reading Toronto Whisky Society visits the Toronto Distillery Co
Wasn’t even aware of Dixon’s Distilled Spirits till I saw a sign on the Hanlon in Guelph the other day, then when I checked out their website, I saw they were having a 1yr anniversary event that day and decided to check it out. Here are some pictures from their 1 year anniversary event! Jeremie is the head distiller and Miranda is the youngest female distiller in Canada for … Continue reading Toronto Whisky Society member visits Dixon’s Distillery 1 year anniversary
At the Edinburgh duty free for an evening flight. The whisky reps are out in full force pouring samples. took some very sparse, quick notes, didn’t comment on appearance for most because they all look like e150. I’d seen the Talisker Skye in bottle shops and was curious so I started with it, expecting a standard Talisker dram Talisker Skye – 45.8% ABV Nose: Salty. … Continue reading Bryan’s Scotland Trip Part 5 – Duty Free
The next day after a trip to Finlaggan, the ancient seat of the Lord of the Isles (which I highly recommend to anyone visiting Islay, it’s amazingly cool), we checked out Bruichladdich. After the experiences at the other 3, we expected to get 1-2 drams, explore the distillery a bit, and then head to Kilchoman. instead, after talking to the bartenders for a while, they decided … Continue reading Bryan’s Scotland Trip Part 4 – Bruichladdich
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