When the weather outside dips to -20C most peoples thoughts turn to hibernation. On a particularly cold Super Bowl Sunday members of the Toronto Whisky Society decided to brave the cold and warm up on a whisky world tour. Six whiskies from different points on the globe were concealed. Teaser descriptions were given and members were encouraged to try to guess the country of origin, … Continue reading Mystery Malt World Tour – Feb 2026
As always, we finished off the year with our AGM and heels party! We had about 30 members come out, bring bottles with ~1/3 left, covered off a little business including exec elections for the next few years, and then sampled dozens of great drams together! At the end, we raffle off the leftovers for folks to take home! Sadly we didn’t get a good … Continue reading AGM & Heels Party 2025
We first did a Laphroaig/Bowmore event with Matt Jones way back in 2018, and as many members love these brands, we felt it time for a revisit 7 years later! Working with James Neil and Mike Mclean of Beam Suntory, we pulled together an incredible line-up for both brands. We started with a trio of Bowmore 15 expressions, all showcasing different styles of sherry influence. … Continue reading Laphroig & Bowmore Re-visited
For a couple of years, we’d discussed an idea of trying finished whiskies paired with the wine/sherry types they’re finished in, but it’s hard to find a consistent base spirit that enables this type of tasting. If you’re using all different whiskies as the base, how can you parse out the influence of the wine cask vs the base spirit? Enter Glenallachie! We connected with … Continue reading Finished Whiskies & Wine Pairings
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We brought back an old favourite theme for 2024 – Oddballs! Devon picks out some weird/unique/unusual bottlings and we drink them blind and try to guess what they are. This year had some really interesting ones, which are listed in order that we tasted them (and for those who couldn’t come in person and got samples, this is the order 1-5, avoid if you don’t … Continue reading Oddballs 2024
A couple years ago now we acquired some old malts from the 80s and 90s. We’ve previously tasted some of these at an Ardbeg/Glenmorangie tasting, a vintage blends event and our recent Bruichladdich tasting. We still had 10 vintage malts left and so we decided to throw a huge tasting with half ounce pours of each so our members would have a chance to try … Continue reading Vintage Malts Tasting
In Feb 2024 we held a tasting with a brand we had long hoped to work with – Bruichladdich. Reed Pettit brought a few bottles and we acquired a Laddie 10 from the 90s, along with two experimental bottlings courtesy of a member of the club. The tasting was incredible, the stories and insights Reed shared were equally phenomenal and everyone had an amazing time. … Continue reading Bruichladdich Tasting
Diony Distillery from Red Deer Alberta reached out recently asking if we’d be interested in trying their whiskies and of course, we said … of course! The whiskies recently arrived and we gave them a shot, so here’s a little about the distillery, their core expressions, and our thoughts on them. Diony refers to Dionysus, the creator of wine from Greek mythology, which we aren’t … Continue reading Distillery Spotlight: Diony Distillery
We held our AGM as usual in December 2023 and it was a great one, highlighted by amazing food (including a brisket smoked by member Sheps and Canada goose jerky hunted, prepared and cured by founding member and re-elected exec member Bryan. In addition to great food, we had some great whisky, including the leftovers from the 2023 TWS Canadian Single Malt awards, and a … Continue reading 2023 TWS AGM
