whiskey

Old Forester 1920 Straight From Kentucky Bourbon with Dan, Steve and Matt

iscotch 18 July No Comments

2 minutes

Last summer was the polar opposite of this summer. We were adventuring. We were driving and traveling and going to concerts and eating out and having whiskies journeys all over the country. I had amazing […]

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Hard Way Cider Company with Dan

iscotch 20 June No Comments

3 minutes

Hard Way Cider Company, located halfway between Kingston & Napanee, up the road from McKinnon Brothers Brewing Company (who we’ll have to check out soon). I had seen these guys advertise on Facebook (while I […]

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St George Spirits Single Malt California Whiskey in Boston

iscotch 6 June 1 Comment

3 minutes

Oh America. You are in a world of shit these days. Covid, police brutality, protests, that guy you elected, that website he likes, that website he hates, and we’re heading into the traditional crazy weather […]

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Advent 02: James E Pepper 3y Batch 1 Oloroso Cask American Rye

iscotch 15 February No Comments

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Second day of Advent is James E Pepper 3y Batch 1 Oloroso Cask Finished American Rye. If I do one of these every two weeks it will take 11 months to review them all. Might […]

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Hochstadter’s Slow & Low Rock & Rye Pre-Mix Cocktail with Dan

iscotch 18 January No Comments

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Grabbed on a dash back across the border last summer, a tiny little premixed cocktail. Rye whiskey and rock candy, Pennsylvania honey and Florida oranges: Hochstadter’s Slow & Low Rock & Rye rolls a lot […]

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That Time I Drank 21 Whiskeys With Dan

iscotch 12 October 1 Comment

2 minutes

A recent very excellent birth day present, two tickets to Whiskey Ottawa, thanks Hillary! A massive event with a good 3-400 people and looooots of different whiskeys and whiskies. So much scotch, such tiny glasses. […]

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Clyde May’s Straight Bourbon Whiskey with Bengt, Brad & Chris

iscotch 21 September No Comments

2 minutes

VIDEO! VIDEO! VIDEO! Clyde Who? Straight What? Bourbon… from where? ANSWER: Clyde May’s Straight Bourbon from Alabama. What do those things mean again? Bourbon: from America, with 51% corn in the original mash. Straight Bourbon: […]

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Clyde May’s Alabama Style Whiskey with Bengt, Brad & Chris

iscotch 14 September No Comments

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Another Video Review Clyde May’s Alabama Whiskey. “Distilled Since 1946, Legal Since 2001” is a pretty great slogan. Especially since within four years they’d be the official state liquor of Alabama, followed shortly by a […]

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Teaser Tuesday! Clyde May’s Alabama Whiskeys

iscotch 10 September No Comments

1 minute

I was down in the states visiting family and friends, and we stopped in a small (giant) liquor store in… I would say Massachusetts if I don’t know how to spell it. But yeah, a […]

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Wild Turkey Longbranch with Davey

iscotch 15 June No Comments

1 minute

Quick review this week, Wild Turkey Longbranch Bourbon! Small batch bourbon made with weird woods! How much do you trust the “small batch” label from a large distiller tho? I dunno. Here’s what we thought: […]

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The Lunar Rogue Pub with Hillary

iscotch 1 June 1 Comment

3 minutes

It’s been an interesting spring, and May 2-4 weekend found yours truly ping-ponging around The Drive-Thru Province, traditional home of the Irving family, land of seafood, craft beer and more seafood, New Brunswick. My local […]

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Powers Gold Label with Steph

iscotch 16 March No Comments

2 minutes

Every year like clockwork March stumbles in from the cold and delivers Irish Stereotype Reinforcement Day to warm the cockles of your projectile vomiting heart. St Paddy’s Day in North America has as much to […]

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Larceny Kentucky Straight Bourbon with Dan

iscotch 9 February No Comments

1 minute

Another Heaven Hill bourbon to add to the wall – Larceny Kentucky Straight Bourbon Whiskey. You know what’s cool? Crime. Crime is cool. Name things after crimes. This bourbon’s distinction is that it swaps rye […]

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Platte Valley 3y Straight Corn Whiskey with Dan, Bowick & Ryan

iscotch 4 August No Comments

2 minutes

Another border hop, another duty free… uh, find? Doesn’t seem like the right word here. This is like something out of Dungeons & Dragons, a ceramic jug of curses & concentrated goblin farts. Platte Valley […]

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Dr James Crow’s Old Crow Kentucky Bourbon with Dan

iscotch 22 June No Comments

2 minutes

A border-crossing friend snagged this.. um.. testament to budgetary discretion. Dr James Crow’s Old Crow Kentucky Bourbon is available at Duty Free shops and still manages to only be $8usd. Which is made further amazing […]

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Jack Daniels Party Time with Dan

iscotch 19 May No Comments

2 minutes

Ah yes, the great Victoria Day long weekend, known as May 2-4 by people still drinking crap beer by the crate. “We here at iScotch only drink the best!” – a lie, best exemplified by […]

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Luck O’ The Irish: Bushmills Red Bush with Dan

iscotch 24 March No Comments

2 minutes

Happy week after St Patrick’s Day! Hey, either we make it a thing or this review sits on the shelf for a year. And by then, who knows? Maybe Red Bush will refer to brigades […]

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Luck O’ The Irish: Paddy Old Irish Whiskey with Steph

iscotch 17 March No Comments

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BAM. Perfect timing. Because the key to a good whiskey review is all in your calendar alignments. Paddy Old Irish Whiskey, ON St Paddy’s Day. Could you ask for anything more? Ever? No I think […]

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West Cork 10y Irish Whiskey with Ryan & Dan

iscotch 16 September 1 Comment

1 minute

Aw yiss a new aged Irish whiskey – West Cork 10y! A new one for us, anyway, West Cork has been around for about 15 years. West Cork likes Bourbon casks – the entire range […]

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Round 2! Knob Creek 9y Single Barrel Reserve with Virginia

iscotch 17 June 1 Comment

2 minutes

Knob Creek, purveyors of fine Kentucky Straight Bourbon Whiskey. This is their Single Barrel Reserve, aged nine years and bottle at 60%. It’s not often a distiller can pull off a high-powered whiskey without a […]

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Jim Beam Bonded with Dan & Julia

iscotch 1 April 1 Comment

2 minutes

This week’s bottle is Jim Beam Bonded, courtesy of Dan’s Laura. Thanks, Laura! Bonded is a whiskey term we’ve seen before. To jog your memories, the whiskey meets an external government standard – the product […]

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Jameson Black Barrel with Dan & Ryan

iscotch 12 November No Comments

2 minutes

A slightly odd bottle this time. Some Jameson Black Barrel arrived in a covert container on the doorstep, a sample from somebody’s stash. Thanks, generous stranger! Jameson is an Irish whiskey we’re familiar with, having […]

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Corner Creek Kentucky Bourbon with Virginia, Dan, Goran & Steve

iscotch 6 August 1 Comment

2 minutes

Corner Creek Kentucky Bourbon, the first bourbon bottler we’ve sampled. Same as with scotch, some companies distill, some buy and blend, and some buy and bottle. This is the latter. To be more correct, we’ve […]

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Stranahan’s Colorado Whiskey with Dan

iscotch 28 May 1 Comment

2 minutes

Stranahan’s Colorado Whiskey. This is essentially an American Highland Malt – clean river water & mountain grown barley make it sound like it could come from a loch as easily as a ranch. Stranahan’s is […]

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