Royal Challenge Indian/Scottish Whisky Blend with Dan
Royal Challenge, and bud it’s a challenge. A challenge to sniff, a challenge to drink and a challenge to understand how it even happened in the first place. Well, culturally, […]
St George Terroir Gin with Mum & Brenna
Two weeks ago we had St George Single Malt California Whiskey, and now we’re following up with their Terroir Gin. Mildly disappointing as I thought this was Terror Gin at […]
Hard Way Cider Company with Dan
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 […]
St George Spirits Single Malt California Whiskey in Boston
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 […]
Unibroue La Résolution 2019 Extra Strong Beer with NotMike
It’s been 35+ degrees Celsius around here lately so it’s the perfect time to review a heavy beer you (checks internet) … probably can’t get anymore. Unibroue’s La Résolution – […]
Aberlour 12y with Dan & Goran
Aberlour 12y. We’re gaining familiarity with this distiller, having tried the 10y and the 6y from the Advent calendar. We even pitted one against a McClelland’s way back in the […]
Founder’s Original Seville Orange Bourbon Sour with Dan & Steve
Founder’s premixed drinks were the find of last summer. Easy as beer but not beer; cold, refreshing, Canadian, great. So as we head into the Summer of Isolation If You’re […]
Penderyn Merlyn Welsh Cream Liqueur
It’s been suggested by my political advisors that we cool it with the Advent articles for a bit. Doling out reviews for bottles you can’t actually buy every other week […]
Nunavut Brewing Company Floe Edge ᓯᓇᖕᒐ ᐊᖅᓴᕐᓂᑦ ᕕᐊ Northern Lights Lager
Thinking northern thoughts today, so here’s the last of the Nunavut Brewing Company reviews in the hopper: Floe Edge ᓯᓇᖕᒐ ᐊᖅᓴᕐᓂᑦ ᕕᐊ Northern Lights Lager. Like all the NuBrew offerings […]
Advent 07! Auchroisk 12y Batch 7
Advent mini bottle number seven! It’s the unpronounceable Auchroisk, and if you make that noise in the grocery store now, you’ll be asked to leave. #CovidJokes Who are <Scottish barfing […]
Rodenbach Caractère Rouge Red-Brown Ale with Steve
Another Rodenbach – you’d think we’d learn. There’s even another one waiting in the hopper. Sour beer is gross. It’s just gross. The Cataract Rogue is a “recognized regional product” […]
Advent 06: Ardmore 10y Batch 5 with Dan
The sixth tiny bottle from the medium box of big flavours. Pay me to write, you jags! Here we have a hobo’s tear worth of Ardmore 10y, of which is […]
Innis & Gunn Blood Red Sky Red Beer
Here is a, well, to be perfectly honest, here is a very stale review. Almost a year since it went in the hopper. Apologies – there was just always something […]
Advent 05: Aberlour 6y Batch 8 with Dan
The fifth of advent, a 40 full of cheer. Corona got you trapped inside, why not drink a whole box of whisky. What could possibly go wrong? Aberlour is a […]
Collective Arts Bourbon Barrel-Aged Imperial Porter Art Print 2019 with Dan
This year’s Collective Arts print tube is a Bourbon Barrel-Aged Imperial Porter, something a little different. The print is a bird motif from Kait Cooper, check out her stuff and […]
Advent 04: Dufftown 10y Batch 4 with Dan
Advent Number Four! Dufftown, home of Duff Breweries, offers a 10y whisky. I’ve never had a Dufftown before because I didn’t think it was real. It sounds like a fake […]
Collective Arts Artisanal Dry Gin with Brenna & Gill
Another craft gin on our whisky blog – whatever. We’re gonna drink whatever we… chose to afford to drink. Collective Arts Artisanal Dry Gin. As much as we wish Collective […]
Advent 03: Bunnahabhain 10y Batch 14 with Dan
The third tiny bottle of Christ’s bl- I mean – Christmas Advent Holiday Year Ender Boutique-y Whisky things is the Bunnahabhain 10y Batch 14. I dunno what happened to batches […]
Nunavut Brewing Company ᐊᐅᐸᖅᑐᖅ Aupaqtuk Arctic Red Ale
A quickie from the North as I try to push out some of the backlog of beer reviews we have kicking around here. So why not something exotic from Canada’s […]
Advent 02: James E Pepper 3y Batch 1 Oloroso Cask American Rye
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 […]
Drumshanbo Gunpowder Irish Gin with Mum & Brenna
It has been a year and two weeks since our last gin review. That’s crazy, gin is great. This is is not so much great as it is gin, but […]
Advent 01: Reservoir Distillery Bourbon 2y Batch 1 with Dan
Loyal readers will remember I picked up the Boutique-Whisky Company’s Whisky Holiday/Advent Calendar and posted about it just before New Year’s. Well, at 24 to get through, we figured we […]
Robbie Burns Day Review! Innis & Gunn Vanishing Point 03 with Mike & Davey
Happy Robbie Burns Day! I know, I know… reviewing a beer on Robbie Burns Day?! But I don’t have any *Scotch* scotch posts ready in the hopper – bourbon, yes, […]
Hochstadter’s Slow & Low Rock & Rye Pre-Mix Cocktail with Dan
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 […]
