Nickel Brook Glory & Gold Bourbon Barrel Aged Cuvee with Dan
After a month of real (bad) scotch, how about a nice, simple beer? This ain’t that. Nickel Brook Glory & Gold Bourbon Barrel Aged Cuvee is a lot of words […]
Two Bad Budweisers with NotMike & Dan
Sometimes, when two good things get together, they make one really good thing. This is not that. In any way. At street level, these meh beers aged in meh bourbon […]
Old Forester 1920 Straight From Kentucky Bourbon with Dan, Steve and Matt
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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, […]
Crown Royal Bourbon Mash aka Blender’s Mash with Steph, Matt & Marie-Michèle
Interesting story on this one. Crown Royal released the bottle as Bourbon Mash (seen here because we got the hookup), a Canadian whisky made in Canada using a typical Bourbon […]
That Time I Drank 21 Whiskeys With Dan
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 […]
Glenfiddich 19y Age of Discovery with Holly, Trevor, Steve & Dan
After doing a bunch of these reviews (like… a bunch), you can sort of perceive bigger trends. Like how for a bourbon, you need either a year or a cork, […]
Clyde May’s Straight Bourbon Whiskey with Bengt, Brad & Chris
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 […]
Teaser Tuesday! Clyde May’s Alabama Whiskeys
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 […]
Dominion City Brewing Between Two Evils Imperial Stout with Davey
Dominion City Brewing in Ottawa does a lot of interesting stuff, but Davey and I couldn’t agree on whether this was one of them. As stouts go, it’s great for […]
Wild Turkey Longbranch with Davey
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 […]
The Lunar Rogue Pub with Hillary
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 […]
Tomatin Cask Strength Bourbon & Sherry Casks with Dan
Here we go, third and final Twomatronic entry: Tomatin Cask Strength Bourbon & Sherry Casks! We’re in the home stretch now! Best part is even the Throwback Thursdays are stuck […]
Tomatin 12y Bourbon & Sherry Casks with Dan
May is Twomatin month, or the second Tomatin month, which I guess we could have also called ToMaytin now that I think about it a little bit longer. No worries, […]
Larceny Kentucky Straight Bourbon with Dan
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 […]
Innis & Gunn Vanishing Point VP02 with Dan, Dad & Steph
Most completistisming going one here. We had the VP01. So therefore we must have Innis & Gunn’s Vanishing Point VP02 or how will we know.. anything? How will we know […]
Premix Party – Barchef & Founder’s Original
This one’s going to be a little messy. Steph, Dan & I reviewed the Founder’s Original – Dan discovered he does not like Old Fashioneds and bowed out of the […]
Dr James Crow’s Old Crow Kentucky Bourbon with Dan
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. […]
Great Lakes Brewery 30th Anniversary Bourbon Barrel Aged Russian Imperial Stout with Steph
Another big bottled, high abv, milestone-celebrating weird beer here, with a twist – it’s actually good! A lot of times these large format beers can be.. um.. challenging. A lot […]
Weller Special Reserve Wheated Bourbon with Dan
A new budget bourbon appeared on the shelf at the LCBO and we had to try it. Weller Special Reserve, The Original Wheated Bourbon. Despite being “wheated” (which sounds like […]
Round 2! Knob Creek 9y Single Barrel Reserve with Virginia
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 […]
