Yip Cider @ The Snooty Fox, Fredericton
This one appears to have slipped through the cracks – Yip Cider from Long Reach, New Brunswick. I know I know – it’s the middle of winter, this is from […]
Aviation Gin with Mum, Brenna & Steph
Aviation Gin, The American Gin Owned By A Canadian. So says the video spot starring & voiced by the professionally handsome recent gin brand purchaser, Ryan Reynolds: It works because […]
Juraj Dobrila Single Barrel Viski with Dan
Putting a new country on the board is always fun – Juraj Dobrila Single Barrel Malt Viski from Croatia! Thanks to Steph for checking a bag to bring this home. […]
All The Spiceboxes with Mum & Dan
Spicebox spiced whisky – “real prohibition rye whisky” marked “spices” to help smuggling. There’s a great story on their website that seems to have zero relationship with this product other […]
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 […]
Round 2! Compass Box Peat Monster with Dan
Very quick review today because I’m late but that’s okay, we’ve had Compass Box’s Peat Monster before! Here’s our previous go-round with this boggy bugger, so we can jump right […]
Compass Box Asyla with Dan
Aw yiss let’s kick of Compass Box Month-And-A-Half here at iScotch – Asyla! A blended scotch meant as an everyday drinker, taken with splash. Unfortunately for anyone who did take them […]
Pike Creek 10y Rum Cask with Matt
I could’ve sworn we’d had a Pike Creek before, but a quick search for “creek” only pings Forty, Knob and Corner. So add another creek to the… uh.. pile? of […]
Twelve Barrels with Dan
Aww yeah ten and a half months later finally get to my Christmas present from Dan – Twelve Barrels Canadian Whisky. The story of this bottle is a little amazing. […]
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 […]
Highland Park Magnus with Dan, Bowick & Matt M
Highland Park Magnus. Big dark bottle, cool.. uh.. dragon.. wolfy sort of logo. Classic Highland Park. And by “classic” Highland Park I mean this truism: the less you pay for […]
Lagavulin 8y with Dan & Goran
Aw yiss. A classic of the form. One of the pantheon. A real… thing of the… stuff. Lagavulin 8y. We’ve had exactly one Lagavulin before because they are prized, rare […]
Round 2! Dalwhinnie 15y with Dan
Just a quick Round 2! for this glorious August weekend. Scotch doesn’t always feel like a summer drink, but on those cooler evenings in front of the grill or out […]
Coffin Ridge Forbidden Dry Cider
Just a quick review this week. It has been hot as hell here for too long and I am up to my beer gut in chores that need doing. So […]
The Ardmore Legacy with Dan
Once again, it’s been a while since we had a single malt scotch, the whisky after which the site is named. This happens, of course, because other whiskies, spirits & […]
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 […]
Innis & Gunn Vanishing Point VP01 Imperial Stout with Dan, Ryan, Adrian & Bowick
Innis & Gunn are known for trying stuff, different combinations, interpretations etc. They’ve launched a new line called Vanishing Point, which is: the point at which the skills and passion […]
NWT Brewing Company Kicksled Cream Ale
Another road trip, another capital city, another local brew! This time it’s Yellowknife’s own NWT Brewing Company and their Kicksled Cream Ale. I didn’t track down any interesting northern critter […]
Innis & Gunn Longitude & Latitude Series 001 Barrel Aged Raspberry Saison with Davey
Add another Innis & Gunn to the roster – Longitude & Latitude Series 001, the Barrel Aged Raspberry Saison. This was a great drink, somehow managing to be 6% and […]
Luck O’ The Irish: Bushmills Red Bush with Dan
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 […]
Saskatoon Sessions: Lucky Bastard Rye 001
Last of the Saskatoon Sessions! Sorry, publishing schedule got a little messed up when I … uh… just stopped posting for a while. Let’s just all be glad 2017 is […]
Bruichladdich Port Charlotte Heavily Peated Scottish Barley with Dan & Ryan
The last from the big blue box, Bruichladdich Port Charlotte Heavily Peated Scottish Barley Single Malt Scotch, because why not take 20 syllables and 10 words to name your thing. […]
Bruichladdich Classic Laddie Single Malt Scotch with Dan & Ryan
First out of the Big Box o Bruichladdich – the Classic Laddie! The Classic is an established blend, created by one distiller and now serves as the mark the new […]
Saskatoon Sessions: Ardbeg Uigeadail
Ardbeg Uigeadail – It’s pronounced oog-a-dal, because that’s what you say when you drink it. This is a Proper Islay – full bore smoke and fire, good for a […]
