A Canadian malt-head's musings on scotch whisky, beer, and anything else that catches his fancy.
Highland Park 12 Year (Highlands – Orkney) – 43% ABV – $80.20 CAD (LCBO) Nose: Subtle in its complexity… Sweet toffee is evident, with a sense of subtle campfire smoke. Light heather and grassy notes blend into the floral. It finishes with a sense of minerality and sea salt. Palate: Sweet toffee. Immediate smokiness […]
Read More Highland Park 12 ReviewCompass Box is a name I’ve come across quite a bit over the last year or two, both in terms of what they have to say about the whisky world and in terms of what the whisky world has to say about them. The general consensus seems to be that Compass Box is a more than […]
Read More Whisky Musings #8 – Compass Box Great King’s Street Artist Blend ReviewNo write up for this one, just a video review of the bottle of Cragganmore I picked up after my tour there last summer. Lovely spot, and definitely a wonderful tour experience, but I’m not sure that the Distiller’s Edition itself is at the same level.
Read More Whisky Musings #7 – Cragganmore Distiller’s Edition (12 Year Old)In this review we discuss Benromach 10, a very reasonably priced entry level scotch from the Speyside region. Benromach 10 (Speyside) – 43% ABV – $59.15 (LCBO) Colour: Chestnut Nose: Earthy: Toasted almonds, tobacco, fresh leather. Hints of raisin, cinnamon spice and smoke. Palate: Earthy notes still pervade. Almonds and shoe leather on the approach, […]
Read More Whisky Musings #6 – Benromach 10Examples of various shades of scotch whisky without caramel colour There are few practices in the whisky world that are met with with more derision and ire than the addition of caramel colour (e150a), and chill filtration. Many whisky bottlings now proudly display “natural colour” or “non-chill filtered” on the labels. This begs the questions, […]
Read More Colouring and Filtering Scotch WhiskyMilestone episode #5! Hurray! For this one I wanted to do something a little more unusual and obscure, and to that end let’s look a bottle from Cadenhead’s independent bottlers in Edinburgh, Scotland: Blair Athol 19 Year (Cadenhead’s Small Batch)(Highlands) – 54.5% ABV Colour: Pinot Grigio Nose: Dry, grassy, hay. Subdued fruit notes follow: […]
Read More Whisky Musings #5 – Blair Athol 19 (Cadenhead Small Batch)This installment takes us to the Speyside region, and the relatively under-appreciated distillery of Aultmore. Enjoy! Colour: Pale Straw Nose: Like a Hawaiian vacation in a glass… Heavy tropical fruits. Citrus, pineapple and banana immediately. Light vanilla and oakiness follow underneath. Palate: Sweet, but not dessert-malt level. The tropical fruit is still predominant, but […]
Read More Whisky Musings #4 – Aultmore 12The third Green Malt whisky review takes us to the west coast of Scotland with the highland malt Oban 14. Enjoy!
Read More Whisky Musings #3 – Oban 14 Year OldI posted a written version of the Oban review over at reddit.com/r/scotch, and I thought I would post it up here as well, cuz… why not? Oban is a town and distillery I had the opportunity to visit, and I found that the town and the spirit had a remarkably similar quality. Like the malt, […]
Read More Oban 14 Year Old: Redux…A gift that requires me to drink Scotch? Well, there’s worse things in life… I attended a tasting class hosted by the Summerhill location of the LCBO here in Toronto, which was focused on on Highland single malts. They host a number of these events, scheduled by season, and focusing on topics related to wine, beer, […]
Read More Whisky Interlude: An Evening with the Highlands
The Green Malt 
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