Russell’s Reserve Private Barrel Bourbon (Calgary Co-Op Barrel)[Mystery]

Thanks to /u/smoked_herring for this sample. Let’s get the obvious out of the way: I don’t typically drink bourbon. I’m more of a Scotch and World Whisky drinker, that’s just my bias, oh, and also I live in a province where I can either find BTAC through simpler methods or I can’t find Buffalo Trace for months […]

George Dickel Barrel Select for Astor Wine & Spirits

Thanks to georgejessel for sharing this dram. I’m less experienced with Tennessee whiskey than I should be. As someone who’s bourbon drinking family and friends prefer Kentucky based distilleries that’s where the majority of my American Whiskey comes from. I think, therefore, I’ve been missing some of the options. That said it could also be because there’s […]

Maker’s Mark Private Select LCBO Director’s Cut 2019

Thanks to /u/boyd86 for sharing this So for those of you in free areas that aren’t afraid of alcohol being sold “beside their cheese, like some sort of barbarian” (paraphrase of one of our political leader’s reaction to alcohol being sold in stores), here in Ontario, Canada, we have something called the LCBO. It’s a province run […]

Clynelish 21 1995 Signatory The Whisky Exchange

Thanks to xile_ for this sample. When it comes to Clynelish, there are two types of people: Those that enjoy them in ex-sherry casks, and those of you who I assume hunt down neighbourhood pets in order to drink their blood. I kid of course. There are people who love an ex-bourbon Clynelish. I have no issue […]

Laphroaig 15 1998 Signatory Un-Chillfiltered Collection – Cask Strength

Thanks to /u/shane_il for pouring me a dram of this whisky Final home stretch folks. Then you won’t have to hear about how I did a regular dram a day in December, which was a mystery dram, which I only got around to now because I’m tired and having trouble just keeping up with life. It’s Day […]

Four Roses Private Selection (OESK Prav Saraff)

Thanks to /u/devoz for pouring me a sample of this. It’s good one of us is reviewing it. We’ve all been here before, right? You are at a tasting, and someone has a Four Roses Private Selection. And you’re like “Hey, I already reviewed every single recipe. Why do another?” Then someone mentions that they all have different […]

Four Roses Private Selection (OBSF – Fine Wine & Good Spirits) [MYSTERY]

When people leave my nation of preference, Canada, and head to the country beneath us (in geography, not in a mocking sense), they ask me (and many other of my whiskey friends) what they should pick up. Yes, it’s interesting to go through lists and lists of whiskies and figure out which ones are worth […]

Buffalo Trace 12 Single Barrel Toddy’s Store Pick [MYSTERY]

Thanks to /u/orehnmadgib for the sample. To pair with my last mystery review, in which I got the whiskey correct, I’ll now have one that I was so off, I couldn’t turn on any lights in my apartment for days, less my visage reminds me of the failure of trying to figure out this whiskey. […]

Eagle Rare Single Barrel 10 (Wine Rack Private Selection)

Oh, this isn’t any ordinary Eagle Rare Single Barrel 10 … No, this is a private selection from the Wine Rack in San Mateo, CA. From /u/CalZeta. Yeah, this is special. So if you’re checking this to see if Eagle Rare Single Barrel 10 is for you, then… well, this is different. Slightly. Maybe. Really, I […]