About three weeks ago I absently remarked on Twitter that a head-to-head-to-head tasting of the three 21 year-old Canadian whiskies that I had in my cabinet (Danfield’s Limited Edition 21 year-old; opened), and on my storage shelf (Collingwood 21 year-old and Century Reserve 21 year-old; unopened), would be an interesting endeavour…and things sort ( Read more... )

This week is a bit of a first for me; for two reasons: 1) on Saturday night (the 30th), which also happens to be Saint Andrew's Day, I'll be attending a Whisky Tasting Fundraiser at the Diefenbunker Museum in Carp, Ontario, with a number of the other members of our informal Whisky Club; and 2) on Tuesday of this week (the 26th) I participated in ( Read more... )

Back in August 2009, which is a long, long time ago in the blog-o-sphere, the Scotch Hobbyist posted a poll on the Stages of Single Malt Fanaticism, asking readers to identify which of the five stages (Curiosity, Enthusiasm, Fanaticism, Obsession, Terminal) they felt they were at (and he was kind enough to include a link to the article that ( Read more... )

After Group B of our Battle of the (Budget) Blended Scotch Whiskies, where Forty Creek's Copper Pot Reserve made an accidental appearance, I decided that I should pick up a bottle.  Conveniently, at the same time, the LCBO was running a 'Value-Added' promotion, so in purchasing the bottle of Copper Pot Reserve, I also got a 50ml miniature of Forty ( Read more... )

So...it's been a while...between my concussion back in June, our vacation in July, and some other stuff that I don't really feel ready to talk about yet, I kind of missed a few self-imposed deadlines.  In fact, as I write this, we've already held Round Three (Group C - July 27, 2013), and Round Four (Group D) of the Battle is coming up next Friday ( Read more... )

FULL DISCLAIMER: I normally do not watch Sun Media, mostly because their coverage is on par with Fox News in terms of bias.  However, Davin de Kergommeaux, author of Canadian Whisky: The Portable Expert, is a fantastic man, and probably the foremost expert on Canadian whisky today.  His book rekindled my interest in Canadian whisky and has taken me ( Read more... )

The extended holidays (December through January) were quite good to me with respect to whisky and whisky related gifts...as you can see from the picture below:

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So I took the day off today.  My plan was to pop out to a Chapters store and use the gift card that my parents-in-law had given me to pick up a copy of Davin de Kergommeaux's book Canadian Whisky: The Portable Expert.  And there I was, standing in the store with a copy of the book in my hand (it had a sticker on it saying that it had been signed by ( Read more... )

With Meg's parents coming up for the weekend, I decided to stop in at the LCBO and pick up some beer to go with Saturday's dinner (her father is planning on hosting a dinner at our place, and I thought the beer would go well).  As it turns out, the LCBO has a 'Value Added Promotion' on Mill Street Tankhouse Ale: buy six bottles of Tankhouse, get a ( Read more... )

On my way home from work on Friday I stopped at the LCBO and picked up a bottle of Highwood Distillers Centennial 10 year-old Limited Edition Canadian Rye Whisky.  It was a reward for the week of extremely hard work that I'd put in coordinating a training course (I also delivered some of the training, but mostly I had to be there to organize ( Read more... )