logo

My Handcrafted Opinions on Whiskies, Distilleries and Other Related Stuff

Most Recent Whisky

Most Recent Whisky Review

Woodford Reserve Distillers Select Straight Rye

This bottle was labelled #3031 from Batch 0887 and bottled at 45.2% ABV.  The nose was very nice, herbal tea with mint and sweet vanilla notes.  The mouthfeel is fresh, light and oily, bittersweet on palate with more vanilla, candy, black coffee and dark chocolate.  The finish has peppermint, wood and grassy rye notes.  With water it gets sweeter, even honeyed, while heat builds in the finish with chilli spiced dark chocolate.  Overall very delicious; a light and subtle of straight rye.

Read More
  • Monday, 28 May 2018 10:48

    Manhattan Project: Experiment #40

    Written by

    Location: Pearson International Airport, Terminal 1, Toronto

    Date: May 2018

    Price: $10.50 CAD ($8.08 USD)

    Recipe: Described as "Rye whiskey balanced out with sweet vermouth and a few dashes of Angosturo bitters"

    Garnish: Cherry

    Served: Up

    Comments:  A very solid offering at a great price made with Crown Royal (*what else in Canada)

    What is this about? Check out  http://www.somanywhiskies.com/item/749-the-manhattan-project-ii

    Leave a comment

    Make sure you enter all the required information, indicated by an asterisk (*). HTML code is not allowed.

    Whiskies Tried...

    Total to Date: 694

    Distilleries

    Visited to Date: 66

    Follow Me on Twitter!

    Random Whisky

    Gordon and MacPhail Mortlach 21 year old

    This single malt is at the heart of the Johnnie Walker Black blend, however I will not hold that against Mortlach.  In fact I think it is a great pity we don't see more of this single malt (and less Johnnie Walker Black perhaps?).  This bottle comes from refill sherry casks and there are lots of raisin and grapey notes in the nose.  The nose is actually quite intense but very delicious.  The taste is also rich and mouth coating, more darks fruits and classic Christmas spice notes you would expect from a sherry casked Speyside single malt.  Some leather and tobacco as well in the finish which for me is little too dry and could have used something sweet in the taste to balance out and potentially elevate it from a really good to a great whisky.  Nice after dinner dram.