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Six Whiskies for Your Bar Cart
If there’s anything more enjoyable than building a whisky collection, it’s enjoying it in the company of friends. (And maybe showing it off a little.) Therefore, thinking about how your whiskies can help improve your entertaining is the best way to evolve your bar cart from good to great. To build your collection from a […]
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Whisky Is a Journey for All Five Senses
Whisky isn’t just something you taste. You don’t just nose whisky. Learn how to experience it mindfully — using all of your senses. Is whisky just a drink? As you get more familiar with whisky, you start to realize it’s so much more. Whisky can be a time capsule that awakens warm memories. A conversation […]
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The Occasion and The Whisky Gift Guide
How to give the best whisky gifts? It’s the thought (process) that counts If you’ve arrived here, it’s probably because you’re looking for a great whisky gift suggestion for someone you know. We can help — but the thing is, there isn’t an easy answer to the question of what’s the best whisky to gift. […]
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Tasting Notes and Where to Find Them
How to ‘nose’ and taste whisky like a pro Baked apple. Almond blossom. Antique shop. Dried orange peel. Cedar. Amontillado sherry. As you get to know whisky better, the descriptions you come across in reviews and tasting notes can seem obscure, pretentious — made-up, even. Yet you’ll also discover for yourself that these dazzling aromas […]
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Whisky: The Fundamentals
How are you supposed to drink whisky? What is it made from (and how)? This page has the answers to your whisky questions, from beginner to advanced.
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Upcoming Whisky Releases, from the Best Bourbons to Rare Scotch
If you’re here, you’re interested in the most delicious, exciting and rare spirits. Whether you’re an expert collector or just learning, you’re always on the lookout for great new products to try and bottles to add to your collection.
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Royal salute coronation of king charles III edition
This month, one of the rarest, most unique, and incredibly divine whiskies perhaps of all time will become available in Canada. Since its inception, Royal Salute has honoured the British Monarchy and marked significant milestones with unique expressions that represent and embody a moment in history. As the Scotch originated as a Coronation gift 70 […]
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Think inside the barrel
Distillers, brewers and of course wine makers understand the power of wood barrel aging. Done right, the results are almost alchemic. Transforming potential into something great, dare we say magical.
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A refreshing new take on single malt Scotch whisky: The Glenlivet 14 Year Old
The beauty of the whisky lover is that their palate is always evolving, searching for the next flavour experience.
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Five Quick Questions with Kaveh Zamanian, founder of Rabbit Hole Distillery
Each bourbon is a special experience. A sensory delight. But is each one unique? That depends on how you look at it.
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Irish whiskey: Five quick Qs with our man in Midleton
Let’s imagine someone hands you a glass of an exquisite Irish whiskey like Redbreast 27 Year Old. How should you enjoy it? Neat? With water? Uh … splash of cola?
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The Hiram Walker Distillery, Ontario
Hiram Walker & Sons distillery in Windsor, Ontario. In operation for more than 160 years, this historic facility produces some of the very best whiskies in Canada, and has been awarded Distillery of the Year by the Canadian Whisky Awards for the last four years in a row.
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Make St. Paddy’s Special with Single Pot Still Irish Whiskey
Ireland produces a lot of great whiskey, from beautifully balanced blends to surprisingly complex single grain whiskeys. Yet for some superfans of Irish whiskey, single pot still will always be the Emerald Isle’s brightest jewel.
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Canadian whisky needs champions (like you)
Did you miss our Instagram Live chat with Davin de Kergommeaux and Don Livermore? Get caught up here.
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Lot No. 40 Dark Oak
There are three core truths about Lot No. 40, it is always: 100% rye, pot distilled and aged in new American oak
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