If you are looking to explore sherry-finished scotch whisky, and you have done some research looking for value, typicite, and renown, you will very likely end up at a cashier with a bottle of Glenfarclas 15 in your hands. This bottle is a darling of beverage critics, most likely due to its purity of expression and complexity. This is a dram for cold winter nights next to the fire. It features, deep dark colour and texture from the sherry wood finish. This dram is also remembered by many for the …

It’s name meaning “Big Rock,” Cragganmore has a storied history beginning with its founding by whisky legend John Smith of Macallan, Glenlivet, and Glenfarclas fame and leading to its current home in the Diageo group.  Coming in at 40% ABV, Cragganmore 12 has a reputation as a tart, dry, aromatic scotch; would the 6-month-old bottle from which I reviewed it hold up to this reputation?

There aren’t many opportunities to have a fine single malt out on the links, but then again, there  aren’t that many chances to golf at Sagebrush, the new Dick Zokol golf course in Merritt, British Columbia.
Voted the best new course in Canada (and possibly North America, watch Golf Digest), Sagebrush is the most unique golf experience I’ve ever had. About 2 hours from Vancouver, the course entrance is entirely inconspicuous, with no nameplate or sign of green fairways from the road. The current proshop is a glorified tent where you …