There are some films that actually inspire you to have a drink and a cigar while you are watching them. Any gentleman worth his salt would be hard-pressed to take in this movie and not want to pour himself a glass of scotch, or a whiskey, particularly an Irish one, to enhance the viewing experience of this title.
It starts with a bittersweet, lyrical piece of music that slowly swells as we see a black fedora gently blowing about on the ground in a forest.  For the next 114 minutes we …

I recently finished off a bottle of scotch that had been sitting on the shelf for some time with barely a half inch of whisky remaining.  I was astounded at the changes from the last time I tasted it -  a loss of zest and a general quelling of the whisky’s potency.  The air in the bottle had infiltrated the whisky and dramatically changed its nose and flavours.  I’ve heard many times of this happening to others, but I assumed this was only for bottles sitting on the shelves for …

The official whiskey drinker’s beer, especially if you’re a Canadian with yuppie-ish tendencies like myself. Aging beer in oak barrels seems ostensibly extravagant, even pretentious in a world of highly fashionable oaked wines.  Innis & Gunn is really quite thinly veiled, a very sexy drink, targeted at the same market as those California Cabernet drinkers as well as whiskey drinkers. The key to this delicous concoction is human cat-nip: vanilla.

Jim Beam, owners of Canadian Club, are giving away Canadian flags with select bottles of CC on July 1st – Canada Day.  “We wanted to make sure that Canadians knew just how proud this 150-year-old brand is to be Canadian,” remarked Franco Timpano at Beam Global Canada.  “We should be proud of Canadian brands and this Canada Day Canadian Club is giving fans of the whisky yet another opportunity to get into the spirit.”
Founded in Walkerville, Ontario, Canadian Club marked its 150th anniversary in 2008 and continues to this day …

When I decided to start stocking my bar at home with a collection of single malts, I referenced my experience tasting single malts at the many bars I’ve worked at over the last decade. I enjoy drinking heavily peated mosters like Lagavulin and Laphroaig after a long hard night when things are moving towards after-hours. For relaxation at home, I would like to turn to a savory, smooth and sweet malt. The Balvenie Doublewood was an obvious choice.
The Balvenie distillery was named after the adjacent Balvenie Castle in Dufftown(Speyside). …