Author name: Mark Bylok

Lot 40 18 Year Old Cask Strength Single Barrel

Lot 40 Cask Strength whisky enjoys a cult following among Canadian whisky
drinkers, one that is spreading worldwide as it continues to win awards.
Lot 40, in all varieties, is 100% rye whisky. It’s aged in new oak and is
more similar to American ryes than traditional Canadian ryes.

Should you add water to whisky? Don’t listen to the experts.

Over the last decade, whisky tastings have changed dramatically. If the
crowd is older, you’ll often find pipettes and distilled water as part of
the tasting experience. Younger whisky drinkers, though, often prefer cask
strength varieties and wouldn’t dream of watering down their lower proof
(45% ABV) whiskies.

2021 Artisan Distillery Award Results

After being part of a fourteen-person panel that judged hundreds of samples
from artisan distilleries from across Canada, I have some thoughts on
distilleries in Canada. Spoiler—they’re all positive.

Lessons Learned from Drinking Professionally

Competitive drinking is tough. After college, anyway. And, no, I don’t mean
to drink as much as possible in a short period of time. I mean, when it
comes to judging whisky competitions with the purpose of scoring them on a
100 point scale.

Whisk Buzz’s mailing list has moved to Substack!

Hi! I’m really excited about this, and I wanted to share.

You’ve seen me from such places as Whisky Buzz (mostly whisky reviews),
The Whisky Topic Podcast, a terribly neglected YouTube channel, or
Instagram (or possibly a combination of the above!). I’ve made a few
changes to how content is delivered, and I hope this will allow me to
continue delivering content to all of you in a more consistent way

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