Highwood reviews

Canadian Rockies 21 Year Old comes from Highwood Distillery in Alberta, and is corn whisky originally meant for export to Taiwan. This was bottled at 40% and was very successful; when it was decided to…

"Smooth" isn't normally a word I like to use with respect to whisky, because it is too generic and doesn't really say much about anything. But I'll be darned if this isn't the smoothest whisky I've tried…

Highwood is not known for its over the top marketing. You might call them the "anti-Macallan". The Macallan has recently unveiled a new visitor centre and distillery worth upward of £140 million (appr…

This one is a new(ish) expression of Highwood's Ninety 20 expression, called "Decades of Richness" (for some reason? Maybe an anniversary?) I believe it's distilled from corn, but if I'm wrong let me…

Well, I'm just coming off of a week's vacation, and I got so busy with travel, seeing friends, stuff around the house, bleh bleh bleh that I never got to any whisky reviews. While in Boston I picked up…

As the sun sets on the old Connosr website and we eagerly anticipate its rebirth on the new site, I’m sure I’m not the only one itching to post the “last review” . This is my attempt to end it all with…

They have cowboys out there in Calgary, Alberta on the Canadian plains. And starting in 1912 the Calgary Stampede became a staple annual rodeo, and the largest in Canada. Highwood distillery celebrates…

This has long been one of my favourite Canadians. It comes from Highwood Distillers in High River, Alberta, and is one of the rare Canadian whiskies that is at least 20 years old. I had always thought…

Highwood Distillery's Ninety brand 20 yo whisky is probably almost impossible to obtain outside of Canada. It is 100% corn whisky. My thanks to @paddockjudge for the reviewed samplesNose: buttered roa…

This whisky is a blend of 100% corn whiskies aged between 15 and 25 years, supplied from stocks obtained from Potters by Highwood Distillery.Nose: A nice bit of sharp grain, dried berries, raisins, and…